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Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues

Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues is a research topic within General Health Professions. Science Explorer counts 55k research works in it since 1950. 7.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores various aspects of elderly care, aging population, societal impact, and policy implications. It covers topics such as challenges in providing care for the elderly, changing patterns of youth employment in urban areas, intergenerational relationships, residential mobility during retirement, and the impact of cultures on family support for the elderly. The papers also discuss the implications of aging on healthcare systems, social support structures, and the overall quality of life for the elderly population.

  • Elderly
  • Aging
  • Caregiving
  • Social Support
  • Healthcare
  • Retirement
  • Quality of Life
  • Community Living
  • Societal Impact
  • Policy Implications
Research works
55k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+45%
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 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues research?

By volume, France and the United States publish the most (2.2k and 2.1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 France 2.2k works
  2. 2 United States 2.1k works
  3. 3 Indonesia 759 works
  4. 4 Australia 608 works
  5. 5 Uzbekistan 477 works
  6. 6 India 461 works
  7. 7 China 352 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 282 works
  9. 9 Canada 254 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 239 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.

France: 28.6%United States: 27.2%Indonesia: 9.8%Australia: 7.8%6 others listed: 26.6%29%largest
France2,223 · 28.6%United States2,111 · 27.2%Indonesia759 · 9.8%Australia608 · 7.8%6 others listed2,065 · 26.6%

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

Which institutions lead Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency Foundation publishes the most Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues research, followed by Weatherford College and Herbalife (Australia).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency FoundationUnited States 763 works
  2. 2 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 594 works
  3. 3 Herbalife (Australia)Australia 535 works
  4. 4 Tea Research InstituteChina 283 works
  5. 5 Universitas Sulawesi TenggaraIndonesia 57 works
  6. 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 52 works
  7. 7 Toko UniversityTaiwan 49 works
  8. 8 Samarkand State Medical InstituteUzbekistan 48 works
  9. 9 Université de LilleFrance 41 works
  10. 10 Universitas BojonegoroIndonesia 38 works

Who are the leading researchers in Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues include Frede Blaabjerg and Pierre Bourdıeu.

  1. 1 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 12k citations
  2. 2 Pierre Bourdıeu France 10k citations

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

Where is Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues research done?

The largest centres of Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues research in 2022–2025 are Sebastopol (United States), Paris (France), Weatherford (United States) and Sydney (Australia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Sebastopol, Camerton and Bondowoso.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Sebastopol United States 763 works
  2. 2 Paris France 654 works
  3. 3 Weatherford United States 594 works
  4. 4 Sydney Australia 547 works
  5. 5 Hangzhou China 288 works
  6. 6 Tashkent Uzbekistan 209 works
  7. 7 Lyon France 134 works
  8. 8 Samarkand Uzbekistan 125 works
  9. 9 Toulouse France 99 works
  10. 10 London United Kingdom 84 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SebastopolUS · 763.0 works716×
  2. CamertonGB · 23.0 works591×
  3. BondowosoID · 36.2 works186×
  4. BristolUS · 26.8 works87×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues?

Among universities, judged by research, Weatherford College, University of Lomé and Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural 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%5%10%mean 6.58%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Weatherford College: 594, 0.0%University of Lomé: 12, 4.6%Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University: 9, 10.9%Bukhara State University: 10, 9.8%Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne: 23, 7.8%Kurgan State University: 11, 9.0%Établissement public Campus Condorcet: 15, 3.3%Université Lumière Lyon 2: 13, 8.5%Andijan State University: 11, 7.5%Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier: 9, 4.4%Acharya N. G. Ranga …Bukhara State Univer…University of LoméWeatherford College
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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 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 60.40.0%47.6×594 +323.6%
2 University of LoméTogo 56.34.6%22.6×12 +394.6%
3 Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural UniversityIndia 55.710.9%17.1×9 —
4 Bukhara State UniversityUzbekistan 53.89.8%15.7×10 —
5 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneFrance 53.17.8%15.4×23 +22.7%
6 Kurgan State UniversityRussia 53.09.0%26.5×11 —
7 Établissement public Campus CondorcetFrance 52.43.3%52.1×15 +387.8%
8 Université Lumière Lyon 2France 52.08.5%20.7×13 +37.5%
9 Andijan State UniversityUzbekistan 49.77.5%34.2×11 —
10 Université Paul-Valéry MontpellierFrance 49.64.4%13.2×9 +175.3%

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 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 45% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues.

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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.