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Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare

Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare is a research topic within General Health Professions. Science Explorer counts 22k research works in it since 1950. 11.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on maternal and child health in Brazil, with an emphasis on prenatal care, neonatal mortality, birth cohort studies, health inequalities, and the impact of social determinants on maternal and child health outcomes. The papers also evaluate the quality of health information systems and address public health interventions to improve maternal and child health in Brazil.

  • Maternal Health
  • Child Health
  • Prenatal Care
  • Neonatal Mortality
  • Health Inequalities
  • Birth Cohort Study
  • Health Information Systems
  • Perinatal Health
  • Public Health
  • Social Determinants
Research works
22k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+44%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare research?

By volume, Brazil and the United States publish the most (4k and 272 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 4k works
  2. 2 United States 272 works
  3. 3 Ecuador 162 works
  4. 4 Portugal 146 works
  5. 5 Peru 130 works
  6. 6 Mexico 108 works
  7. 7 Spain 98 works
  8. 8 Colombia 96 works
  9. 9 Ethiopia 88 works
  10. 10 ?? 83 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.

Brazil: 77.0%United States: 5.3%Ecuador: 3.2%Portugal: 2.8%6 others listed: 11.7%77%largest
Brazil3,957 · 77.0%United States272 · 5.3%Ecuador162 · 3.2%Portugal146 · 2.8%6 others listed604 · 11.7%

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

Which institutions lead Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz publishes the most Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare research, followed by Universidade de São Paulo and Universidade do Estado do Pará.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Fundação Oswaldo CruzBrazil 78 works
  2. 2 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 78 works
  3. 3 Universidade do Estado do ParáBrazil 57 works
  4. 4 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 53 works
  5. 5 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 52 works
  6. 6 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 52 works
  7. 7 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 51 works
  8. 8 Universidade Federal de PernambucoBrazil 49 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal do MaranhãoBrazil 47 works
  10. 10 Centro Universitário Fundação Assis GurgaczBrazil 47 works

Who are the leading researchers in Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare include Nelson Alvis‐Guzmán, Paulo A. Lotufo and Zulfiqar A Bhutta.

  1. 1 Nelson Alvis‐Guzmán Colombia 7.7k citations
  2. 2 Paulo A. Lotufo Brazil 7.2k citations
  3. 3 Zulfiqar A Bhutta Pakistan 7k citations
  4. 4 Déborah Carvalho Malta Brazil 5.5k citations
  5. 5 Diego Augusto Santos Silva Brazil 3.5k citations

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

Where is Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare research done?

The largest centres of Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Belo Horizonte (Brazil) and Brasília (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in São Tomé, Vassouras and Nova Iguaçu.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 510 works
  2. 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 370 works
  3. 3 Belo Horizonte Brazil 165 works
  4. 4 Brasília Brazil 151 works
  5. 5 Belém Brazil 147 works
  6. 6 Recife Brazil 145 works
  7. 7 Fortaleza Brazil 122 works
  8. 8 Porto Alegre Brazil 101 works
  9. 9 Cascavel Brazil 87 works
  10. 10 Salvador Brazil 81 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. São ToméST · 25.5 works158×
  2. VassourasBR · 36.3 works112×
  3. Nova IguaçuBR · 23.2 works98×
  4. Patos de MinasBR · 27.2 works85×
  5. MaldonadoUY · 34.8 works79×
  6. CascavelBR · 86.8 works70×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Gondar, Universidade do Estado do Pará and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte 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%25%50%75%mean 8.97%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Gondar: 16, 65.3%Universidade do Estado do Pará: 57, 2.6%Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte: 45, 5.9%Universidade Tiradentes: 38, 1.2%Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná: 40, 3.5%University of Vassouras: 36, 2.8%Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais: 29, 0.9%Centro Universitário de Volta Redonda: 34, 0.0%Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana: 28, 5.4%Centro Universitário Maurício de Nassau: 27, 2.1%University of GondarUniversidade Federal…Universidade do Esta…Universidade Tiraden…
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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
1 University of GondarEthiopia 77.665.3%18.7×16 +316.7%
2 Universidade do Estado do ParáBrazil 60.12.6%76.1×57 +281.0%
3 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteBrazil 56.35.9%20.5×45 +148.0%
4 Universidade TiradentesBrazil 55.71.2%108.8×38 +609.3%
5 Universidade Estadual do Oeste do ParanáBrazil 55.13.5%38.6×40 +179.1%
6 University of VassourasBrazil 55.02.8%112.1×36 +230.8%
7 Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas GeraisBrazil 53.90.9%80.5×29 +219.4%
8 Centro Universitário de Volta RedondaBrazil 53.40.0%92.0×34 +306.0%
9 Universidade Estadual de Feira de SantanaBrazil 53.45.4%40.6×28 +178.4%
10 Centro Universitário Maurício de NassauBrazil 53.12.1%75.3×27 +291.3%

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 Neonatal Healthcare research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare.

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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.