Blood donation and transfusion practices
Blood donation and transfusion practices is a research topic within Management of Technology and Innovation. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 13.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the management, optimization, and challenges of the blood supply chain, including blood donation behavior, disaster response, inventory management, donor recruitment, and the impact of demographic changes. It also explores altruistic motivations for blood donation and the implications for blood transfusion safety.
- Blood Donation
- Supply Chain Management
- Donor Behavior
- Disaster Response
- Blood Transfusion
- Altruism
- Inventory Management
- Donor Recruitment
- Risk Factors
- Demographic Changes
- Research works
- 16k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 13.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +33% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Blood donation and transfusion practices research?
By volume, Brazil and the United States publish the most (565 and 559 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Brazil 565 works
- 2 United States 559 works
- 3 India 399 works
- 4 France 144 works
- 5 China 132 works
- 6 Indonesia 118 works
- 7 United Kingdom 115 works
- 8 Canada 104 works
- 9 Nigeria 94 works
- 10 Australia 69 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.
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Which institutions lead Blood donation and transfusion practices research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Grupo Hospitalar Conceição publishes the most Blood donation and transfusion practices research, followed by Fundação Centro de Hematologia e Hemoterapia de Minas Gerais and Fundação Hemopa.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Grupo Hospitalar ConceiçãoBrazil 63 works
- 2 Fundação Centro de Hematologia e Hemoterapia de Minas GeraisBrazil 37 works
- 3 Fundação HemopaBrazil 26 works
- 4 Mass General BrighamUnited States 18 works
- 5 Établissement Français du SangFrance 18 works
- 6 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 16 works
- 7 Fundação Hospitalar de Hematologia e Hemoterapia do AmazonasBrazil 16 works
- 8 Canadian Blood ServicesCanada 16 works
- 9 Colsan - Associação Beneficente de Coleta de SangueBrazil 15 works
- 10 National Blood Transfusion ServiceNigeria 14 works
Where is Blood donation and transfusion practices research done?
The largest centres of Blood donation and transfusion practices research in 2022–2025 are Porto Alegre (Brazil), São Paulo (Brazil), Paris (France) and Belo Horizonte (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Porto Alegre, Manaus and Belém.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Porto Alegre Brazil 80 works
- 2 São Paulo Brazil 76 works
- 3 Paris France 58 works
- 4 Belo Horizonte Brazil 58 works
- 5 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 47 works
- 6 Tehran Iran 38 works
- 7 Belém Brazil 38 works
- 8 New Delhi India 36 works
- 9 London United Kingdom 35 works
- 10 Boston United States 33 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Porto AlegreBR · 79.8 works21×
- ManausBR · 23.2 works15×
- BelémBR · 37.6 works15×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Blood donation and transfusion practices than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Blood donation and transfusion practices?
Among universities, judged by research, Institute of Medical Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Universidade do Estado do Pará 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 | Institute of Medical SciencesIndia | 46.8 | 1.8% | 10.2× | 11 | +228.2% |
| 2 | All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia | 42.2 | 12.6% | 7.9× | 16 | +24.2% |
| 3 | Universidade do Estado do ParáBrazil | 34.1 | 0.0% | 19.3× | 8 | — |
| 4 | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil | 20.3 | 0.2% | 3.6× | 9 | +230.2% |
| 5 | Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes SemarangIndonesia | 15.1 | 0.0% | 5.9× | 8 | — |
| 6 | Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil | 12.8 | 0.4% | 4.1× | 10 | +39.7% |
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 Blood donation and transfusion practices research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 33% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Blood donation and transfusion practices.
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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.