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Behavioral and Psychological Studies

Behavioral and Psychological Studies is a research topic within Developmental and Educational Psychology. Science Explorer counts 36k research works in it since 1950. 20.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the use of behavioral interventions and evidence-based practices in special education, with an emphasis on functional analysis, positive behavior support, single-subject research, and intervention design standards. It explores topics such as classroom management, functional communication training, and response to intervention in the context of addressing behavioral challenges and promoting academic and social success for students with emotional or behavioral disorders.

  • Behavioral Interventions
  • Special Education
  • Evidence-Based Practice
  • Functional Analysis
  • Positive Behavior Support
  • Single-Subject Research
  • Intervention Design Standards
  • Classroom Management
  • Functional Communication Training
  • Response to Intervention
Research works
36k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+11%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Behavioral and Psychological Studies research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1.9k and 179 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.9k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 179 works
  3. 3 Brazil 149 works
  4. 4 Canada 111 works
  5. 5 China 110 works
  6. 6 Germany 94 works
  7. 7 Australia 80 works
  8. 8 Japan 74 works
  9. 9 Spain 72 works
  10. 10 Netherlands 63 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: 67.6%United Kingdom: 6.2%Brazil: 5.2%Canada: 3.8%6 others listed: 17.1%68%largest
United States1,947 · 67.6%United Kingdom179 · 6.2%Brazil149 · 5.2%Canada111 · 3.8%6 others listed494 · 17.1%

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

Which institutions lead Behavioral and Psychological Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Kansas publishes the most Behavioral and Psychological Studies research, followed by Center for Autism and Related Disorders and University of South Florida.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of KansasUnited States 31 works
  2. 2 Center for Autism and Related DisordersUnited States 28 works
  3. 3 University of South FloridaUnited States 28 works
  4. 4 University of FloridaUnited States 26 works
  5. 5 Endicott CollegeUnited States 23 works
  6. 6 Baylor UniversityUnited States 23 works
  7. 7 Utah State UniversityUnited States 22 works
  8. 8 Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States 21 works
  9. 9 Autism Partnership FoundationUnited States 21 works
  10. 10 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 20 works

Who are the leading researchers in Behavioral and Psychological Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Behavioral and Psychological Studies include Albert Bandura.

  1. 1 Albert Bandura United States 14k citations

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

Where is Behavioral and Psychological Studies research done?

The largest centres of Behavioral and Psychological Studies research in 2022–2025 are New York (United States), Baltimore (United States), London (United Kingdom) and São Paulo (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Seal Beach, Beverly Cove and San Fernando.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 New York United States 65 works
  2. 2 Baltimore United States 44 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 41 works
  4. 4 São Paulo Brazil 36 works
  5. 5 Atlanta United States 33 works
  6. 6 Chicago United States 32 works
  7. 7 Boston United States 31 works
  8. 8 Lawrence United States 31 works
  9. 9 Philadelphia United States 31 works
  10. 10 Tampa United States 30 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Seal BeachUS · 20.6 works1610×
  2. Beverly CoveUS · 22.7 works657×
  3. San FernandoUS · 28.3 works373×
  4. WacoUS · 22.7 works36×
  5. LoganUS · 21.8 works34×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Behavioral and Psychological Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Behavioral and Psychological Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Vanderbilt University, University of Kansas and Utah State 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 25.69%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Vanderbilt University: 21, 39.8%University of Kansas: 31, 27.0%Utah State University: 22, 32.0%University of Missouri: 13, 33.4%Endicott College: 23, 19.6%University of South Florida: 28, 18.3%University of North Texas: 12, 26.9%University of Florida: 26, 25.5%Baylor University: 23, 7.5%Auburn University: 15, 26.9%Vanderbilt UniversityUniversity of MissouriUtah State UniversityUniversity of Kansas
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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 Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States 76.539.8%15.6×21 +35.1%
2 University of KansasUnited States 70.327.0%29.7×31 +10.8%
3 Utah State UniversityUnited States 69.332.0%34.8×22 +8.6%
4 University of MissouriUnited States 67.433.4%10.2×13 +73.3%
5 Endicott CollegeUnited States 66.819.6%665.4×23 +130.0%
6 University of South FloridaUnited States 63.618.3%19.1×28 +13.6%
7 University of North TexasUnited States 61.226.9%14.0×12 +69.1%
8 University of FloridaUnited States 60.125.5%7.4×26 +10.7%
9 Baylor UniversityUnited States 59.67.5%37.4×23 +154.5%
10 Auburn UniversityUnited States 59.426.9%13.1×15 -4.6%

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 Behavioral and Psychological Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Behavioral and Psychological 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.