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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. 1 South Korea 554 works
  2. 2 United States 440 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 279 works
  4. 4 Japan 184 works
  5. 5 China 179 works
  6. 6 India 150 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 100 works
  8. 8 Egypt 48 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 42 works
  10. 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.

South Korea: 27.6%United States: 21.9%Indonesia: 13.9%Japan: 9.2%6 others listed: 27.4%28%largest
South Korea554 · 27.6%United States440 · 21.9%Indonesia279 · 13.9%Japan184 · 9.2%6 others listed551 · 27.4%

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

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. 1 Korea UniversitySouth Korea 24 works
  2. 2 Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea 23 works
  3. 3 Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea 18 works
  4. 4 Ewha Womans UniversitySouth Korea 17 works
  5. 5 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 17 works
  6. 6 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 13 works
  7. 7 Kyung Hee UniversitySouth Korea 12 works
  8. 8 Jeonbuk National UniversitySouth Korea 12 works
  9. 9 Chungnam National UniversitySouth Korea 12 works
  10. 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. 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

  1. 1 Seoul South Korea 219 works
  2. 2 Tokyo Japan 51 works
  3. 3 Jakarta Indonesia 43 works
  4. 4 Daejeon South Korea 39 works
  5. 5 Beijing China 32 works
  6. 6 Jeonju South Korea 27 works
  7. 7 Busan South Korea 26 works
  8. 8 Surakarta Indonesia 25 works
  9. 9 Istanbul Türkiye 20 works
  10. 10 Semarang Indonesia 19 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. JeonjuKR · 26.8 works28×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior than the world average.

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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.

0%10%20%mean 6.69%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Korea University: 24, 8.0%Kyung Hee University: 12, 15.7%Yonsei University: 18, 7.4%Ewha Womans University: 17, 6.7%Seoul National University: 23, 2.0%Chung-Ang University: 9, 8.5%Chungnam National University: 12, 6.5%Wonkwang University: 9, 7.7%Jeonbuk National University: 12, 2.1%Kongju National University: 8, 2.3%Kyung Hee UniversityKorea UniversityYonsei UniversityEwha Womans 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 Korea UniversitySouth Korea 76.78.0%18.9×24 +56.5%
2 Kyung Hee UniversitySouth Korea 72.015.7%13.9×12 -22.8%
3 Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea 65.37.4%10.0×18 +31.7%
4 Ewha Womans UniversitySouth Korea 60.16.7%35.4×17 -1.1%
5 Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea 58.22.0%11.8×23 -20.7%
6 Chung-Ang UniversitySouth Korea 53.48.5%13.5×9 +18.1%
7 Chungnam National UniversitySouth Korea 49.86.5%19.9×12 -54.0%
8 Wonkwang UniversitySouth Korea 48.97.7%55.4×9 +36.1%
9 Jeonbuk National UniversitySouth Korea 46.62.1%21.4×12 +13.4%
10 Kongju National UniversitySouth Korea 37.42.3%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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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.