Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research is a research topic within Psychiatry and Mental health. Science Explorer counts 28k research works in it since 1950. 16.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the diagnosis, management, and understanding of fibromyalgia syndrome, including its overlap with chronic fatigue syndrome. It covers topics such as pain processing, central sensitization, diagnostic criteria, treatment approaches, neurobiology, psychological factors, and epidemiology.
- Fibromyalgia
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Pain Processing
- Central Sensitization
- Diagnostic Criteria
- Treatment
- Neurobiology
- Psychological Factors
- Epidemiology
- Functional MRI
- Research works
- 28k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 4.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 16.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +34% 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 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.2k and 392 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.2k works
- 2 China 392 works
- 3 United Kingdom 385 works
- 4 Germany 331 works
- 5 Spain 281 works
- 6 Türkiye 271 works
- 7 Italy 258 works
- 8 Brazil 257 works
- 9 Russia 195 works
- 10 India 175 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 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Michigan publishes the most Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research research, followed by Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi and Harvard University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of MichiganUnited States 20 works
- 2 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 20 works
- 3 Harvard UniversityUnited States 19 works
- 4 Sechenov UniversityRussia 19 works
- 5 Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 18 works
- 6 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 16 works
- 7 Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinGermany 16 works
- 8 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 16 works
- 9 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 16 works
- 10 Karolinska InstitutetSweden 15 works
Where is Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research research done?
The largest centres of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China) and Istanbul (Türkiye). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tunis and Tel Aviv.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- TunisTN · 23.3 works6.0×
- Tel AvivIL · 26.0 works5.8×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research?
Among universities, judged by research, Sechenov University, Karolinska Institutet and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos 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 | Sechenov UniversityRussia | 66.3 | 7.9% | 10.5× | 19 | +445.9% |
| 2 | Karolinska InstitutetSweden | 63.0 | 32.2% | 5.8× | 15 | +55.8% |
| 3 | Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain | 60.9 | 13.2% | 11.6× | 18 | +86.4% |
| 4 | Universidad de JaénSpain | 59.7 | 29.2% | 10.4× | 9 | +117.0% |
| 5 | DePaul UniversityUnited States | 56.0 | 21.5% | 31.9× | 12 | +76.2% |
| 6 | Uppsala UniversitySweden | 52.5 | 37.3% | 3.1× | 9 | +171.2% |
| 7 | Harvard UniversityUnited States | 52.1 | 26.1% | 2.7× | 19 | +55.7% |
| 8 | Sapienza University of RomeItaly | 49.1 | 33.7% | 2.5× | 16 | +46.5% |
| 9 | University of MichiganUnited States | 48.8 | 27.9% | 2.6× | 20 | +19.2% |
| 10 | Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye | 48.1 | 5.6% | 6.3× | 20 | — |
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 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 34% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research.
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.