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Health Information Management research

Health Information Management is a subfield of Health Professions. Science Explorer counts 168k research works in it since 1950. 15.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: academic discipline.

Research works
168k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
27k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
12
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+71%
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 Health Information Management research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Healthcare, Public Health, Data Mining, Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Epidemiology. Gaining share since 2009–13: Digital Healthcare Services, E-commerce, Health Research, Nutrition, Information Technology. Losing share: Ethics, Healthcare Knowledge Management, Healthcare Accreditation, Quality Improvement.

▲ 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 30 words, with their numbers
  1. Healthcare16k▲ 2.2×2 topics
  2. Public Health15k▲ 2.1×3 topics
  3. Data Mining15k▲ 2.8×2 topics
  4. Big Data Analytics15k▲ 3.3×1 topic
  5. Machine Learning15k▲ 3.3×1 topic
  6. Epidemiology13k▲ 3.0×2 topics
  7. Healthcare Regulation9,282▼ 0.83×2 topics
  8. Medical Devices6,966▲ 2.1×1 topic
  9. Patient Safety6,966▲ 2.1×1 topic
  10. Health Research5,857▲ 6.8×1 topic
  11. Nutrition5,857▲ 6.8×1 topic
  12. Clinical Decision Support Systems5,209▼ 0.35×1 topic
  13. Electronic Health Records5,209▼ 0.35×1 topic
  14. Information Technology4,919▲ 4.1×2 topics
  15. Digital Healthcare Services4,771▲ 11×1 topic
  16. E-commerce4,771▲ 11×1 topic
  17. Medical Admissions2,501▼ 0.84×1 topic
  18. Non-Communicable Diseases2,501▼ 0.84×1 topic
  19. Healthcare Accreditation2,316▼ 0.30×1 topic
  20. Quality Improvement2,316▼ 0.30×1 topic
  21. Clinical Coding1,931▼ 0.39×1 topic
  22. ICD-101,931▼ 0.39×1 topic
  23. Dietetics1,360▼ 0.42×1 topic
  24. Nutrition Care Process1,360▼ 0.42×1 topic
  25. Context Information Model1,020▼ 0.40×1 topic
  26. Ontology-based1,020▼ 0.40×1 topic
  27. Cinemeducation1,009▼ 0.72×1 topic
  28. Film as Teaching Tool1,009▼ 0.72×1 topic
  29. Ethics148▼ 0.20×1 topic
  30. Healthcare Knowledge Management148▼ 0.20×1 topic

Which countries lead Health Information Management research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the United States, India and China rank highest in Health Information Management. By volume, Indonesia and India publish the most (16k and 8.5k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States · #1 all time 18.9% top 10% · 5.9k works
  2. 2 India · #3 all time 16.6% top 10% · 8.5k works
  3. 3 China · #4 all time 21.1% top 10% · 2.5k works
  4. 4 United Kingdom · #2 all time 19.3% top 10% · 1.4k works
  5. 5 Saudi Arabia · #11 all time 34.0% top 10% · 532 works
  6. 6 Indonesia · #7 all time 3.6% top 10% · 16k works
  7. 7 Australia · #6 all time 27.6% top 10% · 723 works
  8. 8 Bangladesh · #14 all time 25.8% top 10% · 567 works
  9. 9 Canada · #5 all time 19.9% top 10% · 662 works
  10. 10 Pakistan · #16 all time 19.8% top 10% · 437 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 30 countries ranked in Health Information Management. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Health Information Management

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 16k works
  2. 2 India 8.5k works
  3. 3 United States 5.9k works
  4. 4 Brazil 4.7k works
  5. 5 China 2.5k works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 1.4k works
  7. 7 ?? 1.3k works
  8. 8 Australia 723 works
  9. 9 Canada 662 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 589 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.

Indonesia: 38.4%India: 20.0%United States: 13.7%Brazil: 11.1%6 others listed: 16.9%38%largest
Indonesia16k · 38.4%India8,528 · 20.0%United States5,859 · 13.7%Brazil4,732 · 11.1%6 others listed7,222 · 16.9%

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

Which institutions lead Health Information Management research?

Vellore Institute of Technology University (India) ranks first in Health Information Management on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by Saveetha University and Chandigarh University.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Vellore Institute of Technology University India · Vellore · #4 all time 24.1% top 10% · 208 works
  2. 2 Saveetha University India · Chennai · #30 all time 18.3% top 10% · 282 works
  3. 3 Chandigarh University India · Mohali · #41 all time 22.2% top 10% · 206 works
  4. 4 SRM Institute of Science and Technology India · Chennai · #38 all time 17.8% top 10% · 237 works
  5. 5 Chitkara University India · Chandigarh · #47 all time 25.2% top 10% · 151 works
  6. 6 Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation India · Vijayawada · #43 all time 21.8% top 10% · 120 works
  7. 7 Harvard University United States · Cambridge · #1 all time 33.4% top 10% · 62 works
  8. 8 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham India · Coimbatore · #51 all time 27.2% top 10% · 107 works
  9. 9 Graphic Era University India · Dehradun · #67 all time 23.0% top 10% · 115 works
  10. 10 Binus University Indonesia · Jakarta · #56 all time 14.4% top 10% · 185 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 111 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Health Information Management.

