Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions is a research topic within Obstetrics and Gynecology. Science Explorer counts 40k research works in it since 1950. 18.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the maternal and neonatal outcomes associated with cesarean section delivery, including its comparison with vaginal birth, the impact of labor induction, the influence of maternal age, and the experiences of childbirth. It also delves into post-traumatic stress disorder following childbirth, the role of midwifery care, and global trends in cesarean section rates.
- Cesarean Section
- Vaginal Birth
- Maternal Outcomes
- Perinatal Outcomes
- Labor Induction
- Maternal Age
- Childbirth Experience
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Midwifery Care
- Global Trends
- Research works
- 40k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 7.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 18.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +45% 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 Perinatal Health Interventions research?
By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (1.7k and 539 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.7k works
- 2 Brazil 539 works
- 3 India 529 works
- 4 United Kingdom 465 works
- 5 China 446 works
- 6 Australia 417 works
- 7 Türkiye 322 works
- 8 Ethiopia 221 works
- 9 Indonesia 209 works
- 10 Canada 208 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.
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Which institutions lead Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi publishes the most Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions research, followed by University of Gondar and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 30 works
- 2 University of GondarEthiopia 29 works
- 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 29 works
- 4 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 26 works
- 5 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 26 works
- 6 University of MichiganUnited States 25 works
- 7 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 24 works
- 8 Karolinska InstitutetSweden 23 works
- 9 Iranshahr UniversityIran 22 works
- 10 Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael 22 works
Who are the leading researchers in Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions include Özge Tunçalp.
- 1 Özge Tunçalp Switzerland 5.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions research done?
The largest centres of Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Melbourne (Australia) and Istanbul (Türkiye). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Iranshahr and Gonder.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- IranshahrIR · 22.0 works31×
- GonderET · 29.1 works24×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Gondar, Jimma University and Iranshahr 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 | University of GondarEthiopia | 86.8 | 44.1% | 24.0× | 29 | +204.1% |
| 2 | Jimma UniversityEthiopia | 66.1 | 32.6% | 10.5× | 11 | +224.8% |
| 3 | Iranshahr UniversityIran | 65.4 | 15.8% | 32.7× | 22 | +311.1% |
| 4 | Western Sydney UniversityAustralia | 64.5 | 22.3% | 10.3× | 21 | +82.2% |
| 5 | London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom | 63.2 | 39.4% | 8.2× | 10 | +67.9% |
| 6 | Mekelle UniversityEthiopia | 62.7 | 26.4% | 24.1× | 10 | +335.6% |
| 7 | Wolaita Sodo UniversityEthiopia | 62.3 | 41.5% | 28.4× | 11 | — |
| 8 | Haramaya UniversityEthiopia | 60.9 | 32.7% | 21.9× | 14 | — |
| 9 | Tabriz University of Medical SciencesIran | 59.5 | 26.7% | 8.8× | 16 | +101.0% |
| 10 | Karolinska InstitutetSweden | 59.3 | 30.2% | 6.4× | 23 | +6.3% |
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 Perinatal Health Interventions research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 45% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions.
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.