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Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques

Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 49k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on advancements in microsurgical reconstruction techniques, particularly in the areas of head and neck reconstruction, breast reconstruction, and mandibular reconstruction. The papers cover topics such as free flap and perforator flap surgeries, vascular anatomy, donor-site complications, and surgical outcomes.

  • Microsurgical Reconstruction
  • Free Flap
  • Perforator Flap
  • Head and Neck Reconstruction
  • Vascular Anatomy
  • Donor-Site Complications
  • Mandibular Reconstruction
  • Breast Reconstruction
  • Surgical Outcomes
  • Complications
Research works
49k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+9%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
39% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques

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

Which countries lead Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.6k and 972 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 2.6k works
  2. 2 China 972 works
  3. 3 India 734 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 496 works
  5. 5 Japan 388 works
  6. 6 Italy 386 works
  7. 7 Germany 351 works
  8. 8 Brazil 300 works
  9. 9 South Korea 285 works
  10. 10 France 228 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: 39.0%China: 14.3%India: 10.8%United Kingdom: 7.3%6 others listed: 28.6%39%largest
United States2,645 · 39.0%China972 · 14.3%India734 · 10.8%United Kingdom496 · 7.3%6 others listed1,938 · 28.6%

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

Which institutions lead Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques research?

By volume in 2022-now, Harvard University publishes the most Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques research, followed by Creative Commons and All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 97 works
  2. 2 Creative CommonsUnited States 91 works
  3. 3 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 73 works
  4. 4 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUnited States 62 works
  5. 5 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 54 works
  6. 6 Georgetown UniversityUnited States 54 works
  7. 7 Mayo ClinicUnited States 51 works
  8. 8 Cornell UniversityUnited States 49 works
  9. 9 New York UniversityUnited States 47 works
  10. 10 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States 45 works

Who are the leading researchers in Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques include Cyrus Cooper, Gordon Henry Guyatt and Ralph B. D’Agostino.

  1. 1 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom 342k citations
  2. 2 Gordon Henry Guyatt Canada 315k citations
  3. 3 Ralph B. D’Agostino United States 255k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques?

The most cited paper in Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques is "Wound repair and regeneration" (Geoffrey C. Gurtner, Sabine Werner, Yann Barrandon et al., 2008), with 6,500 citations. Next come "Platelet-rich plasma" (2,603) and "Vacuum-Assisted Closure: A New Method for Wound Control and Treatment" (2,247).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Wound repair and regeneration Geoffrey C. Gurtner, Sabine Werner, Yann Barrandon et al. · Nature Open access 14 May 2008 6,500
2 Platelet-rich plasma Robert E. Marx, Eric R. Carlson, Ralph M. Eichstaedt et al. · Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology and Endodontology Open access Jun 1998 2,603
3 Vacuum-Assisted Closure: A New Method for Wound Control and Treatment Michael J. Morykwas, Louis C. Argenta, Erica I. Shelton-Brown et al. · Annals of Plastic Surgery Jun 1997 2,247
4 Morbidity at Bone Graft Donor Sites Edward M. Younger, Michael Wallace Chapman · Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma Sep 1989 2,022
5 Vacuum-Assisted Closure: A New Method for Wound Control and Treatment Louis C. Argenta, Michael J. Morykwas · Annals of Plastic Surgery Jun 1997 1,911
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques research in 2022-now are New York (United States), Seoul (South Korea), Beijing (China) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Mountain View.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 New YorkUnited States 186 works
  2. 2 SeoulSouth Korea 156 works
  3. 3 BeijingChina 156 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 150 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 107 works
  6. 6 ShanghaiChina 97 works
  7. 7 HoustonUnited States 93 works
  8. 8 Mountain ViewUnited States 92 works
  9. 9 São PauloBrazil 88 works
  10. 10 BostonUnited States 82 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Mountain ViewUS · 92.0 works19×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, University of Rome Tor Vergata and Georgetown 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%mean 19.3%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Rome T…Washington Universit…Harvard UniversityGeorgetown University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Harvard UniversityUnited States 70.716.9%3.6×97 +8.1%
2University of Rome Tor VergataItaly 68.532.9%5.1×13 +173.1%
3Georgetown UniversityUnited States 61.69.3%14.7×54 +47.5%
4Washington University in St. LouisUnited States 60.518.7%5.4×32 +40.7%
5University of GenevaSwitzerland 59.335.8%2.5×9 +86.3%
6Cornell UniversityUnited States 58.912.1%4.4×49 +80.9%
7University College LondonUnited Kingdom 58.012.5%3.0×40 +37.0%
8New York UniversityUnited States 57.518.8%4.9×47 -13.4%
9Sichuan UniversityChina 57.418.6%2.3×43 +91.3%
10Emory UniversityUnited States 57.217.4%4.2×28 +125.5%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques, country by country

Is Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.040% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques0.037% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques10.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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