Child Therapy and Development
Child Therapy and Development is a research topic within Clinical Psychology. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the effectiveness of play therapy interventions, including child-centered and filial therapy, in addressing various issues such as trauma, ADHD symptoms, and adjustment difficulties in children. It also explores the cultural considerations and outcomes of play therapy in school-based settings, emphasizing the use of meta-analysis to evaluate treatment outcomes.
- Play Therapy
- Child-Centered
- Filial Therapy
- Meta-Analysis
- Trauma
- School-Based
- Adlerian Approach
- Group Therapy
- Intervention
- Cultural Considerations
- Research works
- 16k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +39% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
United States
31% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead Child Therapy and Development research?
By volume, the United States and Indonesia publish the most (693 and 340 works in 2022-now).
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
United States
693 works
- 2
Indonesia
340 works
- 3
United Kingdom
262 works
- 4
China
211 works
- 5
Iran
190 works
- 6
Türkiye
140 works
- 7
Australia
112 works
- 8
Canada
102 works
- 9
India
101 works
- 10
Japan
94 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Child Therapy and Development research?
By volume in 2022-now, Islamic Azad University, Tehran publishes the most Child Therapy and Development research, followed by Universitas Negeri Surabaya and University of Haifa.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Islamic Azad University, TehranIran
107 works
- 2
Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia
16 works
- 3
University of Haifa
Israel
15 works
- 4
Monash UniversityAustralia
13 works
- 5
State University of MalangIndonesia
11 works
- 6
Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia
10 works
- 7
State University of PadangIndonesia
9 works
- 8
University of Massachusetts AmherstUnited States
9 works
- 9
Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia
9 works
- 10
Universitas Muhammadiyah SidoarjoIndonesia
9 works
Who are the leading researchers in Child Therapy and Development?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Child Therapy and Development include David C. Schwebel and Terrie E. Moffitt.
- 1
David C. Schwebel
United States
210k citations
- 2
Terrie E. Moffitt
United Kingdom
195k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Child Therapy and Development research done?
The largest centres of Child Therapy and Development research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Tehran (Iran), New York (United States) and Istanbul (Türkiye). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Isfahan.
Largest cities, 2022-now
Where it is the local speciality
- IsfahanIR · 21.3 works10×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Child Therapy and Development than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Child Therapy and Development?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Haifa, University of British Columbia and Islamic Azad University, Tehran 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.
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.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of HaifaIsrael |
66.5 | 24.0% | 22.8× | 15 | -6.2% |
| 2 | University of British ColumbiaCanada |
53.2 | 25.2% | 2.4× | 9 | +28.3% |
| 3 | Islamic Azad University, TehranIran |
46.9 | 0.8% | 21.9× | 107 | -13.2% |
| 4 | Monash UniversityAustralia |
46.0 | 19.8% | 4.4× | 12 | -16.9% |
| 5 | University of Massachusetts AmherstUnited States |
40.0 | 9.8% | 8.7× | 9 | +406.7% |
| 6 | Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia |
36.1 | 7.3% | 7.0× | 16 | +238.5% |
| 7 | Sapienza University of Rome Italy |
21.4 | 3.7% | 2.4× | 8 | +413.1% |
| 8 | State University of SemarangIndonesia |
20.9 | 4.9% | 3.8× | 8 | +42.0% |
| 9 | Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia |
20.3 | 1.2% | 5.3× | 9 | +130.4% |
| 10 | State University of MalangIndonesia |
19.9 | 0.6% | 4.0× | 11 | +335.6% |
| 11 | Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes SemarangIndonesia |
19.6 | 0.0% | 7.2× | 8 | +652.0% |
| 12 | Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia |
18.4 | 1.1% | 3.2× | 10 | +69.8% |
| 13 | Universitas Muhammadiyah SidoarjoIndonesia |
14.6 | 0.7% | 7.1× | 9 | - |
| 14 | State University of PadangIndonesia |
10.7 | 0.0% | 3.0× | 9 | -3.9% |
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 Child Therapy and Development, country by countryIs Child Therapy and Development research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 39% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Child Therapy and Development.
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Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Child Therapy and Development as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.016% in 2024.
Fractional works of Child Therapy and Development 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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