Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments is a research topic within Psychiatry and Mental health. Science Explorer counts 36k research works in it since 1950. 19.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the study of interoception, the sense of the internal state of the body, and its association with somatic symptoms, including alexithymia, health anxiety, psychogenic nonepileptic seizures, and depersonalization disorder. The papers also explore the relationship between interoception, emotion regulation, and various mental health conditions such as anxiety and dissociation.
- Interoception
- Somatic Symptoms
- Alexithymia
- Health Anxiety
- Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures
- Emotion Regulation
- Medically Unexplained Symptoms
- Depersonalization Disorder
- Anxiety
- Dissociation
- Research works
- 36k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 19.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +28% 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 Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments research?
By volume, the United States and Germany publish the most (1.3k and 501 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.3k works
- 2 Germany 501 works
- 3 United Kingdom 472 works
- 4 Türkiye 440 works
- 5 China 388 works
- 6 Italy 333 works
- 7 India 291 works
- 8 France 194 works
- 9 Australia 190 works
- 10 Spain 188 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Harvard University publishes the most Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments research, followed by University College London and Sapienza University of Rome.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 33 works
- 2 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 31 works
- 3 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 29 works
- 4 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 28 works
- 5 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 27 works
- 6 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States 22 works
- 7 Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinGermany 20 works
- 8 Yale UniversityUnited States 16 works
- 9 Stanford UniversityUnited States 16 works
- 10 University of TorontoCanada 16 works
Who are the leading researchers in Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments include Dan J. Stein and James G. Scott.
- 1 Dan J. Stein South Africa 7.7k citations
- 2 James G. Scott Australia 4.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments research done?
The largest centres of Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Istanbul (Türkiye), Moscow (Russia) and New York (United States).
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where is the best place to study Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments?
Among universities, judged by research, University College London, King's College London and Karolinska Institutet 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University College LondonUnited Kingdom | 61.1 | 35.9% | 3.6× | 31 | +8.7% |
| 2 | King's College LondonUnited Kingdom | 58.6 | 29.7% | 5.8× | 27 | -3.4% |
| 3 | Karolinska InstitutetSweden | 56.4 | 34.7% | 4.5× | 12 | +82.1% |
| 4 | Harvard UniversityUnited States | 54.5 | 25.9% | 4.1× | 33 | +4.5% |
| 5 | University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom | 51.8 | 43.6% | 2.5× | 12 | +63.3% |
| 6 | University of SheffieldUnited Kingdom | 48.2 | 32.4% | 2.9× | 9 | +180.9% |
| 7 | Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye | 47.4 | 3.0% | 7.8× | 28 | — |
| 8 | Sapienza University of RomeItaly | 46.4 | 18.9% | 4.0× | 29 | +34.8% |
| 9 | Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreItaly | 45.9 | 24.8% | 6.6× | 12 | +40.5% |
| 10 | University of Milano-BicoccaItaly | 45.9 | 24.0% | 4.5× | 8 | +219.2% |
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 Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 28% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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