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Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications

Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications is a research topic within Cultural Studies. Science Explorer counts 4.4k research works in it since 1950. 10.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the prevalence, motivations, medical complications, and societal perceptions of tattoos and body piercings. It delves into the risks associated with body art, including dermatological and cancer-related concerns, as well as the psychological and behavioral aspects of individuals with tattoos and piercings. The cluster also investigates the impact of body modification on social status, self-esteem, and employment opportunities.

  • Tattoos
  • Body Piercings
  • Medical Complications
  • Psychological Motivations
  • Risk-Taking Behaviors
  • Dermatological Complications
  • Cancer Risk
  • Adolescent Behavior
  • Social Perception
  • Health Risks
Research works
4.4k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
466
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+17%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
34% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications

Which countries lead Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (223 and 73 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 223 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 73 works
  3. 3 India 63 works
  4. 4 Germany 55 works
  5. 5 Brazil 51 works
  6. 6 China 43 works
  7. 7 France 42 works
  8. 8 Australia 37 works
  9. 9 Italy 36 works
  10. 10 Spain 36 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: 33.7%United Kingdom: 11.0%India: 9.5%Germany: 8.4%6 others listed: 37.3%34%largest
United States223 · 33.7%United Kingdom73 · 11.0%India63 · 9.5%Germany55 · 8.4%6 others listed246 · 37.3%

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

Which institutions lead Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Harvard University publishes the most Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and University of Copenhagen.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 9 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 6 works
  3. 3 University of CopenhagenDenmark 6 works
  4. 4 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 5 works
  5. 5 University of MiamiUnited States 4 works
  6. 6 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 4 works
  7. 7 Cornell UniversityUnited States 4 works
  8. 8 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 4 works
  9. 9 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 4 works
  10. 10 University of HelsinkiFinland 3 works

Who are the leading researchers in Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications include Dan J. Stein and Jaakko A. Kaprio.

  1. 1 Dan J. Stein South Africa 306k citations
  2. 2 Jaakko A. Kaprio Finland 183k 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 Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications?

The most cited paper in Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications is "Muscle Dysmorphia: An Underrecognized Form of Body Dysmorphic Disorder" (Harrison G. Pope, Amanda J. Gruber, Precilla Y. L. Choi et al., 1997), with 843 citations. Next come "Body dysmorphic disorder: 30 cases of imagined ugliness" (588) and "Tattoos and body piercings in the United States: A national data set" (582).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Muscle Dysmorphia: An Underrecognized Form of Body Dysmorphic Disorder Harrison G. Pope, Amanda J. Gruber, Precilla Y. L. Choi et al. · Psychosomatics Nov 1997 843
2 Body dysmorphic disorder: 30 cases of imagined ugliness Katherine A. Phillips, Susan L. McElroy, P E Keck et al. · American Journal of Psychiatry Feb 1993 588
3 Tattoos and body piercings in the United States: A national data set Anne E. Laumann, Amy J. Derick · Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 19 Jun 2006 582
4 Body Dysmorphic Disorder David M. Veale, Ann Boocock, Kevin Gournay et al. · The British Journal of Psychiatry Aug 1996 566
5 Demographic Characteristics, Phenomenology, Comorbidity, and Family History in 200 Individuals With Body Dysmorphic Disorder Katharine A. Phillips, William E. Menard, Christina Fay et al. · Psychosomatics Open access Jul 2005 548
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Where is Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications research done?

The largest centres of Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Paris (France), São Paulo (Brazil) and Boston (United States).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 20 works
  2. 2 ParisFrance 14 works
  3. 3 São PauloBrazil 13 works
  4. 4 BostonUnited States 11 works
  5. 5 RomeItaly 11 works
  6. 6 MelbourneAustralia 10 works
  7. 7 IstanbulTürkiye 9 works
  8. 8 New YorkUnited States 9 works
  9. 9 SeoulSouth Korea 9 works
  10. 10 BerlinGermany 8 works
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Where is the best place to study Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard 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.

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
1Harvard UniversityUnited States 10.030.2%3.0×9 +36.8%

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 Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications, country by country

Is Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications.

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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 Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0041% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications 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.

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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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