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. 18.6% 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%
- 2.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 18.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +76% 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 Menstrual Health and Disorders research?
By volume, India and the United States publish the most (665 and 507 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 India 665 works
- 2 United States 507 works
- 3 Indonesia 401 works
- 4 China 277 works
- 5 Türkiye 161 works
- 6 United Kingdom 152 works
- 7 Iran 138 works
- 8 Pakistan 115 works
- 9 Brazil 106 works
- 10 Japan 98 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 Menstrual Health and Disorders research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Airlangga University publishes the most Menstrual Health and Disorders research, followed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Institute of Medical Sciences.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 23 works
- 2 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 17 works
- 3 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 15 works
- 4 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 14 works
- 5 Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes SemarangIndonesia 13 works
- 6 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 11 works
- 7 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 10 works
- 8 University of Illinois ChicagoUnited States 10 works
- 9 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 10 works
- 10 Iranshahr UniversityIran 9 works
Who are the leading researchers in Menstrual Health and Disorders?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Menstrual Health and Disorders include JoAnn E. Manson and Jeanne Brooks‐Gunn.
- 1 JoAnn E. Manson United States 4k citations
- 2 Jeanne Brooks‐Gunn United States 2.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Menstrual Health and Disorders research done?
The largest centres of Menstrual Health and Disorders research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Jakarta (Indonesia) 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, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- KathmanduNP · 39.7 works11×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Menstrual Health and Disorders than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Menstrual Health and Disorders?
Among universities, judged by research, Institute of Medical Sciences, Iranshahr University and Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research 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 | Institute of Medical SciencesIndia | 56.4 | 3.0% | 12.0× | 15 | +395.1% |
| 2 | Iranshahr UniversityIran | 56.2 | 12.6% | 29.3× | 9 | +267.4% |
| 3 | Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and ResearchIndia | 50.2 | 24.7% | 9.1× | 8 | — |
| 4 | University of Illinois ChicagoUnited States | 48.6 | 33.8% | 5.1× | 10 | -14.8% |
| 5 | All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia | 47.1 | 20.8% | 4.4× | 10 | +264.7% |
| 6 | Airlangga UniversityIndonesia | 44.1 | 0.9% | 6.8× | 23 | — |
| 7 | University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States | 37.4 | 9.4% | 2.6× | 17 | +141.1% |
| 8 | Tribhuvan UniversityNepal | 36.6 | 1.2% | 8.2× | 14 | +27.0% |
| 9 | Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye | 36.4 | 11.3% | 5.1× | 11 | +36.2% |
| 10 | Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes SemarangIndonesia | 35.2 | 0.0% | 8.3× | 13 | — |
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 Menstrual Health and Disorders research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 76% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Menstrual Health and Disorders.
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.