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Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices

Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices is a research topic within Food Science. Science Explorer counts 8.4k research works in it since 1950. 3.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to food and nutrition, including dietary requirements, cultural identity, sustainability, health, food programs, economic development, and globalization. The papers explore the intersection of food with social, cultural, economic, and health aspects, providing insights into the complexities of food systems and their impact on society.

  • Alimentation
  • Nutrition
  • Food Program
  • Cultural Identity
  • Sustainability
  • Health
  • Dietary Requirements
  • Social Representations
  • Economic Development
  • Globalization
Research works
8.4k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
283
per year above
Top-10% rate
3.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+21%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices research?

By volume, Brazil and Mexico publish the most (907 and 190 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 907 works
  2. 2 Mexico 190 works
  3. 3 Spain 130 works
  4. 4 United States 86 works
  5. 5 Portugal 76 works
  6. 6 Argentina 68 works
  7. 7 Colombia 59 works
  8. 8 Ecuador 53 works
  9. 9 Chile 35 works
  10. 10 Peru 35 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.

Brazil: 55.3%Mexico: 11.6%Spain: 7.9%United States: 5.3%6 others listed: 19.9%55%largest
Brazil907 · 55.3%Mexico190 · 11.6%Spain130 · 7.9%United States86 · 5.3%6 others listed327 · 19.9%

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

Which institutions lead Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro publishes the most Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices research, followed by Universidade de São Paulo and Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 26 works
  2. 2 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 24 works
  3. 3 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 18 works
  4. 4 Universidade Federal da BahiaBrazil 18 works
  5. 5 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 18 works
  6. 6 Universidade Federal do CearáBrazil 17 works
  7. 7 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 17 works
  8. 8 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 17 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 16 works
  10. 10 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 16 works

Where is Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices research done?

The largest centres of Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Mexico City (Mexico) and Fortaleza (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Salvador.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 136 works
  2. 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 95 works
  3. 3 Mexico City Mexico 50 works
  4. 4 Fortaleza Brazil 37 works
  5. 5 Salvador Brazil 37 works
  6. 6 Lisbon Portugal 36 works
  7. 7 Belo Horizonte Brazil 33 works
  8. 8 Madrid Spain 30 works
  9. 9 Recife Brazil 29 works
  10. 10 Brasília Brazil 28 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SalvadorBR · 36.9 works29×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and Universidade de Brasília 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%5%10%mean 3.89%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidade de São Paulo: 24, 11.2%Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: 26, 3.9%Universidade de Brasília: 12, 6.0%Universidade Federal do Pará: 14, 1.2%Universidade Federal de Pelotas: 11, 2.9%Universidade Federal da Paraíba: 10, 5.1%Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais: 16, 3.3%Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México: 15, 2.2%Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina: 16, 2.0%Universidade Federal da Bahia: 18, 1.1%Universidade de São …Universidade de Bras…Universidade Federal…Universidade Federal…
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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 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 62.311.2%7.7×24 -1.6%
2 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 61.43.9%19.2×26 +26.1%
3 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 57.86.0%11.7×12 +96.9%
4 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 54.11.2%19.4×14 +245.4%
5 Universidade Federal de PelotasBrazil 52.12.9%25.7×11 +146.8%
6 Universidade Federal da ParaíbaBrazil 51.75.1%14.4×10 +90.6%
7 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 51.63.3%12.6×16 +29.1%
8 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de MéxicoMexico 51.12.2%55.0×15 +104.2%
9 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 49.52.0%14.7×16 +52.5%
10 Universidade Federal da BahiaBrazil 47.91.1%34.1×18 +32.4%

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 Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices.

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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.