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Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling

Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling is a research topic within Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1950. 26.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the impact of ultra-processed foods on consumer health, including topics such as consumer acceptance, nutrition labeling, functional foods, health claims, obesity, food classification, consumer perception, nutrient content, and chronic diseases.

  • Ultra-Processed Foods
  • Consumer Acceptance
  • Nutrition Labeling
  • Functional Foods
  • Health Claims
  • Obesity
  • Food Classification
  • Consumer Perception
  • Nutrient Content
  • Chronic Diseases
Research works
20k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
26.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+48%
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 Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling research?

By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (843 and 468 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 843 works
  2. 2 Brazil 468 works
  3. 3 India 316 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 305 works
  5. 5 China 286 works
  6. 6 Australia 209 works
  7. 7 Italy 193 works
  8. 8 Spain 169 works
  9. 9 Canada 150 works
  10. 10 France 148 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: 27.3%Brazil: 15.1%India: 10.2%United Kingdom: 9.9%6 others listed: 37.4%27%largest
United States843 · 27.3%Brazil468 · 15.1%India316 · 10.2%United Kingdom305 · 9.9%6 others listed1,156 · 37.4%

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

Which institutions lead Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling research, followed by Universidade de São Paulo and Deakin University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 47 works
  2. 2 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 46 works
  3. 3 Deakin UniversityAustralia 41 works
  4. 4 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 30 works
  5. 5 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 21 works
  6. 6 Harvard UniversityUnited States 21 works
  7. 7 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 17 works
  8. 8 The University of SydneyAustralia 17 works
  9. 9 Tufts UniversityUnited States 16 works
  10. 10 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 16 works

Who are the leading researchers in Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling include Walter C. Willett, Elisabete Weiderpass and Johanna M. Geleijnse.

  1. 1 Walter C. Willett United States 6.8k citations
  2. 2 Elisabete Weiderpass France 6k citations
  3. 3 Johanna M. Geleijnse Netherlands 5.4k citations
  4. 4 Dariush Mozaffarian United States 5.2k citations
  5. 5 Mathilde Touvier France 4.5k citations
  6. 6 Giuseppe Grosso Italy 4.2k citations
  7. 7 David Julian McClements United States 4.1k citations

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

Where is Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling research done?

The largest centres of Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Burwood and Wageningen.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 101 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 74 works
  3. 3 Beijing China 67 works
  4. 4 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 52 works
  5. 5 Paris France 51 works
  6. 6 Chapel Hill United States 48 works
  7. 7 Sydney Australia 43 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Japan 43 works
  9. 9 Madrid Spain 42 works
  10. 10 Burwood Australia 41 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BurwoodAU · 41.4 works18×
  2. WageningenNL · 31.3 works16×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling?

Among universities, judged by research, Deakin University, Wageningen University & Research and Tufts 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.

0%20%40%60%mean 38.79%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Deakin University: 41, 42.7%Wageningen University & Research: 30, 45.8%Tufts University: 16, 37.6%Universidad de la República de Uruguay: 11, 32.4%University of Liverpool: 14, 33.8%Universidade de São Paulo: 46, 35.7%Harvard University: 20, 48.9%Université Laval: 16, 30.0%University College Dublin: 13, 45.9%University of Auckland: 13, 35.1%Wageningen Universit…Deakin UniversityTufts UniversityUniversidad de la Re…
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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 Deakin UniversityAustralia 82.542.7%18.1×41 +112.9%
2 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 74.745.8%16.3×30 -10.8%
3 Tufts UniversityUnited States 71.837.6%12.2×16 +207.2%
4 Universidad de la República de UruguayUruguay 61.232.4%9.7×11 +133.3%
5 University of LiverpoolUnited Kingdom 59.133.8%5.8×14 +310.2%
6 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 57.235.7%5.3×46 +21.3%
7 Harvard UniversityUnited States 55.648.9%3.3×20 +57.1%
8 Université LavalCanada 55.330.0%8.1×16 +93.6%
9 University College DublinIreland 55.045.9%6.0×13 +32.5%
10 University of AucklandNew Zealand 54.435.1%5.1×13 +168.4%

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 Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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