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Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion

Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion is a research topic within Social Psychology. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1954. 28.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the psychological effects of social exclusion, including ostracism, mortality salience, and the impact on self-esteem. It delves into neural responses to social pain, emotional reactions to rejection, and the role of terror management theory in understanding human behavior. The research also investigates the influence of social exclusion on cognitive processes, interpersonal relationships, and prosocial behavior.

  • Social Exclusion
  • Ostracism
  • Mortality Salience
  • Self-Esteem
  • Neural Responses
  • Terror Management Theory
  • Emotional Reactions
  • Interpersonal Relationships
  • Cognitive Processes
  • Prosocial Behavior
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1954
In the world top 10%
2.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
28.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+71%
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Which countries lead Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (644 and 359 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 644 works
  2. 2 China 359 works
  3. 3 Türkiye 156 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 147 works
  5. 5 Germany 114 works
  6. 6 India 100 works
  7. 7 Canada 80 works
  8. 8 Iran 79 works
  9. 9 Australia 71 works
  10. 10 Italy 66 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: 35.4%China: 19.8%Türkiye: 8.6%United Kingdom: 8.1%6 others listed: 28.1%35%largest
United States644 · 35.4%China359 · 19.8%Türkiye156 · 8.6%United Kingdom147 · 8.1%6 others listed511 · 28.1%

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Which institutions lead Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Richmond publishes the most Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion research, followed by Renmin University of China and Bar-Ilan University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of RichmondUnited States 14 works
  2. 2 Renmin University of ChinaChina 12 works
  3. 3 Bar-Ilan UniversityIsrael 9 works
  4. 4 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 9 works
  5. 5 University of ChicagoUnited States 8 works
  6. 6 University of ViennaAustria 7 works
  7. 7 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 7 works
  8. 8 Peking UniversityChina 7 works
  9. 9 The University of SydneyAustralia 7 works
  10. 10 University of TorontoCanada 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion include Richard M. Ryan, Roy F. Baumeister and William B. Swann.

  1. 1 Richard M. Ryan United States 10k citations
  2. 2 Roy F. Baumeister United States 3.6k citations
  3. 3 William B. Swann United States 2.7k citations
  4. 4 Marilynn B. Brewer United States 2.4k citations

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

Where is Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion research done?

The largest centres of Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Istanbul (Türkiye) and Shanghai (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 65 works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 33 works
  3. 3 Istanbul Türkiye 31 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 29 works
  5. 5 New York United States 28 works
  6. 6 Tehran Iran 27 works
  7. 7 London United Kingdom 27 works
  8. 8 Guangzhou China 22 works
  9. 9 Warsaw Poland 22 works
  10. 10 Moscow Russia 21 works
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Where is the best place to study Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion?

Among universities, judged by research, Renmin University of China, Bar-Ilan University and University of Richmond 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%mean 29.875%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Renmin University of China: 12, 39.6%Bar-Ilan University: 9, 42.0%University of Richmond: 14, 2.3%Beijing Normal University: 9, 35.6%Bar-Ilan UniversityRenmin University of…Beijing Normal Unive…University of Richmond
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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 Renmin University of ChinaChina 80.339.6%14.0×12 —
2 Bar-Ilan UniversityIsrael 65.942.0%13.2×9 +58.6%
3 University of RichmondUnited States 51.02.3%63.9×14 —
4 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 48.235.6%4.9×9 +312.0%

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 Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 71% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion.

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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.