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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%
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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. 1 China 3.1k works
  2. 2 United States 2.9k works
  3. 3 Japan 1.5k works
  4. 4 Brazil 1.1k works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 872 works
  6. 6 South Korea 742 works
  7. 7 Spain 625 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 599 works
  9. 9 India 585 works
  10. 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.

China: 24.7%United States: 22.9%Japan: 11.8%Brazil: 8.6%6 others listed: 32.0%25%largest
China3,081 · 24.7%United States2,856 · 22.9%Japan1,471 · 11.8%Brazil1,079 · 8.6%6 others listed4,002 · 32.0%

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. 1 Sichuan University China 79 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China 64 works
  3. 3 Capital Medical University China 57 works
  4. 4 Hacettepe University Türkiye 56 works
  5. 5 West China Hospital of Sichuan University China 51 works
  6. 6 Nanjing Medical University China 51 works
  7. 7 Yonsei University South Korea 50 works
  8. 8 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 50 works
  9. 9 Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Türkiye 44 works
  10. 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. 1 Cyrus Cooper 7.2k citations
  2. 2 Walter C. Willett 6.8k citations
  3. 3 Mika Kivimäki 6.7k citations
  4. 4 Juan Jesús Carrero 6.5k citations
  5. 5 Elisabete Weiderpass 6k citations
  6. 6 Hermann Brenner 5.8k citations
  7. 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

  1. 1 Beijing China 412 works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 374 works
  3. 3 Tokyo Japan 322 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 254 works
  5. 5 Chengdu China 216 works
  6. 6 London United Kingdom 200 works
  7. 7 São Paulo Brazil 192 works
  8. 8 Guangzhou China 176 works
  9. 9 Nanjing China 159 works
  10. 10 Madrid Spain 158 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ŌbuJP · 30.8 works58×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nutrition and Health in Aging than the world average.

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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.

0%20%40%mean 23.79%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Capital Medical University: 58, 26.6%Wenzhou Medical University: 34, 30.4%Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine: 17, 21.5%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 64, 25.5%Jikei University School of Medicine: 19, 17.7%Juntendo University: 22, 19.7%Sichuan University: 79, 33.2%Nanjing Medical University: 50, 23.7%Hacettepe University: 56, 13.1%Fujian Medical University: 31, 26.5%Wenzhou Medical Univ…Capital Medical Univ…Chinese Academy of M…Kyoto Prefectural Un…
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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
1Capital Medical University China 64.426.6%5.7×58 +314.7%
2Wenzhou Medical University China 61.530.4%5.5×34 +409.0%
3Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Japan 60.921.5%13.1×17 +355.7%
4Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China 59.725.5%3.7×64 +272.5%
5Jikei University School of Medicine Japan 59.417.7%11.9×19 +199.7%
6Juntendo University Japan 58.219.7%8.2×22 +430.9%
7Sichuan University China 57.933.2%2.6×79 +109.4%
8Nanjing Medical University China 57.523.7%5.7×50 +143.7%
9Hacettepe University Türkiye 56.613.1%6.2×56 +270.4%
10Fujian Medical University China 56.426.5%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.

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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.