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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 (#7,964 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. 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, 2022–2025
#17,570
of 28,054 · #2,615 all time
Rank in Cameroon
#16
of 25
Research works
2.7k
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
133k
49.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

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

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #7,964 of 10,521 23.0%65 #2154

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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 · 33.4 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: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.08× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.08× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.35× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.51× its world share, 44 worksMedicineNursing: 4.29× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 7.23× its world share, 33 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 26 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.

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

Ranked on the composite score, W. Andrew Collins, Thomas R. Post and Merlyn J. Behr lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network.

  1. 1 W. Andrew Collins Cameroon · #35,192 worldwide 456 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Thomas R. Post Cameroon · #145,509 worldwide 183 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Merlyn J. Behr Cameroon · #232,628 worldwide 172 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Kenji Endo Cameroon · #430,254 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Holly H Hoffman Cameroon · #1,455,019 worldwide 1 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Jeffrey J Angera Cameroon · #1,589,867 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Depression, Social Support, Emotion Regulation, Epidemiology, High-Intensity Interval Training, Child Development and Adolescents.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 Health18▲ 7.9×30 topics
  2. Epidemiology12▲ 2.0×51 topics
  3. Depression10▲ 7.7×13 topics
  4. Social Support7▲ 7.8×11 topics
  5. Emotion Regulation6▲ 13×8 topics
  6. Education5▲ 2.0×16 topics
  7. High-Intensity Interval Training5▲ 32×2 topics
  8. Child Development5▲ 7.8×8 topics
  9. Risk Factors5▲ 3.0×16 topics
  10. Public Health5▲ 2.2×20 topics
  11. Quality of Life5▲ 2.2×22 topics
  12. Adolescents4▲ 8.0×6 topics
  13. Obesity4▲ 3.9×14 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 2.5×19 topics
  15. Psychological Impact4▲ 8.5×8 topics
  16. Physical Activity4▲ 5.4×10 topics
  17. Psychopathology4▲ 14×3 topics
  18. Performance Analysis4▲ 12×2 topics
  19. Well-being4▲ 6.7×11 topics
  20. Anxiety4▲ 5.3×6 topics
  21. Resistance Training4▲ 27×2 topics
  22. Physiological Demands4▲ 37×1 topic
  23. Resilience4▲ 5.0×7 topics
  24. Stress4▲ 6.5×6 topics
  25. Training Load4▲ 37×1 topic
  26. Parenting4▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Anxiety Disorders3▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Developmental Trajectories3▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Self-Efficacy3▲ 8.0×6 topics
  30. Children3▲ 8.8×2 topics
  31. Prevention3▲ 4.8×6 topics
  32. Self-Regulation3▲ 12×5 topics
  33. Behavioral Problems3▲ 24×1 topic
  34. Psychological Distress3▲ 8.0×5 topics
  35. Health Disparities3▲ 6.8×6 topics
  36. Injury Prevention3▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Maternal Mortality3▲ 7.8×5 topics
  38. Adolescent Development2▲ 14×6 topics
  39. Healthcare Workers2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  40. Immune Regulation2▲ 14×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports Performance and Training, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Reproductive System and Pregnancy and Sports injuries and prevention.

Sports Performance and Training: 4 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 3 fractional worksReproductive System and …2Reproductive System and Pregnancy: 2 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…2Sports injuries and prevention: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 2 fractional worksMotivation and Self-Conc…2Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports: 2 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 2 fractional worksAttachment and Relations…2Attachment and Relationship Dynamics: 2 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineClinical PsychologyImmunologyEducation2 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 3 works
  3. 3 Reproductive System and Pregnancy Immunology 2 works
  4. 4 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 2 works
  7. 7 Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports Social Psychology 2 works
  8. 8 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Attachment and Relationship Dynamics Social 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower 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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