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Respiratory and Cough-Related Research

Respiratory and Cough-Related Research is a research topic within Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Science Explorer counts 35k research works in it since 1950. 14.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the diagnosis and management of chronic cough, including topics such as cough reflex sensitivity, neuropathic disorder, vocal cord dysfunction, refractory chronic cough, cough hypersensitivity syndrome, laryngeal sensory neuropathy, airway afferent nerves, Pelargonium sidoides, and ambroxol.

  • Chronic Cough
  • Cough Reflex Sensitivity
  • Neuropathic Disorder
  • Vocal Cord Dysfunction
  • Refractory Chronic Cough
  • Cough Hypersensitivity Syndrome
  • Laryngeal Sensory Neuropathy
  • Airway Afferent Nerves
  • Pelargonium Sidoides
  • Ambroxol
Research works
35k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+16%
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 Respiratory and Cough-Related Research research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (979 and 618 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 979 works
  2. 2 China 618 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 397 works
  4. 4 India 381 works
  5. 5 Germany 237 works
  6. 6 Japan 192 works
  7. 7 Russia 188 works
  8. 8 Italy 184 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 160 works
  10. 10 Canada 144 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: 28.1%China: 17.8%United Kingdom: 11.4%India: 10.9%6 others listed: 31.8%28%largest
United States979 · 28.1%China618 · 17.8%United Kingdom397 · 11.4%India381 · 10.9%6 others listed1,105 · 31.8%

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

Which institutions lead Respiratory and Cough-Related Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Imperial College London publishes the most Respiratory and Cough-Related Research research, followed by Sechenov University and University of Manchester.

Who are the leading researchers in Respiratory and Cough-Related Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Respiratory and Cough-Related Research include M. Hassan Murad.

  1. 1 M. Hassan Murad United States 3.7k citations

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

Where is Respiratory and Cough-Related Research research done?

The largest centres of Respiratory and Cough-Related Research research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Manchester and Hamilton.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 132 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 99 works
  3. 3 Moscow Russia 83 works
  4. 4 Guangzhou China 65 works
  5. 5 Seoul South Korea 63 works
  6. 6 Shanghai China 54 works
  7. 7 Manchester United Kingdom 52 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Japan 48 works
  9. 9 Madrid Spain 43 works
  10. 10 Istanbul Türkiye 42 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ManchesterGB · 52.2 works7.9×
  2. HamiltonCA · 23.1 works7.2×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Respiratory and Cough-Related Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Respiratory and Cough-Related Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Hull York Medical School, Imperial College London and Sechenov 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 19.94%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Hull York Medical School: 10, 23.7%Imperial College London: 24, 26.7%Sechenov University: 23, 1.1%King's College London: 17, 24.9%Harvard University: 12, 34.1%Guangzhou Medical University: 15, 16.1%Beijing University of Chinese Medicine: 10, 23.0%University of Manchester: 20, 10.0%Monash University: 8, 35.8%Medical University of Warsaw: 14, 4.0%Imperial College Lon…King's College LondonHull York Medical Sc…Sechenov 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 Hull York Medical SchoolUnited Kingdom 68.923.7%65.5×10 +180.3%
2 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom 68.126.7%5.1×24 +38.5%
3 Sechenov UniversityRussia 63.51.1%14.5×23 +265.0%
4 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 55.624.9%4.5×17 +18.8%
5 Harvard UniversityUnited States 55.034.1%1.9×12 +98.5%
6 Guangzhou Medical UniversityChina 54.216.1%11.3×15 -3.4%
7 Beijing University of Chinese MedicineChina 50.823.0%11.2×10 +10.2%
8 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 50.010.0%5.1×20 +58.6%
9 Monash UniversityAustralia 49.735.8%1.9×8 +92.6%
10 Medical University of WarsawPoland 48.84.0%12.9×14 +90.6%

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 Respiratory and Cough-Related Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Respiratory and Cough-Related Research.

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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.