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Infant Health and Development

Infant Health and Development is a research topic within Pharmacy. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers encompasses a wide range of studies related to infant crying, colic, and associated factors such as probiotics, maternal response, gastrointestinal disorders, regulatory problems, parenting stress, cry analysis, sleeping problems, and emotional responses. The research covers various aspects of infantile colic and its impact on infants, parents, and families.

  • Infant Crying
  • Colic
  • Probiotics
  • Maternal Response
  • Gastrointestinal Disorders
  • Regulatory Problems
  • Parenting Stress
  • Cry Analysis
  • Sleeping Problems
  • Emotional Responses
Research works
23k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+9%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Infant Health and Development

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Infant Health and Development research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (751 and 369 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 751 works
  2. 2 China 369 works
  3. 3 India 305 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 251 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 200 works
  6. 6 Germany 194 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 160 works
  8. 8 Japan 135 works
  9. 9 Italy 114 works
  10. 10 France 107 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: 29.0%China: 14.3%India: 11.8%Türkiye: 9.7%6 others listed: 35.2%29%largest
United States751 · 29.0%China369 · 14.3%India305 · 11.8%Türkiye251 · 9.7%6 others listed909 · 35.2%

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

Which institutions lead Infant Health and Development research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Infant Health and Development research, followed by Harvard University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 22 works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 19 works
  3. 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 16 works
  4. 4 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 16 works
  5. 5 University of TorontoCanada 11 works
  6. 6 InsermFrance 11 works
  7. 7 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States 11 works
  8. 8 Emory UniversityUnited States 11 works
  9. 9 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 10 works
  10. 10 University of MichiganUnited States 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Infant Health and Development?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Infant Health and Development include David Moher, Rob Knight and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta.

  1. 1 David Moher Canada 898k citations
  2. 2 Rob Knight United States 468k citations
  3. 3 Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta Pakistan 371k citations
  4. 4 Matthias Egger Switzerland 326k citations
  5. 5 Dan J. Stein South Africa 306k citations
  6. 6 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Infant Health and Development?

The most cited paper in Infant Health and Development is "Characterization of a 41-Residue Ovine Hypothalamic Peptide that Stimulates Secretion of Corticotropin and β-Endorphin" (Wylie Vale, Joachim Spiess, CATHERINE L. RIVIER et al., 1982), with 3,916 citations. Next come "Ingestion of Lactobacillus strain regulates emotional behavior and central GABA receptor expression in a mouse via the vagus nerve" (3,886) and "Imitation of Facial and Manual Gestures by Human Neonates" (3,262).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Characterization of a 41-Residue Ovine Hypothalamic Peptide that Stimulates Secretion of Corticotropin and β-Endorphin Wylie Vale, Joachim Spiess, CATHERINE L. RIVIER et al. · Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey May 1982 3,916
2 Ingestion of Lactobacillus strain regulates emotional behavior and central GABA receptor expression in a mouse via the vagus nerve Javier A. Bravo, Paul Forsythe, Marianne V. Chew et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 29 Aug 2011 3,886
3 Imitation of Facial and Manual Gestures by Human Neonates Andrew N. Meltzoff, Maggie Moore · Science 7 Oct 1977 3,262
4 Parental Socialization of Emotion Nancy Eisenberg, Amanda J. Cumberland, Tracy L. Spinrad · Psychological Inquiry Open access Oct 1998 2,649
5 The gut-brain axis: interactions between enteric microbiota, central and enteric nervous systems. Marilia Carabotti, Annunziata Scirocco, M.A. Maselli et al. · PubMed Open access 2 Apr 2015 2,596
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Infant Health and Development research done?

The largest centres of Infant Health and Development research in 2022-now are Istanbul (Türkiye), Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Istanbul.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 IstanbulTürkiye 58 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 51 works
  3. 3 LondonUnited Kingdom 50 works
  4. 4 ParisFrance 38 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 36 works
  6. 6 AnkaraTürkiye 36 works
  7. 7 New YorkUnited States 35 works
  8. 8 MoscowRussia 35 works
  9. 9 ShanghaiChina 25 works
  10. 10 MelbourneAustralia 25 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. IstanbulTR · 58.0 works3.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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Where is the best place to study Infant Health and Development?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, Emory University and Yale University 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%30%mean 13.81%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Harvard UniversityYale UniversityEmory UniversitySağlık Bilimleri Üni…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Harvard UniversityUnited States 80.124.6%1.7×19 -24.3%
2Emory UniversityUnited States 56.312.4%3.9×11 +40.5%
3Yale UniversityUnited States 55.012.9%2.5×9 +38.3%
4Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 52.32.2%8.4×16 +34.4%
5University of TorontoCanada 51.615.6%1.6×11 -20.6%
6University College LondonUnited Kingdom 49.119.6%1.6×9 -12.0%
7University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 48.86.1%2.7×16 -37.4%
8Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 48.613.8%2.8×10 -32.0%
9University of MichiganUnited States 47.313.9%1.9×10 +31.5%
10Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 45.817.0%1.7×9 -7.5%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Infant Health and Development, country by country

Is Infant Health and Development research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Infant Health and Development.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Infant Health and Development as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.019% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Infant Health and Development over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Infant Health and Development10.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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