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Neonatal skin health care

Neonatal skin health care is a research topic within Speech and Hearing. Science Explorer counts 8.3k 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 focuses on the development, physiology, and care of infant skin, with specific emphasis on topics such as skin barrier function, diaper dermatitis, umbilical cord care, vernix caseosa, and the impact of topical applications like chlorhexidine. It explores the differences between infant and adult skin, as well as the implications for neonatal health in various settings.

  • Infant Skin
  • Skin Barrier
  • Diaper Dermatitis
  • Umbilical Cord Care
  • Skin Physiology
  • Neonatal Skin
  • Topical Applications
  • Skin Barrier Function
  • Vernix Caseosa
  • Chlorhexidine
Research works
8.3k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
856
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+26%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
26% of the 10 largest, 2022-now

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

Which countries lead Neonatal skin health care research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (306 and 191 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 306 works
  2. 2 India 191 works
  3. 3 Brazil 111 works
  4. 4 China 95 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 92 works
  6. 6 Germany 83 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 81 works
  8. 8 Indonesia 75 works
  9. 9 France 65 works
  10. 10 Japan 64 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.

United States: 26.3%India: 16.4%Brazil: 9.5%China: 8.1%6 others listed: 39.6%26%largest
United States306 · 26.3%India191 · 16.4%Brazil111 · 9.5%China95 · 8.1%6 others listed460 · 39.6%

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

Which institutions lead Neonatal skin health care research?

By volume in 2022-now, All India Institute of Medical Sciences publishes the most Neonatal skin health care research, followed by Weatherford College and Harvard University.

Who are the leading researchers in Neonatal skin health care?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Neonatal skin health care include Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta and Gregory Y.H. Lip.

  1. 1 Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta Pakistan 371k citations
  2. 2 Gregory Y.H. Lip United Kingdom 311k 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 Neonatal skin health care?

The most cited paper in Neonatal skin health care is "Caffeine Therapy for Apnea of Prematurity" (Barbara Kristina Schmidt, Robin S. Roberts, Peter Graham Davis et al., 2006), with 1,223 citations. Next come "The Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI): initial validation and practical use" (1,061) and "The pH of the Skin Surface and Its Impact on the Barrier Function" (857).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Caffeine Therapy for Apnea of Prematurity Barbara Kristina Schmidt, Robin S. Roberts, Peter Graham Davis et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 17 May 2006 1,223
2 The Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI): initial validation and practical use M. Susan Lewis‐Jones, Andrew Yule Finlay · British Journal of Dermatology 6 Sep 2010 1,061
3 The pH of the Skin Surface and Its Impact on the Barrier Function M.-H. Schmid-Wendtner, H.C. Korting · Skin Pharmacology and Physiology Open access 2006 857
4 The Incidence of Birthmarks in the Neonate Alvin H. Jacobs, Robert G. Walton · PEDIATRICS Aug 1976 775
5 Effect of handwashing on child health: a randomised controlled trial Stephen P. Luby, Mubina Agboatwalla, Daniel R. Feikin et al. · The Lancet Jul 2005 757
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Where is Neonatal skin health care research done?

The largest centres of Neonatal skin health care research in 2022-now are Istanbul (Türkiye), London (United Kingdom), Tokyo (Japan) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Istanbul.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 IstanbulTürkiye 27 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 25 works
  3. 3 TokyoJapan 23 works
  4. 4 ParisFrance 20 works
  5. 5 São PauloBrazil 17 works
  6. 6 New DelhiIndia 14 works
  7. 7 BeijingChina 12 works
  8. 8 ShanghaiChina 11 works
  9. 9 MoscowRussia 11 works
  10. 10 BengaluruIndia 10 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. IstanbulTR · 26.9 works3.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Neonatal skin health care than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Neonatal skin health care?

Among universities, judged by research, Weatherford College 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.

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
1Weatherford CollegeUnited States 55.09.3%3.9×8 -
2All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 50.08.2%7.4×13 +40.3%

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 Neonatal skin health care, country by country

Is Neonatal skin health care research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Neonatal skin health care.

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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 Neonatal skin health care as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0063% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Neonatal skin health care0.0087% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Neonatal skin health care 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%Neonatal skin health care10.8% 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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