Health, psychology, and well-being
Health, psychology, and well-being is a research topic within General Health Professions. Science Explorer counts 22k research works in it since 1950. 22.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the concept of salutogenesis and sense of coherence in relation to health, well-being, and quality of life. It covers topics such as stress management, public health development, psychological resilience, and the role of sense of coherence in promoting healthy lifestyle choices. The papers also delve into the application of salutogenic principles in health promotion and the impact of sense of coherence on various health outcomes.
- Salutogenesis
- Sense of Coherence
- Health Promotion
- Quality of Life
- Stress Management
- Public Health
- Well-being
- Psychological Resilience
- Adolescent Health
- Holistic Medicine
- Research works
- 22k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 4.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 22.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +39% 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 Health, psychology, and well-being research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (705 and 387 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 705 works
- 2 United Kingdom 387 works
- 3 Germany 349 works
- 4 Italy 206 works
- 5 China 185 works
- 6 Australia 178 works
- 7 Spain 168 works
- 8 Canada 162 works
- 9 India 140 works
- 10 Poland 126 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.
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Which institutions lead Health, psychology, and well-being research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Sapienza University of Rome publishes the most Health, psychology, and well-being research, followed by Aarhus University and King's College London.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 123 works
- 2 Aarhus UniversityDenmark 17 works
- 3 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 16 works
- 4 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 14 works
- 5 University of Southern DenmarkDenmark 13 works
- 6 Aalborg UniversityDenmark 13 works
- 7 University of TorontoCanada 11 works
- 8 Karolinska InstitutetSweden 10 works
- 9 Harvard UniversityUnited States 10 works
- 10 Maastricht UniversityNetherlands 9 works
Who are the leading researchers in Health, psychology, and well-being?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Health, psychology, and well-being include Arnold B. Bakker and George Davey Smith.
- 1 Arnold B. Bakker Netherlands 6k citations
- 2 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 4.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Health, psychology, and well-being research done?
The largest centres of Health, psychology, and well-being research in 2022–2025 are Rome (Italy), London (United Kingdom), Moscow (Russia) and Melbourne (Australia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rome and Aarhus.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- RomeIT · 132.2 works7.3×
- AarhusDK · 24.5 works5.7×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Health, psychology, and well-being than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Health, psychology, and well-being?
Among universities, judged by research, Sapienza University of Rome, Harvard University and University of the Western Cape 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 | Sapienza University of RomeItaly | 52.1 | 1.9% | 25.1× | 123 | +16.0% |
| 2 | Harvard UniversityUnited States | 50.6 | 47.6% | 1.7× | 10 | +92.2% |
| 3 | University of the Western CapeSouth Africa | 45.7 | 27.3% | 12.3× | 8 | -29.3% |
| 4 | Universitat de ValènciaSpain | 45.5 | 38.4% | 3.6× | 8 | +95.4% |
| 5 | University of Southern DenmarkDenmark | 45.2 | 12.9% | 9.1× | 13 | +4.2% |
| 6 | King's College LondonUnited Kingdom | 44.2 | 27.0% | 4.9× | 16 | +29.7% |
| 7 | Karolinska InstitutetSweden | 41.5 | 21.8% | 5.2× | 10 | +10.3% |
| 8 | Monash UniversityAustralia | 40.9 | 32.7% | 2.4× | 9 | +68.6% |
| 9 | Maastricht UniversityNetherlands | 39.9 | 18.1% | 6.4× | 9 | +8.1% |
| 10 | University College LondonUnited Kingdom | 35.9 | 28.2% | 2.3× | 14 | +10.2% |
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, psychology, and well-being research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 39% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Health, psychology, and well-being.
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.