Health Sciences Research and Education
Health Sciences Research and Education is a research topic within General Health Professions. Science Explorer counts 29k research works in it since 1950. 18.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the implementation of evidence-based practice in healthcare, exploring the attitudes, knowledge, behaviors, and barriers among healthcare professionals, particularly nurses. It addresses the challenges and strategies in developing research capacity, promoting evidence-based practice, and improving clinical decision-making. The cluster also delves into the role of organizational culture, knowledge management, and information-seeking behavior in facilitating research utilization and advancing evidence-based medicine.
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Healthcare Professionals
- Barriers and Facilitators
- Nursing Education
- Research Utilization
- Clinical Decision Making
- Knowledge Management
- Information Seeking Behavior
- Organizational Culture
- Medical Education
- Research works
- 29k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 18.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +2% 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 Sciences Research and Education research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1.7k and 353 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.7k works
- 2 United Kingdom 353 works
- 3 Canada 225 works
- 4 Australia 196 works
- 5 India 147 works
- 6 China 100 works
- 7 Iran 79 works
- 8 Spain 62 works
- 9 Saudi Arabia 56 works
- 10 Brazil 54 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Health Sciences Research and Education research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Health Sciences Research and Education research, followed by University of Michigan and The Ohio State University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 28 works
- 2 University of Michigan United States 19 works
- 3 The Ohio State University United States 17 works
- 4 University of Illinois Chicago United States 17 works
- 5 University of York United Kingdom 15 works
- 6 Duke University United States 15 works
- 7 Johns Hopkins University United States 15 works
- 8 University of Toronto Canada 14 works
- 9 University of Washington United States 14 works
- 10 McMaster University Canada 14 works
Who are the leading researchers in Health Sciences Research and Education?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Health Sciences Research and Education include David Moher, Jeremy Grimshaw and Tammy Hoffmann.
- 1 David Moher 38k citations
- 2 Jeremy Grimshaw 14k citations
- 3 Tammy Hoffmann 13k citations
- 4 Mike Clarke 7.5k citations
- 5 Gordon Guyatt 6.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Health Sciences Research and Education research done?
The largest centres of Health Sciences Research and Education research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Washington D.C. (United States) and Toronto (Canada). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in York.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 London United Kingdom 81 works
- 2 New York United States 53 works
- 3 Washington D.C. United States 49 works
- 4 Toronto Canada 45 works
- 5 Melbourne Australia 44 works
- 6 Boston United States 41 works
- 7 Chicago United States 41 works
- 8 Philadelphia United States 39 works
- 9 Baltimore United States 34 works
- 10 Chapel Hill United States 30 works
Where it is the local speciality
- YorkGB · 28.9 works19×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Health Sciences Research and Education than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Health Sciences Research and Education?
Among universities, judged by research, The University of Sydney, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and University of York 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 | The University of Sydney Australia | 53.8 | 33.2% | 3.2× | 12 | +53.0% |
| 2 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States | 53.4 | 11.9% | 4.3× | 28 | +205.1% |
| 3 | University of York United Kingdom | 51.6 | 2.0% | 13.1× | 15 | +80.9% |
| 4 | University of Sheffield United Kingdom | 51.1 | 25.5% | 4.9× | 9 | +107.4% |
| 5 | McMaster University Canada | 50.0 | 17.7% | 6.9× | 14 | +4.4% |
| 6 | The Ohio State University United States | 49.1 | 16.3% | 4.9× | 17 | +130.0% |
| 7 | University of Illinois Chicago United States | 48.3 | 6.7% | 8.7× | 17 | +57.1% |
| 8 | Monash University Australia | 46.1 | 25.3% | 3.2× | 10 | +56.7% |
| 9 | Duke University United States | 44.2 | 15.0% | 5.8× | 15 | +35.4% |
| 10 | The University of Queensland Australia | 44.0 | 29.1% | 3.4× | 10 | -46.0% |
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 Sciences Research and Education research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 2% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Health Sciences Research and Education.
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.