Question 1

Which countries lead Health Informatics research?

Accepted Answer

On research quality in 2022-now, the United States, Germany and China rank highest in Health Informatics. By volume, the United States and India publish the most (8.7k and 3.4k works in 2022-now).

Question 2

Which institutions lead Health Informatics research?

Accepted Answer

Harvard University (United States) ranks first in Health Informatics on research quality in 2022-now, followed by Stanford University and Yale University.

Question 3

Who are the leading researchers in Health Informatics?

Accepted Answer

Counting only their work in Health Informatics, Professor Gary S. Collins, Xiaoxuan Liu and Daniel Shu Wei Ting have the most papers in the world top 10% for their subfield and year beyond the 10% expected.

Question 4

Where is Health Informatics research done?

Accepted Answer

The largest centres of Health Informatics research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China), Norman (United States) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Issy-les-Moulineaux and Norman.

Question 5

Where is the best place to study Health Informatics?

Accepted Answer

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, Stanford University and Johns Hopkins University score highest, combining standing in the field's ranking, citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

Question 6

Is Health Informatics research growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 543% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education.

Question 7

What are the most cited papers in Health Informatics?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper in Health Informatics is "Stop explaining black box machine learning models for high stakes decisions and use interpretable models instead" (Cynthia D Rudin, 2019), with 10,230 citations. Next come "High-performance medicine: the convergence of human and artificial intelligence" (10,125) and "Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): Concepts, taxonomies, opportunities and challenges toward responsible AI" (10,008).