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Marriage and Sexual Relationships

Marriage and Sexual Relationships is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1950. 20.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the stigma, dynamics, and outcomes of consensually non-monogamous relationships, such as polyamory, in contrast to traditional monogamous relationships. It delves into topics like relationship quality, sexual health, family functioning, gender dynamics, mental health, and the impact of cultural practices on non-monogamous relationships.

  • Consensual Nonmonogamous Relationships
  • Polyamory
  • Stigma
  • Monogamy
  • Relationship Quality
  • Sexual Health
  • Family Functioning
  • Gender
  • Mental Health
  • Cultural Practices
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+38%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Marriage and Sexual Relationships research?

By volume, Indonesia and the United States publish the most (485 and 469 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 485 works
  2. 2 United States 469 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 134 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 105 works
  5. 5 Canada 89 works
  6. 6 Malaysia 81 works
  7. 7 India 81 works
  8. 8 Iran 76 works
  9. 9 Pakistan 73 works
  10. 10 China 67 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.

Indonesia: 29.2%United States: 28.2%United Kingdom: 8.1%Türkiye: 6.3%6 others listed: 28.2%29%largest
Indonesia485 · 29.2%United States469 · 28.2%United Kingdom134 · 8.1%Türkiye105 · 6.3%6 others listed468 · 28.2%

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

Which institutions lead Marriage and Sexual Relationships research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu publishes the most Marriage and Sexual Relationships research, followed by Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta and International Islamic University Malaysia.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 30 works
  2. 2 Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University YogyakartaIndonesia 19 works
  3. 3 International Islamic University MalaysiaMalaysia 15 works
  4. 4 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 13 works
  5. 5 UIN Sunan Ampel SurabayaIndonesia 12 works
  6. 6 Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Syarif Kasim RiauIndonesia 10 works
  7. 7 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 9 works
  8. 8 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 9 works
  9. 9 University of British ColumbiaCanada 9 works
  10. 10 National University of MalaysiaMalaysia 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Marriage and Sexual Relationships?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Marriage and Sexual Relationships include Victoria Clarke, Kenneth I. Pargäment and David M. Buss.

  1. 1 Victoria Clarke United Kingdom 2.5k citations
  2. 2 Kenneth I. Pargäment United States 1.9k citations
  3. 3 David M. Buss United States 1.9k citations

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

Where is Marriage and Sexual Relationships research done?

The largest centres of Marriage and Sexual Relationships research in 2022–2025 are Yogyakarta (Indonesia), Jakarta (Indonesia), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and Surabaya (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kuala Lumpur and Bengkulu.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Yogyakarta Indonesia 42 works
  2. 2 Jakarta Indonesia 41 works
  3. 3 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 36 works
  4. 4 Surabaya Indonesia 36 works
  5. 5 Medan Indonesia 31 works
  6. 6 Istanbul Türkiye 31 works
  7. 7 Bengkulu Indonesia 31 works
  8. 8 Bandung Indonesia 30 works
  9. 9 London United Kingdom 27 works
  10. 10 Tehran Iran 25 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Kuala LumpurMY · 36.2 works6.2×
  2. BengkuluID · 30.6 works6.0×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Marriage and Sexual Relationships than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Marriage and Sexual Relationships?

Among universities, judged by research, International Islamic University Malaysia, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu and Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta 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%10%20%30%mean 11.87%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →International Islamic University Malaysia: 15, 24.7%Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu: 30, 13.2%Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta: 20, 7.8%Oakland University: 8, 7.6%University of British Columbia: 9, 24.5%UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya: 12, 6.8%Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau: 10, 7.8%Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim: 8, 7.1%Sapienza University of Rome: 9, 15.2%Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung: 8, 4.0%International Islami…Institut Agama Islam…Sunan Kalijaga State…Oakland 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 International Islamic University MalaysiaMalaysia 71.424.7%23.4×15 +38.3%
2 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 59.913.2%8.6×30 —
3 Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University YogyakartaIndonesia 51.57.8%16.2×20 —
4 Oakland UniversityUnited States 49.97.6%29.5×8 +202.7%
5 University of British ColumbiaCanada 44.324.5%3.9×9 +51.1%
6 UIN Sunan Ampel SurabayaIndonesia 43.16.8%16.1×12 —
7 Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Syarif Kasim RiauIndonesia 40.57.8%13.3×10 —
8 Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik IbrahimIndonesia 34.77.1%9.3×8 —
9 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 34.215.2%3.5×9 +145.4%
10 Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University BandungIndonesia 31.84.0%9.7×8 —

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 Marriage and Sexual Relationships research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Marriage and Sexual Relationships.

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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.