Travel-related health issues
Travel-related health issues is a research topic within Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 14.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the health risks, infectious diseases, and preventive measures related to international travel, with a particular emphasis on topics such as travelers' diarrhea, respiratory infections during mass gatherings like Hajj, and the use of Rifaximin. It also discusses the importance of health surveillance and public health interventions for travelers.
- Travelers' Diarrhea
- Mass Gatherings
- Infectious Diseases
- Respiratory Infections
- Hajj
- Preventive Measures
- Rifaximin
- International Travel
- Health Surveillance
- Public Health
- Research works
- 13k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 14.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +34% 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 Travel-related health issues research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (367 and 136 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 367 works
- 2 China 136 works
- 3 United Kingdom 134 works
- 4 India 120 works
- 5 France 114 works
- 6 Germany 103 works
- 7 Australia 92 works
- 8 Türkiye 74 works
- 9 Saudi Arabia 67 works
- 10 Japan 57 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 Travel-related health issues research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Umm al-Qura University publishes the most Travel-related health issues research, followed by The University of Queensland and King Abdulaziz University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Umm al-Qura UniversitySaudi Arabia 10 works
- 2 The University of QueenslandAustralia 9 works
- 3 King Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia 7 works
- 4 Ministry of HealthSaudi Arabia 6 works
- 5 UNSW SydneyAustralia 6 works
- 6 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 6 works
- 7 Harvard UniversityUnited States 6 works
- 8 London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom 6 works
- 9 University of ZurichSwitzerland 6 works
- 10 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 5 works
Who are the leading researchers in Travel-related health issues?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Travel-related health issues include Jost B. Jonas, Ziad A. Memish and Peter W. Gething.
- 1 Jost B. Jonas Germany 7.7k citations
- 2 Ziad A. Memish Saudi Arabia 5.3k citations
- 3 Peter W. Gething United States 5.2k citations
- 4 D. O’Brien Australia 3.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Travel-related health issues research done?
The largest centres of Travel-related health issues research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Paris (France), Beijing (China) and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Riyadh.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- RiyadhSA · 27.1 works4.8×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Travel-related health issues than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Travel-related health issues?
Among universities, judged by research, Umm al-Qura University and The University of Queensland 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.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Umm al-Qura UniversitySaudi Arabia | 85.0 | 19.0% | 17.2× | 10 | +3.6% |
| 2 | The University of QueenslandAustralia | 15.0 | 15.0% | 5.5× | 9 | +163.1% |
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 Travel-related health issues research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 34% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Travel-related health issues.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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