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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. 10.2% 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%
2.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+25%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
28% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Surgical Sutures and Adhesives

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 (924 and 817 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 924 works
  2. 2 China 817 works
  3. 3 India 502 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 230 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 178 works
  6. 6 Japan 159 works
  7. 7 Brazil 148 works
  8. 8 Germany 142 works
  9. 9 Russia 132 works
  10. 10 Iran 122 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: 27.5%China: 24.3%India: 15.0%United Kingdom: 6.9%6 others listed: 26.3%28%largest
United States924 · 27.5%China817 · 24.3%India502 · 15.0%United Kingdom230 · 6.9%6 others listed883 · 26.3%

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

Which institutions lead Surgical Sutures and Adhesives research?

By volume in 2022-now, Sichuan University publishes the most Surgical Sutures and Adhesives research, followed by Harvard University and All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Sichuan UniversityChina 37 works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 32 works
  3. 3 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 28 works
  4. 4 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 22 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 21 works
  6. 6 Zhejiang UniversityChina 17 works
  7. 7 Saveetha UniversityIndia 17 works
  8. 8 Cairo UniversityEgypt 16 works
  9. 9 Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia 15 works
  10. 10 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 15 works

Who are the leading researchers in Surgical Sutures and Adhesives?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Surgical Sutures and Adhesives include Gordon Henry Guyatt, Róbert Langer and Penny F. Whiting.

  1. 1 Gordon Henry Guyatt Canada 315k citations
  2. 2 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
  3. 3 Penny F. Whiting United Kingdom 264k citations
  4. 4 Lei Jiang China 214k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Surgical Sutures and Adhesives?

The most cited paper in Surgical Sutures and Adhesives is "The Clavien-Dindo Classification of Surgical Complications" (Pierre A. Clavien, Jeffrey Stewart Barkun, Michelle L. De Oliveira et al., 2009), with 11,607 citations. Next come "Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999" (4,641) and "CDC definitions of nosocomial surgical site infections, 1992: A modification of CDC definitions of surgical wound infections" (2,621).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Clavien-Dindo Classification of Surgical Complications Pierre A. Clavien, Jeffrey Stewart Barkun, Michelle L. De Oliveira et al. · Annals of Surgery 31 Jul 2009 11,607
2 Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999 Alicia J. Mangram, Teresa C Horan, Michele L. Pearson et al. · Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Apr 1999 4,641
3 CDC definitions of nosocomial surgical site infections, 1992: A modification of CDC definitions of surgical wound infections T A Horan, R. P. Gaynes, William Martone et al. · American Journal of Infection Control Oct 1992 2,621
4 The Wound Healing Process: An Overview of the Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Tomaž Velnar, T. A. Bailey, Vladimir Smrkolj · Journal of International Medical Research Oct 2009 2,452
5 Biodegradable, Elastic Shape-Memory Polymers for Potential Biomedical Applications Andreas Lendlein, Róbert Langer · Science 31 May 2002 2,145
All 97 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Surgical Sutures and Adhesives research done?

The largest centres of Surgical Sutures and Adhesives research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Shanghai (China) and Seoul (South Korea).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 99 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 65 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 61 works
  4. 4 SeoulSouth Korea 56 works
  5. 5 TehranIran 56 works
  6. 6 GuangzhouChina 53 works
  7. 7 MoscowRussia 51 works
  8. 8 ChennaiIndia 49 works
  9. 9 ChengduChina 48 works
  10. 10 IstanbulTürkiye 47 works
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Where is the best place to study Surgical Sutures and Adhesives?

Among universities, judged by research, Sichuan University, Qingdao University and Xi'an Jiaotong University score highest, combining citation 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%60%mean 31.44%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Xi'an Jiaotong Unive…Qingdao UniversitySichuan UniversityHarvard University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Sichuan UniversityChina 71.731.9%3.7×37 +126.2%
2Qingdao UniversityChina 65.247.5%4.5×13 +241.0%
3Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 64.149.0%1.7×13 +66.0%
4Harvard UniversityUnited States 59.19.1%2.3×32 +33.3%
5Zhejiang UniversityChina 51.431.6%1.4×17 +74.2%
6Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 51.325.3%1.7×22 +15.7%
7Southern Medical UniversityChina 49.134.6%4.6×12 +107.6%
8Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 47.338.0%1.5×13 +46.8%
9Zhengzhou UniversityChina 45.545.5%1.7×9 +115.5%
10All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 44.61.9%5.7×28 +79.7%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Surgical Sutures and Adhesives, country by country

Is Surgical Sutures and Adhesives research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% higher than in 2018-2021, 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Surgical Sutures and Adhesives as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.022% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Surgical Sutures and Adhesives over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Surgical Sutures and Adhesives10.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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