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Ultrasound in Clinical Applications

Ultrasound in Clinical Applications is a research topic within Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. Science Explorer counts 22k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the role of lung ultrasound, particularly in critical care settings, for diagnosing conditions such as pneumothorax, pulmonary edema, and COVID-19 pneumonia. It also explores the use of point-of-care ultrasonography and echocardiography in emergency and intensive care, as well as its integration into medical education.

  • Lung Ultrasound
  • Point-of-Care Ultrasonography
  • Critical Care
  • Pneumothorax Diagnosis
  • Cardiac Ultrasound
  • COVID-19 Pneumonia
  • Pulmonary Edema
  • Echocardiography
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  • Medical Education
Research works
22k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+12%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
39% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Ultrasound in Clinical Applications

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Ultrasound in Clinical Applications research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.6k and 529 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 1.6k works
  2. 2 China 529 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 334 works
  4. 4 Italy 319 works
  5. 5 India 309 works
  6. 6 Germany 248 works
  7. 7 Spain 208 works
  8. 8 Canada 201 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 172 works
  10. 10 Egypt 161 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: 38.6%China: 13.1%United Kingdom: 8.3%Italy: 7.9%6 others listed: 32.1%39%largest
United States1,560 · 38.6%China529 · 13.1%United Kingdom334 · 8.3%Italy319 · 7.9%6 others listed1,299 · 32.1%

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

Which institutions lead Ultrasound in Clinical Applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Harvard University publishes the most Ultrasound in Clinical Applications research, followed by Mayo Clinic and All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 67 works
  2. 2 Mayo ClinicUnited States 41 works
  3. 3 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 39 works
  4. 4 University of TorontoCanada 31 works
  5. 5 Stanford UniversityUnited States 24 works
  6. 6 Sichuan UniversityChina 23 works
  7. 7 Yale UniversityUnited States 22 works
  8. 8 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 22 works
  9. 9 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 20 works
  10. 10 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 20 works

Who are the leading researchers in Ultrasound in Clinical Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Ultrasound in Clinical Applications include John J.V. McMurray, Emelia J. Benjamin and Stephan Windecker.

  1. 1 John J.V. McMurray United Kingdom 349k citations
  2. 2 Emelia J. Benjamin United States 341k citations
  3. 3 Stephan Windecker Switzerland 338k citations
  4. 4 Gordon Henry Guyatt Canada 315k citations
  5. 5 Gregory Y.H. Lip United Kingdom 311k citations
  6. 6 Patrick M. Bossuyt Netherlands 270k citations
  7. 7 Victoria Delgado Netherlands 269k citations
  8. 8 Jean‐Louis Vincent Belgium 262k citations
  9. 9 Valentı́n Fuster United States 257k citations
  10. 10 Ralph B. D’Agostino United States 255k 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 in Clinical Applications?

The most cited paper in Ultrasound in Clinical Applications is "Recommendations regarding quantitation in M-mode echocardiography: results of a survey of echocardiographic measurements." (David J. Sahn, A N Demaria, JOSEPH A. KISSLO et al., 1978), with 7,489 citations. Next come "2019 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism developed in collaboration with the European Respiratory Society (ERS)" (4,992) and "International evidence-based recommendations for point-of-care lung ultrasound" (2,919).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Recommendations regarding quantitation in M-mode echocardiography: results of a survey of echocardiographic measurements. David J. Sahn, A N Demaria, JOSEPH A. KISSLO et al. · Circulation Open access Dec 1978 7,489
2 2019 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism developed in collaboration with the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Stavros Konstantinides et al. · European Heart Journal Open access160 authors 31 Aug 2019 4,992
3 International evidence-based recommendations for point-of-care lung ultrasound Giovanni Volpicelli et al. · Intensive Care Medicine Open access 5 Mar 2012 2,919
4 Guidelines for Performing a Comprehensive Transthoracic Echocardiographic Examination in Adults: Recommendations from the American Society of Echocardiography Carol Mitchell, Peter S. Rahko, Lori A. Blauwet et al. · Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 30 Sep 2018 2,602
5 STARD 2015 guidelines for reporting diagnostic accuracy studies: explanation and elaboration Jérémie F. Cohen, Daniël A. Korevaar, Douglas G. Altman et al. · BMJ Open Open access Nov 2016 2,602
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Where is Ultrasound in Clinical Applications research done?

The largest centres of Ultrasound in Clinical Applications research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Beijing (China) and Philadelphia (United States).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 84 works
  2. 2 New YorkUnited States 77 works
  3. 3 BeijingChina 75 works
  4. 4 PhiladelphiaUnited States 65 works
  5. 5 BostonUnited States 64 works
  6. 6 RomeItaly 59 works
  7. 7 MadridSpain 55 works
  8. 8 ParisFrance 47 works
  9. 9 ShanghaiChina 46 works
  10. 10 IstanbulTürkiye 43 works
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Where is the best place to study Ultrasound in Clinical Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, University of Trento and University of Toronto 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 18.66%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Università Cattolica…University of TorontoUniversity of TrentoHarvard University
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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 69.813.7%4.0×67 -7.3%
2University of TrentoItaly 68.216.1%7.1×10 +21.5%
3University of TorontoCanada 67.617.9%3.0×31 -5.3%
4Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreItaly 63.018.4%8.8×20 -0.4%
5University of BonnGermany 62.722.8%6.0×14 +191.5%
6University of Southern DenmarkDenmark 62.311.5%7.9×17 +28.2%
7Université de MontréalCanada 61.520.3%4.0×12 +1.2%
8University of PisaItaly 61.022.5%4.3×11 +81.2%
9Johannes Gutenberg University MainzGermany 58.319.8%6.6×13 +171.9%
10University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 58.323.6%1.7×12 -28.5%

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 in Clinical Applications, country by country

Is Ultrasound in Clinical Applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Ultrasound in Clinical 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 in Clinical Applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.023% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Ultrasound in Clinical 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 in Clinical 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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