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Human Health and Disease

Human Health and Disease is a research topic within Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1950. 4.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the assessment and management of health risks in children and adolescents, covering factors such as environmental exposure, oxidative stress, educational technologies, nutrition, and physical development. The research also delves into hygienic assessments, epidemiological wellbeing, and the impact of socioeconomic factors on child health.

  • Child Health
  • Risk Assessment
  • Environmental Factors
  • Oxidative Stress
  • Educational Technologies
  • Hygienic Assessment
  • Nutrition
  • Adolescent Health
  • Epidemiological Wellbeing
  • Physical Development
Research works
25k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
4.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+119%
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 Human Health and Disease research?

By volume, Russia and Ukraine publish the most (2.4k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Russia 2.4k works
  2. 2 Ukraine 1.1k works
  3. 3 United States 339 works
  4. 4 Uzbekistan 215 works
  5. 5 China 159 works
  6. 6 Poland 135 works
  7. 7 India 129 works
  8. 8 Kazakhstan 80 works
  9. 9 Belarus 69 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 65 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.

Russia: 51.4%Ukraine: 23.4%United States: 7.2%Uzbekistan: 4.5%6 others listed: 13.5%51%largest
Russia2,426 · 51.4%Ukraine1,104 · 23.4%United States339 · 7.2%Uzbekistan215 · 4.5%6 others listed636 · 13.5%

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

Which institutions lead Human Health and Disease research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Weatherford College publishes the most Human Health and Disease research, followed by Sechenov University and Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 72 works
  2. 2 Sechenov UniversityRussia 67 works
  3. 3 Ministry of Health of the Russian FederationRussia 62 works
  4. 4 Samarkand State Medical InstituteUzbekistan 60 works
  5. 5 Federal Scientific Center for Medical and Preventive Health Risk Management TechnologiesRussia 56 works
  6. 6 Bogomolets National Medical UniversityUkraine 51 works
  7. 7 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical UniversityRussia 48 works
  8. 8 Shupyk National Healthcare University of UkraineUkraine 47 works
  9. 9 Bukovinian State Medical UniversityUkraine 45 works
  10. 10 Kharkiv National Medical UniversityUkraine 41 works

Who are the leading researchers in Human Health and Disease?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Human Health and Disease include Cyrus Cooper.

  1. 1 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom 7.2k citations

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

Where is Human Health and Disease research done?

The largest centres of Human Health and Disease research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Kyiv (Ukraine), Saint Petersburg (Russia) and Kharkiv (Ukraine). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Angarsk, Arkhangelsk and Perm.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 787 works
  2. 2 Kyiv Ukraine 326 works
  3. 3 Saint Petersburg Russia 221 works
  4. 4 Kharkiv Ukraine 142 works
  5. 5 Perm Russia 79 works
  6. 6 Lviv Ukraine 76 works
  7. 7 Tashkent Uzbekistan 75 works
  8. 8 Novosibirsk Russia 73 works
  9. 9 Weatherford United States 72 works
  10. 10 Odesa Ukraine 69 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AngarskRU · 25.1 works117×
  2. ArkhangelskRU · 38.4 works94×
  3. PermRU · 79.4 works86×
  4. ChernivtsiUA · 47.9 works59×
  5. OrenburgRU · 28.4 works54×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Human Health and Disease than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Human Health and Disease?

Among universities, judged by research, Sechenov University, Belgorod National Research University and Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture 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 8.21%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Sechenov University: 67, 5.2%Belgorod National Research University: 12, 14.6%Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture: 11, 15.1%Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University: 48, 5.9%H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University: 8, 15.3%S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy: 41, 5.4%Bukovinian State Medical University: 45, 4.9%Weatherford College: 72, 2.5%Bogomolets National Medical University: 51, 3.6%Moscow State University of Psychology & Education: 15, 9.6%Kharkiv State Academ…Belgorod National Re…Pirogov Russian Nati…Sechenov 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 Sechenov UniversityRussia 70.05.2%38.5×67 +322.6%
2 Belgorod National Research UniversityRussia 68.514.6%24.5×12 +504.3%
3 Kharkiv State Academy of Physical CultureUkraine 68.215.1%140.5×11 +655.1%
4 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical UniversityRussia 67.25.9%49.4×48 +199.0%
5 H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical UniversityUkraine 65.015.3%41.1×8 +181.0%
6 S. M. Kirov Military Medical AcademyRussia 64.55.4%97.3×41 +566.1%
7 Bukovinian State Medical UniversityUkraine 64.34.9%155.3×45 +610.8%
8 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 63.92.5%9.5×72 +351.3%
9 Bogomolets National Medical UniversityUkraine 63.53.6%72.6×51 +242.2%
10 Moscow State University of Psychology & EducationRussia 61.79.6%55.7×15 +448.6%

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 Human Health and Disease research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 119% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Human Health and Disease.

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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.