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Sexual function and dysfunction studies

Sexual function and dysfunction studies is a research topic within Psychiatry and Mental health. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the epidemiology, risk factors, and management of sexual dysfunction, including erectile dysfunction, female sexual function, hypoactive sexual desire disorder, and the association with cardiovascular disease. It also explores the impact of menopause, psychological interventions, and endothelial function on sexual health. The Global Study of Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors is a prominent research focus.

  • Sexual Dysfunction
  • Erectile Dysfunction
  • Female Sexual Function
  • Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder
  • Androgen Therapy
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Menopause
  • Psychological Interventions
  • Endothelial Function
  • Global Study
Research works
31k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+18%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
38% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Sexual function and dysfunction studies

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Sexual function and dysfunction studies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.8k and 685 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 1.8k works
  2. 2 China 685 works
  3. 3 Italy 382 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 372 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 290 works
  6. 6 Brazil 272 works
  7. 7 India 268 works
  8. 8 Iran 256 works
  9. 9 Canada 232 works
  10. 10 Spain 217 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: 37.9%China: 14.3%Italy: 8.0%Türkiye: 7.8%6 others listed: 32.0%38%largest
United States1,816 · 37.9%China685 · 14.3%Italy382 · 8.0%Türkiye372 · 7.8%6 others listed1,535 · 32.0%

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

Which institutions lead Sexual function and dysfunction studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Mayo Clinic publishes the most Sexual function and dysfunction studies research, followed by University College London and Johns Hopkins University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mayo ClinicUnited States 48 works
  2. 2 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 39 works
  3. 3 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 36 works
  4. 4 Baylor College of MedicineUnited States 34 works
  5. 5 Harvard UniversityUnited States 34 works
  6. 6 Case Western Reserve UniversityUnited States 34 works
  7. 7 University of MiamiUnited States 33 works
  8. 8 Sexual Health ClinicFinland 32 works
  9. 9 Cairo UniversityEgypt 32 works
  10. 10 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 31 works

Who are the leading researchers in Sexual function and dysfunction studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Sexual function and dysfunction studies include David Moher, Walter Churchill Willett and Emelia J. Benjamin.

  1. 1 David Moher Canada 898k citations
  2. 2 Walter Churchill Willett United States 411k citations
  3. 3 Emelia J. Benjamin United States 341k citations
  4. 4 Graeme J. Hankey Australia 316k citations
  5. 5 Gordon Henry Guyatt Canada 315k citations
  6. 6 Gregory Y.H. Lip United Kingdom 311k citations
  7. 7 Dan J. Stein South Africa 306k citations
  8. 8 Salim Yusuf Canada 294k citations
  9. 9 Virginia Braun New Zealand 286k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Sexual function and dysfunction studies?

The most cited paper in Sexual function and dysfunction studies is "The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI): A Multidimensional Self-Report Instrument for the Assessment of Female Sexual Function" (R. Rosen, 2000), with 6,627 citations. Next come "The international index of erectile function (IIEF): a multidimensional scale for assessment of erectile dysfunction" (5,912) and "Sexual Dysfunction in the United States" (5,146).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI): A Multidimensional Self-Report Instrument for the Assessment of Female Sexual Function R. Rosen · Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy Open access Apr 2000 6,627
2 The international index of erectile function (IIEF): a multidimensional scale for assessment of erectile dysfunction Raymond C. Rosen, Alan J. Riley, Gorm Wagner et al. · Urology Jun 1997 5,912
3 Sexual Dysfunction in the United States Edward O. Laumann, Anthony Paik, Raymond C. Rosen · JAMA 10 Feb 1999 5,146
4 Impotence and Its Medical and Psychosocial Correlates: Results of the Massachusetts Male Aging Study Henry A. Feldman, Irwin Goldstein, Dimitrios G. Hatzichristou et al. · The Journal of Urology 1994 5,126
5 Efficacy and Safety of Tadalafil Monotherapy for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Secondary to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Meta-Analysis Yang Dong, Lin Hao, Zhenduo Shi et al. · Urologia Internationalis Review 2013 4,545
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Where is Sexual function and dysfunction studies research done?

The largest centres of Sexual function and dysfunction studies research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Istanbul (Türkiye), New York (United States) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Iranshahr and Decorah.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 120 works
  2. 2 IstanbulTürkiye 118 works
  3. 3 New YorkUnited States 98 works
  4. 4 BeijingChina 92 works
  5. 5 TehranIran 86 works
  6. 6 RomeItaly 86 works
  7. 7 ClevelandUnited States 69 works
  8. 8 São PauloBrazil 68 works
  9. 9 HoustonUnited States 67 works
  10. 10 MilanItaly 63 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. IranshahrIR · 20.5 works36×
  2. DecorahUS · 27.8 works19×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Sexual function and dysfunction studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Sexual function and dysfunction studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad de Granada, University of Florence and Monash 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 15.05%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Monash UniversityUniversidad de GranadaUniversity of FlorenceUniversity of Britis…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Universidad de GranadaSpain 70.628.2%5.0×18 +73.5%
2University of FlorenceItaly 69.412.8%7.7×29 +11.9%
3Monash UniversityAustralia 67.729.5%2.1×13 +20.7%
4University of British ColumbiaCanada 67.29.8%3.7×28 +18.7%
5Anhui Medical UniversityChina 66.816.4%9.4×28 +64.0%
6Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 65.310.4%3.7×36 +14.5%
7Case Western Reserve UniversityUnited States 64.99.6%8.8×34 +104.8%
8University of CopenhagenDenmark 63.714.8%3.8×22 +54.2%
9Sapienza University of RomeItaly 63.313.3%4.2×31 +56.5%
10Baylor College of MedicineUnited States 62.95.7%10.8×34 +137.1%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Sexual function and dysfunction studies, country by country

Is Sexual function and dysfunction studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Sexual function and dysfunction studies.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Sexual function and dysfunction studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.029% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Sexual function and dysfunction studies0.030% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sexual function and dysfunction studies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Sexual function and dysfunction studies10.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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