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World 527 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
193
96
0.497
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Child Development
Families
Povert
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
75
0.389
* 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
170
80
0.471
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
child development
language skill
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
68
0.636
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
child development
peer relations
violence prevention
school readines
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
57
0.538
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
child development
peer relations
early childhood
school readiness
behavior genetic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
63
0.630
* 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
91
34
0.374
* 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
67
0.798
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
clinical teratology
child developmen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
43
0.518
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Child Development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
59
0.766
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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
59
0.776
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
autism
child development
intervention
screening
educatio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
59
0.776
* 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
75
38
0.507
* 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
74
55
0.743
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
child development
child maltreatment
developmental psychopathology
stress
psychoneuroimmunolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
71
0.947
* 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
70
53
0.757
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Child Developmen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
51
0.773
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
child development
adolescent development
stress
cortisol
slee
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
46
0.697
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
child development
language
literacy
parent-child interaction
memor
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
45
0.703
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Fathering
Families
Child Development
Parenting
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
41
0.695
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
childhood obesity
child behavior
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: 22
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: 23
Child Development
Parenting
LMIC
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
43
0.811
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Parenting
early child development
child slee
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
32
0.604
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Motor development
motor learning
risk factors
child developmen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
34
0.654
Kenneth A Dodge
Duke University
Durham, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
96
0.497
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
193
75
0.389
Child Development
Families
Povert
Jay Belsky
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170
80
0.471
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
68
0.636
child development
language skill
Karen Bierman
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
57
0.538
child development
peer relations
violence prevention
school readines
Michel Boivin
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
63
0.630
child development
peer relations
early childhood
school readiness
behavior genetic
Aletha C Huston
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
34
0.374
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
67
0.798
youth
adolescence
adolescent
gay
LGBT
Asher Ornoy
Ariel University
Ariel, Israel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
43
0.518
clinical teratology
child developmen
John Constantino
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
59
0.766
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Adriana Umana-Taylor
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
59
0.776
Rebecca Landa
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Baltimore, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
59
0.776
autism
child development
intervention
screening
educatio
Philip A Cowan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
38
0.507
couples
parenting
child development
attachment
Richard Pasco Fearon
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
55
0.743
child development
attachment
children's mental health and wellbeing
behavioural genetics
Andrea Danese
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
71
0.947
child development
child maltreatment
developmental psychopathology
stress
psychoneuroimmunolog
Candice Odgers
Duke University
Durham, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
53
0.757
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
51
0.773
Emma K Adam
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
46
0.697
child development
adolescent development
stress
cortisol
slee
Elaine Reese
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
45
0.703
child development
language
literacy
parent-child interaction
memor
Natasha J Cabrera
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
41
0.695
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
40
0.690
childhood obesity
child behavior
child development
parenting
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
Diane L Putnick
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
43
0.811
Child Development
Parenting
LMIC
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 slee
Nadia Cristina Valentini
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS
Porto Alegre, Brazil
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
34
0.654
Motor development
motor learning
risk factors
child developmen