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Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices

Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices is a research topic within Clinical Psychology. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1950. 16.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the historical development of psychiatry and mental health, covering topics such as psychopharmacology, colonial psychiatry, patient experience, deinstitutionalization, and social psychiatry. It delves into the evolution of psychiatric treatment, the impact of historical events on mental health care, and the changing perceptions of mental illness over time.

  • Psychiatry
  • Mental Health
  • History
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Colonial Psychiatry
  • Patient Experience
  • Medical History
  • Deinstitutionalization
  • Social Psychiatry
  • Psychiatric Treatment
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+12%
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Which countries lead Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (358 and 257 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 358 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 257 works
  3. 3 Germany 118 works
  4. 4 Canada 72 works
  5. 5 Australia 49 works
  6. 6 France 49 works
  7. 7 Italy 30 works
  8. 8 India 28 works
  9. 9 Spain 24 works
  10. 10 Netherlands 21 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: 35.6%United Kingdom: 25.6%Germany: 11.8%Canada: 7.2%6 others listed: 19.9%36%largest
United States358 · 35.6%United Kingdom257 · 25.6%Germany118 · 11.8%Canada72 · 7.2%6 others listed200 · 19.9%

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

Which institutions lead Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Oxford publishes the most Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices research, followed by University of Birmingham and Birkbeck, University of London.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 10 works
  2. 2 University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom 10 works
  3. 3 Birkbeck, University of LondonUnited Kingdom 10 works
  4. 4 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 10 works
  5. 5 University of TorontoCanada 8 works
  6. 6 University of ExeterUnited Kingdom 7 works
  7. 7 Film IndependentUnited States 7 works
  8. 8 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 7 works
  9. 9 University of WarwickUnited Kingdom 7 works
  10. 10 Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfGermany 6 works

Who are the leading researchers in Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices include Sander L. Gilman and Kenneth S. Kendler.

  1. 1 Sander L. Gilman United States 4.2k citations
  2. 2 Kenneth S. Kendler United States 2.6k citations

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

Where is Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices research done?

The largest centres of Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Berlin (Germany) and Paris (France).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 61 works
  2. 2 New York United States 29 works
  3. 3 Berlin Germany 19 works
  4. 4 Paris France 18 works
  5. 5 Oxford United Kingdom 17 works
  6. 6 Toronto Canada 16 works
  7. 7 Melbourne Australia 15 works
  8. 8 Los Angeles United States 14 works
  9. 9 Birmingham United Kingdom 12 works
  10. 10 Montreal Canada 10 works
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Where is the best place to study Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Birmingham, Birkbeck, University of London and University College London 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%10%20%mean 15.12%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Birmingham: 10, 20.4%Birkbeck, University of London: 10, 6.7%University College London: 10, 16.7%University of Oxford: 10, 9.9%University of Toronto: 8, 21.9%University of Birmin…University College L…University of OxfordBirkbeck, University…
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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 BirminghamUnited Kingdom 83.220.4%14.2×10 +31.5%
2 Birkbeck, University of LondonUnited Kingdom 55.66.7%99.9×10 +78.7%
3 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 52.816.7%5.8×10 -2.7%
4 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 49.99.9%6.6×10 +21.1%
5 University of TorontoCanada 34.821.9%4.7×8 -24.6%

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 Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices.

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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.