Nursing Roles and Practices
Nursing Roles and Practices is a research topic within General Health Professions. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1950. 16.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the impact of nurse practitioners in primary care, focusing on their role in addressing physician shortages, providing cost-effective and high-quality care, patient satisfaction, and collaborative practice within the health workforce. It also delves into the scope of practice and the evolving role of nurse practitioners in transforming healthcare delivery.
- Nurse Practitioners
- Primary Care
- Health Workforce
- Advanced Practice Nursing
- Physician Shortage
- Patient Satisfaction
- Cost Effectiveness
- Scope of Practice
- Collaborative Practice
- Health Care Delivery
- Research works
- 20k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 16.4% 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 Roles and Practices research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1.1k and 457 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.1k works
- 2 United Kingdom 457 works
- 3 Australia 212 works
- 4 Canada 184 works
- 5 Ireland 57 works
- 6 Germany 48 works
- 7 China 47 works
- 8 France 45 works
- 9 India 40 works
- 10 Netherlands 39 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Nursing Roles and Practices research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Sheffield publishes the most Nursing Roles and Practices research, followed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Monash University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of Sheffield United Kingdom 15 works
- 2 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 14 works
- 3 Monash University Australia 11 works
- 4 University of Toronto Canada 10 works
- 5 University of Pennsylvania United States 10 works
- 6 McMaster University Canada 10 works
- 7 BMJ Group (United Kingdom) ?? 10 works
- 8 The University of Queensland Australia 9 works
- 9 University of Pittsburgh United States 9 works
- 10 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust United Kingdom 9 works
Where is Nursing Roles and Practices research done?
The largest centres of Nursing Roles and Practices research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Melbourne (Australia), New York (United States) and Dublin (Ireland). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Sheffield.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 London United Kingdom 101 works
- 2 Melbourne Australia 43 works
- 3 New York United States 42 works
- 4 Dublin Ireland 36 works
- 5 Brisbane Australia 35 works
- 6 Toronto Canada 34 works
- 7 Boston United States 33 works
- 8 Washington D.C. United States 32 works
- 9 Chicago United States 28 works
- 10 Sydney Australia 25 works
Where it is the local speciality
- SheffieldGB · 21.5 works11×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nursing Roles and Practices than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Nursing Roles and Practices?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Sheffield, University College Dublin and University of Pittsburgh 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 of Sheffield United Kingdom | 60.0 | 9.0% | 10.9× | 15 | -18.5% |
| 2 | University College Dublin Ireland | 60.0 | 28.7% | 7.6× | 9 | +80.7% |
| 3 | University of Pittsburgh United States | 55.7 | 36.9% | 4.4× | 9 | +117.0% |
| 4 | Griffith University Australia | 49.2 | 17.7% | 8.2× | 9 | +49.2% |
| 5 | The University of Queensland Australia | 44.7 | 29.6% | 4.1× | 9 | +11.7% |
| 6 | McMaster University Canada | 44.5 | 14.4% | 7.0× | 10 | +26.0% |
| 7 | Monash University Australia | 43.3 | 22.1% | 4.8× | 11 | -18.3% |
| 8 | University of Pennsylvania United States | 42.9 | 29.8% | 4.2× | 10 | -9.3% |
| 9 | Western University Canada | 39.8 | 10.5% | 5.8× | 8 | +120.6% |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States | 38.1 | 9.4% | 3.0× | 14 | +96.5% |
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 Roles and Practices research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 10% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Nursing Roles and Practices.
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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.