Children's Rights and Participation

Children's Rights and Participation is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the participation of children in research, policy, and decision-making processes. It explores various aspects such as children's rights, youth engagement, qualitative methods, ethical considerations, student voice, social research, and citizenship education.

Children's Participation
Research with Children
Child Rights
Youth Engagement
Qualitative Methods
Ethical Considerations
Student Voice
Social Research
Youth Development
Citizenship Education

Research works: 11k
In the world top 10%: 1.2k
Top-10% rate: 10.1%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +8%
Largest producer: United Kingdom

Children's Rights and Participation

Which countries lead Children's Rights and Participation research?

By volume, the United Kingdom and the United States publish the most (503 and 395 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 United Kingdom 503 works
2 United States 395 works
3 Australia 238 works
4 Canada 177 works
5 Brazil 147 works
6 Germany 135 works
7 Sweden 114 works
8 South Africa 103 works
9 Norway 100 works
10 India 92 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 Kingdom503 · 25.1%United States395 · 19.7%Australia238 · 11.9%Canada177 · 8.8%6 others listed692 · 34.5%

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

Which institutions lead Children's Rights and Participation research?

By volume in 2022-now, University College London publishes the most Children's Rights and Participation research, followed by The University of Melbourne and Monash University.

By volume, 2022-now

1 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 24 works
2 The University of MelbourneAustralia 20 works
3 Monash UniversityAustralia 19 works
4 University of TorontoCanada 19 works
5 Deakin UniversityAustralia 19 works
6 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 17 works
7 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 16 works
8 Stockholm UniversitySweden 16 works
9 University of GothenburgSweden 15 works
10 University of HelsinkiFinland 15 works

Who are the leading researchers in Children's Rights and Participation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Children's Rights and Participation include Michael L. Rutter and Michael Tomasello.

1 Michael L. Rutter United Kingdom 163k citations
2 Michael Tomasello Germany 135k 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 Children's Rights and Participation?

The most cited paper in Children's Rights and Participation is "Methods of data collection in qualitative research: interviews and focus groups" (Paul Gill, Kate Stewart, Elizabeth T. Treasure et al., 2008), with 2,759 citations. Next come "Mitigate the effects of home confinement on children during the COVID-19 outbreak" (2,201) and "‘Voice’ is not enough: conceptualising Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child" (2,166).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Methods of data collection in qualitative research: interviews and focus groups Paul Gill, Kate Stewart, Elizabeth T. Treasure et al. · BDJ	Mar 2008	2,759
2	Mitigate the effects of home confinement on children during the COVID-19 outbreak Guanghai Wang, Yunting Zhang, Jin Hua Zhao et al. · The Lancet Open access	Mar 2020	2,201
3	‘Voice’ is not enough: conceptualising Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Laura Lundy · British Educational Research Journal	20 Nov 2007	2,166
4	Observing sociocultural activity on three planes: participatory appropriation, guided participation, and apprenticeship Barbara Rogoff · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter	28 Apr 1995	1,986
5	The Developmental Niche: A Conceptualization at the Interface of Child and Culture Charles M. Super, Sara Harkness · International Journal of Behavioral Development	Dec 1986	1,513

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Where is Children's Rights and Participation research done?

The largest centres of Children's Rights and Participation research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Melbourne (Australia), Toronto (Canada) and Sydney (Australia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 LondonUnited Kingdom 80 works
2 MelbourneAustralia 62 works
3 TorontoCanada 42 works
4 SydneyAustralia 36 works
5 DublinIreland 28 works
6 BrisbaneAustralia 27 works
7 ManchesterUnited Kingdom 26 works
8 GlasgowUnited Kingdom 26 works
9 New YorkUnited States 25 works
10 OsloNorway 24 works

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Where is the best place to study Children's Rights and Participation?

