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Emotions and Moral Behavior

Emotions and Moral Behavior is a research topic within Social Psychology. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 25.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the complex interplay of moral emotions such as shame, guilt, pride, and envy, and their impact on behavior, social interactions, and mental health. It delves into topics like emotion regulation, appraisal theory, self-conscious emotions, social rank evaluation, depression, and empathy.

  • Shame
  • Guilt
  • Pride
  • Envy
  • Emotion Regulation
  • Appraisal Theory
  • Self-Conscious Emotions
  • Social Rank
  • Depression
  • Empathy
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
25.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+14%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Emotions and Moral Behavior research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (541 and 162 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 541 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 162 works
  3. 3 Germany 159 works
  4. 4 China 159 works
  5. 5 Canada 98 works
  6. 6 Italy 69 works
  7. 7 Australia 69 works
  8. 8 Japan 64 works
  9. 9 India 61 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 States: 37.6%United Kingdom: 11.3%Germany: 11.1%China: 11.0%6 others listed: 29.1%38%largest
United States541 · 37.6%United Kingdom162 · 11.3%Germany159 · 11.1%China159 · 11.0%6 others listed419 · 29.1%

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

Which institutions lead Emotions and Moral Behavior research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Sapienza University of Rome publishes the most Emotions and Moral Behavior research, followed by University of Toronto and University of Oxford.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 16 works
  2. 2 University of TorontoCanada 13 works
  3. 3 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 13 works
  4. 4 University of BristolUnited Kingdom 10 works
  5. 5 KU LeuvenBelgium 9 works
  6. 6 Cornell UniversityUnited States 9 works
  7. 7 East China Normal UniversityChina 9 works
  8. 8 Centro de Estudios Políticos y ConstitucionalesSpain 8 works
  9. 9 University of GenevaSwitzerland 8 works
  10. 10 Yale UniversityUnited States 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Emotions and Moral Behavior?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Emotions and Moral Behavior include James A. Russell and Roy F. Baumeister.

  1. 1 James A. Russell United States 5k citations
  2. 2 Roy F. Baumeister United States 3.6k citations

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

Where is Emotions and Moral Behavior research done?

The largest centres of Emotions and Moral Behavior research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Toronto (Canada), Rome (Italy) and Shanghai (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 26 works
  2. 2 Toronto Canada 25 works
  3. 3 Rome Italy 24 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 24 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 24 works
  6. 6 Berlin Germany 23 works
  7. 7 New York United States 23 works
  8. 8 Madrid Spain 22 works
  9. 9 Montreal Canada 21 works
  10. 10 Tokyo Japan 20 works
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Where is the best place to study Emotions and Moral Behavior?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Geneva, East China Normal University and University of Oxford 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 20.6778%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Geneva: 8, 40.5%East China Normal University: 9, 40.4%University of Oxford: 13, 17.4%University of Bristol: 10, 9.9%Sapienza University of Rome: 16, 11.6%Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales: 8, 0.0%University of Toronto: 14, 17.0%Cornell University: 9, 28.2%KU Leuven: 9, 21.1%University of GenevaEast China Normal Un…University of OxfordUniversity of Bristol
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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 GenevaSwitzerland 68.340.5%12.2×8 -8.8%
2 East China Normal UniversityChina 65.140.4%9.4×9 +30.3%
3 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 53.217.4%5.2×13 +68.7%
4 University of BristolUnited Kingdom 48.09.9%9.6×10 —
5 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 42.911.6%7.2×16 -15.7%
6 Centro de Estudios Políticos y ConstitucionalesSpain 40.40.0%117.1×8 —
7 University of TorontoCanada 38.517.0%4.8×14 -7.9%
8 Cornell UniversityUnited States 37.828.2%4.7×9 +38.2%
9 KU LeuvenBelgium 33.321.1%5.4×9 -30.5%

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 Emotions and Moral Behavior research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Emotions and Moral Behavior.

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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.