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Occupational Health and Burnout

Occupational Health and Burnout is a research topic within Occupational Therapy. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1951. 12.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the evaluation of occupational stress, mental health, and psychological distress among healthcare workers and education professionals, particularly nurses and teachers. The papers explore the prevalence of burnout syndrome, work conditions, and the impact on quality of life in these occupational groups.

  • Occupational Stress
  • Mental Health
  • Healthcare Workers
  • Education Professionals
  • Burnout Syndrome
  • Work Conditions
  • Quality of Life
  • Nursing
  • Teachers
  • Psychological Distress
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+55%
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 Occupational Health and Burnout research?

By volume, Brazil and Portugal publish the most (2.6k and 151 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 2.6k works
  2. 2 Portugal 151 works
  3. 3 United States 104 works
  4. 4 Spain 60 works
  5. 5 Mexico 54 works
  6. 6 ?? 43 works
  7. 7 Ecuador 37 works
  8. 8 Peru 29 works
  9. 9 Colombia 29 works
  10. 10 Chile 20 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.

Brazil: 83.1%Portugal: 4.8%United States: 3.3%Spain: 1.9%6 others listed: 6.8%83%largest
Brazil2,595 · 83.1%Portugal151 · 4.8%United States104 · 3.3%Spain60 · 1.9%6 others listed212 · 6.8%

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

Which institutions lead Occupational Health and Burnout research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Occupational Health and Burnout research, followed by Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.

Who are the leading researchers in Occupational Health and Burnout?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Occupational Health and Burnout include André Faro.

  1. 1 André Faro Brazil 4k citations

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

Where is Occupational Health and Burnout research done?

The largest centres of Occupational Health and Burnout research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Brasília (Brazil) and Belo Horizonte (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Montes Claros.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 363 works
  2. 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 185 works
  3. 3 Brasília Brazil 101 works
  4. 4 Belo Horizonte Brazil 96 works
  5. 5 Porto Alegre Brazil 80 works
  6. 6 Fortaleza Brazil 79 works
  7. 7 Recife Brazil 73 works
  8. 8 Salvador Brazil 72 works
  9. 9 Curitiba Brazil 55 works
  10. 10 Lisbon Portugal 55 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Montes ClarosBR · 27.6 works88×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Occupational Health and Burnout than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Occupational Health and Burnout?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Universidade do Estado da Bahia and Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso 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 13.99%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP): 29, 18.4%Universidade do Estado da Bahia: 10, 21.0%Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso: 15, 14.7%Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás: 10, 16.0%Universidade Federal de Alagoas: 16, 12.4%Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros: 28, 8.8%Universidade de São Paulo: 69, 9.0%Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul: 42, 10.9%Universidade Federal de São Paulo: 33, 12.1%Universidade Federal do Rio Grande: 13, 16.6%Universidade do Esta…Universidade Estadua…Pontifícia Universid…Universidade Federal…
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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 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 76.218.4%11.7×29 +119.5%
2 Universidade do Estado da BahiaBrazil 73.321.0%35.0×10 +384.2%
3 Universidade Federal de Mato GrossoBrazil 68.414.7%25.1×15 +284.6%
4 Pontifícia Universidade Católica de GoiásBrazil 66.116.0%53.3×10 +280.5%
5 Universidade Federal de AlagoasBrazil 65.712.4%24.0×16 +239.1%
6 Universidade Estadual de Montes ClarosBrazil 64.48.8%90.9×28 +184.8%
7 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 63.89.0%12.1×69 -9.4%
8 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 63.410.9%17.6×42 +33.5%
9 Universidade Federal de São PauloBrazil 63.012.1%24.3×33 +33.7%
10 Universidade Federal do Rio GrandeBrazil 61.716.6%26.6×13 +47.8%

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 Occupational Health and Burnout research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 55% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Occupational Health and Burnout.

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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.