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Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior is a research topic within Social Psychology. Science Explorer counts 52k research works in it since 1950. 28.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the role of oxytocin and vasopressin in regulating social behavior, trust, attachment, empathy, and parental care. It delves into the neurobiological mechanisms underlying these behaviors and their implications for anxiety and mental health.

  • Oxytocin
  • Social Behavior
  • Neurobiology
  • Trust
  • Attachment
  • Empathy
  • Parental Care
  • Vasopressin
  • Neuropeptides
  • Anxiety
Research works
52k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
15k
per year above
Top-10% rate
28.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+7%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.5k and 488 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.5k works
  2. 2 China 488 works
  3. 3 Japan 290 works
  4. 4 Germany 252 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 191 works
  6. 6 Canada 185 works
  7. 7 France 151 works
  8. 8 Italy 138 works
  9. 9 Brazil 128 works
  10. 10 Russia 124 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: 43.4%China: 14.2%Japan: 8.4%Germany: 7.3%6 others listed: 26.6%43%largest
United States1,492 · 43.4%China488 · 14.2%Japan290 · 8.4%Germany252 · 7.3%6 others listed917 · 26.6%

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

Which institutions lead Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior research, followed by Emory University and Harvard University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 27 works
  2. 2 Emory UniversityUnited States 26 works
  3. 3 Harvard UniversityUnited States 23 works
  4. 4 University of California, DavisUnited States 23 works
  5. 5 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 23 works
  6. 6 Georgia State UniversityUnited States 22 works
  7. 7 Cornell UniversityUnited States 20 works
  8. 8 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 20 works
  9. 9 Yale UniversityUnited States 19 works
  10. 10 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States 19 works

Who are the leading researchers in Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior include John J. McGrath, James G. Scott and Simon Baron‐Cohen.

  1. 1 John J. McGrath Australia 5.3k citations
  2. 2 James G. Scott Australia 4.3k citations
  3. 3 Simon Baron‐Cohen United Kingdom 3.8k citations
  4. 4 John T. Cacioppo United States 3.7k citations
  5. 5 Bruce S. McEwen United States 3.6k citations
  6. 6 Ole A. Andreassen Norway 3.5k citations
  7. 7 Timothy G. Dinan Ireland 3.1k citations
  8. 8 Trevor W. Robbins United Kingdom 3.1k citations
  9. 9 Wylie Vale United States 2.8k citations

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

Where is Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior research done?

The largest centres of Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), New York (United States) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Davis.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 85 works
  2. 2 Tokyo Japan 73 works
  3. 3 New York United States 73 works
  4. 4 Paris France 63 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 56 works
  6. 6 Moscow Russia 54 works
  7. 7 Atlanta United States 54 works
  8. 8 São Paulo Brazil 45 works
  9. 9 Boston United States 39 works
  10. 10 Shanghai China 38 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. DavisUS · 23.4 works6.6×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Emory University and University of Haifa 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 38.18%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna: 10, 42.6%Emory University: 26, 37.2%University of Haifa: 11, 45.4%University of California, Davis: 23, 29.7%Harvard University: 23, 37.1%University of Lethbridge: 9, 47.6%Georgia State University: 22, 21.9%University of Regensburg: 9, 41.9%University of Otago: 11, 34.6%The University of Texas at Austin: 19, 43.8%University of HaifaUniversity of Veteri…Emory UniversityUniversity of Califo…
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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 University of Veterinary Medicine ViennaAustria 74.042.6%39.0×10 +121.0%
2 Emory UniversityUnited States 65.837.2%8.3×26 -21.9%
3 University of HaifaIsrael 63.645.4%11.0×11 -1.2%
4 University of California, DavisUnited States 60.729.7%6.6×23 +45.2%
5 Harvard UniversityUnited States 60.437.1%4.0×23 +38.9%
6 University of LethbridgeCanada 60.347.6%34.6×9 -24.2%
7 Georgia State UniversityUnited States 58.121.9%15.9×22 -12.5%
8 University of RegensburgGermany 57.641.9%11.2×9 -0.3%
9 University of OtagoNew Zealand 57.134.6%8.4×11 +25.5%
10 The University of Texas at AustinUnited States 56.143.8%4.8×19 -4.1%

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 Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2008. The fastest-growing topics are Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior.

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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.