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Global Health and Epidemiology

Global Health and Epidemiology is a research topic within Health Information Management. Science Explorer counts 8.9k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% 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 healthcare patterns, including medical admissions, non-communicable diseases, healthcare policies, small and medium enterprise (SME) development, cardiovascular diseases, public health, epidemiological profiles, geriatric patients, rural healthcare, and globalization's impact on healthcare systems.

  • Medical Admissions
  • Non-Communicable Diseases
  • Healthcare Policies
  • SME Development
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Public Health
  • Epidemiological Profile
  • Geriatric Patients
  • Rural Healthcare
  • Globalization
Research works
8.9k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
901
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+17%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
49% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Global Health and Epidemiology

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

Which countries lead Global Health and Epidemiology research?

By volume, India and Nigeria publish the most (973 and 310 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 973 works
  2. 2 Nigeria 310 works
  3. 3 United States 178 works
  4. 4 Bangladesh 122 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 80 works
  6. 6 Ethiopia 76 works
  7. 7 Pakistan 72 works
  8. 8 Nepal 65 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 59 works
  10. 10 Philippines 56 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.

India: 48.9%Nigeria: 15.6%United States: 8.9%Bangladesh: 6.1%6 others listed: 20.4%49%largest
India973 · 48.9%Nigeria310 · 15.6%United States178 · 8.9%Bangladesh122 · 6.1%6 others listed407 · 20.4%

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

Which institutions lead Global Health and Epidemiology research?

By volume in 2022-now, All India Institute of Medical Sciences publishes the most Global Health and Epidemiology research, followed by Indian Council of Medical Research and University of Dhaka.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 40 works
  2. 2 Indian Council of Medical ResearchIndia 23 works
  3. 3 University of DhakaBangladesh 23 works
  4. 4 Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia 21 works
  5. 5 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 20 works
  6. 6 University of IbadanNigeria 17 works
  7. 7 University of NigeriaNigeria 15 works
  8. 8 University of DelhiIndia 15 works
  9. 9 Manipal Academy of Higher EducationIndia 13 works
  10. 10 Rivers State UniversityNigeria 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in Global Health and Epidemiology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Global Health and Epidemiology include Christopher J L Murray, Freddie Bray and Theo Vos.

  1. 1 Christopher J L Murray United States 583k citations
  2. 2 Freddie Bray France 550k citations
  3. 3 Theo Vos United States 439k citations
  4. 4 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
  5. 5 Ali H. Mokdad United States 429k citations
  6. 6 Walter Churchill Willett United States 411k citations
  7. 7 Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta Pakistan 371k citations
  8. 8 Farshad Farzadfar Iran 298k citations
  9. 9 Salim Yusuf Canada 294k citations
  10. 10 Stephen S Lim United States 294k 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 Global Health and Epidemiology?

The most cited paper in Global Health and Epidemiology is "The economic burden of malaria" (John L. Gallup, Jeffrey David Sachs, 2001), with 1,496 citations. Next come "Global numbers of infection and disease burden of soil transmitted helminth infections in 2010" (1,472) and "Growing Epidemic of Coronary Heart Disease in Low- and Middle-Income Countries" (1,202).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The economic burden of malaria John L. Gallup, Jeffrey David Sachs · American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2001 1,496
2 Global numbers of infection and disease burden of soil transmitted helminth infections in 2010 Rachel L. Pullan, Jennifer L. Smith, Rashmi Jasrasaria et al. · Parasites & Vectors Open access 2014 1,472
3 Growing Epidemic of Coronary Heart Disease in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Thomas Andrew Gaziano, Asaf Bitton, Shuchi Anand et al. · Current Problems in Cardiology Open access 31 Dec 2009 1,202
4 Cancer Statistics, 2020: Report From National Cancer Registry Programme, India Prashant Mathur, Krishnan Sathishkumar, Meesha Chaturvedi et al. · JCO Global Oncology Open access 16 Jul 2020 1,199
5 The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010: Interpretation and Implications for the Neglected Tropical Diseases Peter Jay Hotez et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases Open access 24 Jul 2014 1,131
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Global Health and Epidemiology research done?

The largest centres of Global Health and Epidemiology research in 2022-now are New Delhi (India), Dhaka (Bangladesh), Bengaluru (India) and Kathmandu (Nepal). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Port Harcourt.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 New DelhiIndia 88 works
  2. 2 DhakaBangladesh 80 works
  3. 3 BengaluruIndia 41 works
  4. 4 KathmanduNepal 40 works
  5. 5 ChennaiIndia 36 works
  6. 6 MumbaiIndia 33 works
  7. 7 PuneIndia 31 works
  8. 8 KolkataIndia 28 works
  9. 9 Port HarcourtNigeria 24 works
  10. 10 LondonUnited Kingdom 24 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Port HarcourtNG · 24.5 works24×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Global Health and Epidemiology than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Global Health and Epidemiology?

Among universities, judged by research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Gondar and International Institute for Population Sciences 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 15.79%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of GondarInternational Instit…All India Institute …University of Dhaka
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
1All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 58.09.5%15.8×40 +65.2%
2University of GondarEthiopia 56.147.2%24.3×8 -8.0%
3International Institute for Population SciencesIndia 53.837.7%137.4×10 -0.6%
4University of DhakaBangladesh 52.47.9%27.7×23 +28.4%
5University of IbadanNigeria 48.79.5%26.7×17 +9.0%
6University of NigeriaNigeria 47.410.4%25.2×14 +179.3%
7Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 45.76.9%11.4×20 +11.1%
8Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia 35.09.1%12.1×22 -33.8%
9University of IlorinNigeria 34.410.2%23.8×9 +40.5%
10University of DelhiIndia 30.89.5%9.3×14 -0.7%

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 Global Health and Epidemiology, country by country

Is Global Health and Epidemiology research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Global Health and Epidemiology.

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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 Global Health and Epidemiology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0097% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Global Health and Epidemiology0.012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Global Health and Epidemiology 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%Global Health and Epidemiology11.0% 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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