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The Family Centre

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World rank, all time
#27,544
of 34,923
Rank in New Zealand
#94
of 104
Research works
192
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.6k
13.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
The Family Centre

Which fields of science does The Family Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research at The Family Centre is in Social Sciences, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (42%), Medicine (23%), Psychology (10%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 14 fractional works · 55.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 42.1% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 11.6% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 10.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 7.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 10.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 7.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 28.3% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 23.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKThe Family Centre26fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences28%Social Sciences55%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1142.1%
    2. Psychology310.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.7%
    5. Decision Sciences00.7%
    1. Medicine623.3%
    2. Health Professions14.6%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Environmental Science12.7%
    2. Engineering12.2%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.3%
    4. Computer Science01.0%
    5. Materials Science00.8%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.7%
    7. Energy00.3%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.9%
    3. Neuroscience01.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology01.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.30× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.75× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.21× its world share, 6 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.42× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.33× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.42×3 works
  2. Social Sciences3.33×11 works
  3. Health Professions1.75×1 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.30×0 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.22×0 works
  6. Medicine1.21×6 works
  7. Neuroscience1.12×0 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.82×0 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.69×0 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.67×0 works
  11. Dentistry0.66×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.54×1 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.41×0 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.41×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.37×0 works
  16. Energy0.31×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.29×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.22×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.22×0 works
  20. Engineering0.14×1 works
  21. Computer Science0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at The Family Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Charles Waldegrave, Nancy B. Loudon and G.C.A.M. Ruitenberg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Family Centre.

  1. 1 Charles Waldegrave New Zealand · #2,163,687 worldwide 1.4k citations · 72 works
  2. 2 Nancy B. Loudon New Zealand · #2,733,071 worldwide 760 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 G.C.A.M. Ruitenberg New Zealand · #4,930,592 worldwide 12 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 M.V. Antokolskaia New Zealand · #5,309,957 worldwide 239 citations · 103 works
  5. 5 Esther Pans New Zealand · #5,600,943 worldwide 39 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at The Family Centre

What are the most cited papers from The Family Centre?

The most cited paper from The Family Centre is "Longitudinal Studies of Effects of Divorce on Children in Great Britain and the United States" (Andrew J. Cherlin, Frank F. Furstenberg, Patricia Lindsay Chase-Lansdale et al., 1991), with 644 citations. Next come "The Impact of Family Disruption in Childhood on Transitions Made in Young Adult Life" (331) and "NZiDep: A New Zealand index of socioeconomic deprivation for individuals" (287).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Longitudinal Studies of Effects of Divorce on Children in Great Britain and the United States Andrew J. Cherlin, Frank F. Furstenberg, Patricia Lindsay Chase-Lansdale et al. · Science 7 Jun 1991 644
2 The Impact of Family Disruption in Childhood on Transitions Made in Young Adult Life KATHLEEN E. KIERNAN · Population Studies Jul 1992 331
3 NZiDep: A New Zealand index of socioeconomic deprivation for individuals Clare E. Salmond, Peter Crampton, Peter King et al. · Social Science & Medicine 13 Sep 2005 287
4 Ole Taeao Afua, the New Morning: A Qualitative Investigation Into Samoan Perspectives on Mental Health and Culturally Appropriate Services Kiwi Tamasese, Carmel Peteru, Charles Waldegrave et al. · Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry Apr 2005 281
5 A Longitudinal Study of Siblings of Children with Chronic Disabilities Sandra Fisman, Lucille C. Wolf, Deborah Ellison et al. · The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry May 2000 237
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at The Family Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Human Rights, Health Promotion, Social Justice, Education, Intersectionality, Mortality Risk and Professionalism.

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

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization3▲ 5.5×5 topics
  2. Human Rights2▲ 8.2×7 topics
  3. Education2▲ 4.3×5 topics
  4. Health Promotion2▲ 20×3 topics
  5. Social Justice2▲ 9.7×4 topics
  6. Intersectionality1▲ 28×4 topics
  7. Mortality Risk1▲ 22×4 topics
  8. Professionalism1▲ 29×2 topics
  9. Health Equity1▲ 16×3 topics
  10. Inclusion1▲ 32×2 topics
  11. Public Health1▲ 3.1×5 topics
  12. Research Methods1▲ 30×2 topics
  13. Social Support1▲ 8.7×4 topics
  14. Empowerment1▲ 44×1 topic
  15. Epidemiology1◆ 1.07×12 topics
  16. Financialization1▲ 42×2 topics
  17. Legal Education1▲ 50×2 topics
  18. Social Work1▲ 65×1 topic
  19. Health Disparities1▲ 15×2 topics
  20. Labor Movement1▲ 202×1 topic
  21. Social Relationships1▲ 43×1 topic
  22. Socioeconomic Inequalities1▲ 60×1 topic
  23. Union Revitalization1▲ 202×1 topic

Which research topics does The Family Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Dutch Social and Cultural Studies, Labor Movements and Unions, Health disparities and outcomes and Comparative and International Law Studies.

Dutch Social and Cultura…1Dutch Social and Cultural Studies: 1 fractional worksLabor Movements and Unions1Labor Movements and Unions: 1 fractional worksHealth disparities and o…1Health disparities and outcomes: 1 fractional worksComparative and Internat…1Comparative and International Law Studies: 1 fractional worksResearch in Social Sciences: 0 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 0 fractional worksTea Polyphenols and Effe…0Tea Polyphenols and Effects: 0 fractional worksIndigenous and Place-Based Education: 0 fractional worksEuropean Law and Migration: 0 fractional worksFood Quality and Safety …0Food Quality and Safety Studies: 0 fractional works
EducationPublic AdministrationHealthLaw2 others

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

  1. 1 Dutch Social and Cultural Studies Education 1 works
  2. 2 Labor Movements and Unions Public Administration 1 works
  3. 3 Health disparities and outcomes Health 1 works
  4. 4 Comparative and International Law Studies Law 1 works
  5. 5 Research in Social Sciences Education 0 works
  6. 6 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 0 works
  7. 7 Tea Polyphenols and Effects Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Indigenous and Place-Based Education Education 0 works
  9. 9 European Law and Migration Law 0 works
  10. 10 Food Quality and Safety Studies Food Science 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 available28.7%not open71.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.8%domestic only70.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has The Family Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is The Family Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00011% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%The Family Centre0.00016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of The Family Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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