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Vestibular and auditory disorders

Vestibular and auditory disorders is a research topic within Neurology. Science Explorer counts 44k research works in it since 1950. 12.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the role of the cerebellum in neurological disorders and functions, including its involvement in motor control, cognition, vestibular processing, and conditions such as dizziness, vertigo, and sudden hearing loss. The papers cover topics such as cerebellar neuroimaging, functional connectivity, and the impact of cerebellar damage on cognitive and affective development.

  • Cerebellum
  • Neuroimaging
  • Vestibular
  • Cognition
  • Motor Control
  • Functional Connectivity
  • Dizziness
  • Vertigo
  • Sudden Hearing Loss
  • Neurological Disorders
Research works
44k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+25%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Vestibular and auditory disorders research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.3k and 1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.3k works
  2. 2 China 1k works
  3. 3 Japan 402 works
  4. 4 Germany 384 works
  5. 5 India 371 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 292 works
  7. 7 South Korea 269 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 257 works
  9. 9 Italy 244 works
  10. 10 France 188 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: 27.1%China: 21.7%Japan: 8.6%Germany: 8.2%6 others listed: 34.5%27%largest
United States1,272 · 27.1%China1,018 · 21.7%Japan402 · 8.6%Germany384 · 8.2%6 others listed1,621 · 34.5%

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

Which institutions lead Vestibular and auditory disorders research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Chicago publishes the most Vestibular and auditory disorders research, followed by Johns Hopkins University and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of ChicagoUnited States 53 works
  2. 2 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 37 works
  3. 3 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 34 works
  4. 4 Harvard UniversityUnited States 31 works
  5. 5 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 29 works
  6. 6 Capital Medical UniversityChina 28 works
  7. 7 Johns Hopkins MedicineUnited States 26 works
  8. 8 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 24 works
  9. 9 Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinGermany 22 works
  10. 10 Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan UniversityChina 21 works

Who are the leading researchers in Vestibular and auditory disorders?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Vestibular and auditory disorders include Stephen Grossberg.

  1. 1 Stephen Grossberg United States 2.9k citations

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

Where is Vestibular and auditory disorders research done?

The largest centres of Vestibular and auditory disorders research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Shanghai (China) and Tokyo (Japan).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 175 works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 127 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 126 works
  4. 4 Tokyo Japan 109 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 104 works
  6. 6 Istanbul Türkiye 84 works
  7. 7 Paris France 80 works
  8. 8 Baltimore United States 75 works
  9. 9 Guangzhou China 65 works
  10. 10 Ankara Türkiye 65 works
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Where is the best place to study Vestibular and auditory disorders?

Among universities, judged by research, Medical University of South Carolina, Harvard University and University of Chicago 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%mean 12.43%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Medical University of South Carolina: 14, 20.8%Harvard University: 31, 21.1%University of Chicago: 52, 3.3%Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München: 34, 8.3%Medical University of Warsaw: 12, 9.9%University College London: 28, 17.7%Capital Medical University: 28, 9.6%Johns Hopkins University: 37, 11.4%Nagoya City University: 9, 7.0%Maastricht University: 11, 15.2%Harvard UniversityMedical University o…Ludwig-Maximilians-U…University of Chicago
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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 Medical University of South CarolinaUnited States 62.720.8%9.9×14 +93.6%
2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 56.321.1%3.8×31 +47.3%
3 University of ChicagoUnited States 54.63.3%10.0×52 +23.6%
4 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 54.48.3%8.4×34 +22.6%
5 Medical University of WarsawPoland 52.69.9%8.5×12 +288.8%
6 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 50.317.7%3.2×28 +22.5%
7 Capital Medical UniversityChina 48.99.6%7.6×28 +49.7%
8 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 48.611.4%5.4×37 +26.0%
9 Nagoya City UniversityJapan 47.67.0%16.6×9 +168.7%
10 Maastricht UniversityNetherlands 46.315.2%5.0×11 +66.9%

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 Vestibular and auditory disorders research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Vestibular and auditory disorders.

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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.