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Philosophy, Health, and Society

Philosophy, Health, and Society is a research topic within Pharmacology. Science Explorer counts 1.5k research works in it since 1957. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the concept of halotherapy, also known as salt therapy, and its potential health implications. It delves into the use of salt caves, aerosols, and natural salt environments for respiratory health, wellness economics, and pediatric medicine. The cluster also discusses the empowerment and sustainable community processes associated with this natural remedy, along with its relevance in the context of global market trends and environmental education.

  • Halotherapy
  • Salt Therapy
  • Respiratory Health
  • Wellness Economics
  • Pediatric Medicine
  • Natural Remedies
  • Sustainable Community Processes
  • Global Market Trends
  • Empowerment
  • Environmental Education
Research works
1.5k
fractional, since 1957
In the world top 10%
148
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-4%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
40% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Philosophy, Health, and Society

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Philosophy, Health, and Society research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (139 and 45 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 139 works
  2. 2 Mexico 45 works
  3. 3 Chile 36 works
  4. 4 Argentina 33 works
  5. 5 United States 24 works
  6. 6 Colombia 22 works
  7. 7 Brazil 21 works
  8. 8 Peru 11 works
  9. 9 Italy 9 works
  10. 10 Romania 8 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.

Spain: 40.0%Mexico: 12.9%Chile: 10.4%Argentina: 9.4%6 others listed: 27.4%40%largest
Spain139 · 40.0%Mexico45 · 12.9%Chile36 · 10.4%Argentina33 · 9.4%6 others listed95 · 27.4%

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

Which institutions lead Philosophy, Health, and Society research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad de Navarra publishes the most Philosophy, Health, and Society research, followed by Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia and Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad de NavarraSpain 15 works
  2. 2 Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaSpain 11 works
  3. 3 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 11 works
  4. 4 Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileChile 10 works
  5. 5 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 7 works
  6. 6 Universidad Pontificia de SalamancaSpain 7 works
  7. 7 Pontificia Universidad Católica ArgentinaArgentina 7 works
  8. 8 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 6 works
  9. 9 Universidad Católica de la Santísima ConcepciónChile 5 works
  10. 10 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 5 works

Who are the leading researchers in Philosophy, Health, and Society?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Philosophy, Health, and Society include Jill P. Pell and Juan Pablo.

  1. 1 Jill P. Pell United Kingdom 53k citations
  2. 2 Juan Pablo United States 49k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Philosophy, Health, and Society?

The most cited paper in Philosophy, Health, and Society is "Long-term Effects of Outpatient Rehabilitation of COPD" (Rosa Güell, Pere Casán, Jose Belda et al., 2000), with 422 citations. Next come "Power of Outcome Measurements to Detect Clinically Significant Changes in Pulmonary Rehabilitation of Patients With COPD" (263) and "Aerobic training decreases bronchial hyperresponsiveness and systemic inflammation in patients with moderate or severe asthma: a randomised controlled trial" (245).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Long-term Effects of Outpatient Rehabilitation of COPD Rosa Güell, Pere Casán, Jose Belda et al. · CHEST Journal Apr 2000 422
2 Power of Outcome Measurements to Detect Clinically Significant Changes in Pulmonary Rehabilitation of Patients With COPD Juan Pablo de-Torres, Víctor Pinto-Plata, Edward P. Ingenito et al. · CHEST Journal Apr 2002 263
3 Aerobic training decreases bronchial hyperresponsiveness and systemic inflammation in patients with moderate or severe asthma: a randomised controlled trial Andrezza França-Pinto, Felipe A R Mendes, Regina Maria Carvalho‐Pinto et al. · Thorax Open access 10 Jun 2015 245
4 Effects of Aerobic Training on Airway Inflammation in Asthmatic Patients Felipe Augusto Rodrigues Mendes, Francine Maria de Almeida, Alberto Cukier et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 25 Jun 2010 230
5 Chronic obstructive bronchopulmonary disease Giles F. Filley, Henry J. Beckwitt, John T. Reeves et al. · The American Journal of Medicine 1968 227
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Where is Philosophy, Health, and Society research done?

The largest centres of Philosophy, Health, and Society research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Santiago (Chile), Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Mexico City (Mexico). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Santiago and Madrid.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 41 works
  2. 2 SantiagoChile 21 works
  3. 3 Buenos AiresArgentina 19 works
  4. 4 Mexico CityMexico 19 works
  5. 5 PamplonaSpain 15 works
  6. 6 BarcelonaSpain 14 works
  7. 7 ValenciaSpain 12 works
  8. 8 BogotáColombia 9 works
  9. 9 SalamancaSpain 9 works
  10. 10 LimaPeru 7 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SantiagoCL · 21.5 works30×
  2. MadridES · 41.0 works19×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Philosophy, Health, and Society than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Philosophy, Health, and Society?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad de Navarra, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia and Universidad Complutense de Madrid score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%5%10%mean 5.475%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad de NavarraUniversidad Nacional…Universidad Complute…Pontificia Universid…
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Universidad de NavarraSpain 76.010.9%141.7×15 -57.4%
2Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaSpain 39.66.0%156.2×11 -1.6%
3Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 27.93.3%31.7×11 +19.3%
4Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileChile 19.91.7%81.2×10 +19.7%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Philosophy, Health, and Society, country by country

Is Philosophy, Health, and Society research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Philosophy, Health, and Society as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Philosophy, Health, and Society over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Philosophy, Health, and Society9.9% in 202520102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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