Mental Health Research Topics
Mental Health Research Topics is a research topic within Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Science Explorer counts 41k research works in it since 1950. 26.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the application of network analysis to understand the structure and dynamics of psychopathology and mental disorders. It explores topics such as emotion dynamics, depression symptoms, ecological momentary assessment, and the use of psychometric models to study clinical longitudinal data.
- Network Analysis
- Psychopathology
- Mental Disorders
- Emotion Dynamics
- Depression Symptoms
- Ecological Momentary Assessment
- Symptom Networks
- Personality Data
- Psychometric Models
- Clinical Longitudinal Data
- Research works
- 41k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 11k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 26.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +73% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Mental Health Research Topics research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.9k and 1.9k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 2.9k works
- 2 China 1.9k works
- 3 Germany 696 works
- 4 United Kingdom 607 works
- 5 India 439 works
- 6 Netherlands 418 works
- 7 Canada 392 works
- 8 Italy 349 works
- 9 Australia 295 works
- 10 Japan 259 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 Mental Health Research Topics research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Mental Health Research Topics research, followed by Harvard University and Yale University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 65 works
- 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 58 works
- 3 Yale UniversityUnited States 56 works
- 4 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 51 works
- 5 University of AmsterdamNetherlands 51 works
- 6 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 49 works
- 7 University of PittsburghUnited States 46 works
- 8 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 45 works
- 9 KU LeuvenBelgium 43 works
- 10 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 41 works
Who are the leading researchers in Mental Health Research Topics?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Mental Health Research Topics include Peter M. Bentler, John P. A. Ioannidis and Dan J. Stein.
- 1 Peter M. Bentler United States 16k citations
- 2 John P. A. Ioannidis United States 8k citations
- 3 Dan J. Stein South Africa 7.7k citations
- 4 Martin E. P. Seligman United States 7.1k citations
- 5 Josep María Haro Spain 6.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Mental Health Research Topics research done?
The largest centres of Mental Health Research Topics research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), New York (United States) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tilburg, Mannheim and Marburg.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- TilburgNL · 26.8 works14×
- MannheimDE · 22.0 works8.6×
- MarburgDE · 21.7 works7.8×
- AmsterdamNL · 124.8 works6.7×
- GroningenNL · 52.1 works6.4×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Mental Health Research Topics than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Mental Health Research Topics?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Amsterdam, Tilburg University and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 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 | University of AmsterdamNetherlands | 77.8 | 41.2% | 9.1× | 51 | +122.3% |
| 2 | Tilburg UniversityNetherlands | 75.6 | 44.1% | 14.6× | 26 | +139.3% |
| 3 | Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands | 69.3 | 34.1% | 8.4× | 35 | +147.1% |
| 4 | University of GroningenNetherlands | 68.9 | 42.7% | 6.3× | 33 | +141.7% |
| 5 | Air Force Medical UniversityChina | 65.7 | 52.9% | 9.2× | 17 | — |
| 6 | Utrecht UniversityNetherlands | 63.3 | 39.5% | 4.9× | 28 | +177.9% |
| 7 | University of Hong KongHong Kong | 61.2 | 36.2% | 3.0× | 28 | +226.9% |
| 8 | Leiden UniversityNetherlands | 60.8 | 39.4% | 5.6× | 20 | +162.2% |
| 9 | Harvard UniversityUnited States | 60.1 | 34.3% | 4.4× | 58 | +95.2% |
| 10 | University of ZurichSwitzerland | 58.0 | 34.1% | 4.8× | 27 | +145.0% |
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 Mental Health Research Topics research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 73% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Mental Health Research Topics.
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.