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Administration for Children and Families

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Research works
99
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
2k
19.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Administration for Children and Families is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 7.68× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.35× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.44× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.82× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Administration for Children and Families?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Developmental Trajectories, Intervention, Child Welfare, Attachment, Adoption, Foster Care and Resilience.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Mental Health28▲ 25×19 topics
  2. Developmental Trajectories16▲ 122×3 topics
  3. Intervention13▲ 304×3 topics
  4. Child Welfare12▲ 316×2 topics
  5. Attachment12▲ 98×3 topics
  6. Adoption12▲ 566×1 topic
  7. Foster Care12▲ 701×1 topic
  8. Resilience10▲ 27×6 topics
  9. Child Development10▲ 36×6 topics
  10. Self-Regulation9▲ 53×3 topics
  11. Academic Achievement8▲ 54×2 topics
  12. School Engagement8▲ 177×1 topic
  13. Student-Teacher Relationships8▲ 177×1 topic
  14. Public Health8▲ 5.7×13 topics
  15. Adolescents6▲ 18×4 topics
  16. Psychiatric Disorders6▲ 41×2 topics
  17. Social Support6▲ 13×9 topics
  18. Adverse Experiences6▲ 156×1 topic
  19. Childhood Trauma6▲ 85×1 topic
  20. Depression6▲ 7.4×8 topics
  21. Parenting5▲ 37×2 topics
  22. Children5▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Emotion Regulation4▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Psychopathology4▲ 26×2 topics
  25. Anxiety Disorders4▲ 33×1 topic
  26. Behavioral Problems4▲ 45×1 topic
  27. Health Care Utilization4▲ 28×3 topics
  28. Mental Illness4▲ 55×2 topics
  29. Concept Mapping4▲ 65×1 topic
  30. Theory-Based Evaluation4▲ 150×1 topic
  31. Health4▲ 9.5×2 topics
  32. Substance Abuse4▲ 51×2 topics
  33. Homelessness3▲ 83×1 topic
  34. Housing First3▲ 83×1 topic
  35. Social Determinants3▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Coping Strategies3▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Evidence-Based Practice3▲ 18×5 topics
  38. Primary Care3▲ 7.1×6 topics
  39. Stress3▲ 7.1×6 topics
  40. Neurodevelopmental Disorders2▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Administration for Children and Families publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Homelessness and Social Issues, Child Welfare and Adoption, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development and Health Policy Implementation Science.

Homelessness and Social …1Homelessness and Social Issues: 1 fractional worksChild Welfare and Adoption1Child Welfare and Adoption: 1 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 1 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementa…1Health Policy Implementation Science: 1 fractional worksFamily Dynamics and Rela…1Family Dynamics and Relationships: 1 fractional worksPrenatal Substance Exposure Effects: 1 fractional worksChild Abuse and Trauma: 1 fractional worksMental Health Research T…0Mental Health Research Topics: 0 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 0 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 0 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsSafety ResearchClinical PsychologyDemography3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 1 works
  2. 2 Child Welfare and Adoption Safety Research 1 works
  3. 3 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 1 works
  4. 4 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 1 works
  5. 5 Family Dynamics and Relationships Demography 1 works
  6. 6 Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  7. 7 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 1 works
  8. 8 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 0 works
  10. 10 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available22.5%not open77.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.1%domestic only91.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Administration for Children and Families's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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