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Infant Development and Preterm Care

Infant Development and Preterm Care is a research topic within Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Science Explorer counts 43k research works in it since 1950. 23.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the mortality, neurodevelopmental outcomes, and long-term sequelae of preterm birth, with an emphasis on interventions such as family-centered care and kangaroo mother care in neonatal intensive care units. It also explores the cognitive and behavioral outcomes, as well as the challenges associated with developmental surveillance and executive functioning in individuals born preterm.

  • Preterm Birth
  • Neurodevelopmental Outcomes
  • Infant Mortality
  • Family-Centered Care
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  • Cognitive Function
  • Developmental Surveillance
  • Kangaroo Mother Care
  • Executive Functioning
  • Behavioral Outcomes
Research works
43k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
10k
per year above
Top-10% rate
23.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+47%
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 Infant Development and Preterm Care research?

By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (2.2k and 711 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2.2k works
  2. 2 Brazil 711 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 528 works
  4. 4 India 485 works
  5. 5 China 412 works
  6. 6 Australia 411 works
  7. 7 Canada 408 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 399 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 335 works
  10. 10 Spain 240 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: 35.4%Brazil: 11.7%United Kingdom: 8.7%India: 8.0%6 others listed: 36.2%35%largest
United States2,156 · 35.4%Brazil711 · 11.7%United Kingdom528 · 8.7%India485 · 8.0%6 others listed2,204 · 36.2%

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

Which institutions lead Infant Development and Preterm Care research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Infant Development and Preterm Care research, followed by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Universidade de São Paulo.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 62 works
  2. 2 Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaUnited States 32 works
  3. 3 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 31 works
  4. 4 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 28 works
  5. 5 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 27 works
  6. 6 Harvard UniversityUnited States 27 works
  7. 7 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 26 works
  8. 8 University of TorontoCanada 26 works
  9. 9 Boston Children's HospitalUnited States 24 works
  10. 10 The University of MelbourneAustralia 23 works

Who are the leading researchers in Infant Development and Preterm Care?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Infant Development and Preterm Care include Dan J. Stein, Zulfiqar A Bhutta and Daniel Rueckert.

  1. 1 Dan J. Stein South Africa 7.7k citations
  2. 2 Zulfiqar A Bhutta Pakistan 7k citations
  3. 3 Daniel Rueckert United Kingdom 3.6k citations

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

Where is Infant Development and Preterm Care research done?

The largest centres of Infant Development and Preterm Care research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), São Paulo (Brazil), Melbourne (Australia) and Boston (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Cincinnati.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 171 works
  2. 2 São Paulo Brazil 117 works
  3. 3 Melbourne Australia 108 works
  4. 4 Boston United States 92 works
  5. 5 Toronto Canada 92 works
  6. 6 Istanbul Türkiye 87 works
  7. 7 Paris France 77 works
  8. 8 New York United States 75 works
  9. 9 Philadelphia United States 75 works
  10. 10 Montreal Canada 65 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CincinnatiUS · 42.5 works5.9×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Infant Development and Preterm Care than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Infant Development and Preterm Care?

Among universities, judged by research, Karolinska Institutet, Iranshahr University and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 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%20%40%mean 38.45%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Karolinska Institutet: 22, 46.0%Iranshahr University: 15, 22.0%London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: 10, 43.5%University of Auckland: 18, 41.7%Monash University: 21, 36.9%University of Calgary: 20, 37.8%University College London: 28, 37.6%Northwestern University: 17, 37.2%Harvard University: 27, 35.4%Washington University in St. Louis: 16, 46.4%Karolinska InstitutetLondon School of Hyg…University of AucklandIranshahr 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 Karolinska InstitutetSweden 63.946.0%5.5×22 +30.2%
2 Iranshahr UniversityIran 59.922.0%19.6×15 +180.3%
3 London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom 59.843.5%6.9×10 +22.6%
4 University of AucklandNew Zealand 59.741.7%3.8×18 +159.0%
5 Monash UniversityAustralia 52.836.9%2.8×21 +109.2%
6 University of CalgaryCanada 51.237.8%3.3×20 +80.4%
7 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 50.137.6%2.2×28 +30.7%
8 Northwestern UniversityUnited States 48.637.2%2.8×17 +115.6%
9 Harvard UniversityUnited States 48.535.4%2.3×27 +49.4%
10 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States 48.546.4%2.4×16 +58.5%

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 Infant Development and Preterm Care research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Infant Development and Preterm Care.

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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.