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Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease

Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease is a research topic within Genetics. Science Explorer counts 38k research works in it since 1950. 9.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers revolves around the field of nutritional genomics, focusing on personalized nutrition and health. It explores nutrigenomics, genetic variation, diet-gene interactions, precision medicine, metabolic syndrome, public health implications, behavior change, chronic diseases, and ethical issues related to genetic-based personalized nutrition. The research aims to understand how genetic information can be utilized to tailor dietary recommendations for individuals and its impact on health outcomes.

  • Nutrigenomics
  • Personalized Nutrition
  • Genetic Variation
  • Diet-Gene Interactions
  • Precision Medicine
  • Metabolic Syndrome
  • Public Health
  • Behavior Change
  • Chronic Diseases
  • Ethical Issues
Research works
38k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+25%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.5k and 610 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.5k works
  2. 2 China 610 works
  3. 3 India 436 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 326 works
  5. 5 Russia 294 works
  6. 6 Germany 202 works
  7. 7 Brazil 172 works
  8. 8 Italy 165 works
  9. 9 Spain 150 works
  10. 10 France 135 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.

United States: 38.2%China: 15.1%India: 10.8%United Kingdom: 8.1%6 others listed: 27.7%38%largest
United States1,540 · 38.2%China610 · 15.1%India436 · 10.8%United Kingdom326 · 8.1%6 others listed1,118 · 27.7%

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

Which institutions lead Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease research, followed by Harvard University and Weatherford College.

Who are the leading researchers in Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease include John P. A. Ioannidis, Benjamin M. Neale and Cyrus Cooper.

  1. 1 John P. A. Ioannidis United States 8k citations
  2. 2 Benjamin M. Neale United States 7.9k citations
  3. 3 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom 7.2k citations
  4. 4 Walter C. Willett United States 6.8k citations
  5. 5 Gad Getz United States 6.2k citations
  6. 6 Emelia J. Benjamin United States 6k citations
  7. 7 Elisabete Weiderpass France 6k citations

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

Where is Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease research done?

The largest centres of Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), London (United Kingdom) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Chapel Hill and Bethesda.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 125 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 109 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 102 works
  4. 4 New York United States 78 works
  5. 5 Boston United States 64 works
  6. 6 Chapel Hill United States 60 works
  7. 7 Paris France 52 works
  8. 8 Seoul South Korea 48 works
  9. 9 Madrid Spain 48 works
  10. 10 São Paulo Brazil 47 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Chapel HillUS · 60.2 works5.5×
  2. BethesdaUS · 36.2 works4.7×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Reading, Harvard University and Tufts University 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 20.02%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Reading: 10, 26.7%Harvard University: 31, 23.7%Tufts University: 8, 35.8%Semmelweis University: 14, 4.6%Deakin University: 11, 22.3%University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 56, 3.1%Universidade de São Paulo: 17, 30.5%Wageningen University & Research: 12, 18.6%University of Oxford: 12, 27.2%Sechenov University: 11, 7.7%Tufts UniversityUniversity of ReadingHarvard UniversitySemmelweis University
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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 University of ReadingUnited Kingdom 54.426.7%8.2×10 +4.4%
2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 51.823.7%4.0×31 +2.8%
3 Tufts UniversityUnited States 49.535.8%5.0×8 +43.2%
4 Semmelweis UniversityHungary 45.14.6%11.6×14 +62.6%
5 Deakin UniversityAustralia 44.722.3%4.0×11 +84.6%
6 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 43.33.1%5.3×56 +95.6%
7 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 43.330.5%1.5×17 +35.2%
8 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 42.618.6%5.4×12 -29.2%
9 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 40.727.2%1.5×12 +23.6%
10 Sechenov UniversityRussia 40.47.7%5.5×11 +371.6%

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, Genetics, and Disease research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease.

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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.