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Nutrition, Health, and Society Studies

Nutrition, Health, and Society Studies is a research topic within Food Science. Science Explorer counts 4.7k research works in it since 1950. 6.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers encompasses the interdisciplinary field of nutrition science, addressing topics such as public health, sustainability, dietary guidelines, chronic disease prevention, environmental impact, food security, eco-nutritional disease, global health, and evidence-based nutrition. The papers explore the relationship between nutrition and human health, as well as the environmental and societal implications of food systems.

  • Nutrition Science
  • Public Health
  • Sustainability
  • Dietary Guidelines
  • Chronic Disease Prevention
  • Environmental Impact
  • Food Security
  • Eco-Nutritional Disease
  • Global Health
  • Evidence-Based Nutrition
Research works
4.7k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
280
per year above
Top-10% rate
6.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-22%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Nutrition, Health, and Society Studies research?

By volume, France and the United States publish the most (77 and 59 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 France 77 works
  2. 2 United States 59 works
  3. 3 Netherlands 29 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 20 works
  5. 5 Belgium 16 works
  6. 6 Spain 14 works
  7. 7 Australia 11 works
  8. 8 Japan 10 works
  9. 9 Morocco 10 works
  10. 10 China 10 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.

France: 30.0%United States: 23.0%Netherlands: 11.4%United Kingdom: 7.7%6 others listed: 28.0%30%largest
France77 · 30.0%United States59 · 23.0%Netherlands29 · 11.4%United Kingdom20 · 7.7%6 others listed72 · 28.0%

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

Which institutions lead Nutrition, Health, and Society Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement publishes the most Nutrition, Health, and Society Studies research, followed by University of Mons and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Who are the leading researchers in Nutrition, Health, and Society Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Nutrition, Health, and Society Studies include Carlo La Vecchia.

  1. 1 Carlo La Vecchia Italy 2.8k citations

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

Where is Nutrition, Health, and Society Studies research done?

The largest centres of Nutrition, Health, and Society Studies research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Amsterdam (Netherlands), London (United Kingdom) and Montpellier (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Paris.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Paris France 23 works
  2. 2 Amsterdam Netherlands 7 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 6 works
  4. 4 Montpellier France 6 works
  5. 5 Beijing China 5 works
  6. 6 New York United States 5 works
  7. 7 Utrecht Netherlands 4 works
  8. 8 Lyon France 4 works
  9. 9 Tokyo Japan 4 works
  10. 10 Brussels Belgium 4 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ParisFR · 23.1 works6.9×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nutrition, Health, and Society Studies than the world average.

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Is Nutrition, Health, and Society Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026.

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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.