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Life-span and Life-course Studies research

Life-span and Life-course Studies is a subfield of Social Sciences. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1952. 15.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: duration of life for an organism.

Research works
11k
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
1.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
2
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+55%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Life-span and Life-course Studies research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, Indonesia, Türkiye and Spain rank highest in Life-span and Life-course Studies. By volume, Spain and Indonesia publish the most (525 and 431 works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia · #4 all time 17.0% top 10% · 431 works
  2. 2 Türkiye · #3 all time 19.3% top 10% · 346 works
  3. 3 Spain · #2 all time 10.8% top 10% · 525 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 3 countries ranked in Life-span and Life-course Studies. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Life-span and Life-course Studies

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Spain 525 works
  2. 2 Indonesia 431 works
  3. 3 Türkiye 346 works
  4. 4 United States 199 works
  5. 5 Mexico 186 works
  6. 6 Colombia 171 works
  7. 7 Ecuador 162 works
  8. 8 Chile 108 works
  9. 9 Argentina 100 works
  10. 10 Brazil 98 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Spain: 22.6%Indonesia: 18.5%Türkiye: 14.9%United States: 8.6%6 others listed: 35.5%23%largest
Spain525 · 22.6%Indonesia431 · 18.5%Türkiye346 · 14.9%United States199 · 8.6%6 others listed825 · 35.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Life-span and Life-course Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Central University of Ecuador publishes the most Life-span and Life-course Studies research, followed by Universidad de Granada and Universidad de Extremadura.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Central University of EcuadorEcuador 31 works
  2. 2 Universidad de GranadaSpain 27 works
  3. 3 Universidad de ExtremaduraSpain 23 works
  4. 4 Universidad de MurciaSpain 21 works
  5. 5 University of GuayaquilEcuador 21 works
  6. 6 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 20 works
  7. 7 Universidad Católica de CuencaEcuador 19 works
  8. 8 Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina 19 works
  9. 9 Binus UniversityIndonesia 18 works
  10. 10 University of the Basque CountrySpain 18 works

Who are the leading researchers in Life-span and Life-course Studies?

Among the most productive authors in Life-span and Life-course Studies, Juan Ramón De La Fuente, Sı́món Barquera and David Kirk rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Juan Ramón De La Fuente Mexico · #61 worldwide 1.5k citations · 228 works
  2. 2 Sı́món Barquera Mexico · #1,734 worldwide 3.3k citations · 78 works
  3. 3 David Kirk Australia · #5,153 worldwide 856 citations · 108 works
  4. 4 David L. Altheide United States · #9,586 worldwide 725 citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Björn Ekblom Sweden · #10,694 worldwide 362 citations · 69 works
  6. 6 Richard Hall United Kingdom · #12,385 worldwide 562 citations · 57 works
  7. 7 Thomas R. Loveland United States · #13,684 worldwide 2.1k citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Sherry B. Ortner United States · #14,968 worldwide 840 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Helen J. Hislop United States · #15,580 worldwide 296 citations · 59 works
  10. 10 Luis Fernández Sanz Spain · #15,894 worldwide 428 citations · 66 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 1,426 highest-output authors in Life-span and Life-course Studies. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Life-span and Life-course Studies researchers

Where is Life-span and Life-course Studies research done?

The largest centres of Life-span and Life-course Studies research in 2022–2025 are Madrid (Spain), Jakarta (Indonesia), Istanbul (Türkiye) and Bogotá (Colombia).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Madrid Spain 90 works
  2. 2 Jakarta Indonesia 78 works
  3. 3 Istanbul Türkiye 68 works
  4. 4 Bogotá Colombia 59 works
  5. 5 Bandung Indonesia 54 works
  6. 6 Santiago Chile 48 works
  7. 7 Mexico City Mexico 42 works
  8. 8 Budapest Hungary 39 works
  9. 9 Quito Ecuador 38 works
  10. 10 Buenos Aires Argentina 36 works
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Life-span and Life-course Studies research by country

The best places for Life-span and Life-course Studies research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Life-span and Life-course Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Obuda University, Universidad de Extremadura and Central University of Ecuador score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 15.96%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Obuda University: 10, 36.6%Universidad de Extremadura: 23, 18.0%Central University of Ecuador: 31, 10.7%Universidad de Granada: 27, 9.2%Universidad de Murcia: 21, 17.7%Suleyman Demirel University: 9, 24.5%Binus University: 18, 16.9%Universitat de València: 20, 9.5%University of Guayaquil: 21, 8.1%Universidad de Zaragoza: 17, 8.4%Obuda UniversityUniversidad de Extre…Central University o…Universidad de Granada
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Obuda UniversityHungary 68.636.6%35.5×10 —
2 Universidad de ExtremaduraSpain 64.218.0%33.2×23 +45.5%
3 Central University of EcuadorEcuador 63.110.7%81.8×31 —
4 Universidad de GranadaSpain 63.09.2%14.8×27 +85.4%
5 Universidad de MurciaSpain 61.817.7%21.5×21 +30.2%
6 Suleyman Demirel UniversityKazakhstan 59.624.5%18.8×9 —
7 Binus UniversityIndonesia 57.316.9%9.8×18 —
8 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 56.19.5%11.4×20 +51.7%
9 University of GuayaquilEcuador 54.88.1%37.0×21 —
10 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain 54.88.4%13.6×17 +82.6%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Life-span and Life-course Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 55% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Generational Differences and Trends and Sports and Physical Education Studies.

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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.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

What does Life-span and Life-course Studies include?