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Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications

Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 14.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the advancements in focused ultrasound technology and its diverse applications, including blood-brain barrier disruption, hyperthermia in cancer treatment, microbubble-mediated drug delivery, MRI-guided therapies, and noninvasive treatments for various conditions. The research covers a wide range of topics such as the use of ultrasound contrast agents, thermal therapy, and targeted drug delivery to the brain.

  • Focused Ultrasound
  • Blood-Brain Barrier
  • Hyperthermia
  • Microbubbles
  • Drug Delivery
  • Cancer Treatment
  • MRI-Guided
  • Thermal Therapy
  • Ultrasound Contrast Agents
  • Noninvasive Treatment
Research works
31k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+1%
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Which countries lead Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.1k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.1k works
  2. 2 China 1.1k works
  3. 3 Japan 200 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 181 works
  5. 5 India 179 works
  6. 6 Germany 175 works
  7. 7 Italy 171 works
  8. 8 France 167 works
  9. 9 Canada 159 works
  10. 10 South Korea 144 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: 31.3%China: 30.8%Japan: 5.5%United Kingdom: 5.0%6 others listed: 27.4%31%largest
United States1,133 · 31.3%China1,115 · 30.8%Japan200 · 5.5%United Kingdom181 · 5.0%6 others listed993 · 27.4%

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

Which institutions lead Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chongqing Medical University publishes the most Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications research, followed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chongqing Medical UniversityChina 30 works
  2. 2 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 24 works
  3. 3 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 23 works
  4. 4 University of MichiganUnited States 22 works
  5. 5 Stanford UniversityUnited States 21 works
  6. 6 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States 20 works
  7. 7 Fudan UniversityChina 19 works
  8. 8 Columbia UniversityUnited States 18 works
  9. 9 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 18 works
  10. 10 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 17 works

Who are the leading researchers in Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications include Patrick W. Serruys and Martin B. Leon.

  1. 1 Patrick W. Serruys Netherlands 3.6k citations
  2. 2 Martin B. Leon United States 3.4k citations

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

Where is Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications research done?

The largest centres of Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), London (United Kingdom) and Chongqing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Charlottesville.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 154 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 127 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 76 works
  4. 4 Chongqing China 72 works
  5. 5 Seoul South Korea 69 works
  6. 6 Paris France 69 works
  7. 7 Guangzhou China 66 works
  8. 8 Moscow Russia 61 works
  9. 9 Toronto Canada 61 works
  10. 10 New York United States 57 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CharlottesvilleUS · 22.7 works7.4×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Chongqing Medical University, Imperial College London and University of Colorado Boulder 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%30%mean 14.02%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Chongqing Medical University: 30, 13.4%Imperial College London: 16, 11.6%University of Colorado Boulder: 9, 21.6%University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: 14, 24.3%Stanford University: 21, 11.2%Columbia University: 18, 11.5%University of Michigan: 22, 13.8%Harvard University: 12, 18.7%Cyprus University of Technology: 9, 2.7%Xi'an Jiaotong University: 18, 11.4%University of Illino…University of Colora…Chongqing Medical Un…Imperial College Lon…
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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 Chongqing Medical UniversityChina 61.713.4%19.4×30 -70.5%
2 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom 52.011.6%3.9×16 +110.2%
3 University of Colorado BoulderUnited States 49.121.6%4.8×9 +65.1%
4 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 48.624.3%3.4×14 -39.0%
5 Stanford UniversityUnited States 46.411.2%3.6×21 +61.4%
6 Columbia UniversityUnited States 44.111.5%4.8×18 -7.5%
7 University of MichiganUnited States 43.913.8%3.5×22 -19.7%
8 Harvard UniversityUnited States 43.918.7%2.0×12 +36.4%
9 Cyprus University of TechnologyCyprus 43.92.7%33.4×9
10 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 43.411.4%2.3×18 +142.4%

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 Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications.

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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.