Family Practice research
Family Practice is a subfield of Medicine. Science Explorer counts 43k research works in it since 1950. 19.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
In short: medical specialty.
- Research works
- 43k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 8.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 19.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Topics
- 2
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +31% 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 Family Practice research?
On research quality in 2022–2025, the United States, the United Kingdom and China rank highest in Family Practice. By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (3.1k and 648 works in 2022–2025).
By research quality, 2022–2025
- 1 United States · #1 all time 17.3% top 10% · 3.1k works
- 2 United Kingdom · #2 all time 18.5% top 10% · 648 works
- 3 China · #6 all time 30.3% top 10% · 439 works
- 4 Australia · #4 all time 23.3% top 10% · 331 works
- 5 Canada · #3 all time 19.5% top 10% · 397 works
- 6 Germany · #7 all time 19.5% top 10% · 287 works
- 7 Italy · #8 all time 21.6% top 10% · 205 works
- 8 Netherlands · #5 all time 24.6% top 10% · 225 works
- 9 India · #14 all time 8.4% top 10% · 441 works
- 10 France · #9 all time 8.6% top 10% · 263 works
The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.
Of 14 countries ranked in Family Practice. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.
All countries ranked in Family PracticeBy volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 3.1k works
- 2 United Kingdom 648 works
- 3 India 441 works
- 4 China 439 works
- 5 Canada 397 works
- 6 Australia 331 works
- 7 Spain 310 works
- 8 Germany 287 works
- 9 France 263 works
- 10 Indonesia 229 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Family Practice research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Design Intelligence (United States) publishes the most Family Practice research, followed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Harvard University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Design Intelligence (United States) United States 57 works
- 2 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 50 works
- 3 Harvard University United States 50 works
- 4 Johns Hopkins University United States 43 works
- 5 University of Michigan United States 40 works
- 6 Brigham and Women's Hospital United States 34 works
- 7 University of California, San Francisco United States 33 works
- 8 University of Toronto Canada 33 works
- 9 University of Pennsylvania United States 27 works
- 10 University of Pittsburgh United States 27 works
Who are the leading researchers in Family Practice?
Among the most productive authors in Family Practice, John P. A. Ioannidis, Gordon Guyatt and Reza Malekzadeh rank highest on the composite score.
- 1 John P. A. Ioannidis United States · #10 worldwide 8k citations · 222 works
- 2 Gordon Guyatt Canada · #11 worldwide 6.8k citations · 254 works
- 3 Reza Malekzadeh Iran · #24 worldwide 6.7k citations · 167 works
- 4 Giuseppe Remuzzi Italy · #34 worldwide 8.1k citations · 312 works
- 5 Maciej Banach Poland · #49 worldwide 5.2k citations · 199 works
- 6 Jeremy Grimshaw Canada · #68 worldwide 14k citations · 133 works
- 7 Salim S. Virani United States · #125 worldwide 3.9k citations · 163 works
- 8 Marcello Tonelli Canada · #200 worldwide 5.9k citations · 113 works
- 9 Piotr Ponikowski Poland · #225 worldwide 4.1k citations · 218 works
- 10 Dorairaj Prabhakaran India · #239 worldwide 3k citations · 134 works
Re-ranked on the composite score from the 2,755 highest-output authors in Family Practice. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.
Top 100 Family Practice researchersWhere is Family Practice research done?
The largest centres of Family Practice research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Boston (United States) and Baltimore (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Norman.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 London United Kingdom 184 works
- 2 New York United States 140 works
- 3 Boston United States 140 works
- 4 Baltimore United States 96 works
- 5 Philadelphia United States 92 works
- 6 Toronto Canada 86 works
- 7 Paris France 83 works
- 8 Melbourne Australia 77 works
- 9 Madrid Spain 70 works
- 10 Houston United States 68 works
Where it is the local speciality
- NormanUS · 59.6 works18×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Family Practice than the world average.
Family Practice research by country
The best places for Family Practice research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.
Where is the best place to study Family Practice?
Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, University of Gondar and Queen's 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard University United States | 64.9 | 34.0% | 4.1× | 50 | +39.5% |
| 2 | University of Gondar Ethiopia | 60.2 | 26.8% | 7.7× | 11 | +1002.3% |
| 3 | Queen's University Canada | 58.2 | 39.2% | 2.7× | 10 | +392.2% |
| 4 | Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences United States | 56.8 | 22.2% | 15.4× | 14 | +73.6% |
| 5 | Dokkyo Medical University Japan | 56.7 | 26.6% | 25.4× | 12 | — |
| 6 | Jordan University of Science and Technology Jordan | 54.6 | 23.3% | 5.8× | 9 | +245.5% |
| 7 | University of California, San Francisco United States | 53.7 | 26.2% | 5.4× | 33 | -0.6% |
| 8 | Johns Hopkins University United States | 53.6 | 22.7% | 4.2× | 43 | +45.7% |
| 9 | The University of Sydney Australia | 51.8 | 29.4% | 2.8× | 27 | +44.8% |
| 10 | Qatar University Qatar | 51.3 | 22.3% | 3.7× | 10 | +216.8% |
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 Family Practice research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Medication Adherence and Compliance and Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills.
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.