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Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network

In research, Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,300 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychology (Psychology is 7.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,152
of 22,385 · #3,562 all time
Rank in Cameroon
#7
of 24
Research works
2.7k
▼ 46% vs 2018-21
Citations
133k
49.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
70%
world 18%
Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network

What is Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #7,300 of 9,585 11.0%65 #6022

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network is in Social Sciences, 38% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (30%), Psychology (22%), Social Sciences (17%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 82 fractional works · 42.4% of its workPsychology: 42 fractional works · 21.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 17 fractional works · 8.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 5.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 16.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 73 fractional works · 37.8% of its workMedicine: 58 fractional works · 30.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 26 fractional works · 13.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKHealth and HumanDevelopment (2HD…192fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences38%Social Sciences42%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Psychology4221.9%
    2. Social Sciences3216.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities20.8%
    6. Decision Sciences10.5%
    1. Medicine5830.2%
    2. Health Professions115.8%
    3. Nursing31.7%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology126.1%
    2. Neuroscience63.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology42.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Engineering41.8%
    2. Environmental Science31.8%
    3. Computer Science31.7%
    4. Chemistry10.5%
    5. Mathematics00.2%
    6. Materials Science00.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychology takes 7.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PsychologyField · 42.1 works7.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.14× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.10× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.08× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.19× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.57× its world share, 58 worksMedicineNursing: 3.48× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 7.20× its world share, 42 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 32 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology7.20×42 works
  2. Nursing3.48×3 works
  3. Health Professions2.19×11 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.10×4 works
  5. Neuroscience2.08×6 works
  6. Medicine1.57×58 works
  7. Social Sciences1.31×32 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.14×12 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.64×3 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.55×1 works
  11. Dentistry0.42×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.38×4 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.37×2 works
  14. Environmental Science0.36×4 works
  15. Chemistry0.29×1 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.29×2 works
  17. Computer Science0.22×3 works
  18. Mathematics0.18×0 works
  19. Engineering0.12×4 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.08×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  22. Energy0.05×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network?

Ranked on the quality score, Sueko Toda, Patricia Eitel and Atef H. Moawad lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network.

  1. 1 Sueko Toda Cameroon · #1,672,897 worldwide 1.6k citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Patricia Eitel Cameroon · #1,954,874 worldwide 2.2k citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Atef H. Moawad Cameroon · #2,058,269 worldwide 2k citations · 25 works
  4. 4 K. J. Catt Cameroon · #3,107,093 worldwide 1.4k citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Thomas R. Post Cameroon · #3,445,823 worldwide 4.4k citations · 135 works
  6. 6 Desmond Aroke Cameroon · #3,528,568 worldwide 702 citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Tsi N. Njim Cameroon · #3,856,736 worldwide 1.4k citations · 61 works
  8. 8 Vitalis Fambombi Feteh Cameroon · #4,179,175 worldwide 376 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Michael J. Begab Cameroon · #4,324,782 worldwide 697 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 G. D. Hodgen Cameroon · #4,588,190 worldwide 293 citations · 14 works
All ranked researchers at Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network

What are the most cited papers from Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network?

The most cited paper from Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network is "The Genome Sequence of Drosophila melanogaster" (Mark D. Adams et al., 2000), with 6,049 citations. Next come "What's the Relative Risk?" (4,191) and "Bullying Behaviors Among US Youth" (3,797).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Genome Sequence of Drosophila melanogaster Mark D. Adams et al. · Science 195 authors 24 Mar 2000 6,049
2 What's the Relative Risk? Jun Zhang, Kai Yu · JAMA 18 Nov 1998 4,191
3 Bullying Behaviors Among US Youth Tonja R. Nansel, Mary D. Overpeck, Ramani S. Pilla et al. · JAMA Open access 25 Apr 2001 3,797
4 Reduction of Maternal-Infant Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 with Zidovudine Treatment Edward M. Connor, RHODA S. SPERLING, Richard D. Gelber et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 3 Nov 1994 3,755
5 Circulating Angiogenic Factors and the Risk of Preeclampsia Richard J. Levine, Sharon E. Maynard, Cong Qian et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 11 Feb 2004 3,647
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Depression, Epidemiology, Social Support, Emotion Regulation, High-Intensity Interval Training, Performance Analysis and Child Development.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022-now 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 Health20▲ 7.3×31 topics
  2. Epidemiology17▲ 2.2×57 topics
  3. Depression12▲ 7.4×14 topics
  4. Social Support8▲ 7.7×12 topics
  5. Emotion Regulation8▲ 13×8 topics
  6. High-Intensity Interval Training8▲ 37×2 topics
  7. Education7▲ 2.0×18 topics
  8. Risk Factors6▲ 3.1×19 topics
  9. Public Health6▲ 2.2×20 topics
  10. Quality of Life6▲ 2.1×25 topics
  11. Child Development6▲ 7.4×8 topics
  12. Performance Analysis6▲ 14×2 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 2.6×23 topics
  14. Resistance Training6▲ 32×2 topics
  15. Well-being6▲ 7.5×11 topics
  16. Adolescents5▲ 7.7×6 topics
  17. Physiological Demands5▲ 44×1 topic
  18. Training Load5▲ 44×1 topic
  19. Physical Activity5▲ 5.7×10 topics
  20. Anxiety5▲ 5.5×8 topics
  21. Obesity5▲ 3.4×14 topics
  22. Resilience5▲ 5.1×7 topics
  23. Psychological Impact5▲ 7.7×8 topics
  24. Psychopathology4▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Parenting4▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Developmental Trajectories4▲ 19×3 topics
  27. Prevention4▲ 5.3×7 topics
  28. Anxiety Disorders4▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Injury Prevention4▲ 16×4 topics
  30. Children4▲ 8.4×2 topics
  31. Self-Efficacy4▲ 7.4×6 topics
  32. Stress4▲ 5.2×6 topics
  33. Behavioral Problems4▲ 23×1 topic
  34. Self-Regulation3▲ 9.5×5 topics
  35. Psychological Distress3▲ 6.8×5 topics
  36. Sport Psychology3▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Adolescent Development3▲ 14×6 topics
  38. Athletic Training3▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Muscle Injuries3▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Sports Injury3▲ 25×1 topic

Which research topics does Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sports Performance and Training, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Sports injuries and prevention and Sport Psychology and Performance.

Sports Performance and Training: 5 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 4 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…3Sports injuries and prevention: 3 fractional worksSport Psychology and Per…3Sport Psychology and Performance: 3 fractional worksReproductive System and Pregnancy: 2 fractional worksMotivation and Self-Concept in Sports: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular and exerc…2Cardiovascular and exercise physiology: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health2COVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksEarly Childhood Educatio…2Early Childhood Education and Development: 2 fractional worksChild Abuse and Trauma2Child Abuse and Trauma: 2 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineClinical PsychologyDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyImmunology3 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 4 works
  3. 3 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 3 works
  5. 5 Reproductive System and Pregnancy Immunology 2 works
  6. 6 Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports Social Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 2 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 2 works
  10. 10 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 2 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 available33.0%not open67.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors70.0%domestic only30.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 46% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00063% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network0.00083% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network 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, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network12.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.0% in 1991.

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