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Reproductive Health and Technologies

Reproductive Health and Technologies is a research topic within Reproductive Medicine. Science Explorer counts 41k research works in it since 1950. 17.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores global trends in infertility prevalence, treatment-seeking behavior, and the impact of assisted reproductive technologies on individuals and couples. It delves into the psychological, social, and economic aspects of infertility, as well as disparities in access to infertility services across different regions. The papers also address the implications of delayed childbearing, the influence of lifestyle factors on fertility, and the experiences of individuals conceived through donor insemination.

  • Infertility
  • Reproductive Technologies
  • Assisted Reproductive Technology
  • Global Trends
  • Psychological Impact
  • Epidemiology
  • Gender Differences
  • Quality of Life
  • Stress
  • Access to Care
Research works
41k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+38%
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 Technologies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.6k and 554 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2.6k works
  2. 2 China 554 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 493 works
  4. 4 Brazil 420 works
  5. 5 India 376 works
  6. 6 Australia 280 works
  7. 7 France 265 works
  8. 8 Italy 254 works
  9. 9 Iran 243 works
  10. 10 Canada 236 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: 45.2%China: 9.7%United Kingdom: 8.6%Brazil: 7.4%6 others listed: 29.0%45%largest
United States2,577 · 45.2%China554 · 9.7%United Kingdom493 · 8.6%Brazil420 · 7.4%6 others listed1,655 · 29.0%

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

Which institutions lead Reproductive Health and Technologies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Reproductive Health and Technologies research, followed by Monash University and University of California, San Francisco.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 47 works
  2. 2 Monash UniversityAustralia 44 works
  3. 3 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 37 works
  4. 4 Northwestern UniversityUnited States 35 works
  5. 5 Harvard UniversityUnited States 34 works
  6. 6 University of MichiganUnited States 33 works
  7. 7 Yale UniversityUnited States 30 works
  8. 8 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 29 works
  9. 9 Emory UniversityUnited States 29 works
  10. 10 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 25 works

Who are the leading researchers in Reproductive Health and Technologies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Reproductive Health and Technologies include Patrick M. Bossuyt.

  1. 1 Patrick M. Bossuyt Netherlands 14k citations

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

Where is Reproductive Health and Technologies research done?

The largest centres of Reproductive Health and Technologies research in 2022–2025 are New York (United States), London (United Kingdom), Melbourne (Australia) and Tehran (Iran). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rockville.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 New York United States 190 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 161 works
  3. 3 Melbourne Australia 113 works
  4. 4 Tehran Iran 85 works
  5. 5 Boston United States 84 works
  6. 6 Paris France 82 works
  7. 7 São Paulo Brazil 77 works
  8. 8 Rome Italy 68 works
  9. 9 Los Angeles United States 67 works
  10. 10 Istanbul Türkiye 67 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. RockvilleUS · 24.9 works14×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Reproductive Health and Technologies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Reproductive Health and Technologies?

Among universities, judged by research, Iranshahr University, Monash University and De Montfort 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 23.63%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Iranshahr University: 17, 21.8%Monash University: 44, 13.5%De Montfort University: 10, 13.2%University of California, San Francisco: 37, 22.8%Harvard University: 34, 24.2%Northwestern University: 35, 20.9%Yale University: 30, 28.9%National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: 12, 32.4%Karolinska Institutet: 10, 42.0%Emory University: 29, 16.6%University of Califo…Iranshahr UniversityMonash UniversityDe Montfort 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 Iranshahr UniversityIran 63.421.8%25.1×17 +533.3%
2 Monash UniversityAustralia 59.113.5%6.5×44 +104.0%
3 De Montfort UniversityUnited Kingdom 56.513.2%13.0×10 +272.8%
4 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 55.722.8%7.2×37 +5.2%
5 Harvard UniversityUnited States 52.524.2%3.3×34 +90.5%
6 Northwestern UniversityUnited States 51.420.9%6.3×35 +4.7%
7 Yale UniversityUnited States 49.428.9%3.7×30 +33.0%
8 National and Kapodistrian University of AthensGreece 49.432.4%2.9×12 +514.3%
9 Karolinska InstitutetSweden 48.542.0%2.8×10 +45.7%
10 Emory UniversityUnited States 45.916.6%5.2×29 +54.2%

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 Reproductive Health and Technologies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Reproductive Health and Technologies.

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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.