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Health disparities and outcomes

Health disparities and outcomes is a research topic within Health. Science Explorer counts 57k research works in it since 1950. 33.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the impact of social determinants, such as social relationships, socioeconomic inequalities, loneliness, and neighborhood effects, on health outcomes and mortality risk. It delves into the complex interplay between social factors and health disparities, emphasizing the importance of addressing these issues for achieving health equity and improving public health.

  • Social Relationships
  • Socioeconomic Inequalities
  • Loneliness
  • Health Disparities
  • Neighborhood Effects
  • Mortality Risk
  • Social Support
  • Life Course Epidemiology
  • Health Equity
  • Public Health
Research works
57k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
19k
per year above
Top-10% rate
33.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+64%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Health disparities and outcomes research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (4.6k and 1.6k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 4.6k works
  2. 2 China 1.6k works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 1.2k works
  4. 4 Canada 610 works
  5. 5 Australia 532 works
  6. 6 India 417 works
  7. 7 Germany 391 works
  8. 8 Japan 377 works
  9. 9 South Korea 330 works
  10. 10 Spain 315 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: 44.2%China: 15.3%United Kingdom: 11.6%Canada: 5.9%6 others listed: 22.9%44%largest
United States4,555 · 44.2%China1,579 · 15.3%United Kingdom1,189 · 11.6%Canada610 · 5.9%6 others listed2,362 · 22.9%

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

Which institutions lead Health disparities and outcomes research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Health disparities and outcomes research, followed by University College London and University of Michigan.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 107 works
  2. 2 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 106 works
  3. 3 University of MichiganUnited States 95 works
  4. 4 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 82 works
  5. 5 Harvard UniversityUnited States 66 works
  6. 6 Peking UniversityChina 65 works
  7. 7 University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States 59 works
  8. 8 University of TorontoCanada 58 works
  9. 9 New York UniversityUnited States 51 works
  10. 10 Columbia UniversityUnited States 49 works

Who are the leading researchers in Health disparities and outcomes?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Health disparities and outcomes 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 Ronald C. Kessler United States 9.8k citations
  7. 7 Lalit Dandona United States 9.3k citations
  8. 8 G Anil Kumar United States 8.3k citations
  9. 9 Valery L. Feigin New Zealand 7.9k citations
  10. 10 Jost B. Jonas Germany 7.7k citations

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

Where is Health disparities and outcomes research done?

The largest centres of Health disparities and outcomes research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China), New York (United States) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kalamazoo and Umeå.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 383 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 319 works
  3. 3 New York United States 207 works
  4. 4 Seoul South Korea 181 works
  5. 5 Boston United States 166 works
  6. 6 Baltimore United States 150 works
  7. 7 Los Angeles United States 136 works
  8. 8 Toronto Canada 136 works
  9. 9 Melbourne Australia 129 works
  10. 10 Tokyo Japan 126 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KalamazooUS · 23.2 works8.5×
  2. UmeåSE · 21.4 works6.1×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Health disparities and outcomes than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Health disparities and outcomes?

Among universities, judged by research, International Institute for Population Sciences, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and University of Massachusetts Boston 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%mean 34.18%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →International Institute for Population Sciences: 45, 45.4%London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: 21, 32.7%University of Massachusetts Boston: 32, 14.9%University College London: 106, 30.3%Renmin University of China: 33, 41.9%Johns Hopkins University: 82, 28.7%University of Southern Denmark: 24, 43.3%Harvard University: 66, 42.4%University of Michigan: 95, 29.3%Chinese University of Hong Kong: 37, 32.9%International Instit…London School of Hyg…University College L…University of Massac…
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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 International Institute for Population SciencesIndia 71.545.4%99.0×45 +134.5%
2 London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom 58.832.7%10.3×21 +21.2%
3 University of Massachusetts BostonUnited States 57.414.9%22.2×32 +196.1%
4 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 57.130.3%5.7×106 +50.0%
5 Renmin University of ChinaChina 54.341.9%7.2×33 +35.7%
6 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 52.128.7%5.7×82 +51.2%
7 University of Southern DenmarkDenmark 52.143.3%5.5×24 +49.9%
8 Harvard UniversityUnited States 51.942.4%3.9×66 +11.4%
9 University of MichiganUnited States 51.729.3%5.2×95 +52.9%
10 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong 51.632.9%3.9×37 +122.0%

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 Health disparities and outcomes research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 64% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Health disparities and outcomes.

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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.