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Medicine, History, and Philosophy

Medicine, History, and Philosophy is a research topic within Psychiatry and Mental health. Science Explorer counts 1.6k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the integration of biological, psychological, and social factors in understanding health and illness. It delves into topics such as social determinants of health, cultural convergence, narratives of illness, psychosomatic medicine, diversity in healthcare, ethical considerations, and global health issues.

  • Biopsychosocial
  • Health
  • Medicine
  • Social Determinants
  • Cultural Convergence
  • Narratives
  • Psychosomatic
  • Diversity
  • Ethics
  • Global
Research works
1.6k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
158
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+16%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
28% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Medicine, History, and Philosophy

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Medicine, History, and Philosophy research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (72 and 36 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 72 works
  2. 2 Mexico 36 works
  3. 3 United States 31 works
  4. 4 Argentina 30 works
  5. 5 Germany 25 works
  6. 6 Colombia 15 works
  7. 7 Chile 14 works
  8. 8 Czechia 11 works
  9. 9 Poland 11 works
  10. 10 Brazil 8 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.

Spain: 28.4%Mexico: 14.4%United States: 12.2%Argentina: 12.1%6 others listed: 33.0%28%largest
Spain72 · 28.4%Mexico36 · 14.4%United States31 · 12.2%Argentina30 · 12.1%6 others listed83 · 33.0%

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

Which institutions lead Medicine, History, and Philosophy research?

By volume in 2022-now, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas publishes the most Medicine, History, and Philosophy research, followed by Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 9 works
  2. 2 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 4 works
  3. 3 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 4 works
  4. 4 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 4 works
  5. 5 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 4 works
  6. 6 Universidad de AlcaláSpain 4 works
  7. 7 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 3 works
  8. 8 Universidad de GranadaSpain 3 works
  9. 9 Universidad Nacional de CórdobaArgentina 3 works
  10. 10 Universidad San PabloMexico 3 works

Who are the leading researchers in Medicine, History, and Philosophy?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Medicine, History, and Philosophy include Michel Foucault.

  1. 1 Michel Foucault France 208k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Medicine, History, and Philosophy?

The most cited paper in Medicine, History, and Philosophy is "The Patient-Centred Clinical Method. 1. A Model for the Doctor-Patient Interaction in Family Medicine" (Joseph H. Levenstein, Eric C. McCracken, Ian R. McWhinney et al., 1986), with 536 citations. Next come "Physician Competencies for Prescribing Lifestyle Medicine" (302) and "Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association's: The standards of care for gender identity disorders - Sixth version" (244).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Patient-Centred Clinical Method. 1. A Model for the Doctor-Patient Interaction in Family Medicine Joseph H. Levenstein, Eric C. McCracken, Ian R. McWhinney et al. · Family Practice 1986 536
2 Physician Competencies for Prescribing Lifestyle Medicine Liana S. Lianov · JAMA 13 Jul 2010 302
3 Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association's: The standards of care for gender identity disorders - Sixth version Walter J. Meyer, Walter O. Bockting, Peggy Cohen-Kettenis et al. · Amsterdam UMC (VU Amsterdam) - Institutional Repository Review 2001 244
4 Pemphigus: Etiology, pathogenesis, and inducing or triggering factors: Facts and controversies Vincenzo Ruocco, Eleonora Ruocco, Ada Lo Schiavo et al. · Clinics in Dermatology 25 Jun 2013 215
5 Back to Central Tolerance Diane J. Mathis, Christophe O. Benoist · Immunity Open access May 2004 198
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Where is Medicine, History, and Philosophy research done?

The largest centres of Medicine, History, and Philosophy research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Mexico City (Mexico) and Santiago (Chile).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 17 works
  2. 2 Buenos AiresArgentina 16 works
  3. 3 Mexico CityMexico 13 works
  4. 4 SantiagoChile 9 works
  5. 5 BogotáColombia 7 works
  6. 6 LimaPeru 6 works
  7. 7 ValenciaSpain 5 works
  8. 8 PragueCzechia 4 works
  9. 9 GranadaSpain 4 works
  10. 10 BarcelonaSpain 4 works
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Is Medicine, History, and Philosophy research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Medicine, History, and Philosophy.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Medicine, History, and Philosophy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Medicine, History, and Philosophy over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

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Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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