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Reproductive Medicine research

Reproductive Medicine is a subfield of Medicine. Science Explorer counts 287k research works in it since 1950. 19.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: medicine dealing with prevention, diagnosis and management of reproductive problems.

Research works
287k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
56k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
8
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+25%
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 Reproductive Medicine research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Infertility, Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Genomic Analysis, Ovarian Cancer, Ovarian Reserve. Gaining share since 2009–13: Assisted Reproductive Technology, Reproductive Technologies, Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Infertility. Losing share: Health Claims, scientific opinion, GPR54 Gene, Puberty.

▲ 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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Infertility31k▲ 1.16×3 topics
  2. Epidemiology20k▲ 1.18×2 topics
  3. Quality of Life20k▲ 1.18×2 topics
  4. Genomic Analysis12k◆ 1.09×1 topic
  5. Ovarian Cancer12k◆ 1.09×1 topic
  6. Ovarian Reserve11k◆ 1.13×1 topic
  7. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome11k◆ 1.13×1 topic
  8. Assisted Reproductive Technology10k▲ 1.20×1 topic
  9. Reproductive Technologies10k▲ 1.20×1 topic
  10. Diagnosis10k▲ 1.16×1 topic
  11. Management10k▲ 1.16×1 topic
  12. Oxidative Stress8,904▼ 0.83×1 topic
  13. Sperm DNA Fragmentation8,904▼ 0.83×1 topic
  14. GPR54 Gene2,400▼ 0.63×1 topic
  15. Puberty2,400▼ 0.63×1 topic
  16. Biomedical Science2,213▼ 0.71×1 topic
  17. Health Research2,213▼ 0.71×1 topic
  18. Health Claims1,445▼ 0.56×1 topic
  19. scientific opinion1,445▼ 0.56×1 topic

Which countries lead Reproductive Medicine research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the United States, China and the United Kingdom rank highest in Reproductive Medicine. By volume, the United States and China publish the most (9.5k and 6.9k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States · #1 all time 14.8% top 10% · 9.5k works
  2. 2 China · #3 all time 25.0% top 10% · 6.9k works
  3. 3 United Kingdom · #2 all time 18.4% top 10% · 2k works
  4. 4 Italy · #4 all time 24.6% top 10% · 1.8k works
  5. 5 India · #14 all time 9.7% top 10% · 3.1k works
  6. 6 Australia · #5 all time 22.5% top 10% · 1.1k works
  7. 7 Canada · #7 all time 16.8% top 10% · 986 works
  8. 8 Spain · #11 all time 17.5% top 10% · 1.1k works
  9. 9 France · #6 all time 15.6% top 10% · 1.2k works
  10. 10 Germany · #9 all time 13.7% top 10% · 1.1k 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 36 countries ranked in Reproductive Medicine. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Reproductive Medicine

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 9.5k works
  2. 2 China 6.9k works
  3. 3 India 3.1k works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 2k works
  5. 5 Italy 1.8k works
  6. 6 Türkiye 1.5k works
  7. 7 Brazil 1.5k works
  8. 8 Iran 1.4k works
  9. 9 Japan 1.3k works
  10. 10 France 1.2k 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: 31.3%China: 22.9%India: 10.4%United Kingdom: 6.7%6 others listed: 28.7%31%largest
United States9,468 · 31.3%China6,925 · 22.9%India3,142 · 10.4%United Kingdom2,037 · 6.7%6 others listed8,695 · 28.7%

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

Which institutions lead Reproductive Medicine research?

Monash University (Australia) ranks first in Reproductive Medicine on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by Yale University and Harvard University.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Monash University Australia · Melbourne · #9 all time 22.8% top 10% · 115 works
  2. 2 Yale University United States · New Haven · #6 all time 21.6% top 10% · 127 works
  3. 3 Harvard University United States · Cambridge · #1 all time 23.3% top 10% · 126 works
  4. 4 Peking University China · Beijing 23.5% top 10% · 100 works
  5. 5 China Medical University China · Shenyang 29.5% top 10% · 87 works
  6. 6 Huazhong University of Science and Technology China · Wuhan 30.6% top 10% · 84 works
  7. 7 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Greece · Athens · #79 all time 27.3% top 10% · 78 works
  8. 8 Cornell University United States · Ithaca · #2 all time 20.8% top 10% · 113 works
  9. 9 University of California, San Francisco United States · San Francisco · #5 all time 26.0% top 10% · 80 works
  10. 10 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China · Beijing 24.0% top 10% · 100 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 62 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Reproductive Medicine.

