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Intimate Partner and Family Violence

Intimate Partner and Family Violence is a research topic within Health. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1952. 23.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the prevalence, health consequences, risk factors, and interventions related to intimate partner violence. It covers topics such as mental and physical health effects, gender-based violence, HIV infection, adolescent dating violence, and the impact of child exposure to domestic violence.

  • Intimate Partner Violence
  • Health Consequences
  • Prevalence
  • Risk Factors
  • Mental Health
  • Gender-based Violence
  • Domestic Violence
  • HIV Infection
  • Adolescent Dating Violence
  • Child Exposure
Research works
31k
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
7.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
23.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+50%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Intimate Partner and Family Violence research?

By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (1.8k and 1.2k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.8k works
  2. 2 Brazil 1.2k works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 532 works
  4. 4 Australia 396 works
  5. 5 Canada 357 works
  6. 6 Spain 281 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 230 works
  8. 8 India 229 works
  9. 9 South Africa 151 works
  10. 10 China 132 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: 33.5%Brazil: 22.6%United Kingdom: 10.1%Australia: 7.5%6 others listed: 26.2%33%largest
United States1,761 · 33.5%Brazil1,190 · 22.6%United Kingdom532 · 10.1%Australia396 · 7.5%6 others listed1,380 · 26.2%

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

Which institutions lead Intimate Partner and Family Violence research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Intimate Partner and Family Violence research, followed by Universidade de São Paulo and The University of Melbourne.

Who are the leading researchers in Intimate Partner and Family Violence?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Intimate Partner and Family Violence include Déborah Carvalho Malta.

  1. 1 Déborah Carvalho Malta Brazil 5.5k citations

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

Where is Intimate Partner and Family Violence research done?

The largest centres of Intimate Partner and Family Violence research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), London (United Kingdom), Melbourne (Australia) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 147 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 129 works
  3. 3 Melbourne Australia 117 works
  4. 4 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 117 works
  5. 5 New York United States 90 works
  6. 6 Atlanta United States 62 works
  7. 7 Brisbane Australia 61 works
  8. 8 Chapel Hill United States 57 works
  9. 9 Washington D.C. United States 56 works
  10. 10 Brasília Brazil 54 works
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Where is the best place to study Intimate Partner and Family Violence?

Among universities, judged by research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of Gondar and Griffith 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%25%50%75%mean 34.61%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: 17, 31.0%University of Gondar: 10, 49.9%Griffith University: 24, 20.2%Universidad de Jaén: 8, 67.3%Monash University: 27, 32.2%Université du Québec à Montréal: 21, 15.7%Deakin University: 20, 38.7%The University of Melbourne: 32, 26.2%University of the Witwatersrand: 16, 34.1%La Trobe University: 18, 30.8%Universidad de JaénUniversity of GondarLondon School of Hyg…Griffith 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 London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom 65.631.0%15.4×17 +102.9%
2 University of GondarEthiopia 58.849.9%9.7×10 +90.0%
3 Griffith UniversityAustralia 58.120.2%8.6×24 +159.9%
4 Universidad de JaénSpain 57.267.3%7.6×8 +46.9%
5 Monash UniversityAustralia 56.932.2%4.6×27 +222.6%
6 Université du Québec à MontréalCanada 53.915.7%12.2×21 +101.5%
7 Deakin UniversityAustralia 53.838.7%6.2×20 +90.9%
8 The University of MelbourneAustralia 53.326.2%4.6×32 +170.9%
9 University of the WitwatersrandSouth Africa 53.234.1%5.4×16 +215.0%
10 La Trobe UniversityAustralia 51.530.8%8.1×18 +55.4%

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 Intimate Partner and Family Violence research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Intimate Partner and Family Violence.

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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.