Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects is a research topic within Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Science Explorer counts 36k research works in it since 1950. 21.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the pathogenesis, treatment, and impact of alcohol consumption on the development of alcoholic liver disease. It covers topics such as oxidative stress, cancer risk, inflammation, genetic polymorphisms, cardiovascular health, and mortality risk associated with alcohol consumption.
- Alcohol
- Liver Disease
- Oxidative Stress
- Cancer Risk
- Inflammation
- Metabolism
- Genetic Polymorphisms
- Cardiovascular Health
- Mortality Risk
- Therapeutic Targets
- Research works
- 36k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 7.9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 21.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +8% 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 Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.3k and 965 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.3k works
- 2 China 965 works
- 3 India 254 works
- 4 United Kingdom 206 works
- 5 Japan 195 works
- 6 South Korea 168 works
- 7 Spain 149 works
- 8 Germany 146 works
- 9 Italy 129 works
- 10 Australia 121 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects research, followed by Yale University and University of California San Diego.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 23 works
- 2 Yale UniversityUnited States 20 works
- 3 University of California San DiegoUnited States 19 works
- 4 University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States 18 works
- 5 Harvard UniversityUnited States 17 works
- 6 University of MichiganUnited States 16 works
- 7 Anhui Medical UniversityChina 16 works
- 8 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and AlcoholismUnited States 15 works
- 9 Virginia Commonwealth UniversityUnited States 15 works
- 10 Stanford UniversityUnited States 14 works
Who are the leading researchers in Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects include Walter C. Willett, Louisa Degenhardt and Martin McKee.
- 1 Walter C. Willett United States 6.8k citations
- 2 Louisa Degenhardt Australia 5.7k citations
- 3 Martin McKee United Kingdom 5.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects research done?
The largest centres of Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Shanghai (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Omaha and Bethesda.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- OmahaUS · 23.4 works9.7×
- BethesdaUS · 36.7 works6.1×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects?
Among universities, judged by research, Anhui Medical University, Karolinska Institutet and Virginia Commonwealth 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anhui Medical UniversityChina | 64.2 | 33.9% | 10.9× | 16 | +15.5% |
| 2 | Karolinska InstitutetSweden | 62.0 | 34.7% | 6.5× | 14 | +13.2% |
| 3 | Virginia Commonwealth UniversityUnited States | 61.9 | 25.6% | 9.4× | 15 | +89.6% |
| 4 | University of California San DiegoUnited States | 55.4 | 35.3% | 4.6× | 19 | -5.4% |
| 5 | La Trobe UniversityAustralia | 54.5 | 20.7% | 8.6× | 13 | — |
| 6 | Zhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityChina | 53.5 | 29.8% | 8.8× | 11 | +55.6% |
| 7 | University of LouisvilleUnited States | 51.5 | 23.3% | 9.2× | 11 | +44.9% |
| 8 | Harvard UniversityUnited States | 51.2 | 36.7% | 2.8× | 17 | -18.1% |
| 9 | Heidelberg UniversityGermany | 51.1 | 43.8% | 4.0× | 10 | -5.5% |
| 10 | Jilin UniversityChina | 48.6 | 40.1% | 1.9× | 9 | +216.0% |
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 Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 8% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects.
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.