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Social Policies and Family

Social Policies and Family is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1950. 7.4% 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 equity, public policy analysis, and the impact of various policies on marginalized communities. It includes discussions on social determinants of health, urban segregation, family support policies, poverty alleviation, and gender equality. The papers also delve into the evaluation of welfare systems, healthcare access, and community development initiatives.

  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Public Policy
  • Inequality
  • Family Support Policies
  • Urban Segregation
  • Healthcare Access
  • Poverty Alleviation
  • Welfare Systems
  • Gender Equality
  • Community Development
Research works
21k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+22%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Social Policies and Family research?

By volume, France and Canada publish the most (2.3k and 193 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 France 2.3k works
  2. 2 Canada 193 works
  3. 3 ?? 137 works
  4. 4 United States 120 works
  5. 5 Switzerland 116 works
  6. 6 Belgium 90 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 47 works
  8. 8 Germany 30 works
  9. 9 Morocco 25 works
  10. 10 Italy 24 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.

France: 74.8%Canada: 6.2%??: 4.4%United States: 3.9%6 others listed: 10.7%75%largest
France2,322 · 74.8%Canada193 · 6.2%??137 · 4.4%United States120 · 3.9%6 others listed333 · 10.7%

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

Which institutions lead Social Policies and Family research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Université de Lille publishes the most Social Policies and Family research, followed by Université Paris Nanterre and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Université de LilleFrance 66 works
  2. 2 Université Paris NanterreFrance 61 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 51 works
  4. 4 Université Paris CitéFrance 37 works
  5. 5 Université Catholique de LilleFrance 36 works
  6. 6 Université de PoitiersFrance 33 works
  7. 7 Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1France 33 works
  8. 8 Aix-Marseille UniversitéFrance 33 works
  9. 9 Center for Research in Psychopathology and Clinical PsychologyFrance 30 works
  10. 10 Université de LorraineFrance 29 works

Where is Social Policies and Family research done?

The largest centres of Social Policies and Family research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Lyon (France), Lille (France) and Toulouse (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Caen.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Paris France 649 works
  2. 2 Lyon France 156 works
  3. 3 Lille France 129 works
  4. 4 Toulouse France 92 works
  5. 5 Nanterre France 72 works
  6. 6 Nantes France 71 works
  7. 7 Rennes France 71 works
  8. 8 Montreal Canada 71 works
  9. 9 Marseille France 59 works
  10. 10 Montpellier France 50 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Caen33.4 works137×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Social Policies and Family than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Social Policies and Family?

Among universities, judged by research, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Université de Tours and Université Paris Cité 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 6.56%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers: 22, 14.4%Université de Tours: 10, 15.7%Université Paris Cité: 37, 4.2%Université Catholique de Lille: 36, 1.6%Université de Lille: 66, 1.4%Université de Bordeaux: 19, 4.8%Université Laval: 18, 8.9%Université Jean Moulin Lyon III: 24, 2.1%Établissement public Campus Condorcet: 14, 7.0%Université de Montpellier: 21, 5.5%Université de ToursConservatoire Nation…Université Paris CitéUniversité Catholiqu…
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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 Conservatoire National des Arts et MétiersFrance 67.614.4%115.1×22 +37.1%
2 Université de ToursFrance 65.115.7%30.0×10 +95.8%
3 Université Paris CitéFrance 58.44.2%27.6×37 +27.5%
4 Université Catholique de LilleFrance 58.01.6%185.2×36 +179.2%
5 Université de LilleFrance 57.91.4%62.6×66 +41.1%
6 Université de BordeauxFrance 57.14.8%30.5×19 +93.1%
7 Université LavalCanada 56.38.9%14.3×18 +16.3%
8 Université Jean Moulin Lyon IIIFrance 55.22.1%123.2×24 +257.5%
9 Établissement public Campus CondorcetFrance 54.97.0%133.5×14 +111.9%
10 Université de MontpellierFrance 54.85.5%26.9×21 +7.9%

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 Policies and Family research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Social Policies and Family.

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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.