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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. 19.5% 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
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
9.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+44%
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Which countries lead Family and Disability Support Research research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (3.2k and 853 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 3.2k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 853 works
  3. 3 Türkiye 554 works
  4. 4 Canada 468 works
  5. 5 Australia 466 works
  6. 6 China 448 works
  7. 7 Brazil 446 works
  8. 8 India 372 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 357 works
  10. 10 Iran 321 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: 42.9%United Kingdom: 11.4%Türkiye: 7.4%Canada: 6.2%6 others listed: 32.1%43%largest
United States3,214 · 42.9%United Kingdom853 · 11.4%Türkiye554 · 7.4%Canada468 · 6.2%6 others listed2,410 · 32.1%

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

Which institutions lead Family and Disability Support Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Family and Disability Support Research research, followed by University College London and Vanderbilt University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 69 works
  2. 2 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 49 works
  3. 3 Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States 35 works
  4. 4 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States 35 works
  5. 5 Hacettepe UniversityTürkiye 34 works
  6. 6 University of WashingtonUnited States 32 works
  7. 7 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 32 works
  8. 8 University of KansasUnited States 32 works
  9. 9 University of TorontoCanada 30 works
  10. 10 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States 30 works

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

The most-cited researchers publishing on Family and Disability Support Research include Ferrán Catalá-López, Y. Liu and Bolajoko O. Olusanya.

  1. 1 Ferrán Catalá-López Spain 7.7k citations
  2. 2 Y. Liu France 5.6k citations
  3. 3 Bolajoko O. Olusanya United States 3.8k citations
  4. 4 Simon Baron‐Cohen United Kingdom 3.8k citations
  5. 5 Mark A. Stokes Australia 3.6k citations

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

Where is Family and Disability Support Research research done?

The largest centres of Family and Disability Support Research research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 224 works
  2. 2 Melbourne Australia 124 works
  3. 3 Tehran Iran 117 works
  4. 4 New York United States 109 works
  5. 5 Istanbul Türkiye 103 works
  6. 6 Ankara Türkiye 102 works
  7. 7 Boston United States 96 works
  8. 8 Toronto Canada 92 works
  9. 9 Brisbane Australia 85 works
  10. 10 São Paulo Brazil 82 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. San FernandoUS · 28.5 works118×
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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, La Trobe University, Australian Catholic University and Vanderbilt 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 30.69%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →La Trobe University: 30, 28.8%Australian Catholic University: 9, 50.3%Vanderbilt University: 35, 33.5%Drexel University: 22, 22.2%Tel Hai Academic College: 9, 26.8%Education University of Hong Kong: 15, 30.9%University College London: 49, 32.3%University of Kansas: 32, 24.9%Griffith University: 20, 33.9%University of Haifa: 20, 23.3%Australian Catholic …Vanderbilt UniversityLa Trobe UniversityDrexel University
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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 La Trobe UniversityAustralia 65.628.8%9.1×30 +108.1%
2 Australian Catholic UniversityAustralia 62.350.3%8.1×9 +78.5%
3 Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States 61.133.5%8.0×35 +49.2%
4 Drexel UniversityUnited States 60.022.2%9.1×22 +159.2%
5 Tel Hai Academic CollegeIsrael 58.226.8%25.7×9 +272.2%
6 Education University of Hong KongHong Kong 57.230.9%9.1×15 +31.3%
7 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 56.932.3%3.3×49 +81.5%
8 University of KansasUnited States 56.224.9%9.5×32 +6.8%
9 Griffith UniversityAustralia 55.533.9%4.7×20 +140.1%
10 University of HaifaIsrael 53.323.3%8.2×20 +81.9%

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 Family and Disability Support Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Family and Disability Support Research.

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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.