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North America 176 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Child Development Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Behavior Disorders
Child Abuse
Child Development
Child Neglect
Family Violence
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192
95
0.495
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Child Development
Families
Poverty
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192
73
0.380
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Child Development
Differential Susceptibility
Evolutionary Theory
Child Abuse
Day Care
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
79
0.470
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
child development
language skills
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
67
0.626
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
child development
peer relations
violence prevention
school readiness
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
55
0.514
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
child development
peer relations
early childhood
school readiness
behavior genetics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
62
0.626
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
child poverty
public policy
television and children
gender
early education and child care
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
34
0.378
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
youth
adolescence
adolescent
gay
LGBT
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
66
0.776
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Child Development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
58
0.753
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
autism
child development
intervention
screening
education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
57
0.740
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Child Development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
58
0.763
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
couples
parenting
child development
attachment
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
37
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
adolescent mental health
income inequality
digital technologies and child development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
51
0.729
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Child Development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
49
0.742
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
child development
adolescent development
stress
cortisol
sleep
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
45
0.682
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Fathering
Families
Child Development
Parenting
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
40
0.690
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
childhood obesity
child behavior
child development
parenting
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
39
0.672
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Child Development
Parenting
LMIC
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
42
0.778
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Child Development
Adolescent Development
Quantitative Methods
Meta-analysis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
36
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Parenting
early child development
child sleep
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
32
0.604
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
maternal nutrition
child nutrition
breast feeding
complementary feeding
child development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
38
0.776
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Child Development
Clinical Psychology
Prevention
Biological Embedding of Early Life Stress
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
39
0.830
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Child development and well-being
family influences on children
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
19
0.404
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Child Development
Mental Health Services Research
Philosophy of Science
Implementation Science
Doctoral Education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
31
0.674
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
child development
parenting
father involvement
early childhood education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
29
0.644
Kenneth A Dodge
Duke University
Durham, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192
95
0.495
Behavior Disorders
Child Abuse
Child Development
Child Neglect
Family Violence
Jeanne Brooks Gunn
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192
73
0.380
Child Development
Families
Poverty
Jay Belsky
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
79
0.470
Child Development
Differential Susceptibility
Evolutionary Theory
Child Abuse
Day Care
Laura Justice
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
67
0.626
Karen Bierman
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
55
0.514
child development
peer relations
violence prevention
school readiness
Michel Boivin
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
62
0.626
child development
peer relations
early childhood
school readiness
behavior genetics
Aletha C Huston
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
34
0.378
child poverty
public policy
television and children
gender
early education and child care
Stephen T Russell
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
66
0.776
youth
adolescence
adolescent
gay
LGBT
John Constantino
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
58
0.753
Rebecca Landa
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Baltimore, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
57
0.740
autism
child development
intervention
screening
education
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Adriana Umana-Taylor
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
58
0.763
Philip A Cowan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
37
0.500
couples
parenting
child development
attachment
Candice Odgers
Duke University
Durham, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
51
0.729
adolescent mental health
income inequality
digital technologies and child development
Sylvana Cote
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
49
0.742
Emma K Adam
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
45
0.682
child development
adolescent development
stress
cortisol
sleep
Natasha J Cabrera
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
40
0.690
Fathering
Families
Child Development
Parenting
Julie Lumeng
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
39
0.672
childhood obesity
child behavior
child development
parenting
Diane L Putnick
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
42
0.778
Noel Card
University of Georgia
Athens, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
36
0.667
Child Development
Adolescent Development
Quantitative Methods
Meta-analysis
Douglas Teti
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
32
0.604
Parenting
early child development
child sleep
Phuong Hong Nguyen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
38
0.776
maternal nutrition
child nutrition
breast feeding
complementary feeding
child development
Nicole R Bush
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
39
0.830
Child Development
Clinical Psychology
Prevention
Biological Embedding of Early Life Stress
Nicholas Zill
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
19
0.404
Child development and well-being
family influences on children
Michael Hurlburt
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
31
0.674
Child Development
Mental Health Services Research
Philosophy of Science
Implementation Science
Doctoral Education
Brent A Mcbride
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
29
0.644
child development
parenting
father involvement
early childhood education