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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. 26.7% 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%
3.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
26.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+47%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Elder Abuse and Neglect research?

By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (625 and 319 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 625 works
  2. 2 Brazil 319 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 197 works
  4. 4 Australia 146 works
  5. 5 Canada 127 works
  6. 6 China 115 works
  7. 7 India 98 works
  8. 8 Spain 68 works
  9. 9 Portugal 58 works
  10. 10 Iran 49 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: 34.7%Brazil: 17.7%United Kingdom: 10.9%Australia: 8.1%6 others listed: 28.6%35%largest
United States625 · 34.7%Brazil319 · 17.7%United Kingdom197 · 10.9%Australia146 · 8.1%6 others listed516 · 28.6%

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

Which institutions lead Elder Abuse and Neglect research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Southern California publishes the most Elder Abuse and Neglect research, followed by Cornell University and University of Toronto.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States 19 works
  2. 2 Cornell UniversityUnited States 16 works
  3. 3 University of TorontoCanada 14 works
  4. 4 The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonUnited States 12 works
  5. 5 Universidade Federal da ParaíbaBrazil 11 works
  6. 6 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 10 works
  7. 7 UNSW SydneyAustralia 9 works
  8. 8 Benjamin Rose Institute on AgingUnited States 9 works
  9. 9 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 9 works
  10. 10 The University of MelbourneAustralia 9 works

Where is Elder Abuse and Neglect research done?

The largest centres of Elder Abuse and Neglect research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), São Paulo (Brazil), New York (United States) and Melbourne (Australia).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 46 works
  2. 2 São Paulo Brazil 41 works
  3. 3 New York United States 40 works
  4. 4 Melbourne Australia 36 works
  5. 5 Toronto Canada 31 works
  6. 6 Los Angeles United States 28 works
  7. 7 Sydney Australia 26 works
  8. 8 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 23 works
  9. 9 Cleveland United States 22 works
  10. 10 Dublin Ireland 22 works
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Where is the best place to study Elder Abuse and Neglect?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Southern California, Wayne State University and Cornell University 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 25.5%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Southern California: 19, 15.5%Wayne State University: 8, 52.2%Cornell University: 16, 20.3%The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston: 12, 15.0%Case Western Reserve University: 8, 18.2%University College Dublin: 8, 32.2%University of Toronto: 14, 20.7%Universidade Federal da Paraíba: 11, 17.3%UNSW Sydney: 10, 34.6%The University of Melbourne: 9, 29.0%Wayne State UniversityCornell UniversityUniversity of Southe…The University of Te…
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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 University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States 70.615.5%10.8×19 +238.8%
2 Wayne State UniversityUnited States 64.452.2%11.2×8 —
3 Cornell UniversityUnited States 58.920.3%6.4×16 +1017.4%
4 The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonUnited States 58.015.0%16.1×12 +390.0%
5 Case Western Reserve UniversityUnited States 49.518.2%9.2×8 +279.5%
6 University College DublinIreland 45.832.2%7.9×8 -2.0%
7 University of TorontoCanada 43.920.7%4.0×14 +90.1%
8 Universidade Federal da ParaíbaBrazil 42.217.3%10.7×11 +17.5%
9 UNSW SydneyAustralia 40.934.6%4.6×10 +9.0%
10 The University of MelbourneAustralia 40.229.0%3.6×9 +144.5%

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 Elder Abuse and Neglect research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Elder Abuse and Neglect.

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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.