Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations is a research topic within Cognitive Neuroscience. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 13.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the ethical and societal implications of neuroenhancement technologies, focusing on the use of prescription stimulants and cognitive enhancement drugs, the impact of medicalization and pharmaceuticalization, neuroethics, brain imaging, and the concept of moral enhancement. The discussions also extend to transhumanism and the broader implications for human identity and autonomy.
- Neuroenhancement
- Cognitive Enhancement
- Prescription Stimulants
- Ethical Issues
- Medicalization
- Neuroethics
- Brain Imaging
- Moral Enhancement
- Transhumanism
- Pharmaceuticalization
- Research works
- 16k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 13.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +45% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (880 and 316 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 880 works
- 2 United Kingdom 316 works
- 3 Germany 279 works
- 4 Spain 185 works
- 5 India 144 works
- 6 Italy 142 works
- 7 Russia 126 works
- 8 China 125 works
- 9 Canada 122 works
- 10 Netherlands 121 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 Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Oxford publishes the most Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations research, followed by Delft University of Technology and Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 27 works
- 2 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 17 works
- 3 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 14 works
- 4 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 14 works
- 5 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 14 works
- 6 Harvard UniversityUnited States 14 works
- 7 University of ViennaAustria 13 works
- 8 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 13 works
- 9 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 12 works
- 10 Stanford UniversityUnited States 12 works
Where is Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations research done?
The largest centres of Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Madrid (Spain), Moscow (Russia) and Munich (Germany). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Zagreb.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- ZagrebHR · 24.0 works5.8×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations?
Among universities, judged by research, Utrecht University, University of Oxford and University of Vienna 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 | Utrecht UniversityNetherlands | 61.9 | 54.9% | 5.0× | 10 | +112.9% |
| 2 | University of OxfordUnited Kingdom | 61.1 | 31.6% | 5.5× | 27 | +19.3% |
| 3 | University of ViennaAustria | 58.4 | 22.2% | 6.9× | 13 | +223.5% |
| 4 | Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands | 52.9 | 28.8% | 6.4× | 17 | -1.2% |
| 5 | University of TwenteNetherlands | 52.3 | 35.7% | 8.7× | 10 | -46.8% |
| 6 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany | 47.3 | 23.9% | 5.8× | 14 | +39.8% |
| 7 | University of BonnGermany | 46.0 | 39.1% | 6.5× | 9 | -9.6% |
| 8 | Universidad de GranadaSpain | 44.6 | 27.6% | 5.6× | 12 | — |
| 9 | Lund UniversitySweden | 43.8 | 17.9% | 4.3× | 10 | +341.4% |
| 10 | King's College LondonUnited Kingdom | 43.3 | 35.6% | 4.2× | 12 | -27.7% |
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 Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 45% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations.
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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.