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Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking

Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking is a research topic within Social Psychology. Science Explorer counts 8.9k research works in it since 1953. 16.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the psychological, sociocultural, and environmental aspects of extreme sports such as surfing, parkour, rock climbing, and skydiving. It delves into topics such as sensation seeking, risk-taking behavior, gender dynamics within these sports, the impact on youth engagement, environmental activism, and the role of these activities in shaping social identity. The papers also discuss the emotional and spiritual experiences associated with participation in extreme sports.

  • Sensation Seeking
  • Risk-Taking Behavior
  • Gender Dynamics
  • Adventure Tourism
  • Youth Engagement
  • Environmental Activism
  • Parkour
  • Surfing Culture
  • Social Identity
  • Emotion Regulation
Research works
8.9k
fractional, since 1953
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+24%
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Which countries lead Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking research?

By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (234 and 228 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 234 works
  2. 2 Brazil 228 works
  3. 3 China 142 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 140 works
  5. 5 Australia 104 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 87 works
  7. 7 France 82 works
  8. 8 Canada 77 works
  9. 9 Spain 49 works
  10. 10 Germany 49 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.

United States: 19.6%Brazil: 19.2%China: 11.9%United Kingdom: 11.8%6 others listed: 37.5%20%largest
United States234 · 19.6%Brazil228 · 19.2%China142 · 11.9%United Kingdom140 · 11.8%6 others listed447 · 37.5%

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

Which institutions lead Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universität Innsbruck publishes the most Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking research, followed by Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) and Universidade de São Paulo.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universität InnsbruckAustria 11 works
  2. 2 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 9 works
  3. 3 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 9 works
  4. 4 Griffith UniversityAustralia 9 works
  5. 5 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 7 works
  6. 6 University of TasmaniaAustralia 6 works
  7. 7 University of OtagoNew Zealand 6 works
  8. 8 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 6 works
  9. 9 University of WaikatoNew Zealand 6 works
  10. 10 Loughborough UniversityUnited Kingdom 5 works

Where is Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking research done?

The largest centres of Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), São Paulo (Brazil), London (United Kingdom) and Melbourne (Australia).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 34 works
  2. 2 São Paulo Brazil 29 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 22 works
  4. 4 Melbourne Australia 20 works
  5. 5 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 17 works
  6. 6 Brisbane Australia 16 works
  7. 7 Innsbruck Austria 14 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Japan 13 works
  9. 9 Ankara Türkiye 12 works
  10. 10 Paris France 11 works
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Where is the best place to study Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking?

Among universities, judged by research, Universität Innsbruck, Griffith University and Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) 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.

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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 Universität InnsbruckAustria 75.27.8%23.6×11 +322.9%
2 Griffith UniversityAustralia 63.829.7%13.8×9 +18.6%
3 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 31.33.2%7.2×9 +181.5%
4 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 8.85.8%3.1×9 +33.4%

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 Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking.

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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.