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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. 6.5% 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%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
6.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+17%
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 Vascular anomalies and interventions research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (894 and 355 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 894 works
  2. 2 India 355 works
  3. 3 China 323 works
  4. 4 Japan 233 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 135 works
  6. 6 Italy 130 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 98 works
  8. 8 Brazil 92 works
  9. 9 Germany 89 works
  10. 10 Spain 88 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: 36.7%India: 14.6%China: 13.2%Japan: 9.5%6 others listed: 26.0%37%largest
United States894 · 36.7%India355 · 14.6%China323 · 13.2%Japan233 · 9.5%6 others listed632 · 26.0%

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

Which institutions lead Vascular anomalies and interventions research?

By volume in 2022–2025, All India Institute of Medical Sciences publishes the most Vascular anomalies and interventions research, followed by Cleveland Clinic and Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 35 works
  2. 2 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 15 works
  3. 3 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia 14 works
  4. 4 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States 13 works
  5. 5 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 13 works
  6. 6 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 11 works
  7. 7 Sichuan UniversityChina 10 works
  8. 8 Mohammed V UniversityMorocco 10 works
  9. 9 Instituto Nacional de CardiologíaMexico 10 works
  10. 10 Yale UniversityUnited States 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Vascular anomalies and interventions?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Vascular anomalies and interventions include Winfried März, Bernard J. Gersh and Patrick W. Serruys.

  1. 1 Winfried März Germany 5.2k citations
  2. 2 Bernard J. Gersh United States 4k citations
  3. 3 Patrick W. Serruys Netherlands 3.6k citations
  4. 4 Thomas Schwarz United States 3.1k citations
  5. 5 Catherine M Otto United States 2.5k citations

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

Where is Vascular anomalies and interventions research done?

The largest centres of Vascular anomalies and interventions research in 2022–2025 are New Delhi (India), Tokyo (Japan), Istanbul (Türkiye) and Beijing (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 New Delhi India 54 works
  2. 2 Tokyo Japan 47 works
  3. 3 Istanbul Türkiye 47 works
  4. 4 Beijing China 44 works
  5. 5 New York United States 41 works
  6. 6 Mexico City Mexico 38 works
  7. 7 Moscow Russia 34 works
  8. 8 London United Kingdom 31 works
  9. 9 Philadelphia United States 30 works
  10. 10 Boston United States 30 works
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Where is the best place to study Vascular anomalies and interventions?

Among universities, judged by research, Yale University, All India Institute of Medical Sciences and 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%5%10%15%mean 3.4%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Yale University: 9, 12.8%All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 35, 0.0%Institute of Medical Sciences: 11, 1.5%Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: 9, 6.0%Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research: 14, 0.0%Mohammed V University: 10, 3.4%Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi: 13, 0.7%University of Alabama at Birmingham: 8, 4.4%Sichuan University: 10, 1.8%Yale UniversityIcahn School of Medi…Institute of Medical…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 Yale UniversityUnited States 55.112.8%2.7×9 +92.0%
2 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 53.60.0%16.7×35 +52.8%
3 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 49.11.5%9.9×11 +117.7%
4 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States 45.06.0%5.2×9 +90.3%
5 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia 40.70.0%12.2×14 +52.5%
6 Mohammed V UniversityMorocco 38.23.4%7.1×10 —
7 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 37.30.7%6.4×13 —
8 University of Alabama at BirminghamUnited States 29.24.4%5.1×8 +19.7%
9 Sichuan UniversityChina 23.01.8%1.7×10 +105.2%

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 Vascular anomalies and interventions research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.