Sex and Gender in Healthcare
Sex and Gender in Healthcare is a research topic within Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 21.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the pervasive gender bias in biomedical research, particularly in areas such as neuroscience, clinical trials, and cardiovascular disease. The papers highlight the importance of considering sex differences, addressing gender equity, and understanding the impact of gender norms on health outcomes.
- Sex Bias
- Gender Equity
- Health Inequality
- Sex Differences
- Biomedical Studies
- Clinical Trials
- Gender Norms
- Neuroscience Research
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Public Health
- Research works
- 12k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 21.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +95% 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 Sex and Gender in Healthcare research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1.5k and 226 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.5k works
- 2 United Kingdom 226 works
- 3 Canada 203 works
- 4 Germany 173 works
- 5 Australia 139 works
- 6 Spain 136 works
- 7 India 116 works
- 8 Italy 112 works
- 9 China 96 works
- 10 Netherlands 69 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.
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Which institutions lead Sex and Gender in Healthcare research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Sex and Gender in Healthcare research, followed by Harvard University and University of Toronto.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 45 works
- 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 27 works
- 3 University of TorontoCanada 22 works
- 4 Yale UniversityUnited States 20 works
- 5 University of MichiganUnited States 20 works
- 6 The Nature ConservancyUnited States 19 works
- 7 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 19 works
- 8 Emory UniversityUnited States 15 works
- 9 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 15 works
- 10 University of WashingtonUnited States 15 works
Who are the leading researchers in Sex and Gender in Healthcare?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Sex and Gender in Healthcare include Walter C. Willett.
- 1 Walter C. Willett United States 6.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Sex and Gender in Healthcare research done?
The largest centres of Sex and Gender in Healthcare research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Boston (United States) and Toronto (Canada). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Arlington, Chapel Hill and Bethesda.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 London United Kingdom 77 works
- 2 New York United States 65 works
- 3 Boston United States 65 works
- 4 Toronto Canada 55 works
- 5 Chapel Hill United States 46 works
- 6 Melbourne Australia 39 works
- 7 Los Angeles United States 38 works
- 8 Baltimore United States 37 works
- 9 Philadelphia United States 37 works
- 10 Washington D.C. United States 36 works
Where it is the local speciality
- ArlingtonUS · 23.0 works10×
- Chapel HillUS · 46.3 works7.5×
- BethesdaUS · 30.6 works7.2×
- New HavenUS · 23.5 works5.8×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Sex and Gender in Healthcare than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Sex and Gender in Healthcare?
Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University and Yale 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.
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 | Harvard UniversityUnited States | 61.7 | 33.7% | 6.1× | 27 | +51.2% |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States | 61.0 | 34.0% | 5.0× | 19 | +213.0% |
| 3 | Yale UniversityUnited States | 58.1 | 30.9% | 5.8× | 20 | +143.4% |
| 4 | University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States | 54.7 | 4.9% | 7.7× | 45 | +176.9% |
| 5 | University of Alabama at BirminghamUnited States | 54.1 | 22.2% | 7.6× | 12 | +221.8% |
| 6 | University of California, San FranciscoUnited States | 53.9 | 25.6% | 6.9× | 15 | +128.9% |
| 7 | University of PennsylvaniaUnited States | 53.8 | 42.8% | 4.3× | 14 | +91.5% |
| 8 | Karolinska InstitutetSweden | 52.9 | 31.4% | 5.4× | 8 | +126.9% |
| 9 | University of TorontoCanada | 52.4 | 26.9% | 4.4× | 22 | +110.3% |
| 10 | Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom | 51.5 | 34.2% | 3.0× | 10 | +349.6% |
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 Sex and Gender in Healthcare research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 95% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Sex and Gender in Healthcare.
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.