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Medical and Health Sciences Research

Medical and Health Sciences Research is a research topic within Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Science Explorer counts 28k research works in it since 1950. 4.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of ethical and legal issues in medicine, including patient rights, reproductive medicine, healthcare law, informed consent, end-of-life care, bioethics, telemedicine, genetic testing, and physician liability.

  • Medical Ethics
  • Patient Rights
  • Reproductive Medicine
  • Healthcare Law
  • Informed Consent
  • End-of-Life Care
  • Bioethics
  • Telemedicine
  • Genetic Testing
  • Physician Liability
Research works
28k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
4.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+0%
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 Medical and Health Sciences Research research?

By volume, Germany and Austria publish the most (2.3k and 213 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Germany 2.3k works
  2. 2 Austria 213 works
  3. 3 Switzerland 144 works
  4. 4 United States 105 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 36 works
  6. 6 Italy 24 works
  7. 7 Netherlands 20 works
  8. 8 France 19 works
  9. 9 Poland 16 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 14 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.

Germany: 79.5%Austria: 7.4%Switzerland: 5.0%United States: 3.6%6 others listed: 4.5%80%largest
Germany2,296 · 79.5%Austria213 · 7.4%Switzerland144 · 5.0%United States105 · 3.6%6 others listed129 · 4.5%

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

Which institutions lead Medical and Health Sciences Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Bergmann und Partner Rechtsanwälte publishes the most Medical and Health Sciences Research research, followed by München Klinik and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Bergmann und Partner RechtsanwälteGermany 85 works
  2. 2 München KlinikGermany 70 works
  3. 3 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 46 works
  4. 4 Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinGermany 43 works
  5. 5 University of CologneGermany 37 works
  6. 6 University of MünsterGermany 27 works
  7. 7 Heidelberg UniversityGermany 27 works
  8. 8 Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfGermany 25 works
  9. 9 LVR-Klinik KölnGermany 25 works
  10. 10 University of BonnGermany 23 works

Who are the leading researchers in Medical and Health Sciences Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Medical and Health Sciences Research include Thomas Hofmann and Reinhard Busse.

  1. 1 Thomas Hofmann Germany 3.5k citations
  2. 2 Reinhard Busse Germany 3.1k citations

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

Where is Medical and Health Sciences Research research done?

The largest centres of Medical and Health Sciences Research research in 2022–2025 are Berlin (Germany), Munich (Germany), Cologne (Germany) and Hamburg (Germany). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Hamm and Leverkusen.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Berlin Germany 209 works
  2. 2 Munich Germany 182 works
  3. 3 Cologne Germany 102 works
  4. 4 Hamburg Germany 101 works
  5. 5 Vienna Austria 95 works
  6. 6 Hamm Germany 89 works
  7. 7 Hanover Germany 61 works
  8. 8 Frankfurt am Main Germany 58 works
  9. 9 Bonn Germany 58 works
  10. 10 Stuttgart Germany 57 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. HammDE · 88.7 works648×
  2. LeverkusenDE · 22.7 works89×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Medical and Health Sciences Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Medical and Health Sciences Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Leibniz University Hannover, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf 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%20%40%mean 8.4%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Leibniz University Hannover: 14, 31.6%Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München: 46, 1.6%Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf: 25, 4.5%University of Cologne: 37, 2.8%Witten/Herdecke University: 12, 8.6%University of Zurich: 22, 0.6%Medizinische Hochschule Hannover: 16, 15.4%University of Münster: 28, 6.5%University of Augsburg: 12, 1.9%Osnabrück University: 10, 10.5%Leibniz University H…Heinrich Heine Unive…University of CologneLudwig-Maximilians-U…
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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 Leibniz University HannoverGermany 65.931.6%16.6×14 -24.5%
2 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 54.51.6%25.8×46 +50.8%
3 Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfGermany 54.54.5%30.8×25 +118.6%
4 University of CologneGermany 52.72.8%40.3×37 +51.4%
5 Witten/Herdecke UniversityGermany 52.48.6%44.1×12 +149.7%
6 University of ZurichSwitzerland 52.20.6%14.6×22 +98.2%
7 Medizinische Hochschule HannoverGermany 51.615.4%27.1×16 -29.2%
8 University of MünsterGermany 51.06.5%28.0×28 +25.7%
9 University of AugsburgGermany 50.11.9%29.8×12 +229.6%
10 Osnabrück UniversityGermany 49.310.5%34.8×10 +102.3%

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 Medical and Health Sciences Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2009. The fastest-growing topics are Medical and Health Sciences Research.

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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.