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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
612
Country Rank
244
Institution Rank : 3
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1756.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Urie Bronfenbrenner](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/8e/4268601.jpg)
developmental psychology
ecological systems theory
child development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220,513
75,366
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,460
Country Rank
652
Institution Rank : 11
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1736.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Jeanne Brooks Gunn](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/39/911133.jpg)
Child Development
Families
Poverty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,858
31,259
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,166
Country Rank
1,016
Institution Rank : 3
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10889.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Jay Belsky](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d5/1742149.jpg)
Child Development
Differential Susceptibility
Evolutionary Theory
Child Abuse
Day Care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,202
29,887
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,798
Country Rank
1,823
Institution Rank : 151
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/3215.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Henning Tiemeier](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f5/1385487.jpg)
Cohort studies
Neurodevelopment
Sleep
Child Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,109
55,599
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,726
Country Rank
3,201
Institution Rank : 37
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/23831.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Megan R Gunnar](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Child Development
Developmental Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,600
20,399
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
8,959
Country Rank
4,301
Institution Rank : 43
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11862.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![John Constantino](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/95/1334387.jpg)
Child Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,495
29,832
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
10,271
Country Rank
4,923
Institution Rank : 51
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/23831.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Philip David Zelazo](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/87/4677196.jpg)
Developmental Psychology
Child Development
Executive Function
Executive Functions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,097
19,295
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
12,559
Country Rank
6,001
Institution Rank : 63
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6317.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Clancy Blair](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6e/859466.jpg)
child development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,396
21,312
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
12,701
Country Rank
6,065
Institution Rank : 19
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8815.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Kathy Hirsh Pasek](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/67/1672921.jpg)
child psychology
language development
play
early education
literacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,068
19,938
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
13,779
Country Rank
6,563
Institution Rank : 40
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6779.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Karen Bierman](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
child development
peer relations
violence prevention
school readiness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,053
12,303
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
14,572
Country Rank
572
Institution Rank : 18
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10651.png)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Michel Boivin](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/73/641433.jpg)
child development
peer relations
early childhood
school readiness
behavior genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,660
15,096
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
14,831
Country Rank
7,052
Institution Rank : 67
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11449.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Aletha C Huston](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
child poverty
public policy
television and children
gender
early education and child care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,243
8,687
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
16,665
Country Rank
7,878
Institution Rank : 42
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6547.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Laura Justice](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/25/900880.jpg)
child development
language skills
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,513
16,880
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
20,588
Country Rank
9,604
Institution Rank : 213
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11200.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Vonnie C Mcloyd](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Child and Adolescent Development
Poverty
Ethnicity
Parenting and Family Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,036
6,348
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
20,288
Country Rank
9,476
Institution Rank : 95
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11449.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Stephen T Russell](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/de/1640804.jpg)
youth
adolescence
adolescent
gay
LGBT
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,311
18,114
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
22,186
Country Rank
10,307
Institution Rank : 6
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5322.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![James Garbarino](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/51/1385621.jpg)
child and adolescent development
truama and violence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,568
3,261
0.110
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
22,740
Country Rank
2,005
Institution Rank : 99
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/4926.png)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![Andrea Danese](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1f/1191485.jpg)
child development
child maltreatment
developmental psychopathology
stress
psychoneuroimmunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,118
20,878
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
22,445
Country Rank
10,426
Institution Rank : 40
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11324.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Judith Smetana](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/bc/1620295.jpg)
Child development
moral development
parenting
adolescent-parent relationships
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,356
9,340
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
25,765
Country Rank
11,892
Institution Rank : 59
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11525.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Bruce J Ellis](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/4a/1680997.jpg)
Child development
Evolutionary Psychology
Developmental Programming
Stress
Developmental Psychopathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,808
11,499
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
26,397
Country Rank
12,169
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8872.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Howard Steele](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/4b/1733889.jpg)
Attachment theory and research
emotional development
parent-child relationships
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,381
8,162
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
26,857
Country Rank
12,367
Institution Rank : 146
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11571.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Seth David Pollak](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/9a/1878585.jpg)
child development
emotion science
children's learning
psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,088
12,288
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
28,245
Country Rank
78
Institution Rank : 9
