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Thermal Regulation in Medicine

Thermal Regulation in Medicine is a research topic within Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. Science Explorer counts 22k research works in it since 1950. 14.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the use of therapeutic hypothermia and fever management in the context of brain injury, stroke, and critical care. It explores the effects of hypothermia on neuroprotection, inflammation, and body temperature regulation, as well as its potential therapeutic mechanisms.

  • Hypothermia
  • Fever
  • Brain Injury
  • Thermoregulation
  • Neuroprotection
  • Stroke
  • Inflammation
  • Body Temperature
  • Critical Care
  • Therapeutic Mechanisms
Research works
22k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+35%
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 Thermal Regulation in Medicine research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (768 and 581 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 768 works
  2. 2 China 581 works
  3. 3 India 186 works
  4. 4 Japan 173 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 166 works
  6. 6 Germany 142 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 138 works
  8. 8 Italy 105 works
  9. 9 South Korea 99 works
  10. 10 Canada 99 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: 31.2%China: 23.7%India: 7.6%Japan: 7.0%6 others listed: 30.5%31%largest
United States768 · 31.2%China581 · 23.7%India186 · 7.6%Japan173 · 7.0%6 others listed749 · 30.5%

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

Which institutions lead Thermal Regulation in Medicine research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Harvard University publishes the most Thermal Regulation in Medicine research, followed by Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi and University of Pennsylvania.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 11 works
  2. 2 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 10 works
  3. 3 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 10 works
  4. 4 Capital Medical UniversityChina 9 works
  5. 5 Sichuan UniversityChina 9 works
  6. 6 Yale UniversityUnited States 8 works
  7. 7 University of WashingtonUnited States 8 works
  8. 8 InsermFrance 8 works
  9. 9 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 7 works
  10. 10 Stanford UniversityUnited States 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Thermal Regulation in Medicine?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Thermal Regulation in Medicine include Maigeng Zhou, Yuming Guo and Jean‐Louis Vincent.

  1. 1 Maigeng Zhou China 4.7k citations
  2. 2 Yuming Guo Australia 3.8k citations
  3. 3 Jean‐Louis Vincent Belgium 3.1k citations

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

Where is Thermal Regulation in Medicine research done?

The largest centres of Thermal Regulation in Medicine research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Tokyo (Japan) and Shanghai (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 85 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 53 works
  3. 3 Tokyo Japan 47 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 45 works
  5. 5 Seoul South Korea 45 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 40 works
  7. 7 Moscow Russia 36 works
  8. 8 New York United States 33 works
  9. 9 Istanbul Türkiye 33 works
  10. 10 Paris France 30 works
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Where is the best place to study Thermal Regulation in Medicine?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, Capital Medical University and Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi 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 17.0833%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Harvard University: 11, 29.3%Capital Medical University: 10, 21.0%Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi: 10, 2.6%Sichuan University: 9, 18.7%University of Pennsylvania: 10, 12.5%Yale University: 8, 18.4%Harvard UniversityCapital Medical Univ…Sichuan UniversitySağlık Bilimleri Üni…
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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 Harvard UniversityUnited States 73.129.3%2.5×11 +46.1%
2 Capital Medical UniversityChina 52.421.0%4.6×10 -22.4%
3 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 49.62.6%5.0×10 —
4 Sichuan UniversityChina 36.918.7%1.5×9 +246.9%
5 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 36.412.5%3.0×10 -43.4%
6 Yale UniversityUnited States 30.718.4%2.4×8 -8.7%

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 Thermal Regulation in Medicine research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Thermal Regulation in Medicine.

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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.