Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior is a research topic within Nutrition and Dietetics. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 6.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the impact of nutrition, eating habits, and dietary behavior on the health and well-being of individuals. It covers a wide range of topics including food consumption, meal patterns, consumer preferences, body image perception, and the relationship between nutrition and various health conditions.
- Nutrition
- Eating Habits
- Health
- Dietary Behavior
- Food Consumption
- Lifestyle
- Meal Patterns
- Consumer Preferences
- Body Image Perception
- Obesity
- Research works
- 12k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 771 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 6.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +2% 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, Health and Food Behavior research?
By volume, South Korea and the United States publish the most (554 and 440 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 South Korea 554 works
- 2 United States 440 works
- 3 Indonesia 279 works
- 4 Japan 184 works
- 5 China 179 works
- 6 India 150 works
- 7 Türkiye 100 works
- 8 Egypt 48 works
- 9 United Kingdom 42 works
- 10 Malaysia 32 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.
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Which institutions lead Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Korea University publishes the most Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior research, followed by Seoul National University and Yonsei University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Korea UniversitySouth Korea 24 works
- 2 Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea 23 works
- 3 Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea 18 works
- 4 Ewha Womans UniversitySouth Korea 17 works
- 5 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 17 works
- 6 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 13 works
- 7 Kyung Hee UniversitySouth Korea 12 works
- 8 Jeonbuk National UniversitySouth Korea 12 works
- 9 Chungnam National UniversitySouth Korea 12 works
- 10 Chung-Ang UniversitySouth Korea 9 works
Who are the leading researchers in Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior include Seok‐Jun Yoon.
- 1 Seok‐Jun Yoon South Korea 4.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior research done?
The largest centres of Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior research in 2022–2025 are Seoul (South Korea), Tokyo (Japan), Jakarta (Indonesia) and Daejeon (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jeonju.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- JeonjuKR · 26.8 works28×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior?
Among universities, judged by research, Korea University, Kyung Hee University and Yonsei 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.
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 | Korea UniversitySouth Korea | 76.7 | 8.0% | 18.9× | 24 | +56.5% |
| 2 | Kyung Hee UniversitySouth Korea | 72.0 | 15.7% | 13.9× | 12 | -22.8% |
| 3 | Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea | 65.3 | 7.4% | 10.0× | 18 | +31.7% |
| 4 | Ewha Womans UniversitySouth Korea | 60.1 | 6.7% | 35.4× | 17 | -1.1% |
| 5 | Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea | 58.2 | 2.0% | 11.8× | 23 | -20.7% |
| 6 | Chung-Ang UniversitySouth Korea | 53.4 | 8.5% | 13.5× | 9 | +18.1% |
| 7 | Chungnam National UniversitySouth Korea | 49.8 | 6.5% | 19.9× | 12 | -54.0% |
| 8 | Wonkwang UniversitySouth Korea | 48.9 | 7.7% | 55.4× | 9 | +36.1% |
| 9 | Jeonbuk National UniversitySouth Korea | 46.6 | 2.1% | 21.4× | 12 | +13.4% |
| 10 | Kongju National UniversitySouth Korea | 37.4 | 2.3% | 44.0× | 8 | -2.2% |
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, Health and Food Behavior research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 2% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior.
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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.