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Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum is a research topic within Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Science Explorer counts 39k research works in it since 1950. 28.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the impact of maternal mental health, including perinatal depression, prenatal stress, and antenatal anxiety, on offspring's development and well-being. It explores various aspects such as child psychopathology, neurodevelopment, cognitive and behavioral outcomes, as well as the effects of psychological interventions and postpartum psychiatric disorders. The research also delves into the association between parental depression and infant outcomes, emphasizing the significance of maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum period.

  • Perinatal Depression
  • Maternal Mental Health
  • Prenatal Stress
  • Child Development
  • Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders
  • Antenatal Anxiety
  • Parental Depression
  • Infant Outcomes
  • Psychological Interventions
  • Pregnancy and Mental Health
Research works
39k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
11k
per year above
Top-10% rate
28.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+73%
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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 Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.8k and 820 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2.8k works
  2. 2 China 820 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 688 works
  4. 4 Australia 471 works
  5. 5 Canada 459 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 401 works
  7. 7 Brazil 382 works
  8. 8 India 353 works
  9. 9 Iran 300 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 267 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: 40.0%China: 11.9%United Kingdom: 10.0%Australia: 6.8%6 others listed: 31.3%40%largest
United States2,758 · 40.0%China820 · 11.9%United Kingdom688 · 10.0%Australia471 · 6.8%6 others listed2,162 · 31.3%

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

Which institutions lead Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum research, followed by King's College London and Harvard University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 80 works
  2. 2 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 44 works
  3. 3 Harvard UniversityUnited States 42 works
  4. 4 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 39 works
  5. 5 University of MichiganUnited States 36 works
  6. 6 Yale UniversityUnited States 33 works
  7. 7 Karolinska InstitutetSweden 31 works
  8. 8 University of PittsburghUnited States 30 works
  9. 9 Columbia UniversityUnited States 30 works
  10. 10 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 30 works

Who are the leading researchers in Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum include Ronald C. Kessler, Dan J. Stein and Özge Tunçalp.

  1. 1 Ronald C. Kessler United States 9.8k citations
  2. 2 Dan J. Stein South Africa 7.7k citations
  3. 3 Özge Tunçalp Switzerland 5.7k citations
  4. 4 John J. McGrath Australia 5.3k citations

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

Where is Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum research done?

The largest centres of Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Melbourne (Australia) and Boston (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Iranshahr, Providence and Oakland.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 211 works
  2. 2 New York United States 138 works
  3. 3 Melbourne Australia 118 works
  4. 4 Boston United States 95 works
  5. 5 Beijing China 94 works
  6. 6 Toronto Canada 86 works
  7. 7 Istanbul Türkiye 84 works
  8. 8 Chapel Hill United States 83 works
  9. 9 Paris France 77 works
  10. 10 Baltimore United States 76 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. IranshahrIR · 29.1 works33×
  2. ProvidenceUS · 43.6 works6.8×
  3. OaklandUS · 24.0 works6.1×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum?

Among universities, judged by research, Iranshahr University, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and Karolinska Institutet 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%mean 34.16%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Iranshahr University: 29, 15.6%Tabriz University of Medical Sciences: 18, 29.1%Karolinska Institutet: 31, 36.0%King's College London: 44, 33.9%University of Liverpool: 24, 32.3%University of Gondar: 17, 29.0%Monash University: 29, 36.0%National University of Singapore: 13, 57.3%University College Cork: 13, 33.7%Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: 13, 38.7%Karolinska InstitutetKing's College LondonTabriz University of…Iranshahr University
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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 Iranshahr UniversityIran 60.815.6%34.1×29 +593.9%
2 Tabriz University of Medical SciencesIran 59.829.1%7.9×18 +222.6%
3 Karolinska InstitutetSweden 58.536.0%6.8×31 +10.6%
4 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 57.133.9%5.8×44 +41.7%
5 University of LiverpoolUnited Kingdom 56.032.3%4.8×24 +154.3%
6 University of GondarEthiopia 54.429.0%10.9×17 —
7 Monash UniversityAustralia 53.636.0%3.5×29 +116.8%
8 National University of SingaporeSingapore 52.257.3%1.3×13 +90.4%
9 University College CorkIreland 52.133.7%5.3×13 +162.3%
10 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands 52.038.7%3.2×13 +295.4%

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 Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 73% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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