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Pregnancy-related medical research

Pregnancy-related medical research is a research topic within Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1950. 16.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the physiological roles, diagnosis, treatment, and impact of relaxin hormone and its receptors in pregnancy-related pelvic girdle and low back pain. It also explores the association between trauma during pregnancy, fetal outcomes, and musculoskeletal disorders. The cluster covers topics such as the role of relaxin in cardiac and renal function during pregnancy, as well as its potential therapeutic applications for heart failure and fibrotic conditions.

  • Relaxin
  • Pelvic Girdle Pain
  • Low Back Pain
  • Pregnancy
  • LGR Receptors
  • INSL3
  • Trauma
  • Fetal Outcomes
  • Musculoskeletal
  • Hormone
Research works
20k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+37%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Pregnancy-related medical research research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (588 and 427 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 588 works
  2. 2 China 427 works
  3. 3 India 228 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 199 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 189 works
  6. 6 Brazil 177 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 142 works
  8. 8 Germany 111 works
  9. 9 Japan 109 works
  10. 10 Australia 107 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: 25.8%China: 18.8%India: 10.0%Türkiye: 8.7%6 others listed: 36.7%26%largest
United States588 · 25.8%China427 · 18.8%India228 · 10.0%Türkiye199 · 8.7%6 others listed836 · 36.7%

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

Which institutions lead Pregnancy-related medical research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi publishes the most Pregnancy-related medical research research, followed by Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Semarang and Cairo University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 18 works
  2. 2 Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes SemarangIndonesia 15 works
  3. 3 Cairo UniversityEgypt 13 works
  4. 4 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 10 works
  5. 5 The University of MelbourneAustralia 10 works
  6. 6 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 10 works
  7. 7 Monash UniversityAustralia 8 works
  8. 8 University of MichiganUnited States 8 works
  9. 9 Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinGermany 8 works
  10. 10 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 8 works

Where is Pregnancy-related medical research research done?

The largest centres of Pregnancy-related medical research research in 2022–2025 are Istanbul (Türkiye), Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom) and Melbourne (Australia).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Istanbul Türkiye 56 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 43 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 41 works
  4. 4 Melbourne Australia 36 works
  5. 5 São Paulo Brazil 36 works
  6. 6 Shanghai China 35 works
  7. 7 Paris France 34 works
  8. 8 Guangzhou China 33 works
  9. 9 Tehran Iran 33 works
  10. 10 Tokyo Japan 29 works
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Where is the best place to study Pregnancy-related medical research?

Among universities, judged by research, Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Monash University and Institute of Medical Sciences 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%30%mean 12.5%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi: 18, 7.4%Monash University: 8, 18.5%Institute of Medical Sciences: 10, 4.2%Cairo University: 13, 7.0%The University of Melbourne: 10, 24.9%Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Semarang: 14, 0.0%University of Michigan: 8, 22.6%University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 10, 15.4%Monash UniversitySağlık Bilimleri Üni…Cairo UniversityInstitute of Medical…
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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 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 61.77.4%8.4×18 —
2 Monash UniversityAustralia 48.618.5%2.8×8 +121.4%
3 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 48.44.2%8.6×10 +162.5%
4 Cairo UniversityEgypt 48.17.0%4.6×13 +128.5%
5 The University of MelbourneAustralia 46.724.9%2.8×10 -18.7%
6 Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes SemarangIndonesia 42.60.0%9.8×14 +12.5%
7 University of MichiganUnited States 33.422.6%1.6×8 +5.1%
8 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 31.615.4%1.6×10 +69.2%

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 Pregnancy-related medical research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Pregnancy-related medical research.

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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.