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Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences

Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences is a research topic within Gender Studies. Science Explorer counts 19k research works in it since 1950. 24.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the persistent gender imbalance in East and South Asia, focusing on son preference, sex ratios, sex-selective abortion, the impact of the one-child policy, gender bias, fertility decline, and the consequences of missing women. The research also delves into factors such as maternal diet and socioeconomic influences on gender imbalance.

  • Son Preference
  • Sex Ratios
  • Sex-Selective Abortion
  • One-Child Policy
  • Gender Bias
  • Fertility Decline
  • Missing Women
  • Family Planning
  • Maternal Diet
  • Socioeconomic Factors
Research works
19k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
24.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+23%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (723 and 553 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 723 works
  2. 2 China 553 works
  3. 3 India 438 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 208 works
  5. 5 Canada 92 works
  6. 6 Australia 91 works
  7. 7 Germany 80 works
  8. 8 Italy 71 works
  9. 9 Japan 70 works
  10. 10 Pakistan 68 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: 30.2%China: 23.1%India: 18.3%United Kingdom: 8.7%6 others listed: 19.7%30%largest
United States723 · 30.2%China553 · 23.1%India438 · 18.3%United Kingdom208 · 8.7%6 others listed472 · 19.7%

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

Which institutions lead Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Peking University publishes the most Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences research, followed by International Institute for Population Sciences and Sapienza University of Rome.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Peking UniversityChina 28 works
  2. 2 International Institute for Population SciencesIndia 22 works
  3. 3 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 21 works
  4. 4 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 16 works
  5. 5 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 16 works
  6. 6 Renmin University of ChinaChina 15 works
  7. 7 Fudan UniversityChina 13 works
  8. 8 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 13 works
  9. 9 National University of SingaporeSingapore 12 works
  10. 10 Australian National UniversityAustralia 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences include Usha Ram, Srinivas Goli and Alberto Alesina.

  1. 1 Usha Ram United States 2.9k citations
  2. 2 Srinivas Goli India 2.6k citations
  3. 3 Alberto Alesina United States 2.6k citations

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

Where is Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences research done?

The largest centres of Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Shanghai (China) and New Delhi (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kathmandu.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 138 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 64 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 58 works
  4. 4 New Delhi India 44 works
  5. 5 New York United States 43 works
  6. 6 Wuhan China 34 works
  7. 7 Mumbai India 34 works
  8. 8 Nanjing China 32 works
  9. 9 Tokyo Japan 31 works
  10. 10 Dhaka Bangladesh 29 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KathmanduNP · 24.4 works7.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences?

Among universities, judged by research, International Institute for Population Sciences, Renmin University of China and London School of Economics and Political Science 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 36.16%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →International Institute for Population Sciences: 22, 36.2%Renmin University of China: 15, 44.7%London School of Economics and Political Science: 8, 47.5%Stockholm University: 8, 46.3%Chinese University of Hong Kong: 11, 39.2%Tribhuvan University: 16, 14.3%Peking University: 28, 32.0%National University of Singapore: 12, 35.8%Australian National University: 12, 31.6%University of Oxford: 16, 34.0%London School of Eco…Stockholm UniversityRenmin University of…International Instit…
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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 International Institute for Population SciencesIndia 72.236.2%189.9×22 +52.8%
2 Renmin University of ChinaChina 66.244.7%13.5×15 -36.4%
3 London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom 62.447.5%10.0×8 -17.5%
4 Stockholm UniversitySweden 60.146.3%7.5×8 +43.0%
5 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong 58.739.2%4.7×11 +77.4%
6 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 58.414.3%10.8×16 +141.7%
7 Peking UniversityChina 54.532.0%5.2×28 -27.2%
8 National University of SingaporeSingapore 53.435.8%3.7×12 +66.1%
9 Australian National UniversityAustralia 50.031.6%7.0×12 +0.8%
10 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 48.734.0%3.7×16 +1.6%

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 Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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.