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Public Health and Environmental Issues

Public Health and Environmental Issues is a research topic within Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1954. 2.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to public health, environmental management, and sustainable development. It includes research on healthcare access, chronic disease control, water quality, climate change impact on health, community-based resource management, and epidemiological analysis. The papers also address issues such as healthcare policy, environmental impact assessment, and the intersection of social and environmental factors with public health.

  • Public Health
  • Environmental Management
  • Water Quality
  • Healthcare Access
  • Climate Change
  • Community-based Resource Management
  • Chronic Disease Control
  • Epidemiological Analysis
  • Sustainable Development
  • Healthcare Policy
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1954
In the world top 10%
364
per year above
Top-10% rate
2.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+177%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Public Health and Environmental Issues research?

By volume, Ecuador and Peru publish the most (829 and 610 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ecuador 829 works
  2. 2 Peru 610 works
  3. 3 Colombia 525 works
  4. 4 Mexico 521 works
  5. 5 Spain 316 works
  6. 6 Argentina 150 works
  7. 7 Chile 142 works
  8. 8 Brazil 120 works
  9. 9 United States 105 works
  10. 10 Costa Rica 92 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.

Ecuador: 24.3%Peru: 17.9%Colombia: 15.4%Mexico: 15.3%6 others listed: 27.1%24%largest
Ecuador829 · 24.3%Peru610 · 17.9%Colombia525 · 15.4%Mexico521 · 15.3%6 others listed924 · 27.1%

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

Which institutions lead Public Health and Environmental Issues research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes publishes the most Public Health and Environmental Issues research, followed by Universidad César Vallejo and Universidad Católica de Cuenca.

Who are the leading researchers in Public Health and Environmental Issues?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Public Health and Environmental Issues include Nelson Alvis‐Guzmán.

  1. 1 Nelson Alvis‐Guzmán Colombia 7.7k citations

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

Where is Public Health and Environmental Issues research done?

The largest centres of Public Health and Environmental Issues research in 2022–2025 are Lima (Peru), Bogotá (Colombia), Ambato (Ecuador) and Mexico City (Mexico). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jipijapa, San Salvador and Ambato.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Lima Peru 238 works
  2. 2 Bogotá Colombia 228 works
  3. 3 Ambato Ecuador 189 works
  4. 4 Mexico City Mexico 160 works
  5. 5 Trujillo Peru 133 works
  6. 6 Guayaquil Ecuador 118 works
  7. 7 Quito Ecuador 117 works
  8. 8 Cuenca Ecuador 101 works
  9. 9 Madrid Spain 81 works
  10. 10 Santiago Chile 75 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. JipijapaEC · 73.4 works226×
  2. San SalvadorSV · 68.1 works156×
  3. AmbatoEC · 189.1 works114×
  4. PunoPE · 27.3 works109×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Public Health and Environmental Issues than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Public Health and Environmental Issues?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Indoamérica, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador and Universidad César Vallejo 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 5.7%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidad Indoamérica: 18, 20.0%Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador: 25, 9.6%Universidad César Vallejo: 95, 3.2%University of Guayaquil: 40, 3.2%Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: 35, 4.9%National University of Trujillo: 16, 5.8%Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes: 120, 2.1%Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero: 14, 4.9%Universidad Católica de Cuenca: 80, 3.3%Universidad de Ciencias Medicas: 14, 0.0%Universidad Indoamér…Pontificia Universid…Universidad César Va…University of Guayaq…
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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 Universidad IndoaméricaEcuador 68.720.0%65.7×18
2 Pontificia Universidad Católica del EcuadorEcuador 65.79.6%54.4×25 +542.2%
3 Universidad César VallejoPeru 63.93.2%88.3×95 +514.2%
4 University of GuayaquilEcuador 59.93.2%64.0×40 +1217.2%
5 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 58.14.9%9.4×35 +249.7%
6 National University of TrujilloPeru 55.95.8%66.6×16 +293.6%
7 Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesEcuador 54.12.1%151.2×120
8 Universidad Autónoma de GuerreroMexico 54.14.9%61.8×14 +237.2%
9 Universidad Católica de CuencaEcuador 53.73.3%103.0×80
10 Universidad de Ciencias MedicasCosta Rica 53.10.0%115.0×14 +187.6%

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 Public Health and Environmental Issues research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 177% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Public Health and Environmental Issues.

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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.