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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. 22.1% 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%
5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
22.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+20%
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 Health and Development research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (691 and 330 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 691 works
  2. 2 China 330 works
  3. 3 India 286 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 229 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 187 works
  6. 6 Germany 178 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 146 works
  8. 8 Japan 127 works
  9. 9 Italy 106 works
  10. 10 France 101 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: 13.9%India: 12.0%Türkiye: 9.6%6 others listed: 35.5%29%largest
United States691 · 29.0%China330 · 13.9%India286 · 12.0%Türkiye229 · 9.6%6 others listed845 · 35.5%

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

Which institutions lead Infant Health and Development research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi publishes the most Infant Health and Development research, followed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Semarang.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 15 works
  2. 2 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 14 works
  3. 3 Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes SemarangIndonesia 9 works
  4. 4 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 8 works
  5. 5 Yale UniversityUnited States 8 works
  6. 6 Harvard UniversityUnited States 7 works
  7. 7 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States 7 works
  8. 8 University of FloridaUnited States 7 works
  9. 9 University of MichiganUnited States 7 works
  10. 10 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Infant Health and Development?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Infant Health and Development include Björn W. Schuller and David Zhang.

  1. 1 Björn W. Schuller United Kingdom 3.4k citations
  2. 2 David Zhang Hong Kong 3.3k citations

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

Where is Infant Health and Development research done?

The largest centres of Infant Health and Development research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Istanbul Türkiye 52 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 48 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 45 works
  4. 4 Paris France 35 works
  5. 5 Tokyo Japan 34 works
  6. 6 Ankara Türkiye 34 works
  7. 7 New York United States 33 works
  8. 8 Moscow Russia 33 works
  9. 9 Melbourne Australia 23 works
  10. 10 Seoul South Korea 23 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. IstanbulTR · 52.2 works3.1×
← 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, Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Semarang 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.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 71.55.5%7.3×15 —
2 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 50.215.7%2.4×14 +90.6%
3 Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes SemarangIndonesia 27.20.0%6.6×9 —

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 Health and Development research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Infant Health and Development.

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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.