Among universities, judged by research, University College London, Dublin City University and Norwegian University of Science and Technology 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	University College LondonUnited Kingdom	78.7	20.4%	5.7×	24	-26.1%
2	Dublin City UniversityIreland	75.4	21.9%	25.0×	11	+76.8%
3	Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway	72.5	21.7%	8.0×	12	+49.0%
4	Deakin UniversityAustralia	69.8	18.3%	15.7×	18	-21.4%
5	University College CorkIreland	68.3	26.0%	13.0×	10	+9.8%
6	University of HelsinkiFinland	67.2	12.4%	8.0×	15	+42.7%
7	Stockholm UniversitySweden	66.8	13.3%	17.3×	16	+6.2%
8	University of OxfordUnited Kingdom	66.7	14.1%	4.2×	16	+32.1%
9	University of SheffieldUnited Kingdom	66.5	18.5%	8.0×	11	+4.0%
10	University of GothenburgSweden	65.9	13.9%	12.0×	15	+39.2%
11	University of TorontoCanada	64.4	14.0%	3.5×	19	+14.0%
12	University of AucklandNew Zealand	63.9	13.3%	10.1×	14	+9.3%
13	University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom	63.5	12.5%	7.3×	17	-19.0%
14	The University of SydneyAustralia	62.8	23.6%	3.4×	11	+102.7%
15	Newcastle UniversityUnited Kingdom	60.7	22.0%	7.1×	9	+26.6%
16	Monash UniversityAustralia	60.6	13.1%	7.5×	19	-19.1%
17	Queen's University BelfastUnited Kingdom	60.6	11.7%	15.1×	13	-12.1%
18	The University of MelbourneAustralia	59.5	9.4%	6.9×	20	-14.6%
19	University of JyväskyläFinland	59.5	17.9%	22.0×	10	+26.4%
20	Trinity College DublinIreland	59.1	26.3%	7.9×	9	-11.3%
21	Queensland University of TechnologyAustralia	58.7	18.6%	12.9×	12	-29.0%
22	University of ExeterUnited Kingdom	58.5	14.4%	8.8×	10	+83.6%
23	University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom	58.1	11.7%	6.8×	12	+133.7%
24	Victoria University of WellingtonNew Zealand	56.8	21.1%	15.6×	9	-6.8%
25	Linköping UniversitySweden	56.5	9.6%	16.3×	12	+44.3%
26	University of StavangerNorway	55.9	17.4%	20.1×	8	+16.2%
27	Western UniversityCanada	54.4	14.2%	6.3×	9	+34.7%
28	University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom	54.1	11.0%	5.5×	12	+20.5%
29	University of StrathclydeUnited Kingdom	53.2	4.7%	16.5×	12	+42.1%
30	Manchester Metropolitan UniversityUnited Kingdom	52.3	8.8%	31.2×	13	-24.0%
31	Macquarie UniversityAustralia	51.8	18.7%	10.0×	10	-23.2%
32	Western Sydney UniversityAustralia	51.3	15.4%	12.4×	9	-14.6%
33	The Open UniversityUnited Kingdom	51.2	13.3%	21.8×	8	+20.6%
34	University of OuluFinland	51.0	9.6%	12.4×	9	+8.6%
35	North-West UniversitySouth Africa	49.9	17.3%	11.4×	8	+58.1%
36	University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom	49.8	15.9%	3.6×	11	+5.2%
37	University of the WitwatersrandSouth Africa	45.5	13.4%	8.2×	9	+42.1%
38	Tampere UniversityFinland	45.1	10.3%	12.6×	10	+8.0%
39	University of BristolUnited Kingdom	45.0	8.8%	6.7×	10	+91.3%
40	University of British ColumbiaCanada	44.5	15.1%	3.4×	11	-30.2%
41	University of IcelandIceland	41.3	3.4%	24.0×	8	+144.6%
42	Aarhus UniversityDenmark	22.2	6.1%	3.6×	8	-12.8%

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 Children's Rights and Participation, country by country

Is Children's Rights and Participation research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Children's Rights and Participation.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Children's Rights and Participation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.

Fractional works of Children's Rights and Participation 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

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.

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Which countries lead Children's Rights and Participation research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Children's Rights and Participation research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Children's Rights and Participation?

What are the most cited papers in Children's Rights and Participation?

Where is Children's Rights and Participation research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where is the best place to study Children's Rights and Participation?

Is Children's Rights and Participation research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion