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Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation

Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation is a research topic within Issues, ethics and legal aspects. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 22.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the quality, evaluation, and impact of nursing documentation, including the use of standardized terminologies, electronic health records, and clinical reasoning. It also explores the relationship between nursing diagnoses and patient outcomes, as well as the potential for leveraging big data in nursing practice. The research emphasizes the importance of accurate and comprehensive nursing documentation for improving healthcare delivery.

  • Nursing Documentation
  • Nursing Diagnoses
  • Standardized Terminologies
  • Clinical Reasoning
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Nursing Process
  • Quality Improvement
  • Patient Outcomes
  • Healthcare Practice
  • Big Data in Nursing
Research works
16k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
22.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+10%
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 Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation research?

By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (512 and 476 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 512 works
  2. 2 Brazil 476 works
  3. 3 Türkiye 120 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 95 works
  5. 5 China 91 works
  6. 6 Spain 80 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 70 works
  8. 8 Canada 65 works
  9. 9 Australia 65 works
  10. 10 Iran 56 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: 31.4%Brazil: 29.2%Türkiye: 7.4%United Kingdom: 5.8%6 others listed: 26.2%31%largest
United States512 · 31.4%Brazil476 · 29.2%Türkiye120 · 7.4%United Kingdom95 · 5.8%6 others listed427 · 26.2%

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

Which institutions lead Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation research, followed by Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte and Universidade Federal Fluminense.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 20 works
  2. 2 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteBrazil 16 works
  3. 3 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 15 works
  4. 4 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 14 works
  5. 5 Universidade Federal do CearáBrazil 13 works
  6. 6 Universidade Federal de São PauloBrazil 13 works
  7. 7 Universidade Estadual do CearáBrazil 12 works
  8. 8 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 12 works
  9. 9 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 10 works
  10. 10 Universidade Federal da ParaíbaBrazil 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation include Joan B. Soriano.

  1. 1 Joan B. Soriano Spain 4.3k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation research done?

The largest centres of Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), London (United Kingdom) and Fortaleza (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Fortaleza, Porto Alegre and Florianópolis.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 69 works
  2. 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 33 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 32 works
  4. 4 Fortaleza Brazil 30 works
  5. 5 Porto Alegre Brazil 26 works
  6. 6 Istanbul Türkiye 23 works
  7. 7 Seoul South Korea 21 works
  8. 8 New York United States 21 works
  9. 9 Boston United States 21 works
  10. 10 Florianópolis Brazil 20 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. FortalezaBR · 30.2 works15×
  2. Porto AlegreBR · 25.5 works9.4×
  3. FlorianópolisBR · 20.4 works9.0×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Universidade Federal de São Paulo and Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 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%10%20%30%mean 16.99%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte: 16, 28.0%Universidade Federal de São Paulo: 13, 23.1%Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina: 14, 15.5%Universidade Federal Fluminense: 14, 16.0%Universidade Federal do Ceará: 14, 15.2%Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul: 12, 22.6%Universidade de São Paulo: 20, 16.2%Universidade Estadual do Ceará: 12, 8.9%Universidade Federal da Paraíba: 9, 14.0%Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP): 10, 10.4%Universidade Federal…Universidade Federal…Universidade Federal…Universidade Federal…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteBrazil 88.028.0%17.3×16 +189.3%
2 Universidade Federal de São PauloBrazil 63.523.1%13.1×13 -25.0%
3 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 54.515.5%9.2×14 +83.9%
4 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 53.416.0%12.5×14 +10.5%
5 Universidade Federal do CearáBrazil 48.915.2%12.7×14 -34.4%
6 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 44.722.6%6.9×12 -37.2%
7 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 42.516.2%4.7×20 -21.3%
8 Universidade Estadual do CearáBrazil 39.88.9%29.2×12 +68.3%
9 Universidade Federal da ParaíbaBrazil 33.114.0%9.2×9 -12.2%
10 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 26.710.4%5.4×10 +141.7%

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 Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation.

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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.

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.