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Social Media in Health Education

Social Media in Health Education is a research topic within Health. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1950. 23.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the impact of social media on healthcare communication, including its uses for health promotion, behavior change, patient engagement, and online recruitment for research studies. It also delves into the ethical considerations and professionalism related to the use of social media in healthcare. The papers discuss the influence of social networking sites on health behavior change, the benefits and limitations of social media for health communication, and the integration of social media into medical education and public health promotion efforts.

  • Social Media
  • Healthcare Communication
  • Online Recruitment
  • Medical Education
  • Patient Engagement
  • Public Health Promotion
  • Professionalism
  • Ethical Considerations
  • Behavior Change
  • Information Dissemination
Research works
17k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
23.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+74%
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Which countries lead Social Media in Health Education research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (2k and 382 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 382 works
  3. 3 Türkiye 278 works
  4. 4 India 222 works
  5. 5 Australia 210 works
  6. 6 China 209 works
  7. 7 Canada 207 works
  8. 8 Germany 143 works
  9. 9 Brazil 117 works
  10. 10 Spain 112 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: 52.1%United Kingdom: 9.7%Türkiye: 7.1%India: 5.7%6 others listed: 25.4%52%largest
United States2,047 · 52.1%United Kingdom382 · 9.7%Türkiye278 · 7.1%India222 · 5.7%6 others listed999 · 25.4%

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

Which institutions lead Social Media in Health Education research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Harvard University publishes the most Social Media in Health Education research, followed by Stanford University and Johns Hopkins University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 26 works
  2. 2 Stanford UniversityUnited States 25 works
  3. 3 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 24 works
  4. 4 The University of SydneyAustralia 23 works
  5. 5 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 22 works
  6. 6 University of TorontoCanada 21 works
  7. 7 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 21 works
  8. 8 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 21 works
  9. 9 University of British ColumbiaCanada 20 works
  10. 10 University of MichiganUnited States 20 works

Where is Social Media in Health Education research done?

The largest centres of Social Media in Health Education research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Boston (United States) and Istanbul (Türkiye). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Providence.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 120 works
  2. 2 New York United States 109 works
  3. 3 Boston United States 74 works
  4. 4 Istanbul Türkiye 71 works
  5. 5 Philadelphia United States 64 works
  6. 6 Washington D.C. United States 54 works
  7. 7 Baltimore United States 54 works
  8. 8 Chicago United States 50 works
  9. 9 Melbourne Australia 49 works
  10. 10 Sydney Australia 47 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ProvidenceUS · 22.5 works7.3×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Social Media in Health Education than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Social Media in Health Education?

Among universities, judged by research, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, The University of Sydney 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.

0%20%40%mean 22.94%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: 16, 28.0%The University of Sydney: 23, 31.6%University of California, San Francisco: 22, 20.1%The University of Adelaide: 12, 36.7%University of Pennsylvania: 21, 17.0%Stanford University: 24, 21.0%Brown University: 17, 12.7%Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi: 19, 19.6%Harvard University: 26, 19.0%University of Toronto: 22, 23.7%The University of Ad…The University of Sy…Icahn School of Medi…University of Califo…
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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 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States 64.728.0%6.7×16 +259.3%
2 The University of SydneyAustralia 59.031.6%4.7×23 +47.2%
3 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 58.820.1%6.9×22 +111.8%
4 The University of AdelaideAustralia 56.036.7%5.5×12 —
5 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 55.517.0%4.7×21 +280.4%
6 Stanford UniversityUnited States 54.121.0%4.1×24 +113.0%
7 Brown UniversityUnited States 53.412.7%8.5×17 +116.5%
8 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 53.119.6%6.7×19 —
9 Harvard UniversityUnited States 52.319.0%4.1×26 +71.0%
10 University of TorontoCanada 51.923.7%3.1×22 +107.4%

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 Social Media in Health Education research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 74% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Social Media in Health Education.

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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.