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Social and Behavioral Studies

Social and Behavioral Studies is a research topic within Health. Science Explorer counts 8.9k research works in it since 1953. 4.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to social activity and health research, including the impact of socioeconomic factors on risky behaviors among adolescents, the role of redox homeostasis in cancer, the use of ethnography in health research, and the development of mass sports as a basis for a healthy lifestyle. It also explores the influence of beliefs and motivation on socio-psychological adaptation among university students, as well as the relationship between digital learning environments and the science of learning.

  • Social Activity
  • Health Research
  • Youth
  • Cancer
  • Ethnography
  • Physical Culture
  • Digital Learning
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Redox Homeostasis
  • Socio-Psychological Adaptation
Research works
8.9k
fractional, since 1953
In the world top 10%
369
per year above
Top-10% rate
4.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+322%
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Which countries lead Social and Behavioral Studies research?

By volume, Russia and Indonesia publish the most (1.6k and 566 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Russia 1.6k works
  2. 2 Indonesia 566 works
  3. 3 Ukraine 295 works
  4. 4 United States 185 works
  5. 5 China 127 works
  6. 6 Uzbekistan 56 works
  7. 7 Kazakhstan 39 works
  8. 8 Iran 38 works
  9. 9 Hungary 38 works
  10. 10 ?? 37 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.

Russia: 53.8%Indonesia: 19.0%Ukraine: 9.9%United States: 6.2%6 others listed: 11.2%54%largest
Russia1,605 · 53.8%Indonesia566 · 19.0%Ukraine295 · 9.9%United States185 · 6.2%6 others listed335 · 11.2%

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

Which institutions lead Social and Behavioral Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Weatherford College publishes the most Social and Behavioral Studies research, followed by Financial University and Ural Federal University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Weatherford College United States 59 works
  2. 2 Financial University Russia 28 works
  3. 3 Ural Federal University Russia 27 works
  4. 4 Lomonosov Moscow State University Russia 26 works
  5. 5 University of Indonesia Indonesia 25 works
  6. 6 Tambov State University Russia 25 works
  7. 7 Russian Academy of Sciences Russia 25 works
  8. 8 Chuvash State University Russia 24 works
  9. 9 Tambov State Technical University Russia 22 works
  10. 10 The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration Russia 22 works

Where is Social and Behavioral Studies research done?

The largest centres of Social and Behavioral Studies research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Kyiv (Ukraine) and Novosibirsk (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tambov and Cheboksary.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 454 works
  2. 2 Saint Petersburg Russia 119 works
  3. 3 Kyiv Ukraine 88 works
  4. 4 Novosibirsk Russia 66 works
  5. 5 Yekaterinburg Russia 60 works
  6. 6 Weatherford United States 59 works
  7. 7 Jakarta Indonesia 56 works
  8. 8 Tambov Russia 48 works
  9. 9 Surabaya Indonesia 39 works
  10. 10 Krasnodar Russia 38 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TambovRU · 47.9 works170×
  2. CheboksaryRU · 26.7 works107×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Social and Behavioral Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Social and Behavioral Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Moscow State University and Lomonosov Moscow State 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%10%20%mean 6.89%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Moscow State University of Psychology & Education: 12, 19.0%Moscow State University: 19, 8.0%Lomonosov Moscow State University: 26, 7.0%Weatherford College: 59, 3.2%Ural Federal University: 27, 4.0%Saratov State University: 15, 6.9%State University of Management: 11, 12.7%Financial University: 28, 4.9%St Petersburg University: 19, 1.2%Moscow State Pedagogical University: 18, 2.0%Moscow State Univers…Moscow State Univers…Lomonosov Moscow Sta…Weatherford College
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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
1Moscow State University of Psychology & Education Russia 74.819.0%77.0×12 +227.7%
2Moscow State University Tajikistan 71.28.0%20.7×19 +236.3%
3Lomonosov Moscow State University Russia 62.07.0%8.9×26 +417.1%
4Weatherford College United States 61.73.2%12.9×59 +133.4%
5Ural Federal University Russia 60.54.0%27.8×27 +868.5%
6Saratov State University Russia 58.16.9%52.8×15 +516.7%
7State University of Management Russia 54.812.7%45.3×11 —
8Financial University Russia 51.74.9%36.5×28 —
9St Petersburg University Russia 51.71.2%11.5×19 +2027.8%
10Moscow State Pedagogical University Russia 51.52.0%53.4×18 +511.3%

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 Social and Behavioral Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 322% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Social and Behavioral Studies.

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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.