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8529.jpg)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Mark Tomlinson](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/32/93388.jpg)
Maternal and child health
life course development
child and adolescent development
global mental health
global health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,212
15,265
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
29,475
Country Rank
13,493
Institution Rank : 726
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/3215.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Adriana Umana-Taylor](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Child Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,509
13,717
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
33,047
Country Rank
2,894
Institution Rank : 122
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11168.jpg)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![Gina Conti Ramsden](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a9/1591822.jpg)
child language development and disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,648
8,408
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
33,508
Country Rank
2,935
Institution Rank : 269
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15708.png)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![Richard Pasco Fearon](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
child development
attachment
children's mental health and wellbeing
behavioural genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,409
13,489
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
612
Country Ranking
244
Institution Ranking
3
Urie Bronfenbrenner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220,513
75,366
0.342
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1756.jpg)
developmental psychology
ecological systems theory
child development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
1,460
Country Ranking
652
Institution Ranking
11
Jeanne Brooks Gunn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,858
31,259
0.216
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1736.jpg)
Child Development
Families
Poverty
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
2,166
Country Ranking
1,016
Institution Ranking
3
Jay Belsky
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,202
29,887
0.255
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10889.jpg)
Child Development
Differential Susceptibility
Evolutionary Theory
Child Abuse
Day Care
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
3,798
Country Ranking
1,823
Institution Ranking
151
Henning Tiemeier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,109
55,599
0.631
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/3215.jpg)
Cohort studies
Neurodevelopment
Sleep
Child Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
6,726
Country Ranking
3,201
Institution Ranking
37
Megan R Gunnar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,600
20,399
0.326
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/23831.png)
Child Development
Developmental Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
8,959
Country Ranking
4,301
Institution Ranking
43
John Constantino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,495
29,832
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
10,271
Country Ranking
4,923
Institution Ranking
51
Philip David Zelazo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,097
19,295
0.401
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/23831.png)
Developmental Psychology
Child Development
Executive Function
Executive Functions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
12,559
Country Ranking
6,001
Institution Ranking
63
Clancy Blair
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,396
21,312
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
12,701
Country Ranking
6,065
Institution Ranking
19
Kathy Hirsh Pasek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,068
19,938
0.474
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8815.jpg)
child psychology
language development
play
early education
literacy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
13,779
Country Ranking
6,563
Institution Ranking
40
Karen Bierman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,053
12,303
0.307
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6779.jpg)
child development
peer relations
violence prevention
school readiness
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
14,572
Country Ranking
572
Institution Ranking
18
Michel Boivin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,660
15,096
0.390
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10651.png)
child development
peer relations
early childhood
school readiness
behavior genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
14,831
Country Ranking
7,052
Institution Ranking
67
Aletha C Huston
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,243
8,687
0.227
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11449.jpg)
child poverty
public policy
television and children
gender
early education and child care
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
16,665
Country Ranking
7,878
Institution Ranking
42
Laura Justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,513
16,880
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
20,588
Country Ranking
9,604
Institution Ranking
213
Vonnie C Mcloyd
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,036
6,348
0.205
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11200.jpg)
Child and Adolescent Development
Poverty
Ethnicity
Parenting and Family Relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
20,288
Country Ranking
9,476
Institution Ranking
95
Stephen T Russell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,311
18,114
0.579
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11449.jpg)
youth
adolescence
adolescent
gay
LGBT
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
22,186
Country Ranking
10,307
Institution Ranking
6
James Garbarino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,568
3,261
0.110
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5322.jpg)
child and adolescent development
truama and violence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
22,740
Country Ranking
2,005
Institution Ranking
99
Andrea Danese
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,118
20,878
0.717
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/4926.png)
child development
child maltreatment
developmental psychopathology
stress
psychoneuroimmunology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
22,445
Country Ranking
10,426
Institution Ranking
40
Judith Smetana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,356
9,340
0.318
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11324.jpg)
Child development
moral development
parenting
adolescent-parent relationships
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
25,765
Country Ranking
11,892
Institution Ranking
59
Bruce J Ellis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,808
11,499
0.429
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11525.jpg)
Child development
Evolutionary Psychology
Developmental Programming
Stress
Developmental Psychopathology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
26,397
Country Ranking
12,169
Institution Ranking
1
Howard Steele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,381
8,162
0.309
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8872.png)
Attachment theory and research
emotional development
parent-child relationships
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
26,857
Country Ranking
12,367
Institution Ranking
146
Seth David Pollak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,088
12,288
0.471
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11571.jpg)
child development
emotion science
children's learning
psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
28,245
Country Ranking
78
Institution Ranking
9
Mark Tomlinson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,212
15,265
0.605
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8529.jpg)
Maternal and child health
life course development
child and adolescent development
global mental health
global health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
29,475
Country Ranking
13,493
Institution Ranking
726
Adriana Umana-Taylor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,509
13,717
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
33,047
Country Ranking
2,894
Institution Ranking
122
Gina Conti Ramsden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,648
8,408
0.371
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11168.jpg)
child language development and disorders
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
33,508
Country Ranking
2,935
Institution Ranking
269
Richard Pasco Fearon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,409
13,489
0.602
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15708.png)
child development
attachment
children's mental health and wellbeing
behavioural genetics