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Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse

Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 21.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the phenomenon of maternal filicide and infanticide, exploring topics such as the characteristics of perpetrators, risk factors including mental illness and denial of pregnancy, gender differences, and strategies for prevention. The research also delves into the epidemiology of child homicide, particularly in the context of homicide-suicide events.

  • Maternal Filicide
  • Infanticide
  • Homicide-Suicide
  • Denial of Pregnancy
  • Mental Illness
  • Child Homicide
  • Risk Factors
  • Gender Differences
  • Prevention Strategies
  • Epidemiology
Research works
16k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
21.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+25%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (659 and 246 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 659 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 246 works
  3. 3 Brazil 150 works
  4. 4 Australia 126 works
  5. 5 Canada 102 works
  6. 6 India 95 works
  7. 7 France 92 works
  8. 8 Germany 76 works
  9. 9 Russia 74 works
  10. 10 Italy 73 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: 38.9%United Kingdom: 14.5%Brazil: 8.8%Australia: 7.4%6 others listed: 30.3%39%largest
United States659 · 38.9%United Kingdom246 · 14.5%Brazil150 · 8.8%Australia126 · 7.4%6 others listed513 · 30.3%

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

Which institutions lead Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse research, followed by Sapienza University of Rome and University College London.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 14 works
  2. 2 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 13 works
  3. 3 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 11 works
  4. 4 The University of MelbourneAustralia 9 works
  5. 5 University of WashingtonUnited States 9 works
  6. 6 University of TorontoCanada 9 works
  7. 7 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 8 works
  8. 8 Monash UniversityAustralia 8 works
  9. 9 University of BristolUnited Kingdom 8 works
  10. 10 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 8 works

Where is Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse research done?

The largest centres of Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Melbourne (Australia) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Brisbane and Melbourne.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 60 works
  2. 2 New York United States 42 works
  3. 3 Melbourne Australia 33 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 31 works
  5. 5 Paris France 29 works
  6. 6 Brisbane Australia 21 works
  7. 7 Washington D.C. United States 21 works
  8. 8 São Paulo Brazil 20 works
  9. 9 Rome Italy 20 works
  10. 10 Toronto Canada 18 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BrisbaneAU · 21.4 works4.3×
  2. MelbourneAU · 32.5 works3.5×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse?

Among universities, judged by research, The University of Melbourne, Monash University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 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 22.45%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →The University of Melbourne: 9, 32.5%Monash University: 8, 21.6%University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 14, 12.9%Sapienza University of Rome: 13, 14.8%Johns Hopkins University: 8, 29.6%University College London: 11, 17.4%University of Toronto: 8, 29.2%University of Washington: 8, 21.6%The University of Me…Monash UniversitySapienza University …University of North …
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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 The University of MelbourneAustralia 68.732.5%4.0×9 +76.0%
2 Monash UniversityAustralia 46.821.6%3.9×8 +57.5%
3 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 46.612.9%3.4×14 +150.8%
4 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 46.614.8%4.6×13 -26.2%
5 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 40.229.6%3.1×8 +6.0%
6 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 39.317.4%3.2×11 +10.8%
7 University of TorontoCanada 37.929.2%2.4×8 +18.4%
8 University of WashingtonUnited States 33.921.6%3.4×8 +16.1%

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 Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse.

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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.