Disaster Response and Management
Disaster Response and Management is a research topic within Emergency Medical Services. Science Explorer counts 43k research works in it since 1950. 14.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on disaster response, public health preparedness, and the ethical considerations surrounding resource allocation, triage, and healthcare worker readiness. It covers a wide range of topics including infectious diseases, mass casualties, hospital preparedness, and the impact of natural disasters on public health. The papers also discuss the challenges and strategies for managing surge capacity, as well as the ethical dilemmas faced during pandemics and other public health emergencies.
- Disaster Response
- Public Health
- Triage
- Emergency Preparedness
- Mass Casualties
- Ethical Considerations
- Infectious Diseases
- Hospital Preparedness
- Resource Allocation
- Healthcare Workers
- Research works
- 43k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 14.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +60% 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 Disaster Response and Management research?
By volume, the United States and Türkiye publish the most (2.2k and 558 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 2.2k works
- 2 Türkiye 558 works
- 3 United Kingdom 514 works
- 4 India 353 works
- 5 Japan 346 works
- 6 Australia 338 works
- 7 China 329 works
- 8 Iran 300 works
- 9 Canada 275 works
- 10 Indonesia 271 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 Disaster Response and Management research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Disaster Response and Management research, followed by Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi and Harvard University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 41 works
- 2 Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Türkiye 38 works
- 3 Harvard University United States 30 works
- 4 Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences United States 29 works
- 5 Johns Hopkins University United States 28 works
- 6 BMJ Group (United Kingdom) ?? 26 works
- 7 UNSW Sydney Australia 24 works
- 8 Iran University of Medical Sciences Iran 22 works
- 9 Monash University Australia 21 works
- 10 The University of Sydney Australia 20 works
Where is Disaster Response and Management research done?
The largest centres of Disaster Response and Management research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Istanbul (Türkiye), Tehran (Iran) and Washington D.C. (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in London.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 London United Kingdom 176 works
- 2 Istanbul Türkiye 126 works
- 3 Tehran Iran 118 works
- 4 Washington D.C. United States 103 works
- 5 New York United States 102 works
- 6 Tokyo Japan 96 works
- 7 Boston United States 83 works
- 8 Paris France 81 works
- 9 Melbourne Australia 77 works
- 10 Ankara Türkiye 74 works
Where it is the local speciality
- London26.8 works19×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Disaster Response and Management than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Disaster Response and Management?
Among universities, judged by research, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Iran University of Medical Sciences 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 | Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran | 64.3 | 28.0% | 12.1× | 12 | +217.9% |
| 2 | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine United Kingdom | 63.3 | 34.2% | 6.9× | 9 | +258.4% |
| 3 | Iran University of Medical Sciences Iran | 60.3 | 12.3% | 9.7× | 22 | +176.9% |
| 4 | Universidad de Oviedo Spain | 60.1 | 45.4% | 4.9× | 10 | +614.5% |
| 5 | Iranshahr University Iran | 58.8 | 18.6% | 18.4× | 13 | +387.0% |
| 6 | Karolinska Institutet Sweden | 58.3 | 32.6% | 4.7× | 17 | +132.2% |
| 7 | Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Türkiye | 57.5 | 15.7% | 7.9× | 38 | — |
| 8 | Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences United States | 56.4 | 16.9% | 37.6× | 29 | +4.6% |
| 9 | Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro” Italy | 55.5 | 23.1% | 19.6× | 15 | +30.6% |
| 10 | University of Gothenburg Sweden | 51.8 | 48.4% | 2.5× | 8 | +147.2% |
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 Disaster Response and Management research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 60% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Disaster Response and Management.
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.