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Innovations in Medical Education

Innovations in Medical Education is a research topic within Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Science Explorer counts 64k research works in it since 1950. 15.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the transformation of medical education and the development of professionalism in healthcare. It covers topics such as competency-based education, assessment methods, continuing medical education, reflective practice, clinical skills development, faculty development, e-learning in healthcare, patient-oriented learning, and leadership in medicine.

  • Competency-based Education
  • Professional Identity Formation
  • Assessment Methods
  • Continuing Medical Education
  • Reflective Practice
  • Clinical Skills Development
  • Faculty Development
  • E-Learning in Healthcare
  • Patient-Oriented Learning
  • Leadership in Medicine
Research works
64k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
10k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+30%
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 Innovations in Medical Education research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (5k and 1.2k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 5k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 1.2k works
  3. 3 India 757 works
  4. 4 Canada 680 works
  5. 5 Australia 509 works
  6. 6 China 379 works
  7. 7 Iran 306 works
  8. 8 Germany 271 works
  9. 9 Pakistan 262 works
  10. 10 Brazil 226 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: 52.6%United Kingdom: 12.0%India: 7.9%Canada: 7.1%6 others listed: 20.4%53%largest
United States5,045 · 52.6%United Kingdom1,151 · 12.0%India757 · 7.9%Canada680 · 7.1%6 others listed1,954 · 20.4%

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

Which institutions lead Innovations in Medical Education research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Innovations in Medical Education research, followed by University of Toronto and University of Michigan.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 71 works
  2. 2 University of Toronto Canada 68 works
  3. 3 University of Michigan United States 67 works
  4. 4 University of California, San Francisco United States 63 works
  5. 5 Harvard University United States 56 works
  6. 6 Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences United States 49 works
  7. 7 Stanford University United States 44 works
  8. 8 The Ohio State University United States 41 works
  9. 9 McMaster University Canada 41 works
  10. 10 Yale University United States 40 works

Who are the leading researchers in Innovations in Medical Education?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Innovations in Medical Education include Jeremy Grimshaw.

  1. 1 Jeremy Grimshaw 14k citations

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

Where is Innovations in Medical Education research done?

The largest centres of Innovations in Medical Education research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Boston (United States), New York (United States) and Toronto (Canada).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 266 works
  2. 2 Boston United States 177 works
  3. 3 New York United States 176 works
  4. 4 Toronto Canada 145 works
  5. 5 Chicago United States 144 works
  6. 6 Philadelphia United States 144 works
  7. 7 Melbourne Australia 128 works
  8. 8 Baltimore United States 108 works
  9. 9 Washington D.C. United States 107 works
  10. 10 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 101 works
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Where is the best place to study Innovations in Medical Education?

Among universities, judged by research, Qatar University, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 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 23.96%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Qatar University: 18, 43.0%Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: 49, 17.3%Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland: 17, 23.2%Maastricht University: 30, 32.4%University of California, San Francisco: 63, 17.3%Aga Khan University: 16, 28.5%Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services: 16, 13.1%Deakin University: 20, 29.8%Florida College: 17, 12.1%Iranshahr University: 9, 22.9%Qatar UniversityMaastricht UniversityRoyal College of Sur…Uniformed Services U…
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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
1Qatar University Qatar 64.743.0%4.7×18 +464.5%
2Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences United States 61.817.3%42.2×49 +95.0%
3Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Ireland 60.223.2%16.7×17 +113.6%
4Maastricht University Netherlands 56.432.4%7.0×30 -6.3%
5University of California, San Francisco United States 54.517.3%7.8×63 +15.1%
6Aga Khan University Pakistan 54.528.5%15.2×16 -10.4%
7Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services Iran 54.513.1%13.9×16 +246.0%
8Deakin University Australia 52.629.8%3.4×20 +202.5%
9Florida College United States 52.012.1%10.0×17 +146.1%
10Iranshahr University Iran 51.622.9%8.4×9 +254.7%

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 Innovations in Medical Education research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Innovations in Medical Education.

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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.