Noise Effects and Management
Noise Effects and Management is a research topic within Speech and Hearing. Science Explorer counts 46k research works in it since 1950. 17.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the diverse effects of noise pollution on human health and well-being, covering topics such as cardiovascular effects, sleep disturbance, annoyance, children's cognition, and urban soundscapes. It also delves into the public health implications of environmental noise and provides evidence-based insights for noise policies.
- Noise Pollution
- Health Effects
- Environmental Noise
- Traffic Noise
- Annoyance
- Cardiovascular Effects
- Sleep Disturbance
- Children's Cognition
- Urban Soundscapes
- Public Health
- Research works
- 46k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 8.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 17.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +43% 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 Noise Effects and Management research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.5k and 1.5k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.5k works
- 2 United States 1.5k works
- 3 United Kingdom 599 works
- 4 India 488 works
- 5 Germany 374 works
- 6 Brazil 361 works
- 7 Italy 315 works
- 8 Japan 276 works
- 9 France 233 works
- 10 Spain 231 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.
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Which institutions lead Noise Effects and Management research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University College London publishes the most Noise Effects and Management research, followed by South China University of Technology and Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 67 works
- 2 South China University of TechnologyChina 37 works
- 3 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 37 works
- 4 National University of SingaporeSingapore 35 works
- 5 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 31 works
- 6 Southeast UniversityChina 28 works
- 7 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 27 works
- 8 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 27 works
- 9 Tongji UniversityChina 27 works
- 10 Tsinghua UniversityChina 26 works
Who are the leading researchers in Noise Effects and Management?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Noise Effects and Management include Lídia Morawska.
- 1 Lídia Morawska Australia 6.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Noise Effects and Management research done?
The largest centres of Noise Effects and Management research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Shanghai (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Salford and Oldenburg.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- SalfordGB · 24.5 works21×
- OldenburgDE · 28.5 works15×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Noise Effects and Management than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Noise Effects and Management?
Among universities, judged by research, University College London, National University of Singapore and Hong Kong Polytechnic University 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 | University College LondonUnited Kingdom | 70.5 | 34.4% | 5.2× | 67 | +190.6% |
| 2 | National University of SingaporeSingapore | 66.5 | 41.5% | 3.8× | 35 | +264.4% |
| 3 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong | 58.1 | 38.4% | 4.5× | 37 | +20.0% |
| 4 | Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong | 53.6 | 43.0% | 2.7× | 10 | +456.7% |
| 5 | Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong | 53.4 | 57.8% | 2.8× | 18 | -23.4% |
| 6 | University of Hong KongHong Kong | 53.3 | 45.4% | 2.6× | 21 | +62.0% |
| 7 | University of SalfordUnited Kingdom | 52.0 | 20.8% | 28.2× | 24 | -32.3% |
| 8 | City University of Hong KongHong Kong | 51.2 | 40.0% | 1.9× | 11 | +188.6% |
| 9 | Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands | 50.5 | 34.0% | 3.8× | 24 | +93.2% |
| 10 | Southeast UniversityChina | 49.7 | 30.6% | 2.2× | 28 | +675.9% |
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 Noise Effects and Management research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 43% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Noise Effects and Management.
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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.