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Bipolar Disorder and Treatment

Bipolar Disorder and Treatment is a research topic within Psychiatry and Mental health. Science Explorer counts 30k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to bipolar disorder, including prevalence, natural history, neurobiology, genetics, cognitive function, treatment guidelines, neuroimaging findings, suicide risk, inflammation, and medication effects. The papers provide insights into the epidemiology and management of bipolar disorder.

  • Bipolar Spectrum Disorder
  • Prevalence
  • Neurobiology
  • Genetics
  • Treatment Guidelines
  • Neuroimaging
  • Cognitive Function
  • Suicide Risk
  • Inflammation
  • Medication Effects
Research works
30k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+8%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
34% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Bipolar Disorder and Treatment

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Bipolar Disorder and Treatment research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.3k and 537 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 1.3k works
  2. 2 China 537 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 299 works
  4. 4 Italy 288 works
  5. 5 Canada 261 works
  6. 6 Spain 251 works
  7. 7 India 245 works
  8. 8 Germany 193 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 187 works
  10. 10 Australia 147 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: 34.4%China: 14.6%United Kingdom: 8.1%Italy: 7.9%6 others listed: 35.0%34%largest
United States1,263 · 34.4%China537 · 14.6%United Kingdom299 · 8.1%Italy288 · 7.9%6 others listed1,283 · 35.0%

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

Which institutions lead Bipolar Disorder and Treatment research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Toronto publishes the most Bipolar Disorder and Treatment research, followed by Harvard University and Universitat de Barcelona.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of TorontoCanada 80 works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 78 works
  3. 3 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 43 works
  4. 4 University of CopenhagenDenmark 34 works
  5. 5 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 32 works
  6. 6 University of California San DiegoUnited States 31 works
  7. 7 University of PittsburghUnited States 29 works
  8. 8 Mayo ClinicUnited States 28 works
  9. 9 InsermFrance 27 works
  10. 10 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 27 works

Who are the leading researchers in Bipolar Disorder and Treatment?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Bipolar Disorder and Treatment include Christopher J L Murray, Simon Iain Hay and Theo Vos.

  1. 1 Christopher J L Murray United States 583k citations
  2. 2 Simon Iain Hay United States 452k citations
  3. 3 Theo Vos United States 439k citations
  4. 4 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
  5. 5 Mark J. Daly United States 403k citations
  6. 6 Ronald C. Kessler United States 360k citations
  7. 7 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  8. 8 Giuseppe Remuzzi Italy 328k citations
  9. 9 Mika Kivimäki United Kingdom 318k citations
  10. 10 Graeme J. Hankey Australia 316k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Bipolar Disorder and Treatment?

The most cited paper in Bipolar Disorder and Treatment is "Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory: Twenty-five years of evaluation" (Aaron T. Beck, Robert A. Steer, Margery G. Carbin, 1988), with 11,867 citations. Next come "Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL): Initial Reliability and Validity Data" (10,350) and "A Rating Scale for Mania: Reliability, Validity and Sensitivity" (8,850).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory: Twenty-five years of evaluation Aaron T. Beck, Robert A. Steer, Margery G. Carbin · Clinical Psychology Review 1988 11,867
2 Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL): Initial Reliability and Validity Data Joan Kaufman, Boris B. Birmaher, David A. Brent et al. · Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Open access Jul 1997 10,350
3 A Rating Scale for Mania: Reliability, Validity and Sensitivity Robert C. Young, John T. Biggs, Vincent E. Ziegler et al. · The British Journal of Psychiatry Nov 1978 8,850
4 Adherence to Long-Term Therapies: Evidence for Action Sabina De Geest, Eduardo J. Sabate · European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 5 Nov 2003 6,332
5 Comparison of Beck Depression Inventories-IA and-II in Psychiatric Outpatients Aaron T. Beck, Robert A. Steer, Roberta Ball et al. · Journal of Personality Assessment Dec 1996 6,066
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Where is Bipolar Disorder and Treatment research done?

The largest centres of Bipolar Disorder and Treatment research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Toronto (Canada), Barcelona (Spain) and Beijing (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 108 works
  2. 2 TorontoCanada 92 works
  3. 3 BarcelonaSpain 80 works
  4. 4 BeijingChina 70 works
  5. 5 New YorkUnited States 65 works
  6. 6 MadridSpain 63 works
  7. 7 MilanItaly 61 works
  8. 8 IstanbulTürkiye 58 works
  9. 9 CopenhagenDenmark 58 works
  10. 10 ParisFrance 53 works
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Where is the best place to study Bipolar Disorder and Treatment?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, University of Toronto and University of Oslo 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%10%20%mean 14.02%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of OsloUniversity of Copenh…Harvard UniversityUniversity of Toronto
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Harvard UniversityUnited States 76.512.2%5.1×78 +7.7%
2University of TorontoCanada 71.811.8%8.2×80 -2.9%
3University of OsloNorway 69.918.3%6.8×21 +20.5%
4University of CopenhagenDenmark 69.713.4%7.5×34 +15.2%
5University College LondonUnited Kingdom 68.822.4%2.5×19 +2.7%
6Karolinska InstitutetSweden 68.013.6%8.6×23 +10.1%
7Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 65.09.2%11.7×43 +32.7%
8Yale UniversityUnited States 63.215.0%4.6×24 +26.0%
9King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 62.415.1%7.7×32 -24.1%
10University of California San DiegoUnited States 59.59.2%6.7×31 +12.2%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, country by country

Is Bipolar Disorder and Treatment research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Bipolar Disorder 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Bipolar Disorder and Treatment as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.022% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Bipolar Disorder and Treatment over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Bipolar Disorder and Treatment10.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

Questions people ask

Who is researching a cure for bipolar disorder?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Toronto publishes the most Bipolar Disorder and Treatment research, followed by Harvard University and Universitat de Barcelona. By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.3k and 537 works in 2022-now).

How much research is there on bipolar disorder, and is it growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Bipolar Disorder and Treatment.

Is Bipolar Disorder and Treatment research growing?
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