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Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology

Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology is a research topic within Nutrition and Dietetics. Science Explorer counts 40k research works in it since 1950. 11.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the provision and assessment of nutrition support therapy, particularly in critically ill patients. It covers topics such as enteral and parenteral nutrition, intestinal failure, the role of glutamine, metabolic rate measurement, immunonutrition, and management of short bowel syndrome. The cluster also addresses the use of home parenteral nutrition and the impact of nutrition support on clinical outcomes.

  • Nutrition Support Therapy
  • Critical Care
  • Enteral Nutrition
  • Parenteral Nutrition
  • Intestinal Failure
  • Glutamine
  • Metabolic Rate
  • Immunonutrition
  • Short Bowel Syndrome
  • Home Parenteral Nutrition
Research works
40k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.5%
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 Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.1k and 645 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.1k works
  2. 2 China 645 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 414 works
  4. 4 Japan 254 works
  5. 5 Brazil 226 works
  6. 6 Germany 218 works
  7. 7 India 192 works
  8. 8 Spain 188 works
  9. 9 France 173 works
  10. 10 Italy 167 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: 30.8%China: 18.0%United Kingdom: 11.6%Japan: 7.1%6 others listed: 32.5%31%largest
United States1,105 · 30.8%China645 · 18.0%United Kingdom414 · 11.6%Japan254 · 7.1%6 others listed1,164 · 32.5%

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

Which institutions lead Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology research?

By volume in 2022–2025, KU Leuven publishes the most Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology research, followed by Ain Shams University and Cleveland Clinic.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 KU LeuvenBelgium 21 works
  2. 2 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 15 works
  3. 3 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 14 works
  4. 4 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 13 works
  5. 5 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 13 works
  6. 6 Sichuan UniversityChina 13 works
  7. 7 InsermFrance 13 works
  8. 8 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 12 works
  9. 9 Monash UniversityAustralia 12 works
  10. 10 Harvard UniversityUnited States 12 works

Where is Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology research done?

The largest centres of Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China), Paris (France) and Madrid (Spain). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Birmingham and Newcastle upon Tyne.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 116 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 77 works
  3. 3 Paris France 62 works
  4. 4 Madrid Spain 58 works
  5. 5 São Paulo Brazil 57 works
  6. 6 Seoul South Korea 57 works
  7. 7 Melbourne Australia 55 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Japan 54 works
  9. 9 Shanghai China 52 works
  10. 10 New York United States 44 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BirminghamGB · 28.8 works5.3×
  2. Newcastle upon TyneGB · 21.1 works5.0×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology?

Among universities, judged by research, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, KU Leuven and Wageningen University & Research 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%30%mean 17.22%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Poznan University of Medical Sciences: 9, 26.1%KU Leuven: 21, 17.7%Wageningen University & Research: 9, 24.0%Monash University: 12, 19.3%Capital Medical University: 10, 20.4%Sichuan University: 13, 23.9%University College London: 13, 10.8%The University of Melbourne: 9, 14.7%Duke University: 10, 12.0%Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi: 13, 3.3%Poznan University of…Wageningen Universit…Monash UniversityKU Leuven
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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 Poznan University of Medical SciencesPoland 70.526.1%10.2×9 +151.2%
2 KU LeuvenBelgium 62.617.7%4.6×21 +18.6%
3 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 60.624.0%4.7×9 +119.1%
4 Monash UniversityAustralia 50.719.3%2.8×12 +71.6%
5 Capital Medical UniversityChina 42.020.4%3.3×10 +74.0%
6 Sichuan UniversityChina 41.223.9%1.4×13 -1.0%
7 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 37.910.8%1.9×13 +22.7%
8 The University of MelbourneAustralia 36.914.7%1.7×9 +115.7%
9 Duke UniversityUnited States 36.312.0%2.6×10 +137.9%
10 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 34.33.3%4.5×13 —

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 Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology.

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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.