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. 10.0% 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
In the world top 10%: 2.3k
Top-10% rate: 10.0%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +23%
Largest producer: United States

Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression

Which countries lead Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.4k and 816 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 United States 1.4k works
2 China 816 works
3 Türkiye 499 works
4 Spain 297 works
5 India 278 works
6 Indonesia 253 works
7 United Kingdom 231 works
8 Brazil 175 works
9 Germany 158 works
10 Canada 157 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 States1,352 · 32.1%China816 · 19.4%Türkiye499 · 11.8%Spain297 · 7.1%6 others listed1,252 · 29.7%

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

Which institutions lead Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression research?

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

By volume, 2022-now

1 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 43 works
2 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 36 works
3 Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m BakanliğiTürkiye 24 works
4 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 21 works
5 Southwest UniversityChina 20 works
6 Florida State UniversityUnited States 17 works
7 University of CórdobaSpain 17 works
8 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 17 works
9 Linköping UniversitySweden 17 works
10 Zhejiang Normal UniversityChina 17 works

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

The most-cited researchers publishing on Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression include Richard M. Ryan, Albert Bandura and Ronald C. Kessler.

1 Richard M. Ryan United States 395k citations
2 Albert Bandura United States 370k citations
3 Ronald C. Kessler United States 360k citations
4 Mika Kivimäki United Kingdom 318k citations
5 Dan J. Stein South Africa 306k citations
6 James Thomas United Kingdom 242k citations
7 Peter M. Bentler United States 233k citations
8 Ai Koyanagi Spain 231k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression?

The most cited paper in Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression is "Adolescence-limited and life-course-persistent antisocial behavior: A developmental taxonomy." (Terrie E. Moffitt, 1993), with 9,942 citations. Next come "Psychometric Properties of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire" (6,913) and "A review and reformulation of social information-processing mechanisms in children's social adjustment." (5,375).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Adolescence-limited and life-course-persistent antisocial behavior: A developmental taxonomy. Terrie E. Moffitt · Psychological Review	1993	9,942
2	Psychometric Properties of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire Robert Goodman · Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry	Nov 2001	6,913
3	A review and reformulation of social information-processing mechanisms in children's social adjustment. Nicki R. Crick, Kenneth A. Dodge · Psychological Bulletin	1994	5,375
4	Handbook of socialization theory and research Joan E. Grusec, Paul David Hastings	2007	4,993
5	Aggression: A Social Learning Analysis Albert Bandura · Stanford Law Review	Nov 1973	4,253

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Where is Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression research done?

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

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 BeijingChina 125 works
2 AnkaraTürkiye 85 works
3 IstanbulTürkiye 73 works
4 LondonUnited Kingdom 63 works
5 ShanghaiChina 55 works
6 New YorkUnited States 54 works
7 GuangzhouChina 47 works
8 SeoulSouth Korea 43 works
9 Hong KongChina 39 works
10 Chapel HillUnited States 36 works

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Where is the best place to study Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression?

Among universities, judged by research, Beijing Normal University, University of Turku and Zhejiang Normal 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.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged

40%

Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share

10%

Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale

30%

Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%

10%

Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad

10%

Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Beijing Normal UniversityChina	74.1	15.9%	9.7×	44	+223.2%
2	University of TurkuFinland	70.1	23.6%	7.3×	14	+14.8%
3	Zhejiang Normal UniversityChina	67.3	28.6%	10.2×	17	-
4	Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina	66.8	30.3%	2.4×	12	+60.9%
5	Linköping UniversitySweden	65.1	18.9%	10.6×	17	+11.4%
6	Chinese University of Hong KongChina	63.8	22.7%	4.0×	16	+18.1%
7	South China Normal UniversityChina	62.7	21.9%	7.0×	14	+74.4%
8	University College LondonUnited Kingdom	61.4	19.9%	1.8×	17	+49.9%
9	Southwest UniversityChina	61.0	20.8%	6.4×	20	+27.2%
10	Universidad de JaénSpain	60.8	27.2%	9.6×	8	+190.7%
11	University of CórdobaSpain	59.2	14.2%	22.3×	17	+1.5%
12	Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States	58.6	38.2%	2.1×	9	+98.2%
13	University of ViennaAustria	58.0	27.0%	3.6×	10	+74.1%
14	University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States	54.7	4.8%	3.6×	36	+14.6%
15	Renmin University of ChinaChina	54.2	19.2%	6.3×	12	+13.4%
16	Shandong Normal UniversityChina	54.0	22.0%	8.5×	12	+105.9%
17	Central China Normal UniversityChina	54.0	16.7%	7.9×	11	+67.9%
18	University of Hong KongChina	53.9	28.5%	1.6×	8	+96.0%
19	Florida State UniversityUnited States	52.5	13.7%	8.5×	17	+21.1%
20	Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands	52.2	14.8%	3.7×	13	+14.8%
21	Sapienza University of RomeItaly	51.2	24.1%	1.5×	10	+75.6%
22	New York UniversityUnited States	49.8	20.7%	2.1×	14	+77.1%
23	East China Normal UniversityChina	49.6	14.0%	5.3×	14	+286.2%
24	Universidad de ZaragozaSpain	49.4	21.2%	3.9×	10	+24.5%
25	University of MissouriUnited States	49.0	14.7%	4.9×	11	+40.0%
26	University of South CarolinaUnited States	48.6	16.2%	6.3×	12	+30.0%
27	Zhejiang UniversityChina	48.5	21.6%	0.7×	11	+284.2%
28	Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States	48.4	21.8%	1.3×	12	-4.1%
29	University of OxfordUnited Kingdom	47.8	12.6%	1.3×	10	+119.1%
30	Brock UniversityCanada	46.5	18.2%	16.6×	11	-11.5%
31	Universitat de ValènciaSpain	45.8	20.7%	4.3×	14	-24.2%
32	University of MichiganUnited States	45.0	18.0%	1.6×	14	-8.4%
33	University of StavangerNorway	44.8	15.6%	9.3×	8	+39.7%
34	University of Castilla-La ManchaSpain	44.4	20.0%	6.6×	10	+4.9%
35	Yale UniversityUnited States	44.2	19.1%	1.4×	8	+33.0%
36	University of California, BerkeleyUnited States	43.8	16.5%	1.6×	9	+53.9%
37	University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom	43.7	18.0%	1.7×	8	+166.7%
38	Georgia State UniversityUnited States	43.1	11.1%	7.1×	12	+98.1%
39	Ewha Womans UniversitySouth Korea	42.6	14.6%	7.6×	9	+24.6%
40	University of the Basque CountrySpain	42.4	5.9%	5.2×	14	+21.6%
41	Utrecht UniversityNetherlands	42.0	18.4%	3.1×	13	-35.4%
42	Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States	40.0	8.0%	3.3×	21	-37.5%
43	University of GroningenNetherlands	39.7	17.4%	2.3×	9	-31.6%
44	University of AlmeríaSpain	39.5	11.0%	10.9×	10	+33.9%
45	University of AmsterdamNetherlands	37.1	13.9%	2.7×	9	-28.6%
46	Universidad César VallejoPeru	33.2	0.5%	9.9×	15	+120.1%
47	University of GothenburgSweden	31.3	12.3%	3.0×	8	-8.9%
48	Sam Houston State UniversityUnited States	29.1	5.8%	20.9×	8	+39.2%
49	Adnan Menderes UniversityTürkiye	26.1	0.0%	10.4×	10	+85.4%
50	Kutztown UniversityUnited States	26.1	3.3%	142.4×	10	+8.0%
51	Universidad Internacional De La RiojaSpain	24.1	4.1%	13.7×	10	-34.0%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression, country by country

Is Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.025% in 2024.

Fractional works of Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

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Which countries lead Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression research?

By volume, 2022-now

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

What are the most cited papers in Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression?

Where is Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where is the best place to study Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression?

Is Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

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