Resilience and Mental Health

Resilience and Mental Health is a research topic within Clinical Psychology. Science Explorer counts 43k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the concept of psychological resilience, exploring its development, measurement, and implications for well-being. It encompasses research on coping strategies, positive emotions, family and community resilience, and the impact of resilience on mental health in the face of adversity.

Psychological Resilience
Adversity
Coping Strategies
Positive Emotions
Developmental Perspectives
Family Resilience
Mental Health
Stress
Protective Factors
Community Resilience

Research works: 43k
In the world top 10%: 4.4k
Top-10% rate: 10.2%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +62%
Largest producer: United States

Resilience and Mental Health

Which countries lead Resilience and Mental Health research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (3.3k and 1.4k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 United States 3.3k works
2 China 1.4k works
3 Türkiye 1k works
4 Indonesia 870 works
5 India 743 works
6 United Kingdom 665 works
7 Iran 545 works
8 Canada 483 works
9 Australia 403 works
10 Spain 384 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 States3,252 · 33.3%China1,427 · 14.6%Türkiye1,006 · 10.3%Indonesia870 · 8.9%6 others listed3,224 · 33.0%

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

Which institutions lead Resilience and Mental Health research?

By volume in 2022-now, Islamic Azad University, Tehran publishes the most Resilience and Mental Health research, followed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Sapienza University of Rome.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 190 works
2 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 81 works
3 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 78 works
4 Harvard UniversityUnited States 55 works
5 United States Department of Veterans AffairsUnited States 48 works
6 University of TorontoCanada 42 works
7 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 34 works
8 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 34 works
9 The University of MelbourneAustralia 34 works
10 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 33 works

Who are the leading researchers in Resilience and Mental Health?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Resilience and Mental Health include George Davey Smith, Richard M. Ryan and Albert Bandura.

1 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
2 Richard M. Ryan United States 395k citations
3 Albert Bandura United States 370k citations
4 Ronald C. Kessler United States 360k citations
5 Edward L. Deci United States 325k citations
6 Mika Kivimäki United Kingdom 318k citations
7 Dan J. Stein South Africa 306k citations
8 Luigi Ferrucci United States 281k citations
9 Yousef Saleh Khader Jordan 274k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Resilience and Mental Health?

The most cited paper in Resilience and Mental Health is "SPSS and SAS procedures for estimating indirect effects in simple mediation models" (Kristopher J. Preacher, Andrew F. Hayes, 2004), with 17,445 citations. Next come "Development of a new resilience scale: The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC)" (11,835) and "The Construct of Resilience: A Critical Evaluation and Guidelines for Future Work" (9,365).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	SPSS and SAS procedures for estimating indirect effects in simple mediation models Kristopher J. Preacher, Andrew F. Hayes · Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers Open access	Nov 2004	17,445
2	Development of a new resilience scale: The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) Kathryn M. Connor, Jonathan R. T. Davidson · Depression and Anxiety	Sep 2003	11,835
3	The Construct of Resilience: A Critical Evaluation and Guidelines for Future Work Suniya S. Luthar, Dante Cicchetti, Bronwyn E. Becker · Child Development Open access	May 2000	9,365
4	Assessing coping strategies: A theoretically based approach. Charles S. Carver, M F Scheier, Jagdish K. Weintraub · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology	1989	9,308
5	You want to measure coping but your protocol’ too long: Consider the brief cope Charles S. Carver · International Journal of Behavioral Medicine	Mar 1997	7,423

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Where is Resilience and Mental Health research done?

The largest centres of Resilience and Mental Health research in 2022-now are Istanbul (Türkiye), Tehran (Iran), London (United Kingdom) and Beijing (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 IstanbulTürkiye 197 works
2 TehranIran 174 works
3 LondonUnited Kingdom 173 works
4 BeijingChina 152 works
5 New YorkUnited States 150 works
6 AnkaraTürkiye 125 works
7 RomeItaly 109 works
8 MelbourneAustralia 99 works
9 YogyakartaIndonesia 96 works
10 Washington D.C.United States 96 works

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Where is the best place to study Resilience and Mental Health?

Among universities, judged by research, Sapienza University of Rome, Northeast Normal University and Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen 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.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged

