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Legal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges

Legal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges is a research topic within Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Science Explorer counts 3.7k research works in it since 1952. 12.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on global health, society, and various related aspects. It covers topics such as the challenges facing responses to COVID-19 in different countries, the implications for healthcare systems, vaccination efforts, planetary health, digital health innovation policy, and the intersection with human rights and global security.

  • COVID-19
  • pandemic diseases
  • healthcare system
  • vaccination
  • planetary health
  • digital health
  • human rights
  • epidemiology
  • global security
  • sustainable development
Research works
3.7k
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
453
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+510%
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 Legal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges research?

By volume, Ukraine and the United States publish the most (734 and 219 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ukraine 734 works
  2. 2 United States 219 works
  3. 3 Russia 89 works
  4. 4 Germany 54 works
  5. 5 Poland 43 works
  6. 6 ?? 32 works
  7. 7 India 30 works
  8. 8 China 29 works
  9. 9 Kazakhstan 29 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 27 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.

Ukraine: 57.0%United States: 17.0%Russia: 7.0%Germany: 4.2%6 others listed: 14.7%57%largest
Ukraine734 · 57.0%United States219 · 17.0%Russia89 · 7.0%Germany54 · 4.2%6 others listed190 · 14.7%

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

Which institutions lead Legal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Human Growth Foundation publishes the most Legal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges research, followed by Weatherford College and Max Planck Society.

Where is Legal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges research done?

The largest centres of Legal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges research in 2022–2025 are Kyiv (Ukraine), Kharkiv (Ukraine), New York (United States) and Lviv (Ukraine). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kharkiv and Odesa.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Kyiv Ukraine 258 works
  2. 2 Kharkiv Ukraine 132 works
  3. 3 New York United States 95 works
  4. 4 Lviv Ukraine 57 works
  5. 5 Weatherford United States 51 works
  6. 6 Munich Germany 41 works
  7. 7 Odesa Ukraine 39 works
  8. 8 Moscow Russia 35 works
  9. 9 Dnipro Ukraine 24 works
  10. 10 Ternopil Ukraine 20 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KharkivUA · 131.6 works79×
  2. OdesaUA · 39.3 works67×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Legal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Legal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges?

Among universities, judged by research, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine and Yaroslav Mudryi National Law 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.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivUkraine 47.613.1%77.9×34 +941.7%
2 National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of UkraineUkraine 39.411.4%103.3×18 +664.1%
3 Yaroslav Mudryi National Law UniversityUkraine 36.114.9%462.7×25
4 Kharkiv National University of Internal AffairsUkraine 35.512.3%364.9×40
5 Uzhhorod National UniversityUkraine 32.815.2%89.3×13
6 Interregional Academy of Personnel ManagementUkraine 32.817.0%142.5×9
7 State University "Kyiv Aviation Institute"Ukraine 32.214.5%58.9×14 +101.3%
8 V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National UniversityUkraine 31.210.7%83.5×26
9 National University Zaporizhzhia PolytechnicUkraine 30.314.8%88.1×12
10 National University Odesa Law AcademyUkraine 28.512.1%193.5×14

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 Legal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 510% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Legal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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