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Youth Development and Social Support

Youth Development and Social Support is a research topic within Safety Research. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the concept of positive youth development, focusing on the impact of youth development programs, extracurricular activities, and community engagement on adolescent development. It delves into the promotion of social skills, life skills development, and critical consciousness among young individuals, emphasizing the role of after-school and sport-based programs in fostering positive outcomes. The research also highlights the significance of civic participation and its influence on youth development.

  • Youth Development Programs
  • Extracurricular Activities
  • Adolescent Development
  • Community Engagement
  • Civic Participation
  • Social Skills
  • After-School Programs
  • Life Skills Development
  • Critical Consciousness
  • Sport-Based Programs
Research works
18k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+14%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
53% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Youth Development and Social Support

Which countries lead Youth Development and Social Support research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.7k and 348 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 1.7k works
  2. 2 China 348 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 224 works
  4. 4 Canada 201 works
  5. 5 Australia 164 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 151 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 118 works
  8. 8 Spain 116 works
  9. 9 India 114 works
  10. 10 Philippines 77 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: 52.6%China: 10.9%United Kingdom: 7.0%Canada: 6.3%6 others listed: 23.2%53%largest
United States1,683 · 52.6%China348 · 10.9%United Kingdom224 · 7.0%Canada201 · 6.3%6 others listed742 · 23.2%

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

Which institutions lead Youth Development and Social Support research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Youth Development and Social Support research, followed by The Ohio State University and Arizona State University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 26 works
  2. 2 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States 24 works
  3. 3 Arizona State UniversityUnited States 21 works
  4. 4 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 21 works
  5. 5 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 20 works
  6. 6 University of FloridaUnited States 19 works
  7. 7 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 19 works
  8. 8 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States 18 works
  9. 9 University of MichiganUnited States 17 works
  10. 10 Michigan State UniversityUnited States 17 works

Who are the leading researchers in Youth Development and Social Support?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Youth Development and Social Support include Richard M. Ryan, Albert Bandura and Edward L. Deci.

  1. 1 Richard M. Ryan United States 395k citations
  2. 2 Albert Bandura United States 370k citations
  3. 3 Edward L. Deci United States 325k citations
  4. 4 Tommi Juhani Vasankari Finland 248k citations
  5. 5 James Thomas United Kingdom 242k citations
  6. 6 Peter M. Bentler United States 233k citations
  7. 7 Kimberly D. Miller United States 200k citations
  8. 8 George Patton Australia 200k citations
  9. 9 Terrie E. Moffitt United Kingdom 195k 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 Youth Development and Social Support?

The most cited paper in Youth Development and Social Support is "The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior" (Edward L. Deci, Richard M. Ryan, 2000), with 33,752 citations. Next come "Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations: Classic Definitions and New Directions" (18,640) and "School Engagement: Potential of the Concept, State of the Evidence" (12,369).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior Edward L. Deci, Richard M. Ryan · Psychological Inquiry Oct 2000 33,752
2 Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations: Classic Definitions and New Directions Richard M. Ryan, Edward L. Deci · Contemporary Educational Psychology Open access 2000 18,640
3 School Engagement: Potential of the Concept, State of the Evidence Jennifer A. Fredricks, Phyllis C. Blumenfeld, Alison H. Paris · Review of Educational Research Mar 2004 12,369
4 The measurement of psychological androgyny. Sandra L. Bem · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 1974 8,602
5 PSYCHOLOGICAL, EMPOWERMENT IN THE WORKPLACE: DIMENSIONS, MEASUREMENT AND VALIDATION. Gretchen Marie Spreitzer · Academy of Management Journal Oct 1995 6,653
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Where is Youth Development and Social Support research done?

The largest centres of Youth Development and Social Support research in 2022-now are New York (United States), Hong Kong (China), Beijing (China) and London (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 New YorkUnited States 50 works
  2. 2 Hong KongChina 41 works
  3. 3 BeijingChina 41 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 40 works
  5. 5 MelbourneAustralia 38 works
  6. 6 Los AngelesUnited States 38 works
  7. 7 Washington D.C.United States 33 works
  8. 8 ChicagoUnited States 33 works
  9. 9 BostonUnited States 31 works
  10. 10 AtlantaUnited States 28 works
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Where is the best place to study Youth Development and Social Support?

Among universities, judged by research, Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Beijing Normal 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.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Education University of Hong KongChina 76.328.6%24.3×13 +98.7%
2Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 76.130.4%5.9×20 -7.9%
3Beijing Normal UniversityChina 67.123.7%4.8×15 +69.0%
4University of California, Los AngelesUnited States 65.517.4%4.0×18 +41.2%
5Ghent UniversityBelgium 64.421.2%3.2×9 +21.3%
6Monash UniversityAustralia 60.628.3%2.6×10 +18.6%
7Chinese University of Hong KongChina 60.525.9%4.1×12 +49.9%
8University of MichiganUnited States 60.218.4%2.9×17 -13.6%
9The Ohio State UniversityUnited States 60.112.8%5.1×24 +27.2%
10University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 59.29.5%5.7×19 +3.8%

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 Youth Development and Social Support, country by country

Is Youth Development and Social Support research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Youth Development and Social Support.

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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 Youth Development and Social Support as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.020% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Youth Development and Social Support 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.

still counting5%10%15%Youth Development and Social Support10.1% in 2025200020102020

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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