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Breastfeeding Practices and Influences

Breastfeeding Practices and Influences is a research topic within Epidemiology. Science Explorer counts 32k research works in it since 1950. 14.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores various aspects of breastfeeding, including its epidemiology, mechanisms, and lifelong effects on both maternal and child health. It covers topics such as the impact of breastfeeding on infant and child mortality, cognitive development, infectious diseases, maternal health outcomes, and the duration of exclusive breastfeeding. Additionally, it delves into factors influencing breastfeeding practices, interventions to promote breastfeeding, and the relationship between breastfeeding and long-term health outcomes.

  • Breastfeeding
  • Infant Health
  • Maternal Health
  • Exclusive Breastfeeding
  • Breast Milk Composition
  • Child Development
  • Breastfeeding Duration
  • Breastfeeding Promotion
  • Lactation
  • Breastfeeding Support
Research works
32k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+53%
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 Breastfeeding Practices and Influences research?

By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (1.2k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.2k works
  2. 2 Brazil 1.1k works
  3. 3 Indonesia 697 works
  4. 4 India 361 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 300 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 293 works
  7. 7 China 266 works
  8. 8 Australia 237 works
  9. 9 Spain 154 works
  10. 10 Canada 153 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: 25.8%Brazil: 22.9%Indonesia: 14.5%India: 7.5%6 others listed: 29.2%26%largest
United States1,237 · 25.8%Brazil1,097 · 22.9%Indonesia697 · 14.5%India361 · 7.5%6 others listed1,402 · 29.2%

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

Which institutions lead Breastfeeding Practices and Influences research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Breastfeeding Practices and Influences research, followed by Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Semarang and Universidade de São Paulo.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 46 works
  2. 2 Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes SemarangIndonesia 42 works
  3. 3 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 39 works
  4. 4 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 29 works
  5. 5 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 25 works
  6. 6 University of GondarEthiopia 21 works
  7. 7 Politeknik Kesehatan Kementerian Kesehatan Jakarta IIIndonesia 21 works
  8. 8 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 20 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 20 works
  10. 10 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 20 works

Who are the leading researchers in Breastfeeding Practices and Influences?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Breastfeeding Practices and Influences include Zulfiqar A Bhutta.

  1. 1 Zulfiqar A Bhutta Pakistan 7k citations

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

Where is Breastfeeding Practices and Influences research done?

The largest centres of Breastfeeding Practices and Influences research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), London (United Kingdom), Jakarta (Indonesia) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Gonder.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 156 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 96 works
  3. 3 Jakarta Indonesia 91 works
  4. 4 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 89 works
  5. 5 Semarang Indonesia 75 works
  6. 6 Istanbul Türkiye 68 works
  7. 7 Chapel Hill United States 48 works
  8. 8 Melbourne Australia 47 works
  9. 9 New York United States 46 works
  10. 10 Boston United States 43 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GonderET · 20.8 works20×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Breastfeeding Practices and Influences than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Breastfeeding Practices and Influences?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Gondar, Swansea University and Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Semarang 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%20%40%mean 17.18%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Gondar: 21, 25.2%Swansea University: 10, 36.4%Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Semarang: 42, 1.6%London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: 10, 19.4%Bahir Dar University: 8, 32.7%Iranshahr University: 9, 14.6%Jimma University: 8, 21.5%University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 46, 6.5%Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná: 17, 0.0%University of West Attica: 12, 13.9%Swansea UniversityUniversity of GondarLondon School of Hyg…Politeknik Kesehatan…
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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 University of GondarEthiopia 73.625.2%20.2×21 +549.3%
2 Swansea UniversityUnited Kingdom 61.536.4%7.7×10 +30.4%
3 Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes SemarangIndonesia 61.21.6%15.3×42 +827.2%
4 London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom 57.619.4%9.5×10 +46.2%
5 Bahir Dar UniversityEthiopia 56.032.7%8.1×8 —
6 Iranshahr UniversityIran 54.514.6%15.1×9 +876.8%
7 Jimma UniversityEthiopia 52.721.5%9.9×8 +61.8%
8 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 50.16.5%3.9×46 +217.9%
9 Universidade Estadual do Oeste do ParanáBrazil 49.60.0%13.7×17 +227.4%
10 University of West AtticaGreece 49.613.9%12.5×12 —

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 Breastfeeding Practices and Influences research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 53% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Breastfeeding Practices and Influences.

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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.