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Surgical Sutures and Adhesives

Surgical Sutures and Adhesives is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 12.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on advancements in surgical suture materials and techniques, including the use of tissue adhesives, barbed sutures, and skin adhesives for wound closure. It also explores topics such as biodegradability, infection prevention, and the tensile strength of suture materials in orthopaedic surgery.

  • Surgical Sutures
  • Tissue Adhesives
  • Wound Closure
  • Biodegradability
  • Barbed Sutures
  • Skin Adhesives
  • Infection Prevention
  • Suture Materials
  • Tensile Strength
  • Orthopaedic Surgery
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+18%
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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 Surgical Sutures and Adhesives research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (798 and 701 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 798 works
  2. 2 China 701 works
  3. 3 India 432 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 198 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 151 works
  6. 6 Japan 129 works
  7. 7 Germany 125 works
  8. 8 Brazil 124 works
  9. 9 Russia 112 works
  10. 10 Iran 111 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: 27.7%China: 24.3%India: 15.0%United Kingdom: 6.9%6 others listed: 26.1%28%largest
United States798 · 27.7%China701 · 24.3%India432 · 15.0%United Kingdom198 · 6.9%6 others listed752 · 26.1%

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

Which institutions lead Surgical Sutures and Adhesives research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Sichuan University publishes the most Surgical Sutures and Adhesives research, followed by Saveetha University and Cairo University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Sichuan UniversityChina 22 works
  2. 2 Saveetha UniversityIndia 15 works
  3. 3 Cairo UniversityEgypt 15 works
  4. 4 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 12 works
  5. 5 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 11 works
  6. 6 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 11 works
  7. 7 Aesthetic Surgery CenterUnited States 10 works
  8. 8 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 10 works
  9. 9 Harvard UniversityUnited States 10 works
  10. 10 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesIran 10 works

Where is Surgical Sutures and Adhesives research done?

The largest centres of Surgical Sutures and Adhesives research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Shanghai (China) and Tehran (Iran).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 85 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 57 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 54 works
  4. 4 Tehran Iran 51 works
  5. 5 Seoul South Korea 48 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 47 works
  7. 7 Moscow Russia 44 works
  8. 8 Chengdu China 43 works
  9. 9 Chennai India 42 works
  10. 10 Istanbul Türkiye 40 works
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Where is the best place to study Surgical Sutures and Adhesives?

Among universities, judged by research, Sichuan University, Cairo University and 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.

0%25%50%75%mean 27.65%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Sichuan University: 22, 43.2%Cairo University: 15, 9.0%Institute of Medical Sciences: 11, 3.2%Xi'an Jiaotong University: 10, 67.0%Al-Azhar University: 10, 2.8%Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences: 10, 16.8%Saveetha University: 15, 6.4%Tehran University of Medical Sciences: 9, 27.9%Shanghai Jiao Tong University: 9, 46.3%Sun Yat-sen University: 8, 53.9%Xi'an Jiaotong Unive…Sichuan UniversityCairo UniversityInstitute of Medical…
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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 Sichuan UniversityChina 52.943.2%3.1×22 +86.0%
2 Cairo UniversityEgypt 45.09.0%4.5×15 +265.6%
3 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 44.53.2%8.5×11 +275.3%
4 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 43.967.0%1.5×10 —
5 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 34.92.8%6.0×10 +118.1%
6 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesIran 34.216.8%6.6×10 +60.1%
7 Saveetha UniversityIndia 31.96.4%3.7×15 —
8 Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran 29.627.9%4.6×9 +13.1%
9 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 28.246.3%1.0×9 +20.6%
10 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 28.253.9%1.3×8 -11.8%

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 Sutures and Adhesives research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Surgical Sutures and Adhesives.

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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.