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General Health Professions research

General Health Professions is a subfield of Health Professions. Science Explorer counts 1.4M research works in it since 1950. 18.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: type of profession.

Research works
1.4M
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
259k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
50
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+40%
the tick is no change

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

What is General Health Professions research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Public Health, Mental Health, Social Determinants of Health, Primary Care, Quality of Life, Social Support. Gaining share since 2009–13: Barriers, Quality of Service, Patient Experience, Healthcare Access, Patient Satisfaction. Losing share: Quality Improvement, Community Health, Healthcare Systems, Primary Care.

▲ gaining share of this field◆ holding its share▼ losing share

Size is the world's fractional works in 2019–23 in the topics tagged with each word; colour compares the word's share of this field with 2009–13. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Public Health81k▼ 0.85×12 topics
  2. Mental Health67k◆ 1.11×5 topics
  3. Social Determinants of Health61k◆ 0.90×6 topics
  4. Primary Care60k▼ 0.78×9 topics
  5. Quality of Life41k◆ 0.93×4 topics
  6. Social Support41k◆ 0.96×4 topics
  7. Health Outcomes40k◆ 1.11×3 topics
  8. Health Promotion34k◆ 0.96×5 topics
  9. Chronic Diseases31k◆ 0.91×3 topics
  10. Chronic Disease Management29k◆ 1.01×4 topics
  11. Healthcare Access29k▲ 1.97×2 topics
  12. Health28k▲ 1.34×4 topics
  13. Social Determinants28k◆ 1.06×3 topics
  14. Patient Experience26k▲ 2.4×3 topics
  15. Patient Satisfaction26k▲ 1.87×3 topics
  16. Patient Engagement26k▲ 1.38×3 topics
  17. Digital Health25k▲ 1.28×2 topics
  18. Chronic Disease23k◆ 1.11×2 topics
  19. Risk Factors23k◆ 0.93×2 topics
  20. Quality Improvement21k▼ 0.73×3 topics
  21. Behavior Change21k▲ 1.46×2 topics
  22. Healthcare Legislation21k▼ 0.81×1 topic
  23. Patient Rights21k▼ 0.81×1 topic
  24. Patient Care21k▲ 1.25×3 topics
  25. Quality of Care19k◆ 1.13×3 topics
  26. Health Policy19k◆ 0.89×2 topics
  27. Community Health18k▼ 0.75×3 topics
  28. Well-being18k▲ 1.59×2 topics
  29. Precarious Employment16k◆ 1.11×1 topic
  30. Unemployment16k◆ 1.11×1 topic
  31. Healthcare16k▼ 0.80×2 topics
  32. Barriers16k▲ 14×1 topic
  33. Quality of Service16k▲ 14×1 topic
  34. Adolescent Health16k▼ 0.79×2 topics
  35. Aging15k◆ 0.88×1 topic
  36. Elderly15k◆ 0.88×1 topic
  37. Healthcare Systems15k▼ 0.75×2 topics
  38. Aging Population15k▼ 0.86×2 topics
  39. Healthcare Outcomes14k◆ 0.94×2 topics
  40. Evidence-Based Practice13k▼ 0.80×2 topics

Which countries lead General Health Professions research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the United States, the United Kingdom and China rank highest in General Health Professions. By volume, the United States and Indonesia publish the most (63k and 24k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States · #1 all time 18.5% top 10% · 63k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom · #2 all time 21.7% top 10% · 19k works
  3. 3 China · #7 all time 32.0% top 10% · 8.8k works
  4. 4 Australia · #4 all time 26.0% top 10% · 10k works
  5. 5 Canada · #3 all time 21.5% top 10% · 11k works
  6. 6 Germany · #5 all time 16.9% top 10% · 11k works
  7. 7 India · #14 all time 9.9% top 10% · 10k works
  8. 8 Italy · #9 all time 23.1% top 10% · 3.7k works
  9. 9 Netherlands · #6 all time 26.1% top 10% · 3.8k works
  10. 10 Spain · #12 all time 16.8% top 10% · 5.7k 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 86 countries ranked in General Health Professions. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in General Health Professions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 63k works
  2. 2 Indonesia 24k works
  3. 3 Brazil 21k works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 19k works
  5. 5 France 15k works
  6. 6 Germany 11k works
  7. 7 Canada 11k works
  8. 8 India 10k works
  9. 9 Australia 10k works
  10. 10 China 8.8k 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: 32.7%Indonesia: 12.3%Brazil: 10.8%United Kingdom: 9.8%6 others listed: 34.4%33%largest
United States63k · 32.7%Indonesia24k · 12.3%Brazil21k · 10.8%United Kingdom19k · 9.8%6 others listed67k · 34.4%

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

Which institutions lead General Health Professions research?

Harvard University (United States) ranks first in General Health Professions on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by University College London and The University of Sydney.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Harvard University United States · Cambridge · #1 all time 34.7% top 10% · 689 works
  2. 2 University College London United Kingdom · London · #4 all time 29.7% top 10% · 641 works
  3. 3 The University of Sydney Australia · Sydney · #17 all time 31.0% top 10% · 580 works
  4. 4 University of Oxford United Kingdom · Oxford · #8 all time 32.2% top 10% · 462 works
  5. 5 Johns Hopkins University United States · Baltimore · #2 all time 26.8% top 10% · 733 works
  6. 6 University of Toronto Canada · Toronto · #10 all time 25.2% top 10% · 783 works
  7. 7 University of Michigan United States · Ann Arbor · #3 all time 25.6% top 10% · 669 works
  8. 8 BMJ Group (United Kingdom) ?? · London · #57 all time 14.8% top 10% · 1.2k works
  9. 9 King's College London United Kingdom · London · #16 all time 27.7% top 10% · 506 works
  10. 10 Monash University Australia · Melbourne · #42 all time 31.1% top 10% · 465 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 916 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in General Health Professions.

