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Adolescent Health and Behaviors

Adolescent Health and Behaviors is a research topic within General Health Professions. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1959. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to youth development, health education, and sustainable practices. It includes studies on adolescent behavior, the influence of digital media on youth, family dynamics, sexual and mental health, environmental governance, and community engagement. The papers also address the challenges and opportunities in promoting sustainable practices and healthy behaviors among young people.

  • Youth
  • Health Education
  • Adolescent Behavior
  • Sustainability
  • Digital Media
  • Family Dynamics
  • Sexual Health
  • Mental Health
  • Environmental Governance
  • Community Engagement
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1959
In the world top 10%
989
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+84%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
91% of the 10 largest, 2022-now

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Adolescent Health and Behaviors research?

By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (5.4k and 219 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 5.4k works
  2. 2 ?? 219 works
  3. 3 United States 77 works
  4. 4 Malaysia 58 works
  5. 5 India 34 works
  6. 6 Philippines 30 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 30 works
  8. 8 Nigeria 26 works
  9. 9 South Africa 14 works
  10. 10 Spain 14 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.

Indonesia: 91.4%??: 3.7%United States: 1.3%Malaysia: 1.0%6 others listed: 2.5%91%largest
Indonesia5,371 · 91.4%??219 · 3.7%United States77 · 1.3%Malaysia58 · 1.0%6 others listed148 · 2.5%

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

Which institutions lead Adolescent Health and Behaviors research?

By volume in 2022-now, Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Semarang publishes the most Adolescent Health and Behaviors research, followed by Airlangga University and University of Indonesia.

Who are the leading researchers in Adolescent Health and Behaviors?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Adolescent Health and Behaviors include Santi Martini.

  1. 1 Santi Martini Indonesia 63k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Adolescent Health and Behaviors?

The most cited paper in Adolescent Health and Behaviors is "Perilaku Hidup Bersih Dan Sehat (PHBS) Siswa/siswi di Sekolah Menengah Pertama Negeri (SMPN)" (Sri Hendrawati, Udin Rosidin, Santi Astiani, 2020), with 442 citations. Next come "PSIKOLOGI REMAJA DAN PERMASALAHANNYA" (318) and "Understanding normal development of adolescent sexuality: A bumpy ride" (312).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Perilaku Hidup Bersih Dan Sehat (PHBS) Siswa/siswi di Sekolah Menengah Pertama Negeri (SMPN) Sri Hendrawati, Udin Rosidin, Santi Astiani · Jurnal Perawat Indonesia Open access 30 May 2020 442
2 PSIKOLOGI REMAJA DAN PERMASALAHANNYA Amita Diananda · Journal ISTIGHNA Open access 28 Jan 2019 318
3 Understanding normal development of adolescent sexuality: A bumpy ride Sujita Kumar Kar, Ananya Choudhury, AbhishekPratap Singh · Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences Open access 2015 312
4 Adolescent Development (Perkembangan Remaja) Jose RL Batubara · Sari Pediatri Open access 23 Nov 2016 300
5 Initiation of Coitus in Early Adolescence J. Richard Udry, John O. G. Billy · American Sociological Review Dec 1987 257
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Adolescent Health and Behaviors research done?

The largest centres of Adolescent Health and Behaviors research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), Semarang (Indonesia), Surabaya (Indonesia) and Makassar (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Pringsewu Regency, Lubuk Pakam and Yogyakarta.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 JakartaIndonesia 643 works
  2. 2 SemarangIndonesia 386 works
  3. 3 SurabayaIndonesia 330 works
  4. 4 MakassarIndonesia 262 works
  5. 5 MedanIndonesia 261 works
  6. 6 BandungIndonesia 261 works
  7. 7 YogyakartaIndonesia 192 works
  8. 8 PadangIndonesia 183 works
  9. 9 SurakartaIndonesia 160 works
  10. 10 MalangIndonesia 153 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Pringsewu Regency22.0 works111×
  2. Lubuk PakamID · 36.8 works65×
  3. Yogyakarta45.1 works53×
  4. KediriID · 101.7 works43×
  5. BukittinggiID · 42.3 works38×
  6. CimahiID · 33.1 works37×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Adolescent Health and Behaviors than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Adolescent Health and Behaviors?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Indonesia, Padjadjaran University and Hasanuddin University score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 13.57%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia University…University of Indone…Hasanuddin University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of IndonesiaIndonesia 77.813.7%15.5×94 +33.4%
2Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 76.517.3%14.5×65 +2.1%
3Hasanuddin UniversityIndonesia 75.013.5%19.4×66 +51.5%
4Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 74.514.2%12.1×62 +153.6%
5State University of MalangIndonesia 73.313.5%11.9×58 +188.7%
6Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 72.812.0%25.3×113 +3.1%
7Universitas JemberIndonesia 72.815.7%12.8×37 +47.6%
8IPB UniversityIndonesia 71.913.0%11.8×34 +102.9%
9Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes SemarangIndonesia 70.68.9%72.8×146 +103.3%
10Universitas Muhammadiyah MalangIndonesia 68.513.9%15.9×27 +123.0%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Adolescent Health and Behaviors, country by country

Is Adolescent Health and Behaviors research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 84% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Adolescent Health and Behaviors.

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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 Adolescent Health and Behaviors as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.019% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Adolescent Health and Behaviors0.032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Adolescent Health and Behaviors 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.

still counting5%10%15%Adolescent Health and Behaviors9.7% in 20252020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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