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Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

Suicide and Self-Harm Studies is a research topic within Clinical Psychology. Science Explorer counts 34k research works in it since 1950. 25.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the epidemiology, risk factors, and prevention strategies related to suicidal behavior, particularly among adolescents and young adults. It covers topics such as the interpersonal theory of suicide, psychological autopsy studies, non-suicidal self-injury, and the assessment of suicidal behavior. The research also delves into the global patterns of mortality, neurobiology, and the impact of various interventions in mitigating suicide risk.

  • Suicide
  • Suicidal Behavior
  • Prevention Strategies
  • Risk Factors
  • Adolescents
  • Psychological Autopsy
  • Self-harm
  • Interpersonal Theory
  • Non-suicidal Self-injury
  • Epidemiology
Research works
34k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
8.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
25.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+59%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Suicide and Self-Harm Studies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.7k and 665 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2.7k works
  2. 2 China 665 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 465 works
  4. 4 Australia 343 works
  5. 5 Canada 312 works
  6. 6 Spain 296 works
  7. 7 Brazil 268 works
  8. 8 India 255 works
  9. 9 South Korea 249 works
  10. 10 Germany 215 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: 47.3%China: 11.4%United Kingdom: 8.0%Australia: 5.9%6 others listed: 27.4%47%largest
United States2,747 · 47.3%China665 · 11.4%United Kingdom465 · 8.0%Australia343 · 5.9%6 others listed1,593 · 27.4%

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

Which institutions lead Suicide and Self-Harm Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Suicide and Self-Harm Studies research, followed by Harvard University and Johns Hopkins University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 51 works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 45 works
  3. 3 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 44 works
  4. 4 The University of MelbourneAustralia 39 works
  5. 5 University of MichiganUnited States 37 works
  6. 6 Columbia UniversityUnited States 36 works
  7. 7 University of WashingtonUnited States 36 works
  8. 8 Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyUnited States 33 works
  9. 9 University of TorontoCanada 31 works
  10. 10 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States 27 works

Who are the leading researchers in Suicide and Self-Harm Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Suicide and Self-Harm Studies include Rakhi Dandona, Ronald C. Kessler and Naohiro Yonemoto.

  1. 1 Rakhi Dandona United States 9.8k citations
  2. 2 Ronald C. Kessler United States 9.8k citations
  3. 3 Naohiro Yonemoto United States 9.4k citations
  4. 4 Ted R. Miller United States 8.1k citations
  5. 5 Dan J. Stein South Africa 7.7k citations
  6. 6 Josep María Haro Spain 6.4k citations

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

Where is Suicide and Self-Harm Studies research done?

The largest centres of Suicide and Self-Harm Studies research in 2022–2025 are New York (United States), Seoul (South Korea), London (United Kingdom) and Beijing (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 New York United States 166 works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 134 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 123 works
  4. 4 Beijing China 90 works
  5. 5 Melbourne Australia 89 works
  6. 6 Boston United States 84 works
  7. 7 Madrid Spain 79 works
  8. 8 Toronto Canada 75 works
  9. 9 Moscow Russia 74 works
  10. 10 Washington D.C. United States 71 works
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Where is the best place to study Suicide and Self-Harm Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, South China Normal University, The University of Melbourne and Harvard 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%25%50%75%mean 32.53%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →South China Normal University: 16, 60.0%The University of Melbourne: 39, 37.3%Harvard University: 45, 30.4%Virginia Commonwealth University: 21, 21.2%Johns Hopkins University: 44, 29.5%Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: 33, 36.6%Florida State University: 19, 21.2%Columbia University: 36, 31.7%Australian National University: 11, 43.8%Palo Alto University: 12, 13.6%South China Normal U…The University of Me…Harvard UniversityVirginia Commonwealt…
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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 South China Normal UniversityChina 63.660.0%5.8×16 +136.0%
2 The University of MelbourneAustralia 60.737.3%5.0×39 +112.8%
3 Harvard UniversityUnited States 53.430.4%4.5×45 +44.5%
4 Virginia Commonwealth UniversityUnited States 52.821.2%8.0×21 +164.1%
5 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 52.229.5%5.1×44 +46.1%
6 Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyUnited States 52.036.6%6.3×33 -25.7%
7 Florida State UniversityUnited States 52.021.2%7.5×19 +180.8%
8 Columbia UniversityUnited States 51.431.7%5.6×36 +23.2%
9 Australian National UniversityAustralia 50.143.8%2.9×11 +249.5%
10 Palo Alto UniversityUnited States 49.213.6%20.1×12 +172.4%

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 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 59% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Suicide and Self-Harm 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.