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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. 1.5% 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%
250
per year above
Top-10% rate
1.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-58%
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 Studies research?

By volume, Poland and Ukraine publish the most (461 and 21 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Poland 461 works
  2. 2 Ukraine 21 works
  3. 3 United States 20 works
  4. 4 Russia 19 works
  5. 5 India 15 works
  6. 6 Germany 8 works
  7. 7 Nigeria 7 works
  8. 8 Indonesia 6 works
  9. 9 Slovakia 6 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: 81.2%Ukraine: 3.8%United States: 3.5%Russia: 3.3%6 others listed: 8.3%81%largest
Poland461 · 81.2%Ukraine21 · 3.8%United States20 · 3.5%Russia19 · 3.3%6 others listed47 · 8.3%

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

Which institutions lead Nutrition and Health Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Medical University of Warsaw publishes the most Nutrition and Health Studies research, followed by Jagiellonian University and Medical University of Silesia.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Medical University of WarsawPoland 25 works
  2. 2 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 23 works
  3. 3 Medical University of SilesiaPoland 22 works
  4. 4 Warsaw University of Life SciencesPoland 18 works
  5. 5 Medical University of LublinPoland 13 works
  6. 6 Wroclaw Medical UniversityPoland 12 works
  7. 7 University of RzeszówPoland 12 works
  8. 8 University of WarsawPoland 11 works
  9. 9 Medical University of LodzPoland 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 Michael F. Holick.

  1. 1 Michael F. Holick United States 2.8k citations

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

Where is Nutrition and Health Studies research done?

The largest centres of Nutrition and Health Studies research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Warsaw Poland 105 works
  2. 2 Krakow Poland 58 works
  3. 3 Katowice Poland 42 works
  4. 4 Wrocław Poland 32 works
  5. 5 Poznań Poland 30 works
  6. 6 Lublin Poland 28 works
  7. 7 Gdańsk Poland 26 works
  8. 8 Łódź Poland 26 works
  9. 9 Rzeszów Poland 12 works
  10. 10 Bydgoszcz Poland 12 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KatowicePL · 41.7 works125×
  2. GdańskPL · 26.4 works75×
  3. WrocławPL · 31.6 works68×
  4. ŁódźPL · 26.3 works63×
  5. LublinPL · 28.0 works58×
  6. KrakowPL · 58.0 works56×
  7. WarsawPL · 105.3 works55×
  8. PoznańPL · 29.9 works48×
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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, Medical University of Warsaw and Warsaw University of Life Sciences 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%5%10%mean 4.06%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Medical University of Silesia: 22, 6.0%Medical University of Warsaw: 25, 4.3%Warsaw University of Life Sciences: 18, 8.4%University of Rzeszów: 12, 7.1%Jagiellonian University: 23, 1.0%Medical University of Lublin: 13, 2.3%Medical University of Lodz: 11, 3.1%Poznan University of Medical Sciences: 10, 4.0%University of Warsaw: 11, 3.0%Wroclaw Medical University: 12, 1.4%Warsaw University of…University of RzeszówMedical University o…Medical University o…
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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 Medical University of SilesiaPoland 51.16.0%200.5×22 +68.4%
2 Medical University of WarsawPoland 49.04.3%184.6×25 +82.6%
3 Warsaw University of Life SciencesPoland 46.68.4%175.1×18 -50.4%
4 University of RzeszówPoland 38.07.1%121.5×12 +7.0%
5 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 29.91.0%56.2×23 +9.9%
6 Medical University of LublinPoland 27.82.3%128.9×13 +73.2%
7 Medical University of LodzPoland 22.33.1%113.6×11 +6.9%
8 Poznan University of Medical SciencesPoland 21.84.0%104.7×10 -36.0%
9 University of WarsawPoland 21.23.0%35.0×11 -17.7%
10 Wroclaw Medical UniversityPoland 19.51.4%137.2×12 +6.7%

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 Nutrition and Health Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 58% lower than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.