Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology is a research topic within Clinical Psychology. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1950. 28.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the phenomenon of hypersexual disorder, compulsive sexual behavior, and the consumption of pornography, particularly on the internet. It delves into the psychological impact, treatment approaches, gender differences, and social attitudes surrounding this topic.
- Hypersexual Disorder
- Pornography Consumption
- Compulsive Sexual Behavior
- Internet Pornography
- Sexual Addiction
- Adolescent Exposure
- Psychological Impact
- Treatment Approaches
- Gender Differences
- Social Attitudes
- Research works
- 25k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 28.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +40% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1.8k and 496 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.8k works
- 2 United Kingdom 496 works
- 3 Canada 336 works
- 4 Australia 295 works
- 5 Germany 248 works
- 6 Spain 243 works
- 7 China 222 works
- 8 Italy 188 works
- 9 India 182 works
- 10 Brazil 173 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.
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Which institutions lead Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Sapienza University of Rome publishes the most Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology research, followed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and University of Michigan.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 40 works
- 2 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 31 works
- 3 University of MichiganUnited States 27 works
- 4 University of TorontoCanada 24 works
- 5 Indiana University BloomingtonUnited States 22 works
- 6 The University of MelbourneAustralia 21 works
- 7 University of British ColumbiaCanada 21 works
- 8 Nottingham Trent UniversityUnited Kingdom 19 works
- 9 Universidad de GranadaSpain 19 works
- 10 Yale UniversityUnited States 18 works
Who are the leading researchers in Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology include Dan J. Stein and Mark D. Griffiths.
- 1 Dan J. Stein South Africa 7.7k citations
- 2 Mark D. Griffiths United Kingdom 3.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology research done?
The largest centres of Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Melbourne (Australia) and Rome (Italy). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bloomington.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- BloomingtonUS · 30.8 works12×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology?
Among universities, judged by research, Nottingham Trent University, La Trobe University and Indiana University Bloomington 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 | Nottingham Trent UniversityUnited Kingdom | 73.8 | 47.0% | 21.2× | 19 | +57.3% |
| 2 | La Trobe UniversityAustralia | 70.8 | 46.1% | 9.1× | 16 | +112.3% |
| 3 | Indiana University BloomingtonUnited States | 68.9 | 41.8% | 13.3× | 22 | +52.7% |
| 4 | Flinders UniversityAustralia | 63.2 | 36.6% | 8.7× | 11 | +175.1% |
| 5 | Curtin UniversityAustralia | 62.8 | 47.6% | 6.1× | 11 | +126.8% |
| 6 | University of Duisburg-EssenGermany | 60.4 | 43.5% | 6.2× | 11 | +496.0% |
| 7 | RMIT UniversityAustralia | 59.7 | 45.3% | 4.3× | 9 | +448.6% |
| 8 | University of Nevada, Las VegasUnited States | 57.5 | 39.2% | 12.4× | 13 | +9.7% |
| 9 | Sapienza University of RomeItaly | 55.9 | 14.1% | 6.5× | 40 | +185.3% |
| 10 | Indiana UniversityUnited States | 54.9 | 47.4% | 10.9× | 9 | -21.3% |
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 Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 40% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology.
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.