Birth, Development, and Health
Birth, Development, and Health is a research topic within Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Science Explorer counts 71k research works in it since 1950. 24.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the developmental origins of adult health and disease, focusing on the impact of in utero and early-life conditions on long-term health outcomes. The research covers topics such as fetal programming, metabolic syndrome, epigenetic mechanisms, catch-up growth, hypertension risk associated with low birth weight, and the role of glucocorticoid programming in chronic disease development.
- Fetal Programming
- Early-Life Conditions
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Epigenetic Mechanisms
- In Utero Nutrition
- Catch-Up Growth
- Hypertension Risk
- Low Birth Weight
- Glucocorticoid Programming
- Chronic Disease
- Research works
- 71k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 18k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 24.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +19% 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 Birth, Development, and Health research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.8k and 1.6k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 2.8k works
- 2 China 1.6k works
- 3 India 578 works
- 4 United Kingdom 499 works
- 5 Canada 336 works
- 6 Brazil 318 works
- 7 Australia 305 works
- 8 Japan 305 works
- 9 Germany 289 works
- 10 Russia 273 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 Birth, Development, and Health research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Birth, Development, and Health research, followed by Harvard University and University of Alabama at Birmingham.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 105 works
- 2 Harvard University United States 49 works
- 3 University of Alabama at Birmingham United States 35 works
- 4 Peking University China 35 works
- 5 University of Michigan United States 34 works
- 6 Johns Hopkins University United States 33 works
- 7 University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus United States 31 works
- 8 University College London United Kingdom 29 works
- 9 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 29 works
- 10 Emory University United States 28 works
Who are the leading researchers in Birth, Development, and Health?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Birth, Development, and Health include Giuseppe Remuzzi, Dan J. Stein and Cyrus Cooper.
- 1 Giuseppe Remuzzi 8.1k citations
- 2 Dan J. Stein 7.7k citations
- 3 Cyrus Cooper 7.2k citations
- 4 Zulfiqar A Bhutta 7k citations
- 5 Walter C. Willett 6.8k citations
- 6 Mika Kivimäki 6.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Birth, Development, and Health research done?
The largest centres of Birth, Development, and Health research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Shanghai (China) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jackson, Aurora and Birmingham.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- JacksonUS · 27.3 works20×
- AuroraUS · 38.9 works8.9×
- BirminghamUS · 36.9 works6.2×
- Chapel HillUS · 107.2 works5.6×
- New OrleansUS · 29.5 works5.4×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Birth, Development, and Health than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Birth, Development, and Health?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Anhui Medical University and North Dakota State 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 | University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus United States | 67.9 | 27.3% | 10.6× | 31 | +542.1% |
| 2 | Anhui Medical University China | 64.5 | 37.2% | 7.6× | 24 | +270.3% |
| 3 | North Dakota State University United States | 52.7 | 36.2% | 8.8× | 11 | +20.7% |
| 4 | Karolinska Institutet Sweden | 51.8 | 33.1% | 4.7× | 22 | +20.5% |
| 5 | University of Chieti-Pescara Italy | 49.5 | 42.6% | 6.3× | 10 | +9.8% |
| 6 | Medical University of Lublin Poland | 48.8 | 35.6% | 5.0× | 9 | +188.1% |
| 7 | Harvard University United States | 47.5 | 24.3% | 3.6× | 49 | +34.4% |
| 8 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States | 46.3 | 7.1% | 5.8× | 105 | +70.3% |
| 9 | Medical University of Graz Austria | 46.2 | 25.1% | 8.0× | 10 | -2.5% |
| 10 | University of Cambridge United Kingdom | 45.8 | 39.1% | 2.1× | 24 | +8.6% |
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 Birth, Development, and Health research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 19% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Birth, Development, and Health.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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