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Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments

Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments is a research topic within Physiology. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the prevalence, diagnosis, and treatment of hyperhidrosis, with a particular emphasis on axillary hyperhidrosis. It covers various treatment options such as botulinum toxin, sympathectomy, and their impact on quality of life. The cluster also includes epidemiological studies and research on sweat gland biology.

  • Hyperhidrosis
  • Treatment
  • Axillary Hyperhidrosis
  • Botulinum Toxin
  • Quality of Life
  • Sympathectomy
  • Sweat Glands
  • Thoracic Sympathectomy
  • Compensatory Sweating
  • Epidemiological Study
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+7%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
32% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (481 and 198 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 481 works
  2. 2 China 198 works
  3. 3 India 191 works
  4. 4 Germany 114 works
  5. 5 Japan 102 works
  6. 6 Italy 95 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 85 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 83 works
  9. 9 Spain 81 works
  10. 10 Brazil 80 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: 31.8%China: 13.1%India: 12.7%Germany: 7.5%6 others listed: 34.9%32%largest
United States481 · 31.8%China198 · 13.1%India191 · 12.7%Germany114 · 7.5%6 others listed527 · 34.9%

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

Which institutions lead Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments research?

By volume in 2022-now, All India Institute of Medical Sciences publishes the most Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments research, followed by Harvard University and Mayo Clinic.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 16 works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 16 works
  3. 3 Mayo ClinicUnited States 12 works
  4. 4 University of CopenhagenDenmark 12 works
  5. 5 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 10 works
  6. 6 Sechenov UniversityRussia 10 works
  7. 7 University of Missouri–Kansas CityUnited States 9 works
  8. 8 University of MiamiUnited States 9 works
  9. 9 Yale UniversityUnited States 9 works
  10. 10 L V Prasad Eye InstituteIndia 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments include Gordon Henry Guyatt and Dan J. Stein.

  1. 1 Gordon Henry Guyatt Canada 315k citations
  2. 2 Dan J. Stein South Africa 306k 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 Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments?

The most cited paper in Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments is "The Global Burden of Headache: A Documentation of Headache Prevalence and Disability Worldwide" (LJ Stovner, Knut Hagen, Rigmor Jensen et al., 2007), with 2,483 citations. Next come "Migraine — Current Understanding and Treatment" (1,936) and "Gadolinium – a specific trigger for the development of nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis?" (1,856).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Global Burden of Headache: A Documentation of Headache Prevalence and Disability Worldwide LJ Stovner, Knut Hagen, Rigmor Jensen et al. · Cephalalgia Mar 2007 2,483
2 Migraine — Current Understanding and Treatment Peter James Goadsby, Richard B. Lipton, Michel D. Ferrari · New England Journal of Medicine 24 Jan 2002 1,936
3 Gadolinium – a specific trigger for the development of nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis? Thomas Grobner · Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 23 Jan 2006 1,856
4 Vascular endothelial growth factor C is required for sprouting of the first lymphatic vessels from embryonic veins Marika J. Karkkainen, Paula Haiko, Kirsi Sainio et al. · Nature Immunology 23 Nov 2003 1,435
5 Practice parameter: Evidence-based guidelines for migraine headache (an evidence-based review) [RETIRED] Stephen David Silberstein · Neurology Open access 26 Sep 2000 1,371
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Where is Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments research done?

The largest centres of Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Seoul (South Korea), Beijing (China) and Tokyo (Japan).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 33 works
  2. 2 SeoulSouth Korea 27 works
  3. 3 BeijingChina 27 works
  4. 4 TokyoJapan 26 works
  5. 5 MoscowRussia 25 works
  6. 6 IstanbulTürkiye 22 works
  7. 7 São PauloBrazil 22 works
  8. 8 AnkaraTürkiye 22 works
  9. 9 New YorkUnited States 21 works
  10. 10 New DelhiIndia 21 works
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Where is the best place to study Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Copenhagen, Harvard University and University College London 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 14.0333%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Copenh…Harvard UniversityUniversity College L…All India Institute …
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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.

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
1University of CopenhagenDenmark 80.932.9%6.3×12 +43.8%
2Harvard UniversityUnited States 70.426.4%2.6×16 -29.7%
3University College LondonUnited Kingdom 54.417.0%3.2×10 +19.4%
4All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 49.20.7%7.5×16 +31.4%
5Sechenov UniversityRussia 42.99.2%16.7×10 +43.3%
6University of MiamiUnited States 37.212.1%7.5×9 +82.5%
7Yale UniversityUnited States 36.212.5%4.2×9 +20.6%
8Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea 32.615.5%4.7×8 +96.5%
9University of Missouri–Kansas CityUnited States 21.20.0%33.5×9 -

Universities only. The score blends 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 Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments, country by country

Is Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments.

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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 Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0095% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments 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.

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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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