Top 100 General Health Professions institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency FoundationUnited States 1.5k works
  2. 2 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 1.4k works
  3. 3 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 1.3k works
  4. 4 BMJ Group (United Kingdom)?? 1.2k works
  5. 5 Herbalife (Australia)Australia 1.1k works
  6. 6 University of TorontoCanada 783 works
  7. 7 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 748 works
  8. 8 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 733 works
  9. 9 Harvard UniversityUnited States 689 works
  10. 10 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 685 works

Who are the leading researchers in General Health Professions?

Among the most productive authors in General Health Professions, David Moher, John P. A. Ioannidis and Gordon Guyatt rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 David Moher Canada · #1 worldwide 38k citations · 235 works
  2. 2 John P. A. Ioannidis United States · #10 worldwide 8k citations · 222 works
  3. 3 Gordon Guyatt Canada · #11 worldwide 6.8k citations · 254 works
  4. 4 Ronald C. Kessler United States · #14 worldwide 9.8k citations · 232 works
  5. 5 Aziz Sheikh United Kingdom · #17 worldwide 5.8k citations · 274 works
  6. 6 Michael E. Porter United States · #19 worldwide 4.7k citations · 226 works
  7. 7 Christopher J L Murray United States · #23 worldwide 13k citations · 158 works
  8. 8 James Thomas United Kingdom · #27 worldwide 13k citations · 154 works
  9. 9 Zulfiqar A Bhutta Pakistan · #29 worldwide 7k citations · 258 works
  10. 10 Yousef Khader Jordan · #42 worldwide 7.7k citations · 152 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 5,089 highest-output authors in General Health Professions. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 General Health Professions researchers

Where is General Health Professions research done?

The largest centres of General Health Professions research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Paris (France), São Paulo (Brazil) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Sebastopol, Camerton and London.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 5.4k works
  2. 2 Paris France 4.4k works
  3. 3 São Paulo Brazil 3.2k works
  4. 4 New York United States 2.9k works
  5. 5 Jakarta Indonesia 2.8k works
  6. 6 Sydney Australia 2.7k works
  7. 7 Washington D.C. United States 2.2k works
  8. 8 Melbourne Australia 2.1k works
  9. 9 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 2.1k works
  10. 10 Toronto Canada 2.1k works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SebastopolUS · 1,527.4 works47×
  2. CamertonGB · 46.8 works39×
  3. London1,249.8 works27×
  4. Sale292.7 works26×
  5. WilsonUS · 34.2 works21×
  6. PittsfieldUS · 26.8 works20×
  7. FoulayronnesFR · 34.2 works17×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in General Health Professions than the world average.

See General Health Professions on the map

General Health Professions research by country

The best places for General Health Professions research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study General Health Professions?

Among universities, judged by research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of Gondar and Harvard 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%20%40%mean 29.93%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: 266, 36.5%University of Gondar: 148, 45.2%Harvard University: 689, 34.7%University College London: 641, 29.7%The University of Sydney: 580, 31.0%University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 1,387, 9.1%Iranshahr University: 136, 23.0%Johns Hopkins University: 733, 26.8%University of Oxford: 462, 32.2%Monash University: 465, 31.1%University of GondarLondon School of Hyg…Harvard UniversityUniversity College L…
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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 London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom 59.536.5%6.3×266 +26.0%
2 University of GondarEthiopia 52.545.2%3.5×148 +123.7%
3 Harvard UniversityUnited States 51.034.7%2.0×689 +41.6%
4 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 48.429.7%1.7×641 +58.9%
5 The University of SydneyAustralia 47.431.0%2.1×580 +41.9%
6 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 47.09.1%2.9×1,387 +177.7%
7 Iranshahr UniversityIran 46.823.0%5.8×136 +191.0%
8 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 46.526.8%2.5×733 +48.0%
9 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 46.032.2%1.3×462 +57.3%
10 Monash UniversityAustralia 45.731.1%2.0×465 +33.8%

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 General Health Professions research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Healthcare Quality and Satisfaction, Mobile Health and mHealth Applications and Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout.

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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.

  1. Healthcare Quality and Satisfaction+5790%
  2. Mobile Health and mHealth Applications+434%
  3. Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout+225%
  4. Health and Lifestyle Studies+222%
  5. Health, Nursing, Elderly Care+200%
  6. Health and Wellbeing Research+196%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does General Health Professions include?

Health, Medicine and Soc…79kHealth, Medicine and Society: 79k fractional worksEmployment and Welfare S…56kEmployment and Welfare Studies: 56k fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 55k fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 55k fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 47k fractional worksEthics in medical practice46kEthics in medical practice: 46k fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 46k fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 44k fractional worksGlobal Health Care Issues43kGlobal Health Care Issues: 43k fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 41k fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 41k fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Stu…41kHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 41k fractional works

Area is fractional works in that topic. Every name below is a page of its own.