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Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery

Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1950. 14.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the complications, techniques, and outcomes related to thyroid and parathyroid surgery. It covers topics such as recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring, hypoparathyroidism, endoscopic and robotic thyroidectomy, postoperative complications, and voice outcomes. The papers also discuss the use of parathyroid hormone assays, neuromonitoring, and the management of vocal cord paralysis.

  • Thyroid Surgery
  • Hypoparathyroidism
  • Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Monitoring
  • Endoscopic Thyroidectomy
  • Parathyroid Hormone
  • Neuromonitoring
  • Voice Outcomes
  • Robotic Surgery
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Vocal Cord Paralysis
Research works
23k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+27%
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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 Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (946 and 851 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 946 works
  2. 2 United States 851 works
  3. 3 India 272 works
  4. 4 Italy 238 works
  5. 5 South Korea 203 works
  6. 6 Japan 201 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 181 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 136 works
  9. 9 France 117 works
  10. 10 Germany 114 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.

China: 29.0%United States: 26.1%India: 8.4%Italy: 7.3%6 others listed: 29.2%29%largest
China946 · 29.0%United States851 · 26.1%India272 · 8.4%Italy238 · 7.3%6 others listed952 · 29.2%

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

Which institutions lead Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College publishes the most Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery research, followed by All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Sichuan University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 30 works
  2. 2 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 22 works
  3. 3 Sichuan UniversityChina 20 works
  4. 4 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 20 works
  5. 5 University of Alabama at BirminghamUnited States 18 works
  6. 6 University of PisaItaly 17 works
  7. 7 Chinese PLA General HospitalChina 17 works
  8. 8 West China Hospital of Sichuan UniversityChina 16 works
  9. 9 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 15 works
  10. 10 China-Japan Friendship HospitalChina 15 works

Who are the leading researchers in Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery include John C. Morris, Furio Pacini and Martin Schlumberger.

  1. 1 John C. Morris United States 5.1k citations
  2. 2 Furio Pacini Italy 3.1k citations
  3. 3 Martin Schlumberger France 3.1k citations
  4. 4 Julie Ann Sosa United States 3k citations
  5. 5 R. Michael Tuttle United States 2.9k citations
  6. 6 Bryan R. Haugen United States 2.8k citations
  7. 7 Susan J. Mandel United States 2.8k citations
  8. 8 Steven I. Sherman United States 2.8k citations
  9. 9 Yuri E. Nikiforov United States 2.8k citations

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

Where is Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery research done?

The largest centres of Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Shanghai (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Pisa.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 153 works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 107 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 78 works
  4. 4 Guangzhou China 60 works
  5. 5 New York United States 57 works
  6. 6 Chengdu China 54 works
  7. 7 Istanbul Türkiye 53 works
  8. 8 Hangzhou China 49 works
  9. 9 Moscow Russia 45 works
  10. 10 São Paulo Brazil 45 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PisaIT · 27.6 works7.2×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College and University of Pisa 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 16.52%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Alabama at Birmingham: 18, 20.7%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 30, 12.8%University of Pisa: 17, 24.3%Catholic University of Korea: 13, 18.7%Fujian Medical University: 14, 17.2%Sichuan University: 20, 14.5%Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi: 20, 5.6%Harvard University: 10, 29.4%China Medical University: 10, 17.5%All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 22, 4.5%University of PisaUniversity of Alabam…Catholic University …Chinese Academy of M…
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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 University of Alabama at BirminghamUnited States 69.420.7%8.4×18 +276.0%
2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 63.812.8%6.9×30 +171.8%
3 University of PisaItaly 60.624.3%8.0×17 -16.7%
4 Catholic University of KoreaSouth Korea 55.418.7%15.7×13 -12.0%
5 Fujian Medical UniversityChina 53.917.2%8.4×14 +96.6%
6 Sichuan UniversityChina 48.314.5%2.6×20 +207.2%
7 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 48.15.6%7.5×20 —
8 Harvard UniversityUnited States 46.829.4%1.8×10 +38.2%
9 China Medical UniversityChina 44.817.5%6.5×10 +114.5%
10 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 44.44.5%8.0×22 +35.0%

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 Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery.

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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.