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Nursing care and research

Nursing care and research is a research topic within Pharmacy. Science Explorer counts 8.2k research works in it since 1955. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the role of family caregivers in providing care for individuals with chronic illnesses, emphasizing the importance of self-care, quality of life, and the burden experienced by caregivers. It explores nursing interventions, health promotion, and social support for family caregivers, particularly in the context of an aging population.

  • Family Caregivers
  • Self-Care
  • Chronic Illness
  • Quality of Life
  • Caregiver Burden
  • Nursing Interventions
  • Aging Population
  • Health Promotion
  • Social Support
  • Caregiver Education
Research works
8.2k
fractional, since 1955
In the world top 10%
810
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+16%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
22% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Nursing care and research

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

Which countries lead Nursing care and research research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (380 and 354 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 380 works
  2. 2 Mexico 354 works
  3. 3 Ecuador 250 works
  4. 4 Colombia 193 works
  5. 5 Brazil 119 works
  6. 6 Chile 116 works
  7. 7 Peru 111 works
  8. 8 United States 111 works
  9. 9 Argentina 68 works
  10. 10 China 60 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.

Spain: 21.5%Mexico: 20.1%Ecuador: 14.2%Colombia: 11.0%6 others listed: 33.2%22%largest
Spain380 · 21.5%Mexico354 · 20.1%Ecuador250 · 14.2%Colombia193 · 11.0%6 others listed586 · 33.2%

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

Which institutions lead Nursing care and research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Mexican Social Security Institute publishes the most Nursing care and research research, followed by Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes and Universidad Técnica de Ambato.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mexican Social Security InstituteMexico 55 works
  2. 2 Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesEcuador 40 works
  3. 3 Universidad Técnica de AmbatoEcuador 30 works
  4. 4 Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia 19 works
  5. 5 Pontificia Universidad Católica del EcuadorEcuador 19 works
  6. 6 Universidad Tecnica de MachalaEcuador 17 works
  7. 7 Universidad de AntioquiaColombia 17 works
  8. 8 Universidad Estatal del Sur de ManabiEcuador 16 works
  9. 9 Universidad de GuanajuatoMexico 16 works
  10. 10 Universidad Juárez Autónoma de TabascoMexico 16 works

Who are the leading researchers in Nursing care and research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Nursing care and research include Alberto Arduan Ortiz, Aziz Sheikh and Tim Driscoll.

  1. 1 Alberto Arduan Ortiz Spain 219k citations
  2. 2 Aziz Sheikh United Kingdom 214k citations
  3. 3 Tim Driscoll Australia 204k 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 Nursing care and research?

The most cited paper in Nursing care and research is "Self-management education: History, definition, outcomes, and mechanisms" (Kate R. Lorig, Halsted R. Holman, 2003), with 4,192 citations. Next come "Self-management approaches for people with chronic conditions: a review" (2,863) and "The summary of diabetes self-care activities measure: results from 7 studies and a revised scale." (2,624).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Self-management education: History, definition, outcomes, and mechanisms Kate R. Lorig, Halsted R. Holman · Annals of Behavioral Medicine Aug 2003 4,192
2 Self-management approaches for people with chronic conditions: a review Julie Helen Barlow, Chris C. Wright, Janice Sheasby et al. · Patient Education and Counseling Open access Oct 2002 2,863
3 The summary of diabetes self-care activities measure: results from 7 studies and a revised scale. Deborah J. Toobert, Sarah E. Hampson, Russell E. Glasgow · Diabetes Care Open access Jul 2000 2,624
4 Caregiver Burden Ronald D. Adelman, Lyubov L. Tmanova, Diana Delgado et al. · JAMA 11 Mar 2014 2,037
5 Self-Management Education for Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Susan L. Norris, Joseph Lau, S. Jay Smith et al. · Diabetes Care Open access Jul 2002 1,770
All 101 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Nursing care and research research done?

The largest centres of Nursing care and research research in 2022-now are Mexico City (Mexico), Bogotá (Colombia), Madrid (Spain) and Ambato (Ecuador). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ciudad Victoria and Ambato.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mexico CityMexico 105 works
  2. 2 BogotáColombia 78 works
  3. 3 MadridSpain 73 works
  4. 4 AmbatoEcuador 70 works
  5. 5 SantiagoChile 64 works
  6. 6 LimaPeru 57 works
  7. 7 BarcelonaSpain 45 works
  8. 8 Buenos AiresArgentina 38 works
  9. 9 QuitoEcuador 37 works
  10. 10 GuayaquilEcuador 34 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Ciudad VictoriaMX · 24.6 works105×
  2. AmbatoEC · 70.3 works78×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nursing care and research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Nursing care and research?

Among universities, judged by research, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Universidad Tecnica de Machala and University of Guayaquil 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.

0%5%10%mean 5.41%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Guayaq…Universidad de GranadaUniversidad Tecnica …Pontificia Universid…
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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.

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
1Pontificia Universidad Católica del EcuadorEcuador 73.56.5%80.6×19 +762.0%
2Universidad Tecnica de MachalaEcuador 71.16.9%100.8×17 +570.0%
3University of GuayaquilEcuador 68.88.0%37.4×12 +86.7%
4Universidad de GranadaSpain 65.77.0%8.4×9 +83.3%
5Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador 60.78.1%38.8×9 +59.6%
6Universidad de AntioquiaColombia 60.66.3%35.2×17 +6.1%
7Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesEcuador 58.61.8%99.5×40 +784.0%
8Universidad Técnica de AmbatoEcuador 57.32.2%102.5×30 +282.5%
9Universidad de ZaragozaSpain 53.33.0%18.1×16 +49.2%
10Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia 51.44.3%28.1×19 -12.8%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Nursing care and research, country by country

Is Nursing care and research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Nursing care and research.

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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 Nursing care and research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0086% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Nursing care and research0.012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Nursing care and research 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%Nursing care and research10.2% 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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