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Global Maternal and Child Health

Global Maternal and Child Health is a research topic within Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Science Explorer counts 62k research works in it since 1950. 24.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on global maternal and child health outcomes, with a particular emphasis on maternal and child mortality, health systems, global health initiatives, community health workers, stillbirths, health inequalities, antenatal care, and the influence of socio-economic factors. The papers explore various interventions and challenges in improving maternal and child health worldwide.

  • Maternal Mortality
  • Child Mortality
  • Health Systems
  • Global Health Initiatives
  • Community Health Workers
  • Stillbirths
  • Health Inequalities
  • Antenatal Care
  • Health Service Utilization
  • Socio-Economic Factors
Research works
62k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
15k
per year above
Top-10% rate
24.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+44%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Global Maternal and Child Health research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (2.3k and 1.4k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2.3k works
  2. 2 India 1.4k works
  3. 3 Ethiopia 998 works
  4. 4 Nigeria 836 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 787 works
  6. 6 Brazil 679 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 461 works
  8. 8 South Africa 436 works
  9. 9 Australia 430 works
  10. 10 Kenya 398 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: 26.3%India: 16.4%Ethiopia: 11.4%Nigeria: 9.5%6 others listed: 36.4%26%largest
United States2,304 · 26.3%India1,441 · 16.4%Ethiopia998 · 11.4%Nigeria836 · 9.5%6 others listed3,190 · 36.4%

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

Which institutions lead Global Maternal and Child Health research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Gondar publishes the most Global Maternal and Child Health research, followed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Johns Hopkins University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of GondarEthiopia 154 works
  2. 2 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 114 works
  3. 3 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 92 works
  4. 4 London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom 91 works
  5. 5 Makerere UniversityUganda 89 works
  6. 6 University of GhanaGhana 75 works
  7. 7 Addis Ababa UniversityEthiopia 63 works
  8. 8 World Health OrganizationSwitzerland 58 works
  9. 9 Jimma UniversityEthiopia 55 works
  10. 10 University of IbadanNigeria 54 works

Who are the leading researchers in Global Maternal and Child Health?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Global Maternal and Child Health include Christopher J L Murray, Simon I Hay and Theo Vos.

  1. 1 Christopher J L Murray United States 13k citations
  2. 2 Simon I Hay United States 12k citations
  3. 3 Theo Vos United States 12k citations
  4. 4 Ali H. Mokdad United States 10k citations
  5. 5 Rakhi Dandona United States 9.8k citations
  6. 6 Naohiro Yonemoto United States 9.4k citations
  7. 7 Lalit Dandona United States 9.3k citations
  8. 8 G Anil Kumar United States 8.3k citations
  9. 9 Bach Xuan Tran Vietnam 8.2k citations
  10. 10 Ted R. Miller United States 8.1k citations

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

Where is Global Maternal and Child Health research done?

The largest centres of Global Maternal and Child Health research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Nairobi (Kenya), Dhaka (Bangladesh) and New Delhi (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Gonder and Dīla.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 331 works
  2. 2 Nairobi Kenya 252 works
  3. 3 Dhaka Bangladesh 218 works
  4. 4 New Delhi India 201 works
  5. 5 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 194 works
  6. 6 Kampala Uganda 192 works
  7. 7 Accra Ghana 155 works
  8. 8 Gonder Ethiopia 154 works
  9. 9 New York United States 146 works
  10. 10 Washington D.C. United States 145 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GonderET · 154.3 works72×
  2. DīlaET · 29.3 works54×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Global Maternal and Child Health than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Global Maternal and Child Health?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Gondar, Harvard Global Health Institute and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 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 39.84%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Gondar: 154, 47.7%Harvard Global Health Institute: 26, 42.8%London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: 91, 43.5%University of Health and Allied Sciences: 32, 36.6%Wolaita Sodo University: 32, 37.7%University of Dhaka: 39, 31.9%Arba Minch University: 28, 33.8%The University of Dodoma: 27, 35.0%University of Global Health Equity: 10, 51.4%Aga Khan University Nairobi: 11, 38.0%University of GondarLondon School of Hyg…Harvard Global Healt…University of Health…
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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 GondarEthiopia 83.847.7%72.3×154 +112.7%
2 Harvard Global Health InstituteUnited States 78.742.8%64.2×26 +182.1%
3 London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom 78.443.5%42.0×91 +26.9%
4 University of Health and Allied SciencesGhana 75.236.6%61.2×32 +1147.0%
5 Wolaita Sodo UniversityEthiopia 73.037.7%46.7×32 +1808.6%
6 University of DhakaBangladesh 71.531.9%11.8×39 +292.9%
7 Arba Minch UniversityEthiopia 70.233.8%27.7×28 +216.2%
8 The University of DodomaTanzania 69.735.0%21.4×27 +433.1%
9 University of Global Health EquityRwanda 69.251.4%62.8×10 —
10 Aga Khan University NairobiKenya 69.138.0%47.5×11 +200.0%

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 Global Maternal and Child Health research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Global Maternal and Child Health.

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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.