Family and Disability Support Research

Family and Disability Support Research is a research topic within Clinical Psychology. Science Explorer counts 51k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the impact of parenting stress on caregivers and families of children with developmental disabilities, particularly focusing on autism spectrum disorder. It delves into the challenges faced by parents, the well-being of caregivers, family quality of life, coping strategies, and support services available to address these stressors.

Parenting Stress
Caregiver Well-Being
Family Quality of Life
Child Behavior Problems
Developmental Disabilities
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Support Services
Coping Strategies
Psychological Functioning
Resilience

Research works: 51k
In the world top 10%: 5.1k
Top-10% rate: 10.0%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +18%
Largest producer: United States

Family and Disability Support Research

Which countries lead Family and Disability Support Research research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (3.5k and 947 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 United States 3.5k works
2 United Kingdom 947 works
3 Türkiye 628 works
4 China 606 works
5 Canada 516 works
6 Australia 514 works
7 Brazil 514 works
8 India 431 works
9 Indonesia 394 works
10 Iran 342 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 States3,510 · 41.8%United Kingdom947 · 11.3%Türkiye628 · 7.5%China606 · 7.2%6 others listed2,711 · 32.3%

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

Which institutions lead Family and Disability Support Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Islamic Azad University, Tehran publishes the most Family and Disability Support Research research, followed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and University of Toronto.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 101 works
2 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 82 works
3 University of TorontoCanada 68 works
4 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 64 works
5 Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States 58 works
6 Harvard UniversityUnited States 51 works
7 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States 46 works
8 University of CincinnatiUnited States 43 works
9 University of KansasUnited States 41 works
10 University of WashingtonUnited States 38 works

Who are the leading researchers in Family and Disability Support Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Family and Disability Support Research include George Davey Smith, Richard M. Ryan and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta.

1 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
2 Richard M. Ryan United States 395k citations
3 Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta Pakistan 371k citations
4 Dan J. Stein South Africa 306k citations
5 Naohiro Yonemoto Japan 297k 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 Family and Disability Support Research?

The most cited paper in Family and Disability Support Research is "Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised: A revised version of a diagnostic interview for caregivers of individuals with possible pervasive developmental disorders" (Catherine Lord, Michael L. Rutter, Ann Le Couteur, 1994), with 9,189 citations. Next come "The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule—Generic: A Standard Measure of Social and Communication Deficits Associated with the Spectrum of Autism" (7,623) and "Development and reliability of a system to classify gross motor function in children with cerebral palsy" (6,826).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised: A revised version of a diagnostic interview for caregivers of individuals with possible pervasive developmental disorders Catherine Lord, Michael L. Rutter, Ann Le Couteur · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders	Oct 1994	9,189
2	The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule—Generic: A Standard Measure of Social and Communication Deficits Associated with the Spectrum of Autism Catherine Lord, Susan Risi, Linda Lambrecht et al. · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders	Jun 2000	7,623
3	Development and reliability of a system to classify gross motor function in children with cerebral palsy Robert J. Palisano, Peter Rosenbaum, Stephen D. Walter et al. · Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology	Apr 1997	6,826
4	Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Children Aged 8 Years — Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 11 Sites, United States, 2014 Jon Baio et al. · MMWR Surveillance Summaries Open access	26 Apr 2018	5,556
5	The Empathy Quotient: An Investigation of Adults with Asperger Syndrome or High Functioning Autism, and Normal Sex Differences Simon Baron‐Cohen, Sally J Wheelwright · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders	Apr 2004	4,123

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Where is Family and Disability Support Research research done?

The largest centres of Family and Disability Support Research research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Melbourne (Australia), Tehran (Iran) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in San Fernando.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 LondonUnited Kingdom 250 works
2 MelbourneAustralia 137 works
3 TehranIran 126 works
4 New YorkUnited States 120 works
5 IstanbulTürkiye 118 works
6 AnkaraTürkiye 115 works
7 TorontoCanada 104 works
8 BostonUnited States 103 works
9 BrisbaneAustralia 93 works
10 São PauloBrazil 92 works

Where it is the local speciality

San FernandoUS · 32.6 works117×

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Family and Disability Support Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Family and Disability Support Research?

Among universities, judged by research, University College London, Vanderbilt University and King's College London score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

above the meannear itbelow it

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.

