Reproductive Health and Contraception
Reproductive Health and Contraception is a research topic within Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 20.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on various aspects of contraception, unintended pregnancy prevention, and reproductive health. It covers topics such as the effectiveness and safety of different contraceptive methods, global trends in unintended pregnancy, the impact of contraception on maternal and child health, and societal attitudes towards abortion and family planning. The papers also discuss the use of emergency contraception, long-acting reversible contraception, and the implications of contraceptive failure.
- Contraception
- Unintended Pregnancy
- Abortion
- Hormonal Contraceptives
- Reproductive Health
- Family Planning
- Emergency Contraception
- Long-Acting Reversible Contraception
- Pregnancy Intention
- Contraceptive Failure
- Research works
- 27k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 20.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +35% 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 Reproductive Health and Contraception research?
By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (2k and 305 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 2k works
- 2 Brazil 305 works
- 3 United Kingdom 286 works
- 4 India 284 works
- 5 China 191 works
- 6 Ethiopia 162 works
- 7 Australia 161 works
- 8 Canada 141 works
- 9 Türkiye 121 works
- 10 Nigeria 98 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Reproductive Health and Contraception research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Reproductive Health and Contraception research, followed by University of California, San Francisco and Johns Hopkins University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 70 works
- 2 University of California, San Francisco United States 43 works
- 3 Johns Hopkins University United States 31 works
- 4 Oregon Health & Science University United States 28 works
- 5 Harvard University United States 25 works
- 6 University of Gondar Ethiopia 25 works
- 7 The University of Texas at Austin United States 24 works
- 8 Guttmacher Institute United States 24 works
- 9 Ibis Reproductive Health United States 24 works
- 10 University of Utah United States 23 works
Who are the leading researchers in Reproductive Health and Contraception?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Reproductive Health and Contraception include Sharon E. Straus, JoAnn E. Manson and Carlo La Vecchia.
- 1 Sharon E. Straus 6k citations
- 2 JoAnn E. Manson 4k citations
- 3 Carlo La Vecchia 2.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Reproductive Health and Contraception research done?
The largest centres of Reproductive Health and Contraception research in 2022–2025 are New York (United States), London (United Kingdom), Chapel Hill (United States) and Washington D.C. (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Gonder, Portland and Kampala.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 New York United States 125 works
- 2 London United Kingdom 103 works
- 3 Chapel Hill United States 75 works
- 4 Washington D.C. United States 64 works
- 5 Boston United States 64 works
- 6 San Francisco United States 58 works
- 7 Cambridge United States 58 works
- 8 São Paulo Brazil 54 works
- 9 Atlanta United States 49 works
- 10 Baltimore United States 49 works
Where it is the local speciality
- GonderET · 25.0 works32×
- PortlandUS · 33.5 works9.6×
- KampalaUG · 21.8 works9.5×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Reproductive Health and Contraception than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Reproductive Health and Contraception?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Gondar, Makerere University and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 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 of Gondar Ethiopia | 81.2 | 55.3% | 31.9× | 25 | +430.6% |
| 2 | Makerere University Uganda | 63.7 | 43.9% | 11.7× | 11 | +74.1% |
| 3 | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine United Kingdom | 63.6 | 32.2% | 16.2× | 13 | +81.2% |
| 4 | International Institute for Population Sciences India | 62.3 | 55.3% | 46.9× | 8 | — |
| 5 | University of Ghana Ghana | 59.8 | 32.7% | 12.1× | 14 | +91.7% |
| 6 | University of California, San Francisco United States | 58.9 | 25.5% | 13.0× | 43 | -3.7% |
| 7 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States | 53.4 | 12.3% | 7.8× | 70 | +85.1% |
| 8 | Haramaya University Ethiopia | 52.5 | 28.6% | 20.3× | 8 | +116.1% |
| 9 | Johns Hopkins University United States | 50.3 | 34.5% | 5.6× | 31 | +31.7% |
| 10 | Oregon Health & Science University United States | 48.8 | 18.1% | 17.5× | 28 | -22.3% |
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 Reproductive Health and Contraception research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 35% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Reproductive Health and Contraception.
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.