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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research is a research topic within Clinical Psychology. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 32.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the impact of trauma, particularly posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), on individuals' mental health and the potential for resilience and growth following extremely aversive events. It covers topics such as the neurocircuitry of fear, stress, and anxiety disorders, psychological treatments for PTSD, psychometric evaluation of PTSD symptoms, and the epidemiology of traumatic events and PTSD. The papers also delve into the concept of posttraumatic growth and the role of cognitive therapy in addressing PTSD.

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  • Trauma
  • Resilience
  • Mental Health
  • Psychological Treatment
  • Neurocircuitry
  • PTSD Symptoms
  • Psychometric Evaluation
  • Cognitive Therapy
  • Epidemiology
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
32.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+36%
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Which countries lead Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (2.2k and 371 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2.2k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 371 works
  3. 3 China 336 works
  4. 4 Canada 263 works
  5. 5 Australia 248 works
  6. 6 Germany 217 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 212 works
  8. 8 Israel 161 works
  9. 9 Netherlands 143 works
  10. 10 Japan 109 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: 52.0%United Kingdom: 8.6%China: 7.8%Canada: 6.1%6 others listed: 25.4%52%largest
United States2,233 · 52.0%United Kingdom371 · 8.6%China336 · 7.8%Canada263 · 6.1%6 others listed1,089 · 25.4%

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

Which institutions lead Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, King's College London publishes the most Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research research, followed by National Center for PTSD and Harvard University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 35 works
  2. 2 National Center for PTSDUnited States 34 works
  3. 3 Harvard UniversityUnited States 31 works
  4. 4 Yale UniversityUnited States 30 works
  5. 5 Boston UniversityUnited States 30 works
  6. 6 Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesUnited States 25 works
  7. 7 VA Boston Healthcare SystemUnited States 25 works
  8. 8 Emory UniversityUnited States 23 works
  9. 9 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 22 works
  10. 10 UNSW SydneyAustralia 20 works

Who are the leading researchers in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research include Ronald C. Kessler, Dan J. Stein and Brenda W.J.H. Penninx.

  1. 1 Ronald C. Kessler United States 9.8k citations
  2. 2 Dan J. Stein South Africa 7.7k citations
  3. 3 Brenda W.J.H. Penninx Netherlands 4k citations
  4. 4 Lawrence G. Calhoun United States 2.8k citations
  5. 5 Pim Cuijpers Netherlands 2.8k citations

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

Where is Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research research done?

The largest centres of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research research in 2022–2025 are New York (United States), London (United Kingdom), Boston (United States) and Washington D.C. (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Honolulu and Charleston.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 New York United States 115 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 107 works
  3. 3 Boston United States 98 works
  4. 4 Washington D.C. United States 79 works
  5. 5 Melbourne Australia 60 works
  6. 6 San Diego United States 54 works
  7. 7 Beijing China 54 works
  8. 8 Sydney Australia 48 works
  9. 9 Seoul South Korea 47 works
  10. 10 Bethesda United States 46 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. HonoluluUS · 41.4 works21×
  2. CharlestonUS · 22.7 works12×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Boston University, King's College London and Bar-Ilan 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%20%40%60%mean 34.54%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Boston University: 30, 34.2%King's College London: 35, 32.8%Bar-Ilan University: 18, 34.5%Harvard University: 31, 35.4%University of Haifa: 20, 30.5%UNSW Sydney: 20, 41.3%Ariel University: 18, 28.2%Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: 25, 19.3%The University of Melbourne: 19, 40.3%University College London: 14, 48.9%Harvard UniversityBar-Ilan UniversityBoston UniversityKing's College London
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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 Boston UniversityUnited States 71.134.2%11.1×30 +18.8%
2 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 71.032.8%8.4×35 +11.2%
3 Bar-Ilan UniversityIsrael 64.934.5%12.1×18 +41.5%
4 Harvard UniversityUnited States 63.035.4%4.4×31 +57.6%
5 University of HaifaIsrael 62.630.5%15.9×20 +22.7%
6 UNSW SydneyAustralia 61.041.3%4.4×20 +33.9%
7 Ariel UniversityIsrael 60.928.2%25.6×18 +61.2%
8 Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesUnited States 55.919.3%49.3×25 +31.6%
9 The University of MelbourneAustralia 55.240.3%3.5×19 +38.5%
10 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 54.348.9%1.9×14 +6.2%

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 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research.

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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.