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Quality and Safety in Healthcare

Quality and Safety in Healthcare is a research topic within Medical Laboratory Technology. Science Explorer counts 28k research works in it since 1950. 14.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the maintenance and management of medical equipment in healthcare settings. It covers topics such as predictive maintenance, regulatory affairs, clinical engineering, and the application of artificial neural networks and machine learning techniques in ensuring the performance and safety of medical devices.

  • Medical Equipment
  • Maintenance
  • Management
  • Healthcare
  • Clinical Engineering
  • Artificial Neural Network
  • Risk-based
  • Predictive Maintenance
  • Regulatory Affairs
  • Machine Learning
Research works
28k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+8%
the tick is no change

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Quality and Safety in Healthcare research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (687 and 508 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 687 works
  2. 2 India 508 works
  3. 3 China 381 works
  4. 4 Brazil 277 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 259 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 183 works
  7. 7 Italy 144 works
  8. 8 France 133 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 107 works
  10. 10 Germany 107 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 24.7%India: 18.2%China: 13.7%Brazil: 10.0%6 others listed: 33.5%25%largest
United States687 · 24.7%India508 · 18.2%China381 · 13.7%Brazil277 · 10.0%6 others listed932 · 33.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Quality and Safety in Healthcare research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Indonesia publishes the most Quality and Safety in Healthcare research, followed by University of Johannesburg and SRM Institute of Science and Technology.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 16 works
  2. 2 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 14 works
  3. 3 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 13 works
  4. 4 Tecnológico Nacional de MéxicoMexico 11 works
  5. 5 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 10 works
  6. 6 Chandigarh UniversityIndia 10 works
  7. 7 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 10 works
  8. 8 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 9 works
  9. 9 Teerthanker Mahaveer UniversityIndia 9 works
  10. 10 Universidad Técnica de ManabíEcuador 9 works

Where is Quality and Safety in Healthcare research done?

The largest centres of Quality and Safety in Healthcare research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), São Paulo (Brazil), London (United Kingdom) and Jakarta (Indonesia).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 76 works
  2. 2 São Paulo Brazil 51 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 46 works
  4. 4 Jakarta Indonesia 44 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 41 works
  6. 6 Chennai India 41 works
  7. 7 Mexico City Mexico 37 works
  8. 8 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 32 works
  9. 9 Istanbul Türkiye 31 works
  10. 10 New Delhi India 30 works
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Where is the best place to study Quality and Safety in Healthcare?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Sarajevo, University of Johannesburg and Chandigarh University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%60%mean 20.52%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Sarajevo: 8, 29.6%University of Johannesburg: 14, 13.3%Chandigarh University: 10, 48.8%Teerthanker Mahaveer University: 9, 16.0%SRM Institute of Science and Technology: 13, 26.0%Universidad Técnica de Manabí: 9, 3.7%Vellore Institute of Technology University: 10, 36.5%University of Indonesia: 16, 4.1%Politecnico di Milano: 10, 21.1%Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes: 8, 6.1%Chandigarh UniversityUniversity of SarajevoTeerthanker Mahaveer…University of Johann…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of SarajevoBosnia and Herzegovina 63.629.6%10.8×8 +497.7%
2 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 52.213.3%4.8×14 +105.2%
3 Chandigarh UniversityIndia 52.248.8%3.7×10 —
4 Teerthanker Mahaveer UniversityIndia 47.716.0%30.1×9 —
5 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 45.426.0%3.3×13 —
6 Universidad Técnica de ManabíEcuador 39.83.7%13.2×9 —
7 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 39.436.5%2.0×10 +75.0%
8 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 35.64.1%2.9×16 —
9 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 32.021.1%3.0×10 -15.1%
10 Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesEcuador 31.76.1%8.6×8 —

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Quality and Safety in Healthcare research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Quality and Safety in Healthcare.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.