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Vascular anomalies and interventions

Vascular anomalies and interventions is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 23k 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 focuses on a wide range of venous anomalies and syndromes in the vascular system, including anomalies of the inferior vena cava, superior mesenteric artery syndrome, nutcracker syndrome, vascular compression syndromes, and venous aneurysms. The papers discuss the diagnosis, imaging findings, clinical implications, treatment strategies, and surgical interventions for these venous abnormalities.

  • Inferior Vena Cava
  • Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome
  • Nutcracker Syndrome
  • Vascular Anomalies
  • Deep Vein Thrombosis
  • Left Superior Vena Cava
  • Renal Nutcracker Syndrome
  • Vascular Compression Syndromes
  • Venous Aneurysms
  • Congenital Venous Abnormalities
Research works
23k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+10%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
36% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Vascular anomalies and interventions

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

Which countries lead Vascular anomalies and interventions research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (977 and 393 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 977 works
  2. 2 India 393 works
  3. 3 China 384 works
  4. 4 Japan 270 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 151 works
  6. 6 Italy 144 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 109 works
  8. 8 Brazil 101 works
  9. 9 Germany 99 works
  10. 10 Spain 96 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: 35.9%India: 14.4%China: 14.1%Japan: 9.9%6 others listed: 25.7%36%largest
United States977 · 35.9%India393 · 14.4%China384 · 14.1%Japan270 · 9.9%6 others listed700 · 25.7%

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

Which institutions lead Vascular anomalies and interventions research?

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

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 58 works
  2. 2 Mayo ClinicUnited States 32 works
  3. 3 Harvard UniversityUnited States 32 works
  4. 4 Sichuan UniversityChina 21 works
  5. 5 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 17 works
  6. 6 Capital Medical UniversityChina 17 works
  7. 7 Mount Sinai Health SystemUnited States 16 works
  8. 8 Yale UniversityUnited States 16 works
  9. 9 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia 15 works
  10. 10 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 14 works

Who are the leading researchers in Vascular anomalies and interventions?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Vascular anomalies and interventions include Stephan Windecker, Gregory Y.H. Lip and Victoria Delgado.

  1. 1 Stephan Windecker Switzerland 338k citations
  2. 2 Gregory Y.H. Lip United Kingdom 311k citations
  3. 3 Victoria Delgado Netherlands 269k citations
  4. 4 Marcello A. Tonelli Canada 268k citations
  5. 5 Valentı́n Fuster United States 257k citations
  6. 6 Patrizio Lancellotti Belgium 245k citations
  7. 7 Deepak L. Bhatt United States 227k 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 Vascular anomalies and interventions?

The most cited paper in Vascular anomalies and interventions is "Electrothrombosis of saccular aneurysms via endovascular approach" (Guido Guglielmi, Fernando Viñuela, Ivan Sepetka et al., 1991), with 1,269 citations. Next come "Ultrasonic locating devices for central venous cannulation: meta-analysis" (1,092) and "Renal-Artery Stenosis" (1,070).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Electrothrombosis of saccular aneurysms via endovascular approach Guido Guglielmi, Fernando Viñuela, Ivan Sepetka et al. · Journal of neurosurgery Jul 1991 1,269
2 Ultrasonic locating devices for central venous cannulation: meta-analysis Daniel Hind, Neill Calvert, Richard McWilliams et al. · BMJ Open access 14 Aug 2003 1,092
3 Renal-Artery Stenosis Robert D. Safian, Stephen C. Textor · New England Journal of Medicine 8 Feb 2001 1,070
4 Total cavopulmonary connection: a logical alternative to atriopulmonary connection for complex Fontan operations. Experimental studies and early clinical experience. Marc R. de Leval, Philip J. Kilner, Marc H. M. L. Gewillig et al. · PubMed Nov 1988 1,031
5 Total cavopulmonary connection: A logical alternative to atriopulmonary connection for complex Fontan operations Marc R. de Leval, Philip J. Kilner, Marc H. M. L. Gewillig et al. · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Open access Nov 1988 1,005
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Where is Vascular anomalies and interventions research done?

The largest centres of Vascular anomalies and interventions research in 2022-now are New Delhi (India), Tokyo (Japan), Istanbul (Türkiye) and Beijing (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 New DelhiIndia 59 works
  2. 2 TokyoJapan 53 works
  3. 3 IstanbulTürkiye 51 works
  4. 4 BeijingChina 50 works
  5. 5 New YorkUnited States 43 works
  6. 6 Mexico CityMexico 42 works
  7. 7 MoscowRussia 36 works
  8. 8 LondonUnited Kingdom 34 works
  9. 9 BostonUnited States 33 works
  10. 10 PhiladelphiaUnited States 32 works
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Where is the best place to study Vascular anomalies and interventions?

Among universities, judged by research, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Harvard University and All India Institute of Medical Sciences 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 21.73%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Pirogov Russian Nati…University of Pennsy…Harvard UniversityAll India Institute …
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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.

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
1Pirogov Russian National Research Medical UniversityRussia 62.843.2%14.4×9 +39.7%
2Harvard UniversityUnited States 62.517.1%2.9×32 +35.7%
3All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 49.54.2%15.0×58 +7.1%
4University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 47.732.0%2.7×10 +37.7%
5Yale UniversityUnited States 47.217.4%4.2×16 +27.5%
6Capital Medical UniversityChina 43.521.3%4.6×17 +12.6%
7Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 42.217.0%2.0×11 +54.6%
8Baylor College of MedicineUnited States 41.523.2%6.9×12 -4.7%
9Nanjing Medical UniversityChina 39.528.8%3.1×10 +114.2%
10University of MiamiUnited States 38.513.1%5.5×12 +13.9%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Vascular anomalies and interventions, country by country

Is Vascular anomalies and interventions research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Vascular anomalies and interventions.

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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 Vascular anomalies and interventions as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.018% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Vascular anomalies and interventions 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%Vascular anomalies and interventions10.1% 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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