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Attachment and Relationship Dynamics

Attachment and Relationship Dynamics is a research topic within Social Psychology. Science Explorer counts 33k research works in it since 1950. 27.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores theoretical developments in attachment theory, focusing on the dynamics of adult attachment, parent-child attachment, marital quality, interpersonal processes, emotion regulation, and the role of social support in intimate relationships. It covers a wide range of topics related to attachment and relationships from infancy to adulthood.

  • Attachment
  • Relationships
  • Marital Quality
  • Adult Attachment
  • Interpersonal Processes
  • Emotion Regulation
  • Parent-Child Attachment
  • Social Support
  • Intimate Relationships
  • Dyadic Coping
Research works
33k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
8.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
27.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+22%
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Which countries lead Attachment and Relationship Dynamics research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.7k and 458 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.7k works
  2. 2 China 458 works
  3. 3 Iran 336 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 278 works
  5. 5 Canada 273 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 258 works
  7. 7 Germany 189 works
  8. 8 Italy 165 works
  9. 9 Australia 155 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 133 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: 43.7%China: 11.5%Iran: 8.4%United Kingdom: 7.0%6 others listed: 29.4%44%largest
United States1,744 · 43.7%China458 · 11.5%Iran336 · 8.4%United Kingdom278 · 7.0%6 others listed1,174 · 29.4%

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

Which institutions lead Attachment and Relationship Dynamics research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Sapienza University of Rome publishes the most Attachment and Relationship Dynamics research, followed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Brigham Young University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 42 works
  2. 2 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 36 works
  3. 3 Brigham Young UniversityUnited States 33 works
  4. 4 The University of Texas at AustinUnited States 28 works
  5. 5 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 26 works
  6. 6 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 23 works
  7. 7 Syracuse UniversityUnited States 22 works
  8. 8 University of HaifaIsrael 22 works
  9. 9 University of TorontoCanada 21 works
  10. 10 Arizona State UniversityUnited States 20 works

Where is Attachment and Relationship Dynamics research done?

The largest centres of Attachment and Relationship Dynamics research in 2022–2025 are Tehran (Iran), Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom) and Istanbul (Türkiye). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Provo and Syracuse.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Tehran Iran 104 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 87 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 80 works
  4. 4 Istanbul Türkiye 74 works
  5. 5 New York United States 70 works
  6. 6 Rome Italy 57 works
  7. 7 Shanghai China 49 works
  8. 8 Montreal Canada 48 works
  9. 9 Toronto Canada 44 works
  10. 10 Seoul South Korea 38 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ProvoUS · 33.0 works23×
  2. SyracuseUS · 22.6 works12×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Attachment and Relationship Dynamics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Attachment and Relationship Dynamics?

Among universities, judged by research, Brigham Young University, Syracuse University and Tilburg University 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 23.4%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Brigham Young University: 33, 23.9%Syracuse University: 22, 19.9%Tilburg University: 9, 39.7%University of Haifa: 22, 13.4%University College London: 17, 38.0%Ariel University: 11, 25.8%Utah State University: 13, 16.6%Beijing Normal University: 26, 23.3%Florida State University: 18, 18.4%Sapienza University of Rome: 42, 15.0%Tilburg UniversityBrigham Young Univer…Syracuse UniversityUniversity of Haifa
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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 Brigham Young UniversityUnited States 58.823.9%23.9×33 -25.9%
2 Syracuse UniversityUnited States 57.419.9%21.1×22 +53.3%
3 Tilburg UniversityNetherlands 56.939.7%9.5×9 +14.5%
4 University of HaifaIsrael 54.913.4%17.6×22 +60.3%
5 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 54.838.0%2.3×17 +164.6%
6 Ariel UniversityIsrael 52.925.8%15.4×11 +55.9%
7 Utah State UniversityUnited States 52.316.6%12.3×13 +114.8%
8 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 51.723.3%6.6×26 +47.6%
9 Florida State UniversityUnited States 51.618.4%10.4×18 +2.8%
10 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 51.115.0%6.8×42 +3.0%

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 Attachment and Relationship Dynamics research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Attachment and Relationship Dynamics.

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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.