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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
33,254
Country Rank
15,056
Institution Rank : 17
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11263.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Paul Spicer](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Anthropology
Child Development
Psychiatry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,536
11,462
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
33,481
Country Rank
15,177
Institution Rank : 152
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/7038.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Pamela K Klebanov](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Child Development
Early Childhood Intervention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,422
5,471
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
35,149
Country Rank
15,879
Institution Rank : 42
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11254.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Darcia Narvaez](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/35/1448620.jpg)
Moral Development
Child Development
Evolutionary Systems
Ehics Education
Ethogenesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,664
6,638
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
37,024
Country Rank
16,612
Institution Rank : 6
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28369.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Stephen E Gilman](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/3d/4382732.jpg)
Social
Developmental
and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,889
9,620
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
37,085
Country Rank
16,637
Institution Rank : 56
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11018.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Noel Card](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Child Development
Adolescent Development
Quantitative Methods
Meta-analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,867
10,137
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
40,249
Country Rank
188
Institution Rank : 14
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/4668.png)
![Finland](/flags/fi.png)
![Kaisa Aunola](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
parenting
parent-child relationships
learning motivation
socio emotional development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,687
9,966
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
39,957
Country Rank
17,813
Institution Rank : 50
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6604.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Megan Mcclelland](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/02/886899.jpg)
developmental psychology
child development
self-regulation
executive function
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,788
11,372
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
43,594
Country Rank
3,790
Institution Rank : 260
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10902.jpg)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![Bonnie Auyeung](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b5/1321087.jpg)
Autism
COVID-19 effects on pregnancy and child development
Early Child Development
Neuroendocrinology
Prenatal effects on ch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,550
12,105
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
45,544
Country Rank
19,990
Institution Rank : 294
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/12060.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Karen Wynn](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/86/853401.jpg)
child development
psychology
cognitive science
infant cognition
social cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,969
5,259
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
46,027
Country Rank
20,182
Institution Rank : 146
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6481.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Emma K Adam](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d9/853522.jpg)
child development
adolescent development
stress
cortisol
sleep
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,830
9,086
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
48,706
Country Rank
2,097
Institution Rank : 25
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1225.jpg)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Monique Sénéchal](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
child development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,112
5,961
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
48,394
Country Rank
192
Institution Rank : 40
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11270.jpg)
![New Zealand](/flags/nz.png)
![Elaine Reese](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
child development
language
literacy
parent-child interaction
memory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,188
7,243
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
51,280
Country Rank
2,226
Institution Rank : 54
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1840.jpg)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Chris Moore](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e8/642355.jpg)
Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Development of social understanding
Future oriented thinking
Prosocial behavior in child
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,461
4,199
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
53,927
Country Rank
23,282
Institution Rank : 13
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8297.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![George W Holden](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/30/1649000.jpg)
social development
parent-child relationships
discipline
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,856
4,323
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
55,342
Country Rank
4,755
Institution Rank : 41
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11418.jpg)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![Leon Feinstein](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/43/1242151.jpg)
social policy
implementation science
child development
human development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,555
5,970
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
55,006
Country Rank
23,684
Institution Rank : 131
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1027.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Jean Berko Gleason](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/db/841813.jpg)
psychology
linguistics
psycholinguistics
child development
language development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,627
2,992
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
55,446
Country Rank
4,766
Institution Rank : 146
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10980.png)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![JM Williams](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/43/1368871.jpg)
Psychology
Child Development
Adolescence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,534
7,050
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
56,205
Country Rank
2,455
Institution Rank : 92
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10558.png)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Sylvana Cote](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ad/643186.jpg)
Child Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,369
7,802
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
55,981
Country Rank
24,090
Institution Rank : 460
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10892.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Thomas S Weisner](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/03/1750863.jpg)
culture and child development
mixed methods
culture and disability
sibling caretaking
Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,422
3,496
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
59,171
Country Rank
25,302
Institution Rank : 167
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11536.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Angeline Lillard](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/70/1683101.jpg)
Child Development
Education
Montessori
Pretend Play
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,786
6,447
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
61,505
Country Rank
261
Institution Rank : 21
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15099.png)
![New Zealand](/flags/nz.png)
![Louis Moses](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/11/4356160.jpg)
Child Development
Theory of Mind
Executive Function
Open Science
Meta-analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,348
3,844
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
65,137
Country Rank
27,542
Institution Rank : 97
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1234.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Claudia Coulton](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/01/899978.jpg)
