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Ethics and bioethics in healthcare

Ethics and bioethics in healthcare is a research topic within Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1950. 9.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores various aspects of bioethics, patient rights, and healthcare ethics. It covers topics such as informed consent, patient autonomy, ethical principles in medical practice and research, human dignity, and end-of-life care. The papers also delve into the legal and practical implications of patient rights and bioethical issues in healthcare.

  • Consent
  • Patient Autonomy
  • Ethical Principles
  • Informed Consent
  • Human Dignity
  • Medical Ethics
  • Research Ethics
  • Healthcare Rights
  • Bioethical Issues
  • End-of-Life Care
Research works
23k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-19%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
30% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Ethics and bioethics in healthcare

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Ethics and bioethics in healthcare research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (1k and 495 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 1k works
  2. 2 Mexico 495 works
  3. 3 Colombia 334 works
  4. 4 Ecuador 320 works
  5. 5 Chile 310 works
  6. 6 Argentina 301 works
  7. 7 Peru 226 works
  8. 8 Brazil 199 works
  9. 9 United States 120 works
  10. 10 Venezuela 67 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.

Spain: 30.4%Mexico: 14.5%Colombia: 9.8%Ecuador: 9.4%6 others listed: 35.9%30%largest
Spain1,037 · 30.4%Mexico495 · 14.5%Colombia334 · 9.8%Ecuador320 · 9.4%6 others listed1,224 · 35.9%

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

Which institutions lead Ethics and bioethics in healthcare research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Complutense de Madrid publishes the most Ethics and bioethics in healthcare research, followed by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 63 works
  2. 2 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 61 works
  3. 3 Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesEcuador 61 works
  4. 4 University of ChileChile 58 works
  5. 5 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 49 works
  6. 6 Universidad Católica de CuencaEcuador 44 works
  7. 7 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 42 works
  8. 8 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 42 works
  9. 9 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 41 works
  10. 10 Universidad de SevillaSpain 36 works

Who are the leading researchers in Ethics and bioethics in healthcare?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Ethics and bioethics in healthcare include Peter Christian Gøtzsche, Pierre Bourdıeu and Nelson Alvis‐Guzmán.

  1. 1 Peter Christian Gøtzsche Denmark 292k citations
  2. 2 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  3. 3 Nelson Alvis‐Guzmán Colombia 216k citations
  4. 4 Michel Foucault France 208k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Ethics and bioethics in healthcare?

The most cited paper in Ethics and bioethics in healthcare is "The immune system" (Lindsay B. Nicholson, 2016), with 633 citations. Next come "Principles of Biomedical Ethics" (296) and "Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: A white paper from the European Association for Palliative Care" (259).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The immune system Lindsay B. Nicholson · Essays in Biochemistry Open access 26 Oct 2016 633
2 Principles of Biomedical Ethics Silvia Ginghină · Logos Universality Mentality Education Novelty SOCIAL SCIENCES Open access 29 Nov 2023 296
3 Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: A white paper from the European Association for Palliative Care Lukas Radbruch, Carlo J. W. Leget, Patrick Bahr et al. · Palliative Medicine Open access 19 Nov 2015 259
4 Humano ¿demasiado humano? Cristina Pérez Andrés · Revista Española de Salud Pública Open access 1999 246
5 The Word "Bioethics": Its Birth and the Legacies of those Who Shaped It Warren Thomas Reich · Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal Dec 1994 239
All 101 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Ethics and bioethics in healthcare research done?

The largest centres of Ethics and bioethics in healthcare research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Mexico City (Mexico), Santiago (Chile) and Bogotá (Colombia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ambato, Guatemala City and La Paz.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 300 works
  2. 2 Mexico CityMexico 187 works
  3. 3 SantiagoChile 187 works
  4. 4 BogotáColombia 172 works
  5. 5 Buenos AiresArgentina 159 works
  6. 6 LimaPeru 123 works
  7. 7 BarcelonaSpain 98 works
  8. 8 AmbatoEcuador 91 works
  9. 9 QuitoEcuador 59 works
  10. 10 SevilleSpain 57 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AmbatoEC · 90.9 works59×
  2. Guatemala CityGT · 27.4 works40×
  3. La PazBO · 26.1 works39×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Ethics and bioethics in healthcare than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Ethics and bioethics in healthcare?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Tecnica de Machala, Universitat de Barcelona and University of Chile score highest, combining citation 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 18.1%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad Tecnica …Universidad Rey Juan…Universitat de Barce…University of Chile
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Universidad Tecnica de MachalaEcuador 64.130.2%34.7×10 +114.4%
2Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 63.515.8%16.4×42 -0.8%
3University of ChileChile 60.513.1%48.7×58 -19.1%
4Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 60.521.8%23.7×20 +31.1%
5Universitat Jaume ISpain 58.923.4%19.7×10 +26.1%
6Universidad Nacional de ChimborazoEcuador 58.827.2%32.6×9 +280.2%
7Pontificia Universidad Católica del EcuadorEcuador 58.516.3%52.2×20 +241.4%
8Universidad IndoaméricaEcuador 58.219.1%73.0×17 +987.0%
9Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesEcuador 56.36.1%90.4×61 +169.1%
10Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 55.68.0%21.2×63 -16.6%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Ethics and bioethics in healthcare, country by country

Is Ethics and bioethics in healthcare research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2018.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Ethics and bioethics in healthcare as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.019% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Ethics and bioethics in healthcare0.015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ethics and bioethics in healthcare over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Ethics and bioethics in healthcare9.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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