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YouthBuild

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Research works
4
▲ 50% vs 2018-21
Citations
18
4.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
46%
world 40%
YouthBuild

Not ranked overall: YouthBuild 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 YouthBuild work in?

In all years, 89% of research at YouthBuild is in Social Sciences, 11% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (61%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (23%), Health Professions (7%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 4 fractional works · 88.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 61.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 22.7% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 4.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 11.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 4.5% of its workALL ITS WORKYouthBuild4fractional works, all years
Health Sciences11%Social Sciences89%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. 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 2 domains and 5 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences361.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance122.7%
    3. Psychology04.5%
    1. Health Professions06.8%
    2. Medicine04.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What are the most cited papers from YouthBuild?

The most cited paper from YouthBuild is "Participatory action research and co-researching as a tool for situating youth knowledge at the centre of research" (Staci B. Martin, Jessica H. Burbach, Lulis Lares Benitez et al., 2019), with 26 citations. Next come "Making the Implicit Explicit: An Illustration of YPAR Implementation and Lessons Learned in Partnership With Young Adults Who Have Experienced Family Member Incarceration" (10) and "Screening and Brief Intervention With Low-Income Youth in Community-Based Settings" (5).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Participatory action research and co-researching as a tool for situating youth knowledge at the centre of research Staci B. Martin, Jessica H. Burbach, Lulis Lares Benitez et al. · London Review of Education Open access 2019 26
2 Making the Implicit Explicit: An Illustration of YPAR Implementation and Lessons Learned in Partnership With Young Adults Who Have Experienced Family Member Incarceration Michelle Abraczinskas, Britni L. Adams, Erin Vines et al. · Journal of Participatory Research Methods Open access 24 Oct 2022 10
3 Screening and Brief Intervention With Low-Income Youth in Community-Based Settings Mary F. Brolin, Sharon Reif, Jennifer S. Buell et al. · Journal of Adolescent Health Open access 16 Sep 2022 5
4 “I felt like that was my second home”: A qualitative study of adult engagement with opportunity youth in a workforce development program Renée Spencer, Pari Adams, Suchakrey Toys Koomplee et al. · Children and Youth Services Review 30 May 2026 0
5 Mindful Schools Rodriguez-Saavedra Roberto, B. Hughes Kimberly, A. M. Silva Sara Book chapter 4 Nov 2016 0
All 8 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does YouthBuild publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Youth Development and Social Support, Health Policy Implementation Science, Education Systems and Policy and Youth Education and Societal Dynamics.

Youth Development and So…0Youth Development and Social Support: 0 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementa…0Health Policy Implementation Science: 0 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 0 fractional worksYouth Education and Soci…0Youth Education and Societal Dynamics: 0 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatmen…0Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksParticipatory Visual Research Methods: 0 fractional works
Safety ResearchGeneral Health ProfessionsEducationSociology and Political Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Youth Development and Social Support Safety Research 0 works
  2. 2 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 0 works
  3. 3 Education Systems and Policy Education 0 works
  4. 4 Youth Education and Societal Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  5. 5 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 0 works
  6. 6 Participatory Visual Research Methods Sociology and Political 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 available45.5%not open54.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

How has YouthBuild's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 50% higher than in 2018-2021.

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