H-Index
Rankings
World Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Child Development Rankings 2025
AD Scientific Index evaluates the academic productivity and efficiency of scientists and institutions based on the H-index, i10 index, and citation counts. In addition to total H-index rankings, you can also explore rankings and analyses by "Scientists Last 6 Years H-index" and by subject.
* 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
191
106
0.555
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :2
Child Development
Families
Poverty
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
80
0.419
* 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
166
87
0.524
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :4
child development
peer relations
violence prevention
school readiness
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
59
0.551
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :5
child development
language skills
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
73
0.689
* 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
97
64
0.660
* 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
37
0.411
* 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
84
71
0.845
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :9
clinical teratology
child development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
45
0.549
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :10
Child Development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
61
0.792
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :11
autism
child development
intervention
screening
education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
60
0.779
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :12
Child Development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
60
0.789
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :13
couples
parenting
child development
attachment
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
42
0.568
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :14
child development
attachment
children's mental health and wellbeing
behavioural genetics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
57
0.803
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :15
child development
child maltreatment
developmental psychopathology
stress
psychoneuroimmunology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
67
0.971
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :16
adolescent mental health
income inequality
digital technologies and child development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
53
0.768
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :17
Child Development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
52
0.800
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :18
child development
adolescent development
stress
cortisol
sleep
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
50
0.769
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :19
child development
language
literacy
parent-child interaction
memory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
48
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :20
childhood obesity
child behavior
child development
parenting
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
43
0.741
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :21
Fathering
Families
Child Development
Parenting
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
43
0.754
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :22
Child Development
Adolescent Development
Quantitative Methods
Meta-analysis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
40
0.741
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :23
Child Development
Parenting
LMIC
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
44
0.830
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :24
Parenting
early child development
child sleep
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
33
0.623
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :25
Motor development
motor learning
risk factors
child development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
37
0.725
Kenneth A Dodge
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
106
0.555
Behavior Disorders
Child Abuse
Child Development
Child Neglect
Family Violence
Jeanne Brooks Gunn
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
80
0.419
Child Development
Families
Poverty
Jay Belsky
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
87
0.524
Child Development
Differential Susceptibility
Evolutionary Theory
Child Abuse
Day Care
Karen Bierman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
59
0.551
child development
peer relations
violence prevention
school readiness
Laura Justice
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
73
0.689
Michel Boivin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
64
0.660
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
37
0.411
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
84
71
0.845
youth
adolescence
adolescent
gay
LGBT
Asher Ornoy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
45
0.549
clinical teratology
child development
John Constantino
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
61
0.792
Rebecca Landa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
60
0.779
autism
child development
intervention
screening
education
Adriana Umana-Taylor
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
60
0.789
Philip A Cowan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
42
0.568
couples
parenting
child development
attachment
Richard Pasco Fearon
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
57
0.803
child development
attachment
children's mental health and wellbeing
behavioural genetics
Andrea Danese
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
67
0.971
child development
child maltreatment
developmental psychopathology
stress
psychoneuroimmunology
Candice Odgers
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
53
0.768
adolescent mental health
income inequality
digital technologies and child development
Sylvana Cote
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
52
0.800
Emma K Adam
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
50
0.769
child development
adolescent development
stress
cortisol
sleep
Elaine Reese
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
48
0.750
child development
language
literacy
parent-child interaction
memory
Julie Lumeng
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
43
0.741
childhood obesity
child behavior
child development
parenting
Natasha J Cabrera
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
43
0.754
Fathering
Families
Child Development
Parenting
Noel Card
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
40
0.741
Child Development
Adolescent Development
Quantitative Methods
Meta-analysis
Diane L Putnick
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
44
0.830
Douglas Teti
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
33
0.623
Parenting
early child development
child sleep
Nadia Cristina Valentini
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
37
0.725
Motor development
motor learning
risk factors
child development