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Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression

Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression is a research topic within Social Psychology. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1950. 30.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the various forms of bullying, including traditional and cyberbullying, their impact on psychological well-being, and the role of school climate and social skills training in addressing these issues. It delves into topics such as aggression, peer victimization, violent video games, and their effects on adolescent development and mental health.

  • Bullying
  • Cyberbullying
  • Aggression
  • Peer Victimization
  • School Climate
  • Violent Video Games
  • Psychological Adjustment
  • Adolescent Development
  • Social Skills Training
  • Mental Health
Research works
23k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
30.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+38%
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Which countries lead Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.1k and 609 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.1k works
  2. 2 China 609 works
  3. 3 Türkiye 442 works
  4. 4 Spain 250 works
  5. 5 India 216 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 205 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 194 works
  8. 8 Brazil 153 works
  9. 9 Canada 136 works
  10. 10 Germany 134 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: 32.9%China: 17.5%Türkiye: 12.7%Spain: 7.2%6 others listed: 29.8%33%largest
United States1,148 · 32.9%China609 · 17.5%Türkiye442 · 12.7%Spain250 · 7.2%6 others listed1,037 · 29.8%

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

Which institutions lead Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Beijing Normal University publishes the most Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression research, followed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m Bakanliği.

Who are the leading researchers in Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression include Déborah Carvalho Malta, Mark D. Griffiths and Adrian Furnham.

  1. 1 Déborah Carvalho Malta Brazil 5.5k citations
  2. 2 Mark D. Griffiths United Kingdom 3.3k citations
  3. 3 Adrian Furnham United Kingdom 3k citations

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

Where is Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression research done?

The largest centres of Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Ankara (Türkiye), Istanbul (Türkiye) and London (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 105 works
  2. 2 Ankara Türkiye 76 works
  3. 3 Istanbul Türkiye 65 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 52 works
  5. 5 New York United States 46 works
  6. 6 Shanghai China 45 works
  7. 7 Guangzhou China 36 works
  8. 8 Seoul South Korea 36 works
  9. 9 Chapel Hill United States 31 works
  10. 10 Lahore Pakistan 30 works
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Where is the best place to study Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression?

Among universities, judged by research, Linköping University, Beijing Normal University and University of Córdoba 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 38.36%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Linköping University: 15, 53.4%Beijing Normal University: 37, 38.1%University of Córdoba: 14, 29.3%Zhejiang Normal University: 14, 44.5%University of Almería: 9, 25.2%Southwest University: 16, 52.2%Brock University: 10, 23.0%University of Castilla-La Mancha: 8, 36.8%Universidad de Zaragoza: 9, 45.8%Florida State University: 12, 35.3%Linköping UniversityZhejiang Normal Univ…Beijing Normal Unive…University of Córdoba
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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 Linköping UniversitySweden 73.453.4%10.1×15 +136.5%
2 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 72.838.1%10.0×37 +87.8%
3 University of CórdobaSpain 65.829.3%20.2×14 +239.6%
4 Zhejiang Normal UniversityChina 57.444.5%8.9×14
5 University of AlmeríaSpain 56.125.2%11.7×9 +343.6%
6 Southwest UniversityChina 49.952.2%5.7×16 -6.3%
7 Brock UniversityCanada 49.723.0%16.5×10 +71.3%
8 University of Castilla-La ManchaSpain 49.236.8%6.6×8 +175.2%
9 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain 47.045.8%4.5×9 +159.1%
10 Florida State UniversityUnited States 46.535.3%7.5×12 +27.6%

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 Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression.

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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.