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Wound Healing and Treatments

Wound Healing and Treatments is a research topic within Rehabilitation. Science Explorer counts 46k research works in it since 1950. 23.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to wound healing and regeneration, including the role of macrophages and fibroblasts, chronic wounds, growth factors, hydrogel dressings, angiogenesis, diabetes, and inflammation. It explores the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in wound repair and provides insights into potential therapeutic interventions for enhancing the wound healing process.

  • Wound Healing
  • Regeneration
  • Macrophages
  • Fibroblasts
  • Chronic Wounds
  • Growth Factors
  • Hydrogel Dressings
  • Angiogenesis
  • Diabetes
  • Inflammation
Research works
46k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
11k
per year above
Top-10% rate
23.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+59%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Wound Healing and Treatments research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.2k and 1.7k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 3.2k works
  2. 2 United States 1.7k works
  3. 3 India 900 works
  4. 4 Iran 464 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 383 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 339 works
  7. 7 Brazil 295 works
  8. 8 South Korea 272 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 259 works
  10. 10 Germany 256 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: 39.9%United States: 21.2%India: 11.1%Iran: 5.7%6 others listed: 22.2%40%largest
China3,244 · 39.9%United States1,726 · 21.2%India900 · 11.1%Iran464 · 5.7%6 others listed1,804 · 22.2%

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

Which institutions lead Wound Healing and Treatments research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Sichuan University publishes the most Wound Healing and Treatments research, followed by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Sichuan University China 78 works
  2. 2 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 44 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China 40 works
  4. 4 Chinese PLA General Hospital China 37 works
  5. 5 Southern Medical University China 36 works
  6. 6 Wenzhou Medical University China 35 works
  7. 7 Sun Yat-sen University China 32 works
  8. 8 Zhejiang University China 30 works
  9. 9 Airlangga University Indonesia 29 works
  10. 10 Qingdao University China 29 works

Who are the leading researchers in Wound Healing and Treatments?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Wound Healing and Treatments include Ziad A. Memish, Seeram Ramakrishna and Suzanne Polinder.

  1. 1 Ziad A. Memish 5.3k citations
  2. 2 Seeram Ramakrishna 5.1k citations
  3. 3 Suzanne Polinder 4.2k citations

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

Where is Wound Healing and Treatments research done?

The largest centres of Wound Healing and Treatments research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Guangzhou (China) and Tehran (Iran). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Galveston, Zunyi and Wenzhou.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 336 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 305 works
  3. 3 Guangzhou China 224 works
  4. 4 Tehran Iran 194 works
  5. 5 Chengdu China 176 works
  6. 6 Wuhan China 136 works
  7. 7 Hangzhou China 133 works
  8. 8 Seoul South Korea 131 works
  9. 9 Xi'an China 125 works
  10. 10 Nanjing China 119 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GalvestonUS · 27.4 works12×
  2. ZunyiCN · 22.4 works9.8×
  3. WenzhouCN · 68.9 works7.0×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Wound Healing and Treatments than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Wound Healing and Treatments?

Among universities, judged by research, Wenzhou Medical University, Sichuan University and Southern Medical University 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%25%50%75%mean 47.28%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Wenzhou Medical University: 35, 45.1%Sichuan University: 78, 58.8%Southern Medical University: 36, 43.5%Zunyi Medical University: 19, 30.4%Donghua University: 28, 48.2%Air Force Medical University: 20, 47.6%Xi'an Jiaotong University: 23, 71.0%Shenyang Pharmaceutical University: 14, 49.0%Qingdao University: 29, 51.8%Iran University of Medical Sciences: 20, 27.4%Sichuan UniversityWenzhou Medical Univ…Southern Medical Uni…Zunyi Medical Univer…
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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
1Wenzhou Medical University China 65.345.1%9.1×35 +138.3%
2Sichuan University China 63.558.8%4.1×78 +118.9%
3Southern Medical University China 59.643.5%8.9×36 +52.5%
4Zunyi Medical University China 59.630.4%10.8×19 +430.0%
5Donghua University China 58.848.2%6.7×28 +139.6%
6Air Force Medical University China 55.747.6%10.6×20 +8.7%
7Xi'an Jiaotong University China 55.071.0%1.3×23 +356.5%
8Shenyang Pharmaceutical University China 53.549.0%9.4×14
9Qingdao University China 53.251.8%4.7×29 +114.2%
10Iran University of Medical Sciences Iran 51.427.4%6.5×20 +432.1%

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 Wound Healing and Treatments research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 59% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Wound Healing and Treatments.

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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.