Nutrition and Health in Aging
Nutrition and Health in Aging is a research topic within Physiology. Science Explorer counts 66k research works in it since 1950. 17.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
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- Sarcopenia
- Cancer Cachexia
- Muscle Mass
- Nutritional Status
- Aging
- Inflammation
- Body Composition
- Malnutrition
- Physical Function
- Prognosis
- Research works
- 66k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 12k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 17.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +68% 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 Nutrition and Health in Aging research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.1k and 2.9k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 3.1k works
- 2 United States 2.9k works
- 3 Japan 1.5k works
- 4 Brazil 1.1k works
- 5 United Kingdom 872 works
- 6 South Korea 742 works
- 7 Spain 625 works
- 8 Türkiye 599 works
- 9 India 585 works
- 10 Italy 579 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 Nutrition and Health in Aging research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Sichuan University publishes the most Nutrition and Health in Aging research, followed by Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College and Capital Medical University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Sichuan University China 79 works
- 2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China 64 works
- 3 Capital Medical University China 57 works
- 4 Hacettepe University Türkiye 56 works
- 5 West China Hospital of Sichuan University China 51 works
- 6 Nanjing Medical University China 51 works
- 7 Yonsei University South Korea 50 works
- 8 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 50 works
- 9 Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Türkiye 44 works
- 10 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 43 works
Who are the leading researchers in Nutrition and Health in Aging?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Nutrition and Health in Aging include Cyrus Cooper, Walter C. Willett and Mika Kivimäki.
- 1 Cyrus Cooper 7.2k citations
- 2 Walter C. Willett 6.8k citations
- 3 Mika Kivimäki 6.7k citations
- 4 Juan Jesús Carrero 6.5k citations
- 5 Elisabete Weiderpass 6k citations
- 6 Hermann Brenner 5.8k citations
- 7 Josef Coresh 5.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Nutrition and Health in Aging research done?
The largest centres of Nutrition and Health in Aging research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Tokyo (Japan) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ōbu.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- ŌbuJP · 30.8 works58×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nutrition and Health in Aging than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Nutrition and Health in Aging?
Among universities, judged by research, Capital Medical University, Wenzhou Medical University and Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine 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 | Capital Medical University China | 64.4 | 26.6% | 5.7× | 58 | +314.7% |
| 2 | Wenzhou Medical University China | 61.5 | 30.4% | 5.5× | 34 | +409.0% |
| 3 | Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Japan | 60.9 | 21.5% | 13.1× | 17 | +355.7% |
| 4 | Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China | 59.7 | 25.5% | 3.7× | 64 | +272.5% |
| 5 | Jikei University School of Medicine Japan | 59.4 | 17.7% | 11.9× | 19 | +199.7% |
| 6 | Juntendo University Japan | 58.2 | 19.7% | 8.2× | 22 | +430.9% |
| 7 | Sichuan University China | 57.9 | 33.2% | 2.6× | 79 | +109.4% |
| 8 | Nanjing Medical University China | 57.5 | 23.7% | 5.7× | 50 | +143.7% |
| 9 | Hacettepe University Türkiye | 56.6 | 13.1% | 6.2× | 56 | +270.4% |
| 10 | Fujian Medical University China | 56.4 | 26.5% | 5.0× | 31 | +282.6% |
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 Nutrition and Health in Aging research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 68% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Nutrition and Health in Aging.
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.