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Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

Youth Education and Societal Dynamics is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 19k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the complex and multifaceted nature of youth transitions, focusing on issues such as social exclusion, individualization, NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training), longitudinal research, adulthood, agency, class dynamics, generational differences, and the impact of the risk society. The papers critically analyze the challenges and opportunities young people face in their transition from education to employment, shedding light on the structural inequalities and societal changes that shape their experiences.

  • Youth Transitions
  • Social Exclusion
  • Individualization
  • NEET
  • Longitudinal Research
  • Adulthood
  • Agency
  • Class
  • Generations
  • Risk Society
Research works
19k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+20%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
25% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

Which countries lead Youth Education and Societal Dynamics research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (766 and 687 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 766 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 687 works
  3. 3 Australia 356 works
  4. 4 Germany 342 works
  5. 5 China 217 works
  6. 6 Canada 149 works
  7. 7 Italy 147 works
  8. 8 Sweden 130 works
  9. 9 Denmark 119 works
  10. 10 Spain 113 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: 25.3%United Kingdom: 22.7%Australia: 11.8%Germany: 11.3%6 others listed: 28.9%25%largest
United States766 · 25.3%United Kingdom687 · 22.7%Australia356 · 11.8%Germany342 · 11.3%6 others listed875 · 28.9%

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

Which institutions lead Youth Education and Societal Dynamics research?

By volume in 2022-now, The University of Melbourne publishes the most Youth Education and Societal Dynamics research, followed by University College London and Aalborg University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 The University of MelbourneAustralia 40 works
  2. 2 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 36 works
  3. 3 Aalborg UniversityDenmark 29 works
  4. 4 Monash UniversityAustralia 22 works
  5. 5 Deakin UniversityAustralia 22 works
  6. 6 University of HelsinkiFinland 21 works
  7. 7 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 21 works
  8. 8 Aarhus UniversityDenmark 21 works
  9. 9 University of GothenburgSweden 20 works
  10. 10 Griffith UniversityAustralia 20 works

Who are the leading researchers in Youth Education and Societal Dynamics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Youth Education and Societal Dynamics include Martin McKee, George Patton and Terrie E. Moffitt.

  1. 1 Martin McKee United Kingdom 270k citations
  2. 2 George Patton Australia 200k citations
  3. 3 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 Education and Societal Dynamics?

The most cited paper in Youth Education and Societal Dynamics is "Towards an understanding of inequity." (J. Stacy Adams, 1963), with 5,157 citations. Next come "Making Vocational Choices: A Theory of Vocational Personalities and Work Environments" (5,060) and "Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children" (4,188).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Towards an understanding of inequity. J. Stacy Adams · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology Nov 1963 5,157
2 Making Vocational Choices: A Theory of Vocational Personalities and Work Environments John L. Holland 1973 5,060
3 Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children Rebecca J. Panagos · Remedial and Special Education Nov 1998 4,188
4 The Emergence and Development of Life Course Theory Glen H. Elder, Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson, Robert L. Crosnoe · Handbooks of sociology and social research Book chapter 2003 3,157
5 Identity—Youth and Crisis E. James Anthony · Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry Jul 1969 2,541
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Youth Education and Societal Dynamics research done?

The largest centres of Youth Education and Societal Dynamics research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Melbourne (Australia), Brisbane (Australia) and Beijing (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 131 works
  2. 2 MelbourneAustralia 107 works
  3. 3 BrisbaneAustralia 55 works
  4. 4 BeijingChina 46 works
  5. 5 New YorkUnited States 45 works
  6. 6 CopenhagenDenmark 41 works
  7. 7 LisbonPortugal 40 works
  8. 8 OsloNorway 39 works
  9. 9 MoscowRussia 39 works
  10. 10 TorontoCanada 36 works
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Where is the best place to study Youth Education and Societal Dynamics?

Among universities, judged by research, RMIT University, University College London and University of Glasgow score highest, combining citation 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.

Citation 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
1RMIT UniversityAustralia 77.925.5%11.0×18 +13.3%
2University College LondonUnited Kingdom 77.418.8%5.3×36 -0.1%
3University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom 76.619.6%7.2×20 +48.6%
4The University of MelbourneAustralia 75.015.4%8.6×40 +4.3%
5University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 70.023.8%5.1×18 -5.9%
6University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 69.618.5%6.0×21 +39.9%
7Griffith UniversityAustralia 69.219.0%11.5×20 +38.2%
8University of GothenburgSweden 69.016.2%10.4×20 +6.1%
9University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 68.922.0%3.2×19 -11.9%
10Newcastle UniversityUnited Kingdom 68.720.9%7.5×15 +2.0%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Education and Societal Dynamics, country by country

Is Youth Education and Societal Dynamics research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Youth Education and Societal Dynamics.

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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 Education and Societal Dynamics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.024% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Youth Education and Societal Dynamics 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.

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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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