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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. 36.8% 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
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
36.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+30%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Children's Rights and Participation research?

By volume, the United Kingdom and the United States publish the most (451 and 343 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United Kingdom 451 works
  2. 2 United States 343 works
  3. 3 Australia 216 works
  4. 4 Canada 163 works
  5. 5 Brazil 131 works
  6. 6 Germany 116 works
  7. 7 Sweden 98 works
  8. 8 South Africa 94 works
  9. 9 Norway 84 works
  10. 10 Spain 57 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 Kingdom: 25.7%United States: 19.6%Australia: 12.3%Canada: 9.3%6 others listed: 33.1%26%largest
United Kingdom451 · 25.7%United States343 · 19.6%Australia216 · 12.3%Canada163 · 9.3%6 others listed580 · 33.1%

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Which institutions lead Children's Rights and Participation research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University College London publishes the most Children's Rights and Participation research, followed by The University of Melbourne and Deakin University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 20 works
  2. 2 The University of MelbourneAustralia 18 works
  3. 3 Deakin UniversityAustralia 17 works
  4. 4 University of TorontoCanada 16 works
  5. 5 Monash UniversityAustralia 16 works
  6. 6 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 15 works
  7. 7 Stockholm UniversitySweden 14 works
  8. 8 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 13 works
  9. 9 University of AucklandNew Zealand 13 works
  10. 10 University of HelsinkiFinland 13 works

Where is Children's Rights and Participation research done?

The largest centres of Children's Rights and Participation research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Melbourne (Australia), Toronto (Canada) and Sydney (Australia).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 70 works
  2. 2 Melbourne Australia 57 works
  3. 3 Toronto Canada 40 works
  4. 4 Sydney Australia 33 works
  5. 5 Brisbane Australia 24 works
  6. 6 Manchester United Kingdom 24 works
  7. 7 Glasgow United Kingdom 23 works
  8. 8 Dublin Ireland 22 works
  9. 9 New York United States 22 works
  10. 10 Edinburgh United Kingdom 21 works
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Where is the best place to study Children's Rights and Participation?

Among universities, judged by research, Deakin University, University of Auckland and University College London 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 43.35%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Deakin University: 17, 49.8%University of Auckland: 13, 38.7%University College London: 20, 44.1%Dublin City University: 10, 40.6%University College Cork: 10, 39.9%Manchester Metropolitan University: 12, 45.3%Norwegian University of Science and Technology: 10, 55.2%Queen's University Belfast: 11, 39.2%Stockholm University: 14, 30.9%Tampere University: 9, 49.8%Deakin UniversityUniversity College L…Dublin City UniversityUniversity of Auckland
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#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Deakin UniversityAustralia 82.649.8%15.1×17 +119.8%
2 University of AucklandNew Zealand 76.038.7%9.9×13 +231.0%
3 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 74.244.1%5.7×20 +325.2%
4 Dublin City UniversityIreland 68.340.6%23.6×10 +144.8%
5 University College CorkIreland 67.639.9%15.1×10 +189.6%
6 Manchester Metropolitan UniversityUnited Kingdom 66.345.3%29.4×12 +4.8%
7 Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway 65.755.2%7.5×10 +96.2%
8 Queen's University BelfastUnited Kingdom 65.339.2%13.9×11 +38.9%
9 Stockholm UniversitySweden 65.030.9%17.6×14 +38.4%
10 Tampere UniversityFinland 64.749.8%11.9×9 +129.0%

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 Children's Rights and Participation research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Children's Rights and Participation.

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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.