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History of Medicine and Tropical Health

History of Medicine and Tropical Health is a research topic within History. Science Explorer counts 3.7k research works in it since 1950. 20.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers the history of public health and medicine, with a focus on Latin America, eugenics, disease control, tropical medicine, and global health. It explores the intersection of medicine, public health policies, social ideas, and the impact of diseases on different societies.

  • Public Health
  • Medicine
  • History
  • Latin America
  • Eugenics
  • Disease Control
  • Tropical Medicine
  • Global Health
  • Social Medicine
  • Health Policy
Research works
3.7k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
759
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+28%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead History of Medicine and Tropical Health research?

By volume, Brazil and the United States publish the most (407 and 61 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 407 works
  2. 2 United States 61 works
  3. 3 Argentina 39 works
  4. 4 Portugal 32 works
  5. 5 France 22 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 20 works
  7. 7 Mexico 16 works
  8. 8 Spain 15 works
  9. 9 Chile 12 works
  10. 10 Germany 10 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: 64.0%United States: 9.7%Argentina: 6.2%Portugal: 5.1%6 others listed: 15.0%64%largest
Brazil407 · 64.0%United States61 · 9.7%Argentina39 · 6.2%Portugal32 · 5.1%6 others listed96 · 15.0%

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

Which institutions lead History of Medicine and Tropical Health research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz publishes the most History of Medicine and Tropical Health research, followed by Universidade de São Paulo and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Fundação Oswaldo CruzBrazil 43 works
  2. 2 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 27 works
  3. 3 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 16 works
  4. 4 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 12 works
  5. 5 Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São PauloBrazil 9 works
  6. 6 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 9 works
  7. 7 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 8 works
  8. 8 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 8 works
  9. 9 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 8 works
  10. 10 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 8 works

Where is History of Medicine and Tropical Health research done?

The largest centres of History of Medicine and Tropical Health research in 2022–2025 are Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), São Paulo (Brazil), Lisbon (Portugal) and Buenos Aires (Argentina). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 91 works
  2. 2 São Paulo Brazil 75 works
  3. 3 Lisbon Portugal 17 works
  4. 4 Buenos Aires Argentina 16 works
  5. 5 Salvador Brazil 15 works
  6. 6 Belo Horizonte Brazil 13 works
  7. 7 Belém Brazil 13 works
  8. 8 Florianópolis Brazil 11 works
  9. 9 Brasília Brazil 10 works
  10. 10 Curitiba Brazil 9 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Rio de JaneiroBR · 91.4 works45×
  2. São PauloBR · 74.5 works19×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in History of Medicine and Tropical Health than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study History of Medicine and Tropical Health?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 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 13.2167%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidade de São Paulo: 27, 16.4%Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais: 8, 12.3%Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina: 9, 11.4%Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo: 9, 16.7%Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: 16, 12.6%Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro: 12, 9.9%Pontifícia Universid…Universidade de São …Universidade Federal…Universidade Federal…
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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 de São PauloBrazil 39.616.4%23.6×27 +27.0%
2 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 23.112.3%17.6×8 +124.7%
3 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 21.311.4%21.5×9 +120.6%
4 Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São PauloBrazil 20.116.7%68.0×9 +61.0%
5 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 18.812.6%31.4×16 +0.5%
6 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 6.09.9%38.5×12 -16.8%

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 History of Medicine and Tropical Health research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are History of Medicine and Tropical Health.

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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.