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Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment

Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment is a research topic within Epidemiology. Science Explorer counts 54k research works in it since 1950. 21.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the epidemiology, diagnosis, management, and prognosis of sepsis and septic shock. It covers topics such as the definition of sepsis, assessment of clinical criteria, evaluation of prediction models, use of biomarkers, antimicrobial therapy, and the impact of various factors on patient outcomes in critical care settings.

  • Sepsis
  • Septic Shock
  • Epidemiology
  • Management
  • Prognostic Models
  • Infection
  • Critical Care
  • Biomarkers
  • Antimicrobial Therapy
  • Microcirculation
Research works
54k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
12k
per year above
Top-10% rate
21.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+48%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.8k and 2.4k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2.8k works
  2. 2 China 2.4k works
  3. 3 India 617 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 554 works
  5. 5 Germany 399 works
  6. 6 Japan 362 works
  7. 7 Australia 354 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 343 works
  9. 9 France 337 works
  10. 10 Italy 325 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: 33.1%China: 28.3%India: 7.2%United Kingdom: 6.5%6 others listed: 24.8%33%largest
United States2,830 · 33.1%China2,421 · 28.3%India617 · 7.2%United Kingdom554 · 6.5%6 others listed2,121 · 24.8%

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

Which institutions lead Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College publishes the most Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment research, followed by Capital Medical University and University of Michigan.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 48 works
  2. 2 Capital Medical UniversityChina 48 works
  3. 3 University of MichiganUnited States 46 works
  4. 4 University of PittsburghUnited States 41 works
  5. 5 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 41 works
  6. 6 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 40 works
  7. 7 Sichuan UniversityChina 40 works
  8. 8 Harvard UniversityUnited States 39 works
  9. 9 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 34 works
  10. 10 InsermFrance 32 works

Where is Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment research done?

The largest centres of Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Guangzhou (China), Shanghai (China) and London (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 326 works
  2. 2 Guangzhou China 164 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 164 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 163 works
  5. 5 Seoul South Korea 157 works
  6. 6 Paris France 134 works
  7. 7 Boston United States 123 works
  8. 8 Chengdu China 117 works
  9. 9 Hangzhou China 111 works
  10. 10 Melbourne Australia 109 works
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Where is the best place to study Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment?

Among universities, judged by research, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Fujian Medical University and Capital Medical 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 31.43%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 48, 31.2%Fujian Medical University: 26, 26.3%Capital Medical University: 48, 25.5%Wenzhou Medical University: 30, 26.3%University of Pittsburgh: 41, 32.4%Sichuan University: 40, 32.3%Karolinska Institutet: 19, 33.6%Chongqing Medical University: 27, 22.3%Université Libre de Bruxelles: 15, 39.9%University of Amsterdam: 17, 44.5%Chinese Academy of M…Fujian Medical Unive…Wenzhou Medical Univ…Capital Medical Univ…
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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 62.831.2%4.0×48 +139.0%
2 Fujian Medical UniversityChina 60.626.3%6.0×26 +209.9%
3 Capital Medical UniversityChina 59.625.5%6.8×48 +34.6%
4 Wenzhou Medical UniversityChina 58.926.3%7.1×30 +90.7%
5 University of PittsburghUnited States 55.132.4%4.5×41 -0.7%
6 Sichuan UniversityChina 54.232.3%1.9×40 +113.2%
7 Karolinska InstitutetSweden 53.833.6%3.5×19 +88.7%
8 Chongqing Medical UniversityChina 53.422.3%6.7×27 +84.5%
9 Université Libre de BruxellesBelgium 51.439.9%4.7×15 -4.6%
10 University of AmsterdamNetherlands 50.744.5%2.6×17 +2.1%

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 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment.

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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.