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Elder Abuse and Neglect

Elder Abuse and Neglect is a research topic within Demography. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1951. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the prevalence, correlates, risk factors, and impact of elder abuse and neglect, including financial exploitation, in community and institutional settings. It also explores mortality risk, interventions, and the psychological impact of elder mistreatment.

  • Elder Abuse
  • Neglect
  • Financial Exploitation
  • Risk Factors
  • Prevalence
  • Community Settings
  • Mortality Risk
  • Intervention
  • Psychological Impact
  • Elder Mistreatment
Research works
11k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+19%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
35% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Elder Abuse and Neglect

Which countries lead Elder Abuse and Neglect research?

By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (743 and 360 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 743 works
  2. 2 Brazil 360 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 239 works
  4. 4 Australia 169 works
  5. 5 China 159 works
  6. 6 Canada 148 works
  7. 7 India 126 works
  8. 8 Spain 80 works
  9. 9 Portugal 63 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 60 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: 34.6%Brazil: 16.8%United Kingdom: 11.1%Australia: 7.9%6 others listed: 29.6%35%largest
United States743 · 34.6%Brazil360 · 16.8%United Kingdom239 · 11.1%Australia169 · 7.9%6 others listed637 · 29.6%

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

Which institutions lead Elder Abuse and Neglect research?

By volume in 2022-now, Cornell University publishes the most Elder Abuse and Neglect research, followed by University of Southern California and University of Toronto.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Cornell UniversityUnited States 26 works
  2. 2 University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States 24 works
  3. 3 University of TorontoCanada 21 works
  4. 4 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 16 works
  5. 5 Harvard UniversityUnited States 15 works
  6. 6 The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonUnited States 13 works
  7. 7 University College DublinIreland 11 works
  8. 8 The University of MelbourneAustralia 11 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal da ParaíbaBrazil 11 works
  10. 10 UNSW SydneyAustralia 11 works

Who are the leading researchers in Elder Abuse and Neglect?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Elder Abuse and Neglect include Mika Kivimäki, Dan J. Stein and Martin McKee.

  1. 1 Mika Kivimäki United Kingdom 318k citations
  2. 2 Dan J. Stein South Africa 306k citations
  3. 3 Martin McKee United Kingdom 270k citations
  4. 4 Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian Singapore 252k citations
  5. 5 John C. Morris United States 241k citations
  6. 6 Tien Yin Wong Singapore 237k 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 Elder Abuse and Neglect?

The most cited paper in Elder Abuse and Neglect is "The world report on violence and health" (Etienne G. Krug, James A. Mercy, Linda L. Dahlberg et al., 2002), with 8,532 citations. Next come "The disablement process" (3,244) and "The World Report on Ageing and Health" (2,904).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The world report on violence and health Etienne G. Krug, James A. Mercy, Linda L. Dahlberg et al. · The Lancet Oct 2002 8,532
2 The disablement process Lois M. Verbrugge, Alan M. Jette · Social Science & Medicine 1994 3,244
3 The World Report on Ageing and Health John Beard, Alana M. Officer, Andrew Cassels · The Gerontologist 18 Mar 2016 2,904
4 Physical and mental health effects of intimate partner violence for men and women Ann L. Coker, Keith E. Davis, Ileana Arias et al. · American Journal of Preventive Medicine 28 Oct 2002 2,284
5 Practice parameter: Early detection of dementia: Mild cognitive impairment (an evidence-based review) [RETIRED] Ronald Carl Petersen, J E Stevens, Mary Ganguli et al. · Neurology Open access 8 May 2001 2,084
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Where is Elder Abuse and Neglect research done?

The largest centres of Elder Abuse and Neglect research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), São Paulo (Brazil), New York (United States) and Melbourne (Australia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 56 works
  2. 2 São PauloBrazil 47 works
  3. 3 New YorkUnited States 46 works
  4. 4 MelbourneAustralia 43 works
  5. 5 TorontoCanada 36 works
  6. 6 Los AngelesUnited States 30 works
  7. 7 SydneyAustralia 29 works
  8. 8 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 25 works
  9. 9 BeijingChina 24 works
  10. 10 ClevelandUnited States 24 works
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Where is the best place to study Elder Abuse and Neglect?

Among universities, judged by research, Cornell University, University of Toronto and University of Southern California 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.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Cornell UniversityUnited States 69.28.3%7.4×26 +22.4%
2University of TorontoCanada 68.516.4%3.9×21 +11.1%
3University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States 67.311.6%10.8×24 +20.8%
4University College LondonUnited Kingdom 67.329.6%2.4×10 +32.0%
5Harvard UniversityUnited States 60.214.6%1.8×15 +92.4%
6University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 43.314.2%4.7×9 +58.8%
7The University of MelbourneAustralia 41.915.3%3.8×11 -7.1%
8University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 41.83.9%3.3×16 +36.7%
9The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonUnited States 39.94.4%17.1×13 +54.2%
10UNSW SydneyAustralia 39.512.4%4.5×11 -8.2%

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 Elder Abuse and Neglect, country by country

Is Elder Abuse and Neglect research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Elder Abuse and Neglect.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Elder Abuse and Neglect as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.011% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Elder Abuse and Neglect0.013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Elder Abuse and Neglect 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.

still counting5%10%15%Elder Abuse and Neglect10.4% in 2025200020102020

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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