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Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques

Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 26k research works in it since 1950. 8.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to craniofacial reconstruction, including nasal reconstruction, microtia repair, fabrication of prostheses, epidemiology, and psychosocial outcomes. The papers discuss advancements in surgical techniques, materials used for reconstruction, and the impact on patients' quality of life.

  • Craniofacial
  • Reconstruction
  • Nasal
  • Microtia
  • Prostheses
  • Auricular
  • Maxillofacial
  • Epidemiology
  • Anatomy
  • Psychosocial
Research works
26k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
8.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+23%
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 Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1k and 549 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1k works
  2. 2 China 549 works
  3. 3 India 468 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 186 works
  5. 5 Italy 181 works
  6. 6 South Korea 181 works
  7. 7 Brazil 170 works
  8. 8 Japan 169 works
  9. 9 Germany 153 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 150 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: 31.9%China: 16.9%India: 14.4%United Kingdom: 5.7%6 others listed: 31.0%32%largest
United States1,033 · 31.9%China549 · 16.9%India468 · 14.4%United Kingdom186 · 5.7%6 others listed1,004 · 31.0%

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

Which institutions lead Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College publishes the most Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques research, followed by University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Creative Commons.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 45 works
  2. 2 University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesUnited States 30 works
  3. 3 Creative CommonsUnited States 27 works
  4. 4 Shanghai Ninth People's HospitalChina 22 works
  5. 5 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 20 works
  6. 6 Aesthetic Surgery CenterUnited States 20 works
  7. 7 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 19 works
  8. 8 Peking Union Medical College HospitalChina 19 works
  9. 9 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 18 works
  10. 10 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterUnited States 17 works

Where is Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Shanghai (China) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Little Rock and Mountain View.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 141 works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 95 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 73 works
  4. 4 Tokyo Japan 59 works
  5. 5 New York United States 58 works
  6. 6 Istanbul Türkiye 54 works
  7. 7 São Paulo Brazil 49 works
  8. 8 London United Kingdom 48 works
  9. 9 Houston United States 40 works
  10. 10 Chennai India 40 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Little RockUS · 30.4 works26×
  2. Mountain ViewUS · 28.6 works11×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques?

Among universities, judged by research, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Alexandria 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%10%20%30%mean 9.65%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 45, 5.4%University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences: 30, 5.3%Alexandria University: 16, 2.8%Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research: 9, 11.6%Yonsei University: 10, 21.9%All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 20, 5.0%Harvard University: 8, 25.0%Cairo University: 16, 8.3%Baylor College of Medicine: 12, 6.8%Government Dental College and Hospital: 11, 4.4%Datta Meghe Institut…Chinese Academy of M…University of Arkans…Alexandria University
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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 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 56.65.4%10.3×45 +23.8%
2 University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesUnited States 49.65.3%45.1×30 -4.1%
3 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 42.42.8%7.7×16 +117.1%
4 Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and ResearchIndia 41.711.6%8.6×9 —
5 Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea 39.821.9%3.0×10 +14.7%
6 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 38.85.0%7.4×20 +25.6%
7 Harvard UniversityUnited States 38.025.0%1.5×8 +6.8%
8 Cairo UniversityEgypt 37.78.3%4.7×16 +75.1%
9 Baylor College of MedicineUnited States 33.96.8%6.7×12 +30.9%
10 Government Dental College and HospitalIndia 33.74.4%44.0×11 -46.2%

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 Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques.

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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.