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Environmental Justice and Health Disparities

Environmental Justice and Health Disparities is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1950. 33.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of environmental justice, racial capitalism, and urban development, focusing on the inequalities in exposure to environmental hazards and the impact on human health. It delves into topics such as brownfield redevelopment, community engagement, and the use of geographic information systems to assess environmental inequality. The cluster also discusses the implications for sustainability and the global movements advocating for environmental justice.

  • Environmental Justice
  • Inequality
  • Urban Development
  • Racial Capitalism
  • Health Disparities
  • Sustainability
  • Brownfield Redevelopment
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Community Engagement
  • Global Movements
Research works
11k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
33.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+42%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Environmental Justice and Health Disparities research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.1k and 164 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.1k works
  2. 2 China 164 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 116 works
  4. 4 Canada 84 works
  5. 5 Brazil 68 works
  6. 6 India 62 works
  7. 7 Italy 55 works
  8. 8 Australia 52 works
  9. 9 Germany 47 works
  10. 10 France 43 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: 60.7%China: 9.3%United Kingdom: 6.6%Canada: 4.8%6 others listed: 18.6%61%largest
United States1,067 · 60.7%China164 · 9.3%United Kingdom116 · 6.6%Canada84 · 4.8%6 others listed327 · 18.6%

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

Which institutions lead Environmental Justice and Health Disparities research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Michigan publishes the most Environmental Justice and Health Disparities research, followed by University of California, Berkeley and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of MichiganUnited States 20 works
  2. 2 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States 19 works
  3. 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 17 works
  4. 4 Columbia UniversityUnited States 16 works
  5. 5 Yale UniversityUnited States 12 works
  6. 6 University of WashingtonUnited States 12 works
  7. 7 University of ChicagoUnited States 11 works
  8. 8 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 11 works
  9. 9 University of California, IrvineUnited States 10 works
  10. 10 Michigan State UniversityUnited States 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Environmental Justice and Health Disparities?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Environmental Justice and Health Disparities include Michelle L. Bell and Kristin Shrader‐Frechette.

  1. 1 Michelle L. Bell United States 5.1k citations
  2. 2 Kristin Shrader‐Frechette United States 1.8k citations

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

Where is Environmental Justice and Health Disparities research done?

The largest centres of Environmental Justice and Health Disparities research in 2022–2025 are New York (United States), Beijing (China), Washington D.C. (United States) and Boston (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Berkeley.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 New York United States 50 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 46 works
  3. 3 Washington D.C. United States 37 works
  4. 4 Boston United States 29 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 28 works
  6. 6 Chicago United States 28 works
  7. 7 Berkeley United States 23 works
  8. 8 Atlanta United States 23 works
  9. 9 Los Angeles United States 21 works
  10. 10 Ann Arbor United States 21 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BerkeleyUS · 23.3 works8.6×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Environmental Justice and Health Disparities than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Environmental Justice and Health Disparities?

Among universities, judged by research, University of California, Berkeley, Columbia University and University of California, Santa Barbara 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 39.98%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of California, Berkeley: 19, 44.8%Columbia University: 16, 27.4%University of California, Santa Barbara: 10, 34.9%University of Arizona: 10, 48.8%Boston University: 10, 39.5%University of Utah: 9, 41.8%University of Michigan: 20, 25.8%Cornell University: 10, 47.1%University of California, Davis: 10, 46.2%University of Washington: 12, 43.5%University of ArizonaUniversity of Califo…University of Califo…Columbia University
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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 California, BerkeleyUnited States 78.644.8%10.6×19 -5.2%
2 Columbia UniversityUnited States 64.327.4%9.4×16 +92.6%
3 University of California, Santa BarbaraUnited States 61.134.9%13.9×10 +104.6%
4 University of ArizonaUnited States 57.648.8%7.5×10 +17.4%
5 Boston UniversityUnited States 57.239.5%9.4×10 +5.2%
6 University of UtahUnited States 52.841.8%6.5×9 +155.0%
7 University of MichiganUnited States 52.525.8%7.1×20 +34.9%
8 Cornell UniversityUnited States 48.147.1%4.6×10 +43.7%
9 University of California, DavisUnited States 47.446.2%6.2×10 -23.8%
10 University of WashingtonUnited States 46.843.5%5.4×12 -11.9%

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 Environmental Justice and Health Disparities research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Environmental Justice and Health Disparities.

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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.