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Menstrual Health and Disorders

Menstrual Health and Disorders is a research topic within Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers encompasses research on menstrual health, including topics such as dysmenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome, menstrual hygiene management, and the social, psychological, and educational impact of menstrual disorders. It also covers epidemiological studies, hormonal treatments, and the effects of menstrual cycle on cognitive performance.

  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Premenstrual Syndrome
  • Menstrual Hygiene Management
  • Adolescent Girls
  • Hormonal Treatments
  • Psychological Symptoms
  • Epidemiology
  • Social Impact
  • School Absenteeism
  • Cognitive Performance
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+68%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
25% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Menstrual Health and Disorders

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

Which countries lead Menstrual Health and Disorders research?

By volume, India and the United States publish the most (778 and 621 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 778 works
  2. 2 United States 621 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 490 works
  4. 4 China 338 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 197 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 191 works
  7. 7 Iran 154 works
  8. 8 Pakistan 131 works
  9. 9 Brazil 119 works
  10. 10 Japan 118 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.

India: 24.8%United States: 19.8%Indonesia: 15.6%China: 10.8%6 others listed: 29.0%25%largest
India778 · 24.8%United States621 · 19.8%Indonesia490 · 15.6%China338 · 10.8%6 others listed911 · 29.0%

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

Which institutions lead Menstrual Health and Disorders research?

By volume in 2022-now, All India Institute of Medical Sciences publishes the most Menstrual Health and Disorders research, followed by Harvard University and Airlangga University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 27 works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 26 works
  3. 3 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 24 works
  4. 4 Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia 22 works
  5. 5 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 21 works
  6. 6 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 21 works
  7. 7 Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes SemarangIndonesia 17 works
  8. 8 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 16 works
  9. 9 Kathmandu UniversityNepal 14 works
  10. 10 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 14 works

Who are the leading researchers in Menstrual Health and Disorders?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Menstrual Health and Disorders include David Moher, Walter Churchill Willett and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta.

  1. 1 David Moher Canada 898k citations
  2. 2 Walter Churchill Willett United States 411k citations
  3. 3 Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta Pakistan 371k citations
  4. 4 Dan J. Stein South Africa 306k citations
  5. 5 JoAnn E. Manson United States 263k citations
  6. 6 Carlo La Vecchia Italy 258k 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 Menstrual Health and Disorders?

The most cited paper in Menstrual Health and Disorders is "Variations in pattern of pubertal changes in girls." (William A. Marshall, J. M. Tanner, 1969), with 5,935 citations. Next come "Variations in the Pattern of Pubertal Changes in Boys" (5,218) and "Perinatal Depression" (3,329).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Variations in pattern of pubertal changes in girls. William A. Marshall, J. M. Tanner · Archives of Disease in Childhood Open access Jun 1969 5,935
2 Variations in the Pattern of Pubertal Changes in Boys William A. Marshall, J. M. Tanner · Archives of Disease in Childhood Open access Feb 1970 5,218
3 Perinatal Depression Norma I. Gavin, Bradley Neil Gaynes, Kathleen N Lohr et al. · Obstetrics and Gynecology Nov 2005 3,329
4 Global Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Meta-analysis Rebecca M. Lovell, Alexander Charles Ford · Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology Review 16 Mar 2012 2,191
5 TRPA1 Mediates the Inflammatory Actions of Environmental Irritants and Proalgesic Agents Diana M. Bautista, S.E. Jordt, Tetsuro Nikai et al. · Cell Open access Mar 2006 1,950
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Where is Menstrual Health and Disorders research done?

The largest centres of Menstrual Health and Disorders research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Jakarta (Indonesia), Beijing (China) and New Delhi (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kathmandu.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 58 works
  2. 2 JakartaIndonesia 57 works
  3. 3 BeijingChina 54 works
  4. 4 New DelhiIndia 52 works
  5. 5 ChennaiIndia 46 works
  6. 6 IstanbulTürkiye 45 works
  7. 7 SurabayaIndonesia 44 works
  8. 8 KathmanduNepal 43 works
  9. 9 SemarangIndonesia 42 works
  10. 10 KarachiPakistan 38 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KathmanduNP · 43.1 works10×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Menstrual Health and Disorders than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Menstrual Health and Disorders?

Among universities, judged by research, Karolinska Institutet, Harvard University and All India Institute of Medical Sciences score highest, combining citation 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 17.02%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Karolinska InstitutetUniversity College L…Harvard UniversityAll India Institute …
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Karolinska InstitutetSweden 70.035.5%4.0×10 +82.7%
2Harvard UniversityUnited States 69.316.9%2.0×26 +44.2%
3All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 64.511.8%5.9×27 +145.2%
4University College LondonUnited Kingdom 60.527.0%1.7×11 +183.5%
5University of Illinois ChicagoUnited States 59.624.3%5.3×11 +290.2%
6Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 57.722.7%2.0×12 +18.9%
7Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 48.90.9%6.7×21 +174.9%
8Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 48.00.6%6.7×24 +81.4%
9University of British ColumbiaCanada 47.221.7%1.8×9 +9.3%
10Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 46.58.8%5.9×14 +175.0%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Menstrual Health and Disorders, country by country

Is Menstrual Health and Disorders research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 68% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Menstrual Health and Disorders.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Menstrual Health and Disorders as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.019% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Menstrual Health and Disorders0.023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Menstrual Health and Disorders 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.

still counting5%10%15%Menstrual Health and Disorders10.7% in 2025200020102020

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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