Top 100 Health Information Management institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Semarang Indonesia 408 works
  2. 2 Universitas Patria Artha Indonesia 330 works
  3. 3 Saveetha University India 282 works
  4. 4 University of Indonesia Indonesia 278 works
  5. 5 SRM Institute of Science and Technology India 237 works
  6. 6 Airlangga University Indonesia 221 works
  7. 7 Vellore Institute of Technology University India 208 works
  8. 8 Chandigarh University India 206 works
  9. 9 University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa Timur Indonesia 205 works
  10. 10 Binus University Indonesia 185 works

Who are the leading researchers in Health Information Management?

Among the most productive authors in Health Information Management, Aziz Sheikh, Christopher J L Murray and Azeem Majeed rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Aziz Sheikh United Kingdom · #17 worldwide 5.8k citations · 274 works
  2. 2 Christopher J L Murray United States · #23 worldwide 13k citations · 158 works
  3. 3 Azeem Majeed United Kingdom · #51 worldwide 6k citations · 151 works
  4. 4 Déborah Carvalho Malta Brazil · #71 worldwide 5.5k citations · 142 works
  5. 5 Josef Coresh United States · #72 worldwide 5.3k citations · 204 works
  6. 6 Ali H. Mokdad United States · #76 worldwide 10k citations · 131 works
  7. 7 Diego Augusto Santos Silva Brazil · #124 worldwide 3.5k citations · 139 works
  8. 8 Reza Majdzadeh Iran · #540 worldwide 3.7k citations · 100 works
  9. 9 Mayowa Owolabi Nigeria · #786 worldwide 6.5k citations · 92 works
  10. 10 Peter Tugwell Canada · #1,033 worldwide 2k citations · 170 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 3,294 highest-output authors in Health Information Management. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Health Information Management researchers

Where is Health Information Management research done?

The largest centres of Health Information Management research in 2022–2025 are Jakarta (Indonesia), Semarang (Indonesia), Chennai (India) and Bandung (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Palopo, Banda Aceh and Pringsewu Regency.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jakarta Indonesia 2.2k works
  2. 2 Semarang Indonesia 1.1k works
  3. 3 Chennai India 1.1k works
  4. 4 Bandung Indonesia 1k works
  5. 5 Surabaya Indonesia 1k works
  6. 6 Medan Indonesia 895 works
  7. 7 Makassar Indonesia 840 works
  8. 8 São Paulo Brazil 720 works
  9. 9 Yogyakarta Indonesia 648 works
  10. 10 Surakarta Indonesia 461 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Palopo24.6 works34×
  2. Banda Aceh49.6 works26×
  3. Pringsewu Regency48.6 works26×
  4. Nova IguaçuBR · 55.1 works26×
  5. Lubuk PakamID · 132.2 works24×
  6. RajabasaID · 29.5 works19×
  7. Criciúma32.2 works18×
  8. AbepuraID · 29.0 works18×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Health Information Management than the world average.

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Health Information Management research by country

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

Where is the best place to study Health Information Management?

Among universities, judged by research, Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Semarang, Institut Ilmu Kesehatan Bhakti Wiyata and Universitas Patria Artha 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 13.11%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Semarang: 408, 1.6%Institut Ilmu Kesehatan Bhakti Wiyata: 154, 3.6%Universitas Patria Artha: 330, 3.5%Daffodil International University: 41, 35.2%Politeknik Kesehatan Kementerian Kesehatan Jakarta II: 155, 1.4%Vellore Institute of Technology University: 208, 24.1%Universitas Esa Unggul: 124, 4.2%Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang: 116, 2.9%SRM University: 56, 29.4%Chitkara University: 151, 25.2%Daffodil Internation…Institut Ilmu Keseha…Universitas Patria A…Politeknik Kesehatan…
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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
1Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Semarang Indonesia 61.61.6%19.5×408 +568.5%
2Institut Ilmu Kesehatan Bhakti Wiyata Indonesia 55.63.6%18.9×154 +353.1%
3Universitas Patria Artha Indonesia 55.43.5%7.9×330 +914.2%
4Daffodil International University Bangladesh 55.235.2%8.4×41 —
5Politeknik Kesehatan Kementerian Kesehatan Jakarta II Indonesia 54.41.4%20.2×155 +642.6%
6Vellore Institute of Technology University India 54.324.1%4.0×208 +792.2%
7Universitas Esa Unggul Indonesia 53.74.2%9.8×124 +506.9%
8Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang Indonesia 53.22.9%15.6×116 +867.8%
9SRM University India 53.029.4%5.7×56 +491.6%
10Chitkara University India 52.925.2%7.4×151 —

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 Information Management research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 71% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Methodologies in Health Research and Practice, Health, Technology, Consumer Behavior and Healthcare Regulation.

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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. Methodologies in Health Research and Practice+3339%
  2. Health, Technology, Consumer Behavior+2336%
  3. Healthcare Regulation+588%
  4. Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare+546%
  5. Global Health and Epidemiology+235%
  6. Innovation in Digital Healthcare Systems+108%
  7. Trade Secret Protection Methods-9%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Health Information Management include?

Artificial Intelligence …36kArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 36k fractional worksElectronic Health Records Systems: 30k fractional worksHealthcare Quality and Management: 17k fractional worksMethodologies in Health Research and Practice: 16k fractional worksHealthcare Regulation: 15k fractional worksHealth, Technology, Consumer Behavior: 13k fractional worksMedical Coding and Healt…12kMedical Coding and Health Information: 12k fractional worksDietetics, Nutrition, and Education: 9,269 fractional worksGlobal Health and Epidemiology: 8,882 fractional worksInnovation in Digital Healthcare Systems: 5,006 fractional worksFilm in Education and Therapy: 4,321 fractional worksTrade Secret Protection Methods: 1,348 fractional works

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