Top 100 Reproductive Medicine institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Yale UniversityUnited States 127 works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 126 works
  3. 3 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 117 works
  4. 4 Monash UniversityAustralia 115 works
  5. 5 Cornell UniversityUnited States 113 works
  6. 6 Sichuan UniversityChina 109 works
  7. 7 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 109 works
  8. 8 University of MichiganUnited States 106 works
  9. 9 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 105 works
  10. 10 Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan UniversityChina 101 works

Who are the leading researchers in Reproductive Medicine?

Among the most productive authors in Reproductive Medicine, Elisabete Weiderpass, Patrick M. Bossuyt and Jeanne Brooks‐Gunn rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Elisabete Weiderpass France · #44 worldwide 6k citations · 183 works
  2. 2 Patrick M. Bossuyt Netherlands · #59 worldwide 14k citations · 137 works
  3. 3 Jeanne Brooks‐Gunn United States · #523 worldwide 2.9k citations · 132 works
  4. 4 Mohammad Alì Mansournia Iran · #739 worldwide 4.2k citations · 95 works
  5. 5 Douglas A. Levine United States · #878 worldwide 2.7k citations · 101 works
  6. 6 Bruce S. McEwen United States · #921 worldwide 3.6k citations · 181 works
  7. 7 Wylie Vale United States · #932 worldwide 2.8k citations · 119 works
  8. 8 Douglas F. Easton United Kingdom · #1,051 worldwide 2.3k citations · 136 works
  9. 9 Bernard M. Dickens Canada · #1,213 worldwide 1.3k citations · 95 works
  10. 10 Beth Y. Karlan United States · #1,306 worldwide 1.9k citations · 129 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 4,744 highest-output authors in Reproductive Medicine. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Reproductive Medicine researchers

Where is Reproductive Medicine research done?

The largest centres of Reproductive Medicine research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), New York (United States) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bedford and San Ramon.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 829 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 716 works
  3. 3 New York United States 613 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 586 works
  5. 5 Tehran Iran 549 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 464 works
  7. 7 Istanbul Türkiye 434 works
  8. 8 Paris France 408 works
  9. 9 Moscow Russia 403 works
  10. 10 Rome Italy 396 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BedfordUS · 27.3 works106×
  2. San RamonUS · 26.0 works21×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Reproductive Medicine than the world average.

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Reproductive Medicine research by country

The best places for Reproductive Medicine research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Reproductive Medicine?

Among universities, judged by research, Iranshahr University, China Medical University and Monash 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 24.61%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Iranshahr University: 30, 21.7%China Medical University: 87, 29.5%Monash University: 115, 22.8%Medical University of Lublin: 48, 23.0%National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: 78, 27.3%Harvard University: 126, 23.3%Karolinska Institutet: 49, 35.3%Iran University of Medical Sciences: 55, 15.2%Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences: 21, 29.4%Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences: 71, 18.6%China Medical Univer…Medical University o…Monash UniversityIranshahr University
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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 Iranshahr UniversityIran 53.921.7%7.8×30 +512.1%
2 China Medical UniversityChina 52.929.5%6.0×87 -11.8%
3 Monash UniversityAustralia 50.522.8%3.0×115 +27.0%
4 Medical University of LublinPoland 50.423.0%6.6×48 +89.3%
5 National and Kapodistrian University of AthensGreece 49.827.3%3.4×78 +50.8%
6 Harvard UniversityUnited States 49.523.3%2.2×126 +31.9%
7 Karolinska InstitutetSweden 49.035.3%2.4×49 +20.2%
8 Iran University of Medical SciencesIran 48.915.2%4.5×55 +553.3%
9 Kermanshah University of Medical SciencesIran 48.429.4%4.8×21 +280.1%
10 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesIran 48.118.6%4.4×71 +108.7%

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 Reproductive Medicine research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Reproductive Health and Technologies, Endometriosis Research and Treatment and Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment.

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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. Reproductive Health and Technologies+90%
  2. Endometriosis Research and Treatment+75%
  3. Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment+70%
  4. Legal Cases and Commentary+54%
  5. Ovarian function and disorders+48%
  6. Sperm and Testicular Function+28%
  7. Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones-18%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Reproductive Medicine include?

Sperm and Testicular Function: 52k fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 52k fractional worksOvarian function and disorders: 48k fractional worksEndometriosis Research and Treatment: 41k fractional worksReproductive Health and Technologies: 41k fractional worksHypothalamic control of reproductive hormones: 23k fractional worksScience, Research, and Medicine: 15k fractional worksLegal Cases and Commentary: 12k fractional works

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