Medical History and Innovations
Medical History and Innovations is a research topic within History. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1950. 14.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to the history of medicine, including blood transfusion, obstetrics, anesthesia, surgery, medical discoveries, epidemiology, midwifery, puerperal fever, endoscopy, and the lives and contributions of various historical figures in the field of medicine.
- Blood Transfusion
- Obstetrics
- Anesthesia
- Surgery
- Medical Discoveries
- Epidemiology
- Midwifery
- Puerperal Fever
- Endoscopy
- Historical Figures
- Research works
- 20k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 14.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -2% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Medical History and Innovations research?
By volume, the United States and Russia publish the most (561 and 190 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 561 works
- 2 Russia 190 works
- 3 United Kingdom 178 works
- 4 Germany 92 works
- 5 France 62 works
- 6 India 61 works
- 7 Canada 55 works
- 8 Australia 53 works
- 9 Italy 50 works
- 10 China 40 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 Medical History and Innovations research?
By volume in 2022–2025, S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy publishes the most Medical History and Innovations research, followed by Sechenov University and National Research Institute of Public Health named after N.A. Semashko.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 S. M. Kirov Military Medical AcademyRussia 20 works
- 2 Sechenov UniversityRussia 12 works
- 3 National Research Institute of Public Health named after N.A. SemashkoRussia 12 works
- 4 Universiti Brunei DarussalamBrunei 10 works
- 5 Saarland UniversityGermany 9 works
- 6 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 8 works
- 7 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 7 works
- 8 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical UniversityRussia 7 works
- 9 Harvard UniversityUnited States 7 works
- 10 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 7 works
Who are the leading researchers in Medical History and Innovations?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Medical History and Innovations include George Davey Smith.
- 1 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 4.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Medical History and Innovations research done?
The largest centres of Medical History and Innovations research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), London (United Kingdom), Saint Petersburg (Russia) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Saint Petersburg and Los Angeles.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Moscow Russia 73 works
- 2 London United Kingdom 51 works
- 3 Saint Petersburg Russia 48 works
- 4 New York United States 28 works
- 5 Paris France 27 works
- 6 Los Angeles United States 21 works
- 7 Boston United States 19 works
- 8 Washington D.C. United States 16 works
- 9 Philadelphia United States 15 works
- 10 Beijing China 15 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Saint PetersburgRU · 47.6 works10×
- Los AngelesUS · 20.6 works4.2×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Medical History and Innovations than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Medical History and Innovations?
Among universities, judged by research, S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy, Sechenov University and Universiti Brunei Darussalam 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 | S. M. Kirov Military Medical AcademyRussia | 76.3 | 21.5% | 164.0× | 20 | — |
| 2 | Sechenov UniversityRussia | 49.0 | 5.4% | 22.7× | 12 | — |
| 3 | Universiti Brunei DarussalamBrunei | 45.2 | 0.0% | 54.8× | 10 | — |
| 4 | Saarland UniversityGermany | 31.1 | 0.0% | 24.5× | 9 | -80.0% |
| 5 | University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom | 16.0 | 6.0% | 4.6× | 8 | -59.1% |
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 History and Innovations research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2016. The fastest-growing topics are Medical History and Innovations.
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.