Citation 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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	University College LondonUnited Kingdom	70.3	19.2%	3.6×	64	+22.5%
2	Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States	68.2	18.1%	7.4×	58	+11.6%
3	King's College LondonUnited Kingdom	63.2	20.5%	3.5×	33	+19.6%
4	Chinese University of Hong KongChina	61.2	24.0%	2.8×	22	+53.9%
5	Australian Catholic UniversityAustralia	59.9	47.5%	8.6×	10	-2.2%
6	La Trobe UniversityAustralia	58.8	25.4%	10.1×	33	-14.6%
7	University of California, Los AngelesUnited States	58.5	17.3%	2.7×	34	+11.5%
8	Curtin UniversityAustralia	57.6	25.0%	5.6×	19	+6.3%
9	Monash UniversityAustralia	57.4	20.1%	3.1×	34	+9.8%
10	University of TorontoCanada	57.1	16.0%	3.0×	68	-15.5%
11	The University of MelbourneAustralia	56.4	21.8%	3.0×	37	-3.0%
12	University of WarwickUnited Kingdom	55.6	19.9%	4.1×	20	+41.6%
13	University of Hong KongChina	55.4	17.8%	2.3×	23	+92.9%
14	University of BathUnited Kingdom	55.4	40.8%	3.8×	10	-39.0%
15	The University of Western AustraliaAustralia	55.3	34.4%	2.6×	12	+3.5%
16	University of California, DavisUnited States	54.7	26.0%	2.7×	23	-20.6%
17	Education University of Hong KongChina	54.7	17.3%	10.5×	16	+52.9%
18	University of VirginiaUnited States	54.6	14.6%	3.9×	26	+64.6%
19	Harvard UniversityUnited States	53.8	15.4%	1.5×	51	-7.4%
20	University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom	53.6	15.9%	2.8×	26	+46.0%
21	Boston UniversityUnited States	53.5	15.0%	4.7×	24	+38.3%
22	Universitat de ValènciaSpain	53.2	27.2%	2.4×	14	+30.3%
23	University of CincinnatiUnited States	53.1	9.7%	6.6×	43	+49.2%
24	Swansea UniversityUnited Kingdom	53.0	29.3%	4.0×	9	+76.6%
25	The University of QueenslandAustralia	52.9	18.9%	3.0×	32	0.0%
26	Beijing Normal UniversityChina	52.9	24.9%	2.1×	18	+59.9%
27	University of WashingtonUnited States	51.8	14.9%	3.1×	38	-3.6%
28	University of PittsburghUnited States	51.7	19.0%	3.0×	26	+5.3%
29	Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States	51.2	8.6%	2.0×	34	+15.7%
30	University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom	51.1	24.8%	1.3×	17	-13.3%
31	University of OsloNorway	50.7	17.0%	3.1×	21	+6.5%
32	University of KansasUnited States	50.5	13.1%	7.5×	41	-4.8%
33	Emory UniversityUnited States	50.2	13.8%	2.6×	23	+31.9%
34	The University of SydneyAustralia	50.0	21.4%	2.6×	35	-22.5%
35	Griffith UniversityAustralia	49.7	21.8%	5.1×	23	-23.6%
36	University of OxfordUnited Kingdom	49.5	10.8%	1.4×	21	+36.4%
37	University of YorkUnited Kingdom	49.4	23.4%	3.5×	12	+34.1%
38	Cardiff UniversityUnited Kingdom	49.3	17.9%	3.9×	19	+82.5%
39	Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of GalwayIreland	49.3	36.9%	3.8×	9	-32.1%
40	The University of Texas at AustinUnited States	49.1	15.3%	2.7×	25	+32.2%
41	United Arab Emirates UniversityUnited Arab Emirates	48.9	17.0%	5.3×	14	+519.1%
42	University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States	48.3	7.0%	4.2×	82	-39.2%
43	The Ohio State UniversityUnited States	47.6	9.5%	3.4×	46	+2.3%
44	Karolinska InstitutetSweden	47.4	20.5%	2.5×	16	-15.5%
45	University of Massachusetts BostonUnited States	46.8	10.2%	14.0×	16	+22.6%
46	National University of SingaporeSingapore	46.4	13.8%	1.1×	14	+84.0%
47	King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia	44.4	10.7%	1.8×	19	+40.6%
48	Islamic Azad University, TehranIran	42.6	0.3%	5.5×	101	-12.7%
49	University of BristolUnited Kingdom	40.2	30.0%	1.6×	10	-11.0%
50	King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia	39.8	10.7%	2.5×	10	+310.9%
51	Tel Hai Academic CollegeIsrael	38.4	11.0%	31.5×	10	+204.1%
52	Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina	36.5	18.3%	1.3×	13	-12.3%
53	King Faisal UniversitySaudi Arabia	35.7	10.0%	3.2×	9	+252.6%
54	Montclair State UniversityUnited States	35.3	11.5%	11.6×	8	+104.6%
55	Anadolu UniversityTürkiye	35.1	4.3%	13.1×	18	+50.3%
56	Iranshahr UniversityIran	35.0	9.9%	13.3×	12	+37.6%
57	Northern Illinois UniversityUnited States	29.6	6.9%	10.1×	9	+11.7%
58	Moscow State University of Psychology & EducationRussia	28.7	8.7%	16.3×	8	+25.0%
59	Ball State UniversityUnited States	28.3	3.7%	15.8×	10	+142.6%
60	Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore	26.5	10.0%	1.1×	10	-12.4%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Family and Disability Support Research, country by country

Is Family and Disability Support Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Family and Disability Support Research.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Family and Disability Support Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.057% in 2024.

Fractional works of Family and Disability Support Research 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.

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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Which countries lead Family and Disability Support Research research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Family and Disability Support Research research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Family and Disability Support Research?

What are the most cited papers in Family and Disability Support Research?

Where is Family and Disability Support Research research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Family and Disability Support Research?

Is Family and Disability Support Research research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

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