Maternal and fetal healthcare
Maternal and fetal healthcare is a research topic within Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Science Explorer counts 30k research works in it since 1950. 18.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the various aspects of maternal morbidity associated with pregnancy and childbirth, including conditions such as placenta accreta, postpartum hemorrhage, and peripartum hysterectomy. It also explores topics like racial/ethnic disparities, conservative management strategies, prenatal diagnosis techniques, and the impact of ICU admissions on maternal outcomes.
- Placenta Accreta
- Postpartum Hemorrhage
- Maternal Mortality
- Severe Obstetric Morbidity
- Prenatal Diagnosis
- Peripartum Hysterectomy
- Racial/Ethnic Disparities
- Conservative Management
- Near Miss Events
- ICU Admissions
- Research works
- 30k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 18.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +46% 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 Maternal and fetal healthcare research?
By volume, the United States and India publish the most (1.5k and 565 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.5k works
- 2 India 565 works
- 3 China 564 works
- 4 United Kingdom 299 works
- 5 Pakistan 200 works
- 6 Japan 189 works
- 7 Indonesia 180 works
- 8 Egypt 173 works
- 9 Brazil 169 works
- 10 Canada 152 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 Maternal and fetal healthcare research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Maternal and fetal healthcare research, followed by Institute of Medical Sciences and Ain Shams University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 26 works
- 2 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 22 works
- 3 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 22 works
- 4 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 21 works
- 5 Harvard UniversityUnited States 21 works
- 6 Stanford UniversityUnited States 20 works
- 7 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 19 works
- 8 The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonUnited States 19 works
- 9 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 18 works
- 10 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 18 works
Who are the leading researchers in Maternal and fetal healthcare?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Maternal and fetal healthcare include Yuan Wei.
- 1 Yuan Wei China 3.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Maternal and fetal healthcare research done?
The largest centres of Maternal and fetal healthcare research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Boston (United States) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Peshawar.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- PeshawarPK · 34.7 works9.0×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Maternal and fetal healthcare than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Maternal and fetal healthcare?
Among universities, judged by research, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Baylor College of Medicine and Institute of Medical Sciences 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 | The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonUnited States | 66.1 | 17.2% | 10.3× | 19 | +515.9% |
| 2 | Baylor College of MedicineUnited States | 63.3 | 26.5% | 7.3× | 18 | +232.4% |
| 3 | Institute of Medical SciencesIndia | 60.3 | 6.2% | 11.2× | 22 | +174.9% |
| 4 | Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt | 52.9 | 1.9% | 7.8× | 19 | +372.8% |
| 5 | University of OxfordUnited Kingdom | 52.9 | 50.9% | 1.9× | 15 | +73.8% |
| 6 | Harvard UniversityUnited States | 51.2 | 34.5% | 2.6× | 20 | +81.8% |
| 7 | University of GondarEthiopia | 50.6 | 36.5% | 8.8× | 8 | — |
| 8 | Stanford UniversityUnited States | 47.9 | 31.9% | 2.6× | 20 | +80.8% |
| 9 | Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye | 47.4 | 15.9% | 5.9× | 21 | — |
| 10 | University of PennsylvaniaUnited States | 46.7 | 30.7% | 3.2× | 18 | +76.0% |
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 Maternal and fetal healthcare research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 46% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Maternal and fetal healthcare.
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.