40%

Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share

10%

Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale

30%

Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%

10%

Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad

10%

Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Sapienza University of RomeItaly	72.3	32.4%	4.7×	78	+858.7%
2	Northeast Normal UniversityChina	59.2	50.0%	2.8×	9	+244.0%
3	Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen UniversityTürkiye	58.8	36.5%	13.8×	12	+137.3%
4	Shaanxi Normal UniversityChina	58.5	37.4%	2.6×	10	+259.2%
5	Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina	58.0	29.9%	2.1×	26	+60.9%
6	Chinese University of Hong KongChina	57.8	25.8%	2.3×	24	+114.3%
7	Education University of Hong KongChina	57.6	24.1%	10.8×	22	+108.6%
8	University of MacauChina	55.3	26.7%	2.6×	12	+283.2%
9	Harvard UniversityUnited States	53.8	17.7%	1.2×	55	+31.4%
10	The University of MelbourneAustralia	52.7	20.8%	2.1×	34	+66.6%
11	University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom	51.5	30.8%	1.6×	15	+114.5%
12	Monash UniversityAustralia	51.1	22.2%	1.9×	26	+31.9%
13	Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael	51.1	24.9%	2.2×	24	+42.2%
14	University of Hong KongChina	50.9	18.1%	1.7×	23	+40.4%
15	Beijing Normal UniversityChina	50.6	21.5%	2.7×	31	+82.3%
16	Islamic Azad University, TehranIran	48.4	2.0%	8.0×	190	+1.9%
17	Nanjing Medical UniversityChina	48.2	38.7%	0.8×	10	+189.4%
18	University of AmsterdamNetherlands	48.0	30.2%	1.2×	11	+25.3%
19	UNSW SydneyAustralia	47.6	19.4%	1.7×	22	+92.3%
20	The University of QueenslandAustralia	47.6	30.0%	1.2×	16	+18.9%
21	Columbia UniversityUnited States	47.5	12.4%	2.1×	33	+24.7%
22	University of AlmeríaSpain	47.3	23.0%	6.1×	14	+42.2%
23	King's College LondonUnited Kingdom	46.5	17.6%	1.8×	22	+17.5%
24	Yıldız Technical UniversityTürkiye	46.1	24.5%	3.8×	14	+392.2%
25	Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway	45.8	18.6%	1.7×	14	+69.4%
26	Bar-Ilan UniversityIsrael	45.7	18.6%	4.9×	19	+148.2%
27	Nanjing Normal UniversityChina	45.7	26.3%	2.8×	14	+171.9%
28	Central South UniversityChina	45.6	29.3%	0.6×	17	+114.7%
29	Yale UniversityUnited States	45.4	12.2%	1.9×	30	+53.4%
30	University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States	45.3	3.4%	3.2×	82	+32.2%
31	University College LondonUnited Kingdom	45.2	11.5%	1.3×	30	+30.1%
32	Boston UniversityUnited States	45.2	21.3%	2.4×	16	+26.5%
33	Stanford UniversityUnited States	45.0	18.3%	1.1×	22	+18.7%
34	University of TorontoCanada	44.8	11.4%	1.4×	42	+9.2%
35	University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom	44.8	18.2%	1.8×	22	+68.2%
36	Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands	44.7	20.5%	1.4×	10	+35.2%
37	Sichuan UniversityChina	44.6	31.3%	0.6×	18	+16.5%
38	Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States	44.5	11.9%	1.6×	34	+69.0%
39	Southwest UniversityChina	44.5	31.1%	1.8×	14	+116.1%
40	Atatürk UniversityTürkiye	44.3	19.6%	3.8×	19	+159.5%
41	National University of SingaporeSingapore	44.1	13.9%	1.1×	19	+114.5%
42	Wuhan UniversityChina	44.1	36.6%	0.5×	10	+110.9%
43	Tel Hai Academic CollegeIsrael	43.6	19.8%	28.1×	12	+65.7%
44	Fudan UniversityChina	43.5	31.2%	0.5×	11	+122.0%
45	City University of Hong KongChina	42.9	7.5%	2.2×	18	+168.2%
46	Zhengzhou UniversityChina	42.6	30.4%	0.6×	10	+192.3%
47	University of JohannesburgSouth Africa	42.4	7.4%	3.8×	33	+267.9%
48	Liaoning Normal UniversityChina	41.6	29.8%	6.8×	8	-
49	Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore	41.5	7.3%	1.6×	18	+531.7%
50	Iranshahr UniversityIran	38.5	15.8%	11.6×	13	+49.6%
51	Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina	37.9	35.0%	0.3×	9	-
52	Maastricht UniversityNetherlands	37.7	22.3%	1.4×	8	+34.1%
53	Karolinska InstitutetSweden	36.6	11.2%	1.5×	12	+96.4%
54	King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia	34.7	12.7%	0.8×	11	+426.7%
55	University of IndonesiaIndonesia	32.6	2.7%	2.0×	34	+50.3%
56	University of ZagrebCroatia	32.2	3.8%	3.4×	33	+3.4%
57	University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation SciencesIran	30.9	6.7%	18.2×	11	+22.2%
58	Universidad Peruana UniónPeru	30.0	11.0%	11.4×	8	+286.5%
59	Alzahra UniversityIran	29.1	4.7%	10.7×	10	+20.4%
60	Moscow State University of Psychology & EducationRussia	28.5	6.3%	15.9×	10	+74.9%
61	Cebu Technological UniversityPhilippines	24.9	3.5%	13.2×	8	+97.6%
62	Laguna State Polytechnic UniversityPhilippines	23.3	0.0%	15.2×	11	+181.4%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Resilience and Mental Health, country by country

Is Resilience and Mental Health research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 62% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Resilience and Mental Health.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Resilience and Mental Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.075% in 2024.

Fractional works of Resilience and Mental Health over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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Which countries lead Resilience and Mental Health research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Resilience and Mental Health research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Resilience and Mental Health?

What are the most cited papers in Resilience and Mental Health?

Where is Resilience and Mental Health research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where is the best place to study Resilience and Mental Health?

Is Resilience and Mental Health research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion