Smoking Behavior and Cessation
Smoking Behavior and Cessation is a research topic within Physiology. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1952. 17.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on smoking cessation, the health effects of tobacco use, nicotine addiction, and the impact of public health campaigns. It covers topics such as the efficacy of smoking cessation therapies, the association between smoking and various health conditions, the use of e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation aid, and the effects of secondhand smoke on public health.
- Smoking Cessation
- Tobacco Use
- Nicotine Addiction
- Health Consequences
- E-Cigarettes
- Public Health Campaigns
- Secondhand Smoke
- Nicotine Metabolism
- Psychiatric Disorders
- Cancer Risk
- Research works
- 37k fractional, since 1952
- In the world top 10%
- 6.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 17.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +21% 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 Smoking Behavior and Cessation research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (2.5k and 380 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 2.5k works
- 2 United Kingdom 380 works
- 3 China 347 works
- 4 India 321 works
- 5 Australia 242 works
- 6 Canada 201 works
- 7 South Korea 138 works
- 8 Spain 129 works
- 9 Türkiye 122 works
- 10 Germany 111 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 Smoking Behavior and Cessation research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Smoking Behavior and Cessation research, followed by Johns Hopkins University and Yale University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 90 works
- 2 Johns Hopkins University United States 46 works
- 3 Yale University United States 44 works
- 4 University of Southern California United States 43 works
- 5 University of California, San Francisco United States 41 works
- 6 The Ohio State University United States 37 works
- 7 University of Michigan United States 33 works
- 8 University College London United Kingdom 32 works
- 9 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey United States 30 works
- 10 The University of Queensland Australia 27 works
Who are the leading researchers in Smoking Behavior and Cessation?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Smoking Behavior and Cessation include Mika Kivimäki, Emelia J. Benjamin and Hermann Brenner.
- 1 Mika Kivimäki 6.7k citations
- 2 Emelia J. Benjamin 6k citations
- 3 Hermann Brenner 5.8k citations
- 4 Aziz Sheikh 5.8k citations
- 5 Martin McKee 5.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Smoking Behavior and Cessation research done?
The largest centres of Smoking Behavior and Cessation research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Chapel Hill (United States) and Los Angeles (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Burlington, Charleston and Oklahoma City.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 London United Kingdom 129 works
- 2 New York United States 99 works
- 3 Chapel Hill United States 91 works
- 4 Los Angeles United States 84 works
- 5 Washington D.C. United States 83 works
- 6 Seoul South Korea 81 works
- 7 Baltimore United States 73 works
- 8 Beijing China 73 works
- 9 Atlanta United States 72 works
- 10 Boston United States 67 works
Where it is the local speciality
- BurlingtonUS · 24.8 works20×
- CharlestonUS · 29.0 works15×
- Oklahoma CityUS · 22.4 works15×
- RichmondUS · 39.0 works12×
- BuffaloUS · 33.2 works10×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Smoking Behavior and Cessation than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Smoking Behavior and Cessation?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Southern California, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and University of California, San Francisco 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 Southern California United States | 61.3 | 19.0% | 9.8× | 43 | +105.9% |
| 2 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States | 59.3 | 4.1% | 8.8× | 90 | +371.2% |
| 3 | University of California, San Francisco United States | 57.2 | 17.9% | 10.8× | 41 | +35.1% |
| 4 | Wake Forest University United States | 55.4 | 23.1% | 9.5× | 14 | +148.1% |
| 5 | Georgia State University United States | 53.7 | 8.7% | 11.2× | 20 | +301.9% |
| 6 | University College London United Kingdom | 51.3 | 35.3% | 3.9× | 32 | +13.0% |
| 7 | Yale University United States | 50.4 | 18.9% | 7.3× | 44 | +29.6% |
| 8 | Virginia Commonwealth University United States | 50.0 | 8.6% | 13.6× | 27 | +94.0% |
| 9 | University of Bath United Kingdom | 49.9 | 24.1% | 10.1× | 14 | -49.0% |
| 10 | University of Vermont United States | 49.8 | 13.5% | 19.1× | 20 | +75.5% |
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 Smoking Behavior and Cessation research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 21% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Smoking Behavior and Cessation.
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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.