Infant Nutrition and Health
Infant Nutrition and Health is a research topic within Nutrition and Dietetics. Science Explorer counts 33k research works in it since 1950. 20.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the composition and health effects of human milk, particularly in relation to preterm infants. It covers topics such as the composition of human milk, the impact on growth outcomes and neurodevelopment, the role in preventing necrotizing enterocolitis, the significance of oligosaccharides and lactoferrin, the development of intestinal microbiota, and the use of probiotics. The papers also discuss the nutritional and immune developmental significance of human milk for preterm infants.
- Human Milk Composition
- Preterm Infants
- Necrotizing Enterocolitis
- Oligosaccharides
- Lactoferrin
- Growth Outcomes
- Microbiota Development
- Probiotics
- Nutritional Significance
- Immune Development
- Research works
- 33k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 20.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +32% 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 Nutrition and Health research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.1k and 1k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.1k works
- 2 United States 1k works
- 3 India 324 works
- 4 Indonesia 196 works
- 5 United Kingdom 189 works
- 6 Brazil 186 works
- 7 Canada 153 works
- 8 Italy 151 works
- 9 Türkiye 151 works
- 10 Japan 139 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Infant Nutrition and Health research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Jiangnan University publishes the most Infant Nutrition and Health research, followed by State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology and China Agricultural University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Jiangnan UniversityChina 38 works
- 2 State Key Laboratory of Food Science and TechnologyChina 31 works
- 3 China Agricultural UniversityChina 26 works
- 4 Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 23 works
- 5 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 23 works
- 6 University of California, DavisUnited States 21 works
- 7 University of FloridaUnited States 20 works
- 8 The University of Western AustraliaAustralia 16 works
- 9 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 14 works
- 10 University of TorontoCanada 13 works
Who are the leading researchers in Infant Nutrition and Health?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Infant Nutrition and Health include Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Peter R. Galle and Johan G. Eriksson.
- 1 Zulfiqar A Bhutta Pakistan 7k citations
- 2 Peter R. Galle Germany 3.3k citations
- 3 Johan G. Eriksson Finland 3.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Infant Nutrition and Health research done?
The largest centres of Infant Nutrition and Health research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Wuxi (China), London (United Kingdom) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wuxi and Davis.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- WuxiCN · 71.4 works14×
- DavisUS · 21.9 works5.2×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Infant Nutrition and Health than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Infant Nutrition and Health?
Among universities, judged by research, Jiangnan University, Dalian Polytechnic University and Northeast Agricultural 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiangnan UniversityChina | 87.2 | 42.9% | 11.6× | 38 | +153.4% |
| 2 | Dalian Polytechnic UniversityChina | 67.6 | 45.1% | 10.9× | 11 | +94.7% |
| 3 | Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina | 64.1 | 38.0% | 16.0× | 23 | -62.0% |
| 4 | China Agricultural UniversityChina | 61.7 | 36.0% | 8.3× | 26 | -37.7% |
| 5 | Shenyang Agricultural UniversityChina | 54.0 | 36.6% | 12.3× | 9 | -0.0% |
| 6 | University College CorkIreland | 54.0 | 37.7% | 6.1× | 8 | +105.2% |
| 7 | Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands | 52.7 | 24.9% | 6.9× | 14 | +48.7% |
| 8 | The University of Western AustraliaAustralia | 50.3 | 22.0% | 7.3× | 16 | -1.5% |
| 9 | University of AucklandNew Zealand | 48.5 | 35.9% | 3.9× | 11 | +62.4% |
| 10 | Medical University of WarsawPoland | 48.4 | 18.0% | 9.1× | 11 | +91.4% |
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 Nutrition and Health research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 32% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Infant Nutrition and Health.
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.