Surgical site infection prevention
Surgical site infection prevention is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1950. 18.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the prevention, management, and impact of surgical site infections (SSI) in various surgical procedures. It covers topics such as antimicrobial prophylaxis, wound therapy, risk factors for SSI, healthcare-associated infections, and the economic burden of SSI. The papers also discuss the use of perioperative antibiotics, clinical guidelines for infection prevention, and the incidence of SSI in different surgical specialties.
- Surgical Site Infection
- Antimicrobial Prophylaxis
- Wound Therapy
- Infection Prevention
- Perioperative Antibiotics
- Healthcare-Associated Infections
- Risk Factors
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Cost Analysis
- Clinical Guidelines
- Research works
- 21k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 18.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +38% 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 Surgical site infection prevention research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.1k and 537 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.1k works
- 2 China 537 works
- 3 India 268 works
- 4 United Kingdom 267 works
- 5 Japan 210 works
- 6 Germany 177 works
- 7 Italy 130 works
- 8 Australia 115 works
- 9 Türkiye 110 works
- 10 Spain 100 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Surgical site infection prevention research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Cleveland Clinic publishes the most Surgical site infection prevention research, followed by Harvard University and All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 15 works
- 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 13 works
- 3 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 12 works
- 4 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States 12 works
- 5 Sichuan UniversityChina 11 works
- 6 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 11 works
- 7 Duke UniversityUnited States 11 works
- 8 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterUnited States 11 works
- 9 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States 10 works
- 10 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States 10 works
Who are the leading researchers in Surgical site infection prevention?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Surgical site infection prevention include Ziad A. Memish.
- 1 Ziad A. Memish Saudi Arabia 5.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Surgical site infection prevention research done?
The largest centres of Surgical site infection prevention research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), New York (United States), London (United Kingdom) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Cleveland, Durham and Karachi.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Beijing China 65 works
- 2 New York United States 63 works
- 3 London United Kingdom 62 works
- 4 Tokyo Japan 54 works
- 5 Seoul South Korea 45 works
- 6 Philadelphia United States 41 works
- 7 Boston United States 40 works
- 8 Shanghai China 35 works
- 9 Chengdu China 32 works
- 10 Baltimore United States 32 works
Where it is the local speciality
- ClevelandUS · 29.1 works4.6×
- DurhamUS · 23.8 works4.4×
- KarachiPK · 23.7 works4.3×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Surgical site infection prevention than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Surgical site infection prevention?
Among universities, judged by research, Institute of Medical Sciences, Duke University and All India Institute of 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Institute of Medical SciencesIndia | 46.9 | 1.8% | 8.1× | 11 | +366.4% |
| 2 | Duke UniversityUnited States | 41.0 | 20.1% | 3.6× | 11 | +106.7% |
| 3 | All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia | 40.4 | 9.0% | 4.7× | 12 | +138.1% |
| 4 | Harvard UniversityUnited States | 38.8 | 17.9% | 2.3× | 12 | +60.3% |
| 5 | Stanford UniversityUnited States | 34.8 | 19.7% | 1.8× | 9 | +178.3% |
| 6 | Sichuan UniversityChina | 30.4 | 24.0% | 1.5× | 11 | +6.4% |
| 7 | Emory UniversityUnited States | 28.3 | 21.3% | 3.0× | 9 | +33.3% |
| 8 | Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States | 27.8 | 19.3% | 2.1× | 10 | +40.3% |
| 9 | University of PennsylvaniaUnited States | 27.0 | 24.3% | 2.1× | 9 | +43.6% |
| 10 | Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina | 25.8 | 16.6% | 2.2× | 9 | +89.8% |
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 Surgical site infection prevention research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 38% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Surgical site infection prevention.
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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.