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Healthcare Regulation

Healthcare Regulation is a research topic within Health Information Management. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1956. 5.2% 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 the regulation of healthcare products and practices, including the role of regulatory agencies, patient safety, infection control, drug resistance, epidemiology, and health policy. It also addresses specific issues such as nursing care, medical devices, and regulatory compliance.

  • Healthcare Regulation
  • Public Health
  • Patient Safety
  • Medical Devices
  • Infection Control
  • Drug Resistance
  • Epidemiology
  • Health Policy
  • Nursing Care
  • Regulatory Compliance
Research works
15k
fractional, since 1956
In the world top 10%
803
per year above
Top-10% rate
5.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+125%
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 Healthcare Regulation research?

By volume, Brazil and the United States publish the most (4.3k and 209 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 4.3k works
  2. 2 United States 209 works
  3. 3 Portugal 181 works
  4. 4 ?? 90 works
  5. 5 Spain 81 works
  6. 6 Uruguay 63 works
  7. 7 Ecuador 48 works
  8. 8 Mexico 46 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 41 works
  10. 10 Colombia 33 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.

Brazil: 84.4%United States: 4.1%Portugal: 3.6%??: 1.8%6 others listed: 6.1%84%largest
Brazil4,293 · 84.4%United States209 · 4.1%Portugal181 · 3.6%??90 · 1.8%6 others listed311 · 6.1%

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

Which institutions lead Healthcare Regulation research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Healthcare Regulation research, followed by Universidade Federal de Pernambuco and Universidade Iguaçu.

Who are the leading researchers in Healthcare Regulation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Healthcare Regulation include Déborah Carvalho Malta, Diego Augusto Santos Silva and Peter T. Katzmarzyk.

  1. 1 Déborah Carvalho Malta Brazil 5.5k citations
  2. 2 Diego Augusto Santos Silva Brazil 3.5k citations
  3. 3 Peter T. Katzmarzyk United States 1k citations

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

Where is Healthcare Regulation research done?

The largest centres of Healthcare Regulation research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Recife (Brazil) and Brasília (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nova Iguaçu, Criciúma and Manaus.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 635 works
  2. 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 316 works
  3. 3 Recife Brazil 164 works
  4. 4 Brasília Brazil 158 works
  5. 5 Belo Horizonte Brazil 148 works
  6. 6 Belém Brazil 135 works
  7. 7 Fortaleza Brazil 116 works
  8. 8 Salvador Brazil 112 works
  9. 9 Manaus Brazil 96 works
  10. 10 Curitiba Brazil 90 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Nova IguaçuBR · 55.0 works257×
  2. Criciúma31.9 works181×
  3. Manaus22.9 works170×
  4. Patos de MinasBR · 44.5 works154×
  5. VassourasBR · 39.3 works135×
  6. MaldonadoUY · 48.6 works123×
  7. Rio VerdeBR · 26.3 works123×
  8. BarbacenaBR · 21.3 works103×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Healthcare Regulation than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Healthcare Regulation?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Universidade de Brasília and Universitario Francisco de Asís 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%5%10%mean 5.65%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo: 23, 8.2%Universidade de Brasília: 36, 5.9%Universitario Francisco de Asís: 49, 1.9%Universidade Federal Fluminense: 43, 4.7%Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais: 38, 5.9%Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro: 26, 8.0%Universidade Federal do Pará: 44, 5.8%Universidade Federal do Amazonas: 30, 4.3%Faculdade de Medicina do ABC: 14, 7.8%Universidade Iguaçu: 55, 4.0%Universidade Federal…Universidade de Bras…Universidade Federal…Universitario Franci…
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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 Universidade Federal do Espírito SantoBrazil 78.68.2%14.1×23 +405.6%
2 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 75.95.9%12.3×36 +226.1%
3 Universitario Francisco de AsísUruguay 70.01.9%123.2×49 +376.0%
4 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 69.74.7%17.2×43 +141.1%
5 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 69.55.9%9.9×38 +94.1%
6 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 69.48.0%11.1×26 +38.0%
7 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 69.05.8%21.0×44 +61.2%
8 Universidade Federal do AmazonasBrazil 68.44.3%26.7×30 +528.5%
9 Faculdade de Medicina do ABCBrazil 68.47.8%65.1×14 +116.9%
10 Universidade IguaçuBrazil 67.94.0%257.5×55 +110.3%

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 Healthcare Regulation research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 125% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Healthcare Regulation.

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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.