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Nutrition and Health Studies

Nutrition and Health Studies is a research topic within Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to nutrition and health, including studies on dietary supplements, food consumption patterns, public health issues, physical activity, obesity, and chronic diseases in various populations. The papers also address the impact of aging on neurological health and the challenges posed by an aging population. The research encompasses epidemiological studies, dietary habits of different age groups, and the role of nutrition in preventing and managing various health conditions.

  • Nutrition
  • Health
  • Dietary Supplements
  • Elderly
  • Public Health
  • Physical Activity
  • Obesity
  • Food Consumption
  • Chronic Diseases
  • Epidemiology
Research works
16k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-44%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Poland
81% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Nutrition and Health Studies

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

Which countries lead Nutrition and Health Studies research?

By volume, Poland and Ukraine publish the most (477 and 23 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Poland 477 works
  2. 2 Ukraine 23 works
  3. 3 United States 21 works
  4. 4 Russia 19 works
  5. 5 India 15 works
  6. 6 Germany 8 works
  7. 7 Nigeria 7 works
  8. 8 Indonesia 7 works
  9. 9 Slovakia 7 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 6 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.

Poland: 81.0%Ukraine: 3.9%United States: 3.6%Russia: 3.2%6 others listed: 8.4%81%largest
Poland477 · 81.0%Ukraine23 · 3.9%United States21 · 3.6%Russia19 · 3.2%6 others listed49 · 8.4%

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

Which institutions lead Nutrition and Health Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Medical University of Silesia publishes the most Nutrition and Health Studies research, followed by Medical University of Warsaw and Jagiellonian University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Medical University of SilesiaPoland 28 works
  2. 2 Medical University of WarsawPoland 25 works
  3. 3 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 24 works
  4. 4 Warsaw University of Life SciencesPoland 18 works
  5. 5 Medical University of LodzPoland 17 works
  6. 6 Medical University of LublinPoland 13 works
  7. 7 Wroclaw Medical UniversityPoland 12 works
  8. 8 University of RzeszówPoland 12 works
  9. 9 University of WarsawPoland 11 works
  10. 10 Poznan University of Medical SciencesPoland 11 works

Who are the leading researchers in Nutrition and Health Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Nutrition and Health Studies include Martin McKee, Carlo La Vecchia and Piotr P. Ponikowski.

  1. 1 Martin McKee United Kingdom 270k citations
  2. 2 Carlo La Vecchia Italy 258k citations
  3. 3 Piotr P. Ponikowski Poland 253k citations
  4. 4 Maciej Banach Poland 204k citations
  5. 5 Giuseppe Mancia Italy 163k citations
  6. 6 Jacek Jerzy Jozwiak Poland 160k 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 Nutrition and Health Studies?

The most cited paper in Nutrition and Health Studies is "Nowy rok, stare problemy, ale i nowe możliwości" (Leszek Czupryniak, 2014), with 1,193 citations. Next come "Determinants of fruit and vegetable consumption among children and adolescents: a review of the literature. Part I: Quantitative studies." (1,108) and "Vitamin D effects on musculoskeletal health, immunity, autoimmunity, cardiovascular disease, cancer, fertility, pregnancy, dementia and mortality—A review of recent evidence" (834).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nowy rok, stare problemy, ale i nowe możliwości Leszek Czupryniak · Via Medica Journals Open access 14 May 2014 1,193
2 Determinants of fruit and vegetable consumption among children and adolescents: a review of the literature. Part I: Quantitative studies. Mette Lyberg Rasmussen, Rikke Fredenslund Krølner, Knut‐Inge Klepp et al. · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Open access 2006 1,108
3 Vitamin D effects on musculoskeletal health, immunity, autoimmunity, cardiovascular disease, cancer, fertility, pregnancy, dementia and mortality—A review of recent evidence Paweł Płudowski, Michael F. Holick, Stefan Pilz et al. · Autoimmunity Reviews 28 Mar 2013 834
4 Differences in vitamin D status between countries in young adults and the elderly Malachi J. McKenna · The American Journal of Medicine Jul 1992 616
5 The obesity epidemic, metabolic syndrome and future prevention strategies Philip James, Neville J. Rigby, Rachel Jackson Leach et al. · European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation Feb 2004 572
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Nutrition and Health Studies research done?

The largest centres of Nutrition and Health Studies research in 2022-now are Warsaw (Poland), Krakow (Poland), Katowice (Poland) and Wrocław (Poland). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Katowice, Gdańsk and Wrocław.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 WarsawPoland 108 works
  2. 2 KrakowPoland 60 works
  3. 3 KatowicePoland 43 works
  4. 4 WrocławPoland 33 works
  5. 5 PoznańPoland 31 works
  6. 6 LublinPoland 29 works
  7. 7 ŁódźPoland 28 works
  8. 8 GdańskPoland 27 works
  9. 9 RzeszówPoland 12 works
  10. 10 BydgoszczPoland 12 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KatowicePL · 43.1 works124×
  2. GdańskPL · 26.7 works73×
  3. WrocławPL · 32.8 works70×
  4. ŁódźPL · 28.1 works66×
  5. LublinPL · 29.0 works60×
  6. KrakowPL · 59.8 works56×
  7. WarsawPL · 107.9 works55×
  8. PoznańPL · 31.1 works50×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nutrition and Health Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Nutrition and Health Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Medical University of Silesia, Wroclaw Medical University and Warsaw University of Life Sciences score highest, combining citation 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%mean 11.01%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Warsaw University of…Wroclaw Medical Univ…Medical University o…Jagiellonian Univers…
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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.

Citation 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
1Medical University of SilesiaPoland 63.210.8%257.0×28 -27.4%
2Wroclaw Medical UniversityPoland 58.514.1%149.2×12 +4.3%
3Warsaw University of Life SciencesPoland 51.421.6%189.6×18 -74.5%
4Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 51.39.0%62.6×24 -14.9%
5Medical University of LodzPoland 48.311.5%185.9×17 -27.8%
6Medical University of WarsawPoland 41.27.1%203.8×25 -33.6%
7Medical University of LublinPoland 37.511.9%139.4×13 -49.0%
8Gdansk University of Physical Education and SportPoland 37.14.7%986.1×9 +254.9%
9University of WarsawPoland 31.910.3%37.8×11 +2.5%
10Poznan University of Medical SciencesPoland 28.19.1%114.0×11 -42.5%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Nutrition and Health Studies, country by country

Is Nutrition and Health Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 44% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2009.

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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 Nutrition and Health Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0038% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Nutrition and Health Studies0.0023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Nutrition and Health Studies 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%Nutrition and Health Studies10.9% 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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