Gun Ownership and Violence Research
Gun Ownership and Violence Research is a research topic within Health. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1951. 26.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the public health implications of firearm violence, including topics such as gun ownership, suicide prevention, youth violence, mass shootings, firearm legislation, injury prevention, mental health, and homicide rates.
- Firearm Violence
- Gun Ownership
- Suicide Prevention
- Youth Violence
- Mass Shootings
- Public Health
- Firearm Legislation
- Injury Prevention
- Mental Health
- Homicide Rates
- Research works
- 10k fractional, since 1951
- In the world top 10%
- 2.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 26.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +61% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Gun Ownership and Violence Research research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1.6k and 97 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.6k works
- 2 United Kingdom 97 works
- 3 Canada 81 works
- 4 Australia 69 works
- 5 China 52 works
- 6 Brazil 32 works
- 7 Germany 29 works
- 8 Türkiye 28 works
- 9 India 28 works
- 10 Russia 22 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Gun Ownership and Violence Research research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Johns Hopkins University publishes the most Gun Ownership and Violence Research research, followed by University of Michigan and University of Washington.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 29 works
- 2 University of MichiganUnited States 27 works
- 3 University of WashingtonUnited States 23 works
- 4 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 22 works
- 5 Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyUnited States 22 works
- 6 University of ChicagoUnited States 19 works
- 7 University of California, DavisUnited States 18 works
- 8 Harvard UniversityUnited States 18 works
- 9 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 17 works
- 10 Columbia UniversityUnited States 16 works
Who are the leading researchers in Gun Ownership and Violence Research?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Gun Ownership and Violence Research include Ronald C. Kessler, Ted R. Miller and David C. Schwebel.
- 1 Ronald C. Kessler United States 9.8k citations
- 2 Ted R. Miller United States 8.1k citations
- 3 David C. Schwebel United States 5k citations
- 4 Jagdish Khubchandani United States 3.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Gun Ownership and Violence Research research done?
The largest centres of Gun Ownership and Violence Research research in 2022–2025 are New York (United States), Boston (United States), Washington D.C. (United States) and Chicago (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in New Brunswick.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 New York United States 73 works
- 2 Boston United States 54 works
- 3 Washington D.C. United States 50 works
- 4 Chicago United States 46 works
- 5 Philadelphia United States 45 works
- 6 Baltimore United States 44 works
- 7 Atlanta United States 43 works
- 8 Seattle United States 40 works
- 9 Ann Arbor United States 32 works
- 10 Cambridge United States 25 works
Where it is the local speciality
- New BrunswickUS · 22.4 works14×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Gun Ownership and Violence Research than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Gun Ownership and Violence Research?
Among universities, judged by research, Johns Hopkins University, Northeastern University and Arizona State 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States | 77.1 | 35.7% | 12.0× | 29 | +64.9% |
| 2 | Northeastern UniversityUnited States | 74.1 | 40.0% | 15.5× | 11 | +269.9% |
| 3 | Arizona State UniversityUnited States | 74.0 | 51.6% | 8.4× | 13 | +199.8% |
| 4 | Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyUnited States | 72.1 | 40.5% | 15.3× | 22 | +5.1% |
| 5 | University of ChicagoUnited States | 70.9 | 26.9% | 10.4× | 19 | +257.3% |
| 6 | University of MichiganUnited States | 70.8 | 31.4% | 8.9× | 27 | +121.6% |
| 7 | University of California, DavisUnited States | 70.6 | 26.3% | 10.7× | 18 | +181.8% |
| 8 | Boston UniversityUnited States | 70.5 | 36.6% | 11.4× | 12 | +162.5% |
| 9 | Columbia UniversityUnited States | 65.3 | 31.4% | 8.9× | 16 | +127.1% |
| 10 | University of WashingtonUnited States | 64.6 | 17.0% | 9.9× | 22 | +122.3% |
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 Gun Ownership and Violence Research research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 61% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Gun Ownership and Violence Research.
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.