community development
neighborhoods
housing
child wellbeing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,734
3,197
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
66,085
Country Rank
27,896
Institution Rank : 288
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16063.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Diane L Putnick](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Child Development
Parenting
LMIC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,581
10,614
0.782
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
74,148
Country Rank
30,818
Institution Rank : 564
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1736.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Nicholas Zill](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1f/911617.jpg)
Child development and well-being
family influences on children
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,408
2,128
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
73,667
Country Rank
30,639
Institution Rank : 330
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11399.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Michael Hurlburt](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Child Development
Mental Health Services Research
Philosophy of Science
Implementation Science
Doctoral Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,475
6,149
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
33,254
Country Ranking
15,056
Institution Ranking
17
Paul Spicer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,536
11,462
0.509
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11263.jpg)
Anthropology
Child Development
Psychiatry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
33,481
Country Ranking
15,177
Institution Ranking
152
Pamela K Klebanov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,422
5,471
0.244
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/7038.jpg)
Child Development
Early Childhood Intervention
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
35,149
Country Ranking
15,879
Institution Ranking
42
Darcia Narvaez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,664
6,638
0.306
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11254.jpg)
Moral Development
Child Development
Evolutionary Systems
Ehics Education
Ethogenesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
37,024
Country Ranking
16,612
Institution Ranking
6
Stephen E Gilman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,889
9,620
0.461
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28369.jpg)
Social
Developmental
and Psychiatric Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
37,085
Country Ranking
16,637
Institution Ranking
56
Noel Card
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,867
10,137
0.486
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11018.png)
Child Development
Adolescent Development
Quantitative Methods
Meta-analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
40,249
Country Ranking
188
Institution Ranking
14
Kaisa Aunola
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,687
9,966
0.506
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/4668.png)
parenting
parent-child relationships
learning motivation
socio emotional development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
39,957
Country Ranking
17,813
Institution Ranking
50
Megan Mcclelland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,788
11,372
0.575
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6604.jpg)
developmental psychology
child development
self-regulation
executive function
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
43,594
Country Ranking
3,790
Institution Ranking
260
Bonnie Auyeung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,550
12,105
0.653
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10902.jpg)
Autism
COVID-19 effects on pregnancy and child development
Early Child Development
Neuroendocrinology
Prenatal effects on ch
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
45,544
Country Ranking
19,990
Institution Ranking
294
Karen Wynn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,969
5,259
0.293
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/12060.jpg)
child development
psychology
cognitive science
infant cognition
social cognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
46,027
Country Ranking
20,182
Institution Ranking
146
Emma K Adam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,830
9,086
0.510
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6481.jpg)
child development
adolescent development
stress
cortisol
sleep
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
48,706
Country Ranking
2,097
Institution Ranking
25
Monique Sénéchal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,112
5,961
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
48,394
Country Ranking
192
Institution Ranking
40
Elaine Reese
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,188
7,243
0.421
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11270.jpg)
child development
language
literacy
parent-child interaction
memory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
51,280
Country Ranking
2,226
Institution Ranking
54
Chris Moore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,461
4,199
0.255
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1840.jpg)
Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Development of social understanding
Future oriented thinking
Prosocial behavior in child
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
53,927
Country Ranking
23,282
Institution Ranking
13
George W Holden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,856
4,323
0.273
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8297.jpg)
social development
parent-child relationships
discipline
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
55,342
Country Ranking
4,755
Institution Ranking
41
Leon Feinstein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,555
5,970
0.384
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11418.jpg)
social policy
implementation science
child development
human development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
55,006
Country Ranking
23,684
Institution Ranking
131
Jean Berko Gleason
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,627
2,992
0.191
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1027.png)
psychology
linguistics
psycholinguistics
child development
language development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
55,446
Country Ranking
4,766
Institution Ranking
146
JM Williams
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,534
7,050
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
56,205
Country Ranking
2,455
Institution Ranking
92
Sylvana Cote
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,369
7,802
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
55,981
Country Ranking
24,090
Institution Ranking
460
Thomas S Weisner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,422
3,496
0.227
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10892.jpg)
culture and child development
mixed methods
culture and disability
sibling caretaking
Kenya
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
59,171
Country Ranking
25,302
Institution Ranking
167
Angeline Lillard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,786
6,447
0.436
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11536.jpg)
Child Development
Education
Montessori
Pretend Play
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
61,505
Country Ranking
261
Institution Ranking
21
Louis Moses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,348
3,844
0.268
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15099.png)
Child Development
Theory of Mind
Executive Function
Open Science
Meta-analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
65,137
Country Ranking
27,542
Institution Ranking
97
Claudia Coulton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,734
3,197
0.233
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1234.jpg)
community development
neighborhoods
housing
child wellbeing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
66,085
Country Ranking
27,896
Institution Ranking
288
Diane L Putnick
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,581
10,614
0.782
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
74,148
Country Ranking
30,818
Institution Ranking
564
Nicholas Zill
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,408
2,128
0.172
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1736.jpg)
Child development and well-being
family influences on children
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
73,667
Country Ranking
30,639
Institution Ranking
330
Michael Hurlburt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,475
6,149
0.493
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11399.jpg)
Child Development
Mental Health Services Research
Philosophy of Science
Implementation Science
Doctoral Education