Health Informatics research
Health Informatics is a subfield of Medicine. Science Explorer counts 42k research works in it since 1954. 21.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
In short: discipline at the intersection of information science, computer science, and health care.
- Research works
- 42k fractional, since 1954
- In the world top 10%
- 8.9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 21.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Topics
- 1
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +518% 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 Health Informatics research?
On research quality in 2022–2025, the United States, China and the United Kingdom rank highest in Health Informatics. By volume, the United States and India publish the most (6.4k and 2.4k works in 2022–2025).
By research quality, 2022–2025
- 1 United States · #1 all time 21.5% top 10% · 6.4k works
- 2 China · #3 all time 26.7% top 10% · 2k works
- 3 United Kingdom · #2 all time 25.2% top 10% · 1.4k works
- 4 India · #4 all time 14.1% top 10% · 2.4k works
- 5 Germany · #5 all time 28.7% top 10% · 955 works
- 6 Australia · #6 all time 30.1% top 10% · 636 works
- 7 Canada · #7 all time 25.0% top 10% · 698 works
- 8 Italy · #8 all time 28.9% top 10% · 619 works
- 9 South Korea · #9 all time 34.2% top 10% · 365 works
- 10 Saudi Arabia · #11 all time 30.0% top 10% · 410 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 23 countries ranked in Health Informatics. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.
All countries ranked in Health InformaticsBy volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 6.4k works
- 2 India 2.4k works
- 3 China 2k works
- 4 United Kingdom 1.4k works
- 5 Germany 955 works
- 6 Türkiye 702 works
- 7 Canada 698 works
- 8 Australia 636 works
- 9 Italy 619 works
- 10 Indonesia 565 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 Health Informatics research?
Stanford University (United States) ranks first in Health Informatics on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by Harvard University and University of Toronto.
By research quality, 2022–2025
- 1 Stanford University United States · Stanford · #1 all time 33.8% top 10% · 95 works
- 2 Harvard University United States · Cambridge · #2 all time 32.3% top 10% · 88 works
- 3 University of Toronto Canada · Toronto 26.8% top 10% · 69 works
- 4 Yale University United States · New Haven 24.1% top 10% · 65 works
- 5 Design Intelligence (United States) United States · Norman · #3 all time 0.0% top 10% · 446 works
- 6 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States · Chapel Hill 10.2% top 10% · 62 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 6 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Health Informatics.
Top 100 Health Informatics institutionsBy volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Design Intelligence (United States)United States 446 works
- 2 Stanford UniversityUnited States 95 works
- 3 Harvard UniversityUnited States 88 works
- 4 University of TorontoCanada 69 works
- 5 Yale UniversityUnited States 65 works
- 6 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 63 works
- 7 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 59 works
- 8 Mayo ClinicUnited States 57 works
- 9 Chandigarh UniversityIndia 56 works
- 10 Saveetha UniversityIndia 54 works
Who are the leading researchers in Health Informatics?
Among the most productive authors in Health Informatics, David Moher, Yoshua Bengio and Li Fei-Fei rank highest on the composite score.
- 1 David Moher Canada · #1 worldwide 38k citations · 235 works
- 2 Yoshua Bengio Canada · #4 worldwide 17k citations · 298 works
- 3 Li Fei-Fei United States · #9 worldwide 17k citations · 188 works
- 4 John P. A. Ioannidis United States · #10 worldwide 8k citations · 222 works
- 5 Azeem Majeed United Kingdom · #51 worldwide 6k citations · 151 works
- 6 Patrick M. Bossuyt Netherlands · #59 worldwide 14k citations · 137 works
- 7 M. Hassan Murad United States · #176 worldwide 3.7k citations · 177 works
- 8 Christopher D. Manning United States · #408 worldwide 4.6k citations · 193 works
- 9 Yogesh K. Dwivedi United Kingdom · #810 worldwide 3.2k citations · 172 works
- 10 Pushmeet Kohli United Kingdom · #1,147 worldwide 3.5k citations · 99 works
Re-ranked on the composite score from the 2,105 highest-output authors in Health Informatics. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.
Top 100 Health Informatics researchersWhere is Health Informatics research done?
The largest centres of Health Informatics research in 2022–2025 are Norman (United States), London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Norman and Redmond.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Norman United States 452 works
- 2 London United Kingdom 442 works
- 3 Beijing China 353 works
- 4 New York United States 326 works
- 5 Boston United States 228 works
- 6 Seoul South Korea 201 works
- 7 Chennai India 200 works
- 8 Toronto Canada 197 works
- 9 Shanghai China 195 works
- 10 Singapore Singapore 181 works
Where it is the local speciality
- NormanUS · 452.5 works53×
- RedmondUS · 21.4 works9.1×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Health Informatics than the world average.
Health Informatics research by country
The best places for Health Informatics research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.
Where is the best place to study Health Informatics?
Among universities, judged by research, Halmstad University, Stanford University 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.
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 | Halmstad UniversitySweden | 63.7 | 46.8% | 14.6× | 15 | — |
| 2 | Stanford UniversityUnited States | 56.9 | 33.8% | 3.2× | 95 | +691.6% |
| 3 | Harvard UniversityUnited States | 56.3 | 32.3% | 2.9× | 88 | +658.1% |
| 4 | Education University of Hong KongHong Kong | 56.0 | 53.5% | 4.7× | 17 | — |
| 5 | National University Health SystemSingapore | 53.2 | 45.3% | 6.2× | 10 | — |
| 6 | Monash UniversityAustralia | 51.9 | 36.8% | 1.8× | 36 | +294.0% |
| 7 | Alfaisal UniversitySaudi Arabia | 51.6 | 44.4% | 5.5× | 11 | — |
| 8 | Zayed UniversityUnited Arab Emirates | 51.5 | 43.4% | 5.8× | 11 | — |
| 9 | University of BishaSaudi Arabia | 50.4 | 22.8% | 9.2× | 13 | — |
| 10 | Swami Vivekanand College of PharmacyIndia | 50.4 | 50.4% | 5.4× | 12 | — |
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 Health Informatics research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 518% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education.
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.