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Trauma Management and Diagnosis

Trauma Management and Diagnosis is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 33k research works in it since 1950. 8.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the management and treatment of rib fractures and traumatic chest injuries, including topics such as emergency thoracotomy, pulmonary contusion, flail chest, CT imaging, surgical stabilization, penetrating trauma, and pain management. The papers cover various aspects of diagnosis, treatment techniques, outcomes, and clinical guidelines for managing rib fractures in trauma patients.

  • Rib Fractures
  • Traumatic Chest Injuries
  • Emergency Thoracotomy
  • Pulmonary Contusion
  • Flail Chest
  • CT Imaging
  • Surgical Stabilization
  • Penetrating Trauma
  • Pain Management
  • Clinical Guidelines
Research works
33k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
8.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+23%
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 Trauma Management and Diagnosis research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (1.4k and 400 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.4k works
  2. 2 India 400 works
  3. 3 China 331 works
  4. 4 Japan 270 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 254 works
  6. 6 Germany 240 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 181 works
  8. 8 Italy 144 works
  9. 9 South Korea 116 works
  10. 10 Australia 104 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: 40.0%India: 11.8%China: 9.7%Japan: 7.9%6 others listed: 30.6%40%largest
United States1,358 · 40.0%India400 · 11.8%China331 · 9.7%Japan270 · 7.9%6 others listed1,039 · 30.6%

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

Which institutions lead Trauma Management and Diagnosis research?

By volume in 2022–2025, All India Institute of Medical Sciences publishes the most Trauma Management and Diagnosis research, followed by Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi and University of Colorado Denver.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 30 works
  2. 2 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 18 works
  3. 3 University of Colorado DenverUnited States 12 works
  4. 4 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States 12 works
  5. 5 Medical College of WisconsinUnited States 11 works
  6. 6 Stanford UniversityUnited States 11 works
  7. 7 University of ChicagoUnited States 11 works
  8. 8 University of ArizonaUnited States 11 works
  9. 9 University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States 10 works
  10. 10 University of FloridaUnited States 10 works

Where is Trauma Management and Diagnosis research done?

The largest centres of Trauma Management and Diagnosis research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Istanbul (Türkiye), Tokyo (Japan) and New Delhi (India).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 59 works
  2. 2 Istanbul Türkiye 53 works
  3. 3 Tokyo Japan 52 works
  4. 4 New Delhi India 48 works
  5. 5 New York United States 45 works
  6. 6 Seoul South Korea 43 works
  7. 7 Philadelphia United States 41 works
  8. 8 Beijing China 39 works
  9. 9 Boston United States 36 works
  10. 10 Los Angeles United States 33 works
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Where is the best place to study Trauma Management and Diagnosis?

Among universities, judged by research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Stanford University and University of Colorado Denver 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%10%20%mean 11.26%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 30, 4.7%Stanford University: 11, 22.0%University of Colorado Denver: 12, 14.5%Medical College of Wisconsin: 11, 12.3%University of Maryland, Baltimore: 10, 16.1%Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi: 18, 2.6%University of Southern California: 10, 17.1%Emory University: 10, 14.9%University of the Witwatersrand: 10, 7.1%Kharkiv National Medical University: 9, 1.3%Stanford UniversityUniversity of Colora…Medical College of W…All India Institute …
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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 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 57.14.7%10.0×30 +38.8%
2 Stanford UniversityUnited States 50.322.0%1.8×11 +50.1%
3 University of Colorado DenverUnited States 50.114.5%7.4×12 +19.1%
4 Medical College of WisconsinUnited States 50.012.3%9.1×11 +20.8%
5 University of Maryland, BaltimoreUnited States 50.016.1%6.4×10 +45.2%
6 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 42.02.6%6.5×18 —
7 University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States 41.917.1%2.9×10 +32.5%
8 Emory UniversityUnited States 36.014.9%2.9×10 +25.4%
9 University of the WitwatersrandSouth Africa 34.67.1%5.0×10 +8.8%
10 Kharkiv National Medical UniversityUkraine 32.81.3%26.8×9 —

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 Trauma Management and Diagnosis research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Trauma Management and Diagnosis.

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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.