Voice and Speech Disorders
Voice and Speech Disorders is a research topic within Physiology. Science Explorer counts 32k research works in it since 1950. 11.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of voice disorders, particularly in relation to conditions such as Parkinson's disease and occupational impact. It covers topics such as dysphonia, speech therapy, acoustic analysis, vocal fold disorders, telemonitoring, and voice training.
- Voice Disorders
- Parkinson's Disease
- Dysphonia
- Speech Therapy
- Acoustic Analysis
- Vocal Fold
- Telemonitoring
- Occupational Impact
- Voice Training
- Laryngeal Disorders
- Research works
- 32k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 11.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +33% 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 Voice and Speech Disorders research?
By volume, the United States and India publish the most (1.4k and 682 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.4k works
- 2 India 682 works
- 3 China 630 works
- 4 Japan 344 works
- 5 Brazil 322 works
- 6 United Kingdom 249 works
- 7 Germany 239 works
- 8 Türkiye 187 works
- 9 Italy 186 works
- 10 South Korea 184 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Voice and Speech Disorders research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Google (United States) publishes the most Voice and Speech Disorders research, followed by University of Wisconsin–Madison and American University of Beirut Medical Center.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Google (United States) United States 31 works
- 2 University of Wisconsin–Madison United States 24 works
- 3 American University of Beirut Medical Center Lebanon 21 works
- 4 Dr. S.R. Chandrasekhar Institute of Speech and Hearing India 21 works
- 5 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 20 works
- 6 University of California, San Francisco United States 20 works
- 7 University of California, Los Angeles United States 19 works
- 8 Universidade Federal da Paraíba Brazil 19 works
- 9 Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Brazil 19 works
- 10 Vellore Institute of Technology University India 18 works
Who are the leading researchers in Voice and Speech Disorders?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Voice and Speech Disorders include Björn W. Schuller.
- 1 Björn W. Schuller 3.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Voice and Speech Disorders research done?
The largest centres of Voice and Speech Disorders research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), São Paulo (Brazil), Tokyo (Japan) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Mountain View, Beirut and João Pessoa.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Mountain ViewUS · 34.7 works9.8×
- BeirutLB · 30.0 works7.4×
- João PessoaBR · 21.3 works7.1×
- ErlangenDE · 26.6 works6.5×
- CincinnatiUS · 25.3 works5.1×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Voice and Speech Disorders than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Voice and Speech Disorders?
Among universities, judged by research, Universidad de Antioquia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba and Czech Technical University in Prague 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 | Universidad de Antioquia Colombia | 51.2 | 33.6% | 5.4× | 8 | +46.2% |
| 2 | Universidade Federal da Paraíba Brazil | 50.0 | 4.3% | 7.4× | 19 | +400.3% |
| 3 | Czech Technical University in Prague Czechia | 49.8 | 29.2% | 6.0× | 9 | +23.4% |
| 4 | Harvard University United States | 46.8 | 22.7% | 2.1× | 17 | +58.8% |
| 5 | Drexel University United States | 45.3 | 3.9% | 12.2× | 17 | +16.8% |
| 6 | Vellore Institute of Technology University India | 45.0 | 23.6% | 2.8× | 18 | — |
| 7 | University of California, San Francisco United States | 44.8 | 12.5% | 5.1× | 20 | +48.9% |
| 8 | Medical University of Warsaw Poland | 44.5 | 13.8% | 6.3× | 9 | +270.6% |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin–Madison United States | 44.2 | 16.2% | 4.1× | 24 | -5.5% |
| 10 | Boston University United States | 43.6 | 18.3% | 4.5× | 14 | +54.6% |
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 Voice and Speech Disorders research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 33% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Voice and Speech Disorders.
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.