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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. 10.1% 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%
3.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+16%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
32% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications

Which countries lead Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.4k and 1.3k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.4k works
  2. 2 United States 1.3k works
  3. 3 Japan 229 works
  4. 4 India 216 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 207 works
  6. 6 Germany 204 works
  7. 7 Italy 200 works
  8. 8 France 189 works
  9. 9 Canada 182 works
  10. 10 South Korea 168 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: 32.5%United States: 30.6%Japan: 5.3%India: 5.0%6 others listed: 26.6%32%largest
China1,404 · 32.5%United States1,326 · 30.6%Japan229 · 5.3%India216 · 5.0%6 others listed1,151 · 26.6%

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

Which institutions lead Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Toronto publishes the most Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications research, followed by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Chongqing Medical University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of TorontoCanada 58 works
  2. 2 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 52 works
  3. 3 Chongqing Medical UniversityChina 52 works
  4. 4 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 52 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 49 works
  6. 6 Harvard UniversityUnited States 46 works
  7. 7 Fudan UniversityChina 37 works
  8. 8 University of MichiganUnited States 33 works
  9. 9 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 32 works
  10. 10 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 32 works

Who are the leading researchers in Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications include John J.V. McMurray, Stephan Windecker and Gordon Henry Guyatt.

  1. 1 John J.V. McMurray United Kingdom 349k citations
  2. 2 Stephan Windecker Switzerland 338k citations
  3. 3 Gordon Henry Guyatt Canada 315k citations
  4. 4 Peter Jüni Switzerland 303k citations
  5. 5 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
  6. 6 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  7. 7 Valentı́n Fuster United States 257k 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 Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications?

The most cited paper in Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications is "Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2010 Revisions to the McDonald criteria" (Chris H. Polman, Stephen C. Reingold, Brenda Banwell et al., 2011), with 9,914 citations. Next come "Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: 2017 revisions of the McDonald criteria" (8,265) and "Recommended diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: Guidelines from the international panel on the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis" (6,993).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2010 Revisions to the McDonald criteria Chris H. Polman, Stephen C. Reingold, Brenda Banwell et al. · Annals of Neurology Open access 11 Jan 2011 9,914
2 Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: 2017 revisions of the McDonald criteria Alan J. Thompson et al. · The Lancet Neurology Open access 21 Dec 2017 8,265
3 Recommended diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: Guidelines from the international panel on the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis W. I. McDonald, Alistair Compston, Gilles Edan et al. · Annals of Neurology 26 Jun 2001 6,993
4 Applications of magnetic nanoparticles in biomedicine Quentin A. Pankhurst, Joan Connolly, Stephen K Jones et al. · Journal of Physics D Applied Physics 19 Jun 2003 5,871
5 A Direct Measurement of the Radiation Sensitivity of Normal Mouse Bone Marrow Cells1 James E. Till, E. A. McCulloch · Radiation Research Open access 8 Dec 2010 4,063
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Where is Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications research done?

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

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 187 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 156 works
  3. 3 ChongqingChina 87 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 83 works
  5. 5 SeoulSouth Korea 82 works
  6. 6 ParisFrance 77 works
  7. 7 GuangzhouChina 76 works
  8. 8 TorontoCanada 69 works
  9. 9 MoscowRussia 68 works
  10. 10 TokyoJapan 64 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CharlottesvilleUS · 28.9 works7.4×
  2. RotterdamNL · 20.6 works5.6×
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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, Harvard University, University of Toronto and Chongqing Medical University score highest, combining citation 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 15.84%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →RWTH Aachen UniversityUniversity of TorontoHarvard UniversityChongqing Medical Un…
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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.

Citation 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
1Harvard UniversityUnited States 85.017.3%2.9×46 +37.3%
2University of TorontoCanada 82.217.8%5.7×58 -17.9%
3Chongqing Medical UniversityChina 69.912.5%18.3×52 +42.0%
4RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 68.022.4%3.7×14 +152.2%
5Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 67.014.2%3.6×52 +26.4%
6Peking UniversityChina 66.214.7%2.9×29 +43.0%
7Columbia UniversityUnited States 65.112.4%4.6×26 -4.1%
8University of MichiganUnited States 63.413.3%4.3×33 -4.0%
9Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael 63.121.0%3.9×16 +226.7%
10Fudan UniversityChina 62.312.8%4.7×37 +114.3%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications, country by country

Is Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications.

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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 Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.023% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications 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.

still counting5%10%15%Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications10.1% in 2025200020102020

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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