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Children Now

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Research works
28
▲ 212% vs 2018-21
Citations
55
2.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
7%
world 40%
International
2%
world 18%
Children Now

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

Which fields of science does Children Now work in?

In all years, 76% of research at Children Now is in Social Sciences, 22% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (62%), Health Professions (14%), Psychology (12%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 21 fractional works · 76.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 61.9% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 22.6% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 14.3% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 12.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 6.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 22.3% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 13.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 11.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workALL ITS WORKChildren Now28fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences1%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences76%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 3 domains and 7 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1761.9%
    2. Psychology312.2%
    3. Decision Sciences01.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.2%
    1. Health Professions413.7%
    2. Medicine28.6%
    1. Computer Science01.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Who are the top researchers at Children Now?

Ranked on the quality score, Derren Hayes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Children Now.

  1. 1 Derren Hayes United States · #7,705,655 worldwide 292 citations · 580 works
All ranked researchers at Children Now

What are the most cited papers from Children Now?

The most cited paper from Children Now is "Parenting Self-Efficacy and Social Support in Japan and the United States" (Sawako Suzuki, Susan D. Holloway, Yōko Yamamoto et al., 2009), with 114 citations. Next come "Unintended Consequences: The Impact of Welfare Reform in the United States on NGOs" (15) and "Welfare reform and the future of nonprofit organizations" (14).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Parenting Self-Efficacy and Social Support in Japan and the United States Sawako Suzuki, Susan D. Holloway, Yōko Yamamoto et al. · Journal of Family Issues 8 Jun 2009 114
2 Unintended Consequences: The Impact of Welfare Reform in the United States on NGOs David H. Sommerfeld, Michael Reisch · VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Sep 2003 15
3 Welfare reform and the future of nonprofit organizations Michael Reisch, David H. Sommerfeld · Nonprofit Management and Leadership Sep 2003 14
4 The Political Narrative of Children's Media Research Jeff J. McIntyre · Oxford University Press eBooks Book chapter 28 Jan 2013 3
5 Only government can stop the dismantling of youth services Derren Hayes · Children and Young People Now 22 Jul 2014 2
All 23 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Children Now?

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

▲ 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 39 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 39 words, with their numbers
  1. Mental Health5▲ 17×5 topics
  2. Developmental Trajectories4▲ 117×2 topics
  3. Child Welfare4▲ 374×2 topics
  4. Attachment4▲ 114×1 topic
  5. Foster Care4▲ 845×1 topic
  6. Child Development3▲ 39×3 topics
  7. Parental Involvement3▲ 111×2 topics
  8. Public Health3▲ 7.0×4 topics
  9. Media Literacy2▲ 33×2 topics
  10. Appropriate Technology2▲ 137×1 topic
  11. Digital Parenting2▲ 137×1 topic
  12. Health2▲ 17×3 topics
  13. Community Health2▲ 40×1 topic
  14. Pediatrics2▲ 132×1 topic
  15. Character Building2▲ 164×1 topic
  16. Labor Market2▲ 21×3 topics
  17. Rural Development2▲ 18×2 topics
  18. Traditional Games2▲ 205×1 topic
  19. Coping Strategies1▲ 32×2 topics
  20. Educational Choice1▲ 383×1 topic
  21. Homeschooling1▲ 383×1 topic
  22. Social Capital1▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Depression1▲ 5.9×3 topics
  24. Development1▲ 12×2 topics
  25. Caregiver Well-Being1▲ 84×1 topic
  26. Elderly Care1▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Epidemiology1◆ 0.96×2 topics
  28. Parenting Stress1▲ 58×1 topic
  29. Agriculture1▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Breastfeeding1▲ 32×1 topic
  31. Digital Divide1▲ 19×1 topic
  32. Direct Payments1▲ 224×1 topic
  33. Infant Health1▲ 125×1 topic
  34. Knowledge Clusters1▲ 146×1 topic
  35. Learning1▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Personalisation1▲ 224×1 topic
  37. Social Media1▲ 4.5×1 topic
  38. Teaching1▲ 48×1 topic
  39. Urbanization1▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does Children Now publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Healthcare innovation and challenges, Diverse Education Studies and Reforms, Retirement, Disability, and Employment and Employment and Welfare Studies.

Healthcare innovation and challenges: 1 fractional worksDiverse Education Studies and Reforms: 1 fractional worksRetirement, Disability, and Employment: 0 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 0 fractional worksHealth and Conflict Studies: 0 fractional worksdemographic modeling and…0demographic modeling and climate adaptation: 0 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 0 fractional worksTrauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation: 0 fractional worksSchool Health and Nursing Education: 0 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 0 fractional works
EducationDemographyGeneral Health ProfessionsManagement Science and Operations Research3 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare innovation and challenges Education 1 works
  2. 2 Diverse Education Studies and Reforms Education 1 works
  3. 3 Retirement, Disability, and Employment Demography 0 works
  4. 4 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 0 works
  5. 5 Health and Conflict Studies General Health Professions 0 works
  6. 6 demographic modeling and climate adaptation Management Science and Operations Research 0 works
  7. 7 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 School Health and Nursing Education Speech and Hearing 0 works
  10. 10 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 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 available7.4%not open92.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors2.1%domestic only97.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Children Now's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 212% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Children Now as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000054% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Children Now0.000021% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Children Now over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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