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Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies

Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies is a research topic within Obstetrics and Gynecology. Science Explorer counts 70k research works in it since 1950. 20.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the pathophysiology, risk factors, diagnosis, and management of preeclampsia, including its association with placental development, hypertensive disorders, endothelial dysfunction, maternal mortality, fetal growth restriction, angiogenic factors, oxidative stress, and long-term cardiovascular health implications for both mothers and offspring.

  • Preeclampsia
  • Placental Development
  • Hypertensive Disorders
  • Endothelial Dysfunction
  • Maternal Mortality
  • Fetal Growth Restriction
  • Angiogenic Factors
  • Oxidative Stress
  • Cardiovascular Health
  • Pregnancy Complications
Research works
70k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
14k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+30%
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 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.3k and 2.1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2.3k works
  2. 2 China 2.1k works
  3. 3 India 1k works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 551 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 406 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 389 works
  7. 7 Japan 377 works
  8. 8 Canada 354 works
  9. 9 Australia 330 works
  10. 10 Pakistan 314 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.

United States: 28.2%China: 26.0%India: 12.7%United Kingdom: 6.7%6 others listed: 26.3%28%largest
United States2,327 · 28.2%China2,144 · 26.0%India1,046 · 12.7%United Kingdom551 · 6.7%6 others listed2,170 · 26.3%

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

Which institutions lead Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies research, followed by Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi and Al-Azhar University.

Who are the leading researchers in Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies include Cyrus Cooper, Zulfiqar A Bhutta and Luca Ronfani.

  1. 1 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom 7.2k citations
  2. 2 Zulfiqar A Bhutta Pakistan 7k citations
  3. 3 Luca Ronfani Italy 5.5k citations

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

Where is Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies research done?

The largest centres of Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Shanghai (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jackson.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 232 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 216 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 167 works
  4. 4 Guangzhou China 154 works
  5. 5 Melbourne Australia 106 works
  6. 6 Moscow Russia 103 works
  7. 7 Istanbul Türkiye 102 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Japan 100 works
  9. 9 Boston United States 99 works
  10. 10 New Delhi India 98 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. JacksonUS · 31.6 works20×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Medical University of Graz, Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara and Al-Azhar 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%20%40%mean 25.96%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Medical University of Graz: 24, 23.9%Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara: 13, 44.2%Al-Azhar University: 41, 1.0%King's College London: 39, 28.5%Fujian Medical University: 34, 29.6%Institute of Medical Sciences: 35, 5.3%University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus: 21, 25.1%Guangzhou Medical University: 25, 27.5%Anhui Medical University: 16, 38.7%St George's, University of London: 9, 35.8%Victor Babeș Univers…King's College LondonMedical University o…Al-Azhar 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 Medical University of GrazAustria 65.623.9%15.2×24 +50.8%
2 Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy TimișoaraRomania 62.244.2%10.9×13 -7.0%
3 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 61.31.0%8.3×41 +877.9%
4 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 61.128.5%4.1×39 +101.2%
5 Fujian Medical UniversityChina 59.829.6%7.5×34 +28.1%
6 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 58.85.3%8.6×35 +300.9%
7 University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusUnited States 58.625.1%6.0×21 +722.5%
8 Guangzhou Medical UniversityChina 58.027.5%7.4×25 +60.5%
9 Anhui Medical UniversityChina 57.038.7%4.1×16 +182.7%
10 St George's, University of LondonUnited Kingdom 56.535.8%9.2×9 -9.8%

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 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies.

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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.