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Behavioral Health and Interventions

Behavioral Health and Interventions is a research topic within Applied Psychology. Science Explorer counts 41k research works in it since 1951. 31.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores theories and techniques related to behavior change, self-regulation, and the psychology of habit formation. It covers topics such as the Theory of Planned Behaviour, self-control, ego depletion, health behavior interventions, regulatory focus, implementation intentions, fear appeals, and meta-analytic reviews.

  • Theory of Planned Behaviour
  • Self-Regulation
  • Behavior Change Techniques
  • Ego Depletion
  • Health Behavior Interventions
  • Regulatory Focus
  • Habit Formation
  • Implementation Intentions
  • Fear Appeals
  • Meta-Analysis
Research works
41k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
13k
per year above
Top-10% rate
31.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+34%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Behavioral Health and Interventions research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.2k and 970 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2.2k works
  2. 2 China 970 works
  3. 3 Germany 690 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 556 works
  5. 5 Australia 366 works
  6. 6 Canada 331 works
  7. 7 Netherlands 268 works
  8. 8 Japan 199 works
  9. 9 Spain 170 works
  10. 10 France 167 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: 37.1%China: 16.4%Germany: 11.7%United Kingdom: 9.4%6 others listed: 25.4%37%largest
United States2,189 · 37.1%China970 · 16.4%Germany690 · 11.7%United Kingdom556 · 9.4%6 others listed1,500 · 25.4%

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

Which institutions lead Behavioral Health and Interventions research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Behavioral Health and Interventions research, followed by Pennsylvania State University and University of Toronto.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 47 works
  2. 2 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 35 works
  3. 3 University of TorontoCanada 27 works
  4. 4 The University of QueenslandAustralia 27 works
  5. 5 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States 27 works
  6. 6 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 25 works
  7. 7 University of MichiganUnited States 25 works
  8. 8 Ghent UniversityBelgium 24 works
  9. 9 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 24 works
  10. 10 University of AmsterdamNetherlands 23 works

Who are the leading researchers in Behavioral Health and Interventions?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Behavioral Health and Interventions include Peter M. Bentler, Richard M. Ryan and Edward L. Deci.

  1. 1 Peter M. Bentler United States 16k citations
  2. 2 Richard M. Ryan United States 10k citations
  3. 3 Edward L. Deci United States 7.3k citations
  4. 4 Arnold B. Bakker Netherlands 6k citations
  5. 5 Aziz Sheikh United Kingdom 5.8k citations

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

Where is Behavioral Health and Interventions research done?

The largest centres of Behavioral Health and Interventions research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Seoul (South Korea) and Shanghai (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 176 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 118 works
  3. 3 Seoul South Korea 91 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 83 works
  5. 5 Brisbane Australia 73 works
  6. 6 Melbourne Australia 72 works
  7. 7 Tokyo Japan 70 works
  8. 8 New York United States 70 works
  9. 9 Amsterdam Netherlands 58 works
  10. 10 Sydney Australia 58 works
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Where is the best place to study Behavioral Health and Interventions?

Among universities, judged by research, Tilburg University, Griffith University and University of California, Merced 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%60%mean 41.45%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Tilburg University: 14, 47.7%Griffith University: 22, 38.0%University of California, Merced: 10, 34.2%University of the Sunshine Coast: 10, 45.0%The University of Queensland: 27, 53.0%University of Jyväskylä: 11, 33.6%University of Groningen: 21, 44.8%University of Macau: 15, 41.3%Renmin University of China: 16, 39.3%University of Zurich: 20, 37.6%Tilburg UniversityUniversity of the Su…Griffith UniversityUniversity of Califo…
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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 Tilburg UniversityNetherlands 66.147.7%11.1×14 +8.9%
2 Griffith UniversityAustralia 65.838.0%7.1×22 +162.4%
3 University of California, MercedUnited States 62.734.2%12.7×10 +340.0%
4 University of the Sunshine CoastAustralia 62.245.0%12.8×10 +61.2%
5 The University of QueenslandAustralia 60.753.0%4.1×27 -7.7%
6 University of JyväskyläFinland 58.533.6%7.6×11 +191.2%
7 University of GroningenNetherlands 58.344.8%5.5×21 +14.9%
8 University of MacauMacau 57.641.3%5.7×15 +32.0%
9 Renmin University of ChinaChina 57.539.3%6.2×16 +150.7%
10 University of ZurichSwitzerland 56.437.6%4.8×20 +95.4%

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 Behavioral Health and Interventions research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Behavioral Health and Interventions.

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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.