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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. 9.6% 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%
4.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+27%
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 Surgery and Microvascular Techniques research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.3k and 857 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2.3k works
  2. 2 China 857 works
  3. 3 India 660 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 449 works
  5. 5 Japan 342 works
  6. 6 Italy 336 works
  7. 7 Germany 315 works
  8. 8 Brazil 279 works
  9. 9 South Korea 253 works
  10. 10 France 205 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: 38.1%China: 14.4%India: 11.1%United Kingdom: 7.5%6 others listed: 29.0%38%largest
United States2,274 · 38.1%China857 · 14.4%India660 · 11.1%United Kingdom449 · 7.5%6 others listed1,729 · 29.0%

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

Which institutions lead Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Creative Commons publishes the most Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques research, followed by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Creative CommonsUnited States 91 works
  2. 2 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUnited States 50 works
  3. 3 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States 39 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 37 works
  5. 5 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 36 works
  6. 6 Harvard UniversityUnited States 30 works
  7. 7 University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesUnited States 29 works
  8. 8 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 28 works
  9. 9 Stanford UniversityUnited States 27 works
  10. 10 Cornell UniversityUnited States 26 works

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

The most-cited researchers publishing on Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques include Neal D. Futran.

  1. 1 Neal D. Futran United States 3.3k citations

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

Where is Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques research in 2022–2025 are New York (United States), Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea) 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 New York United States 159 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 142 works
  3. 3 Seoul South Korea 140 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 135 works
  5. 5 Tokyo Japan 99 works
  6. 6 Mountain View United States 92 works
  7. 7 Shanghai China 87 works
  8. 8 Houston United States 84 works
  9. 9 São Paulo Brazil 79 works
  10. 10 Boston United States 74 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Mountain ViewUS · 92.0 works20×
← 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, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Alexandria University and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 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 15.01%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Rome Tor Vergata: 11, 38.8%Alexandria University: 22, 9.4%University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences: 30, 6.6%Maastricht University: 9, 24.3%Chang Gung University: 15, 11.7%University of Ulsan: 11, 17.7%Weill Cornell Medicine: 10, 11.2%SMS Medical College: 10, 0.0%All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 36, 2.2%University of British Columbia: 13, 28.2%University of Rome T…Maastricht UniversityAlexandria UniversityUniversity of Arkans…
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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 Rome Tor VergataItaly 53.138.8%4.1×11 +102.2%
2 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 46.89.4%5.9×22 +188.3%
3 University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesUnited States 46.46.6%24.6×30 +29.0%
4 Maastricht UniversityNetherlands 45.924.3%3.2×9 +206.9%
5 Chang Gung UniversityTaiwan 44.411.7%12.6×15 +4.1%
6 University of UlsanSouth Korea 44.417.7%7.3×11 +99.7%
7 Weill Cornell MedicineUnited States 41.911.2%9.3×10 —
8 SMS Medical CollegeIndia 41.50.0%19.2×10 +621.4%
9 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 40.62.2%7.3×36 +85.0%
10 University of British ColumbiaCanada 40.328.2%1.6×13 +98.6%

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 Surgery and Microvascular Techniques research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.