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Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare

Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare is a research topic within Speech and Hearing. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1950. 20.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on supporting the transition of adolescents with chronic conditions from pediatric to adult health care, addressing challenges, readiness assessment, self-management, and the experiences of young adults with special health care needs. It also explores the perspectives of patients, parents, and healthcare providers, as well as the impact of transitional care programs on diabetes control and hospital admission rates.

  • Adolescents
  • Transition
  • Chronic Conditions
  • Medical Home
  • Young Adults
  • Health Care
  • Pediatric to Adult Care
  • Special Health Care Needs
  • Self-Management
  • Mental Health Services
Research works
25k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+39%
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 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1.9k and 626 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.9k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 626 works
  3. 3 Canada 356 works
  4. 4 Australia 196 works
  5. 5 Germany 191 works
  6. 6 China 166 works
  7. 7 France 125 works
  8. 8 India 122 works
  9. 9 Italy 121 works
  10. 10 Netherlands 107 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: 49.0%United Kingdom: 15.9%Canada: 9.0%Australia: 5.0%6 others listed: 21.1%49%largest
United States1,931 · 49.0%United Kingdom626 · 15.9%Canada356 · 9.0%Australia196 · 5.0%6 others listed832 · 21.1%

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

Which institutions lead Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare research, followed by University College London and University of Toronto.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 52 works
  2. 2 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 35 works
  3. 3 University of TorontoCanada 32 works
  4. 4 Harvard UniversityUnited States 28 works
  5. 5 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterUnited States 25 works
  6. 6 Boston Children's HospitalUnited States 24 works
  7. 7 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 23 works
  8. 8 Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaUnited States 22 works
  9. 9 University of WashingtonUnited States 20 works
  10. 10 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 20 works

Who are the leading researchers in Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare include George Patton.

  1. 1 George Patton Australia 4.6k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare research done?

The largest centres of Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Toronto (Canada), Boston (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 Cincinnati, Denver and Toronto.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 214 works
  2. 2 Toronto Canada 106 works
  3. 3 Boston United States 95 works
  4. 4 New York United States 91 works
  5. 5 Philadelphia United States 63 works
  6. 6 Chapel Hill United States 54 works
  7. 7 Paris France 53 works
  8. 8 Melbourne Australia 52 works
  9. 9 Los Angeles United States 51 works
  10. 10 Cincinnati United States 46 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CincinnatiUS · 46.5 works11×
  2. DenverUS · 23.8 works7.0×
  3. TorontoCA · 106.0 works6.0×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Colorado Denver, University College Dublin and Baylor College of Medicine 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 22.82%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Colorado Denver: 19, 16.8%University College Dublin: 9, 45.9%Baylor College of Medicine: 18, 16.2%King's College London: 23, 21.3%Harvard University: 28, 25.2%University College London: 35, 14.3%University of Calgary: 18, 25.4%Karolinska Institutet: 13, 24.0%University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 52, 8.1%Northwestern University: 14, 31.0%University College D…King's College LondonUniversity of Colora…Baylor College of Me…
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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 University of Colorado DenverUnited States 57.416.8%11.3×19 +153.1%
2 University College DublinIreland 57.145.9%4.2×9 +149.9%
3 Baylor College of MedicineUnited States 53.616.2%8.9×18 +158.5%
4 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 49.721.3%5.8×23 +87.6%
5 Harvard UniversityUnited States 48.425.2%4.3×28 +68.9%
6 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 47.714.3%4.9×35 +84.2%
7 University of CalgaryCanada 46.825.4%5.4×18 +75.5%
8 Karolinska InstitutetSweden 46.224.0%5.6×13 +53.7%
9 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 46.08.1%5.9×52 +125.1%
10 Northwestern UniversityUnited States 45.431.0%4.0×14 +129.6%

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 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare.

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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.