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World Scientists Social Sciences / Social Sciences / Child Development i10 Productivity Rankings 2025

Productivity Rankings is a unique service offered only by “AD Scientific Index”. This is a ranking system derived from the i10 index in order to show the productivity of the scientist in publishing scientific articles of value. Productivity Rankings is an instrument that lists productive scientists in a given area, discipline, university, and country and can guide the development of meaningful incentives and academic policies. The world rankings, regional rankings, and university rankings of scientists in this table are developed based on the total i10 index. Additionally, click to view the special rankings based on Productivity Rankings: last 6 years' i10 index", Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Total i10 Index), Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years i10 Index) "Art and Humanities i10 Productivity Rankings" and "Social Sciences and Humanities i10 Productivity Rankings"

* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
United States
Jeanne Brooks Gunn
Child Development
Families
Poverty
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
691
407
0.589
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
United States
Jay Belsky
Child Development
Differential Susceptibility
Evolutionary Theory
Child Abuse
Day Care
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
466
342
0.734
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Canada
Michel Boivin
child development
peer relations
early childhood
school readiness
behavior genetics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
329
282
0.857
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
United States
Laura Justice
child development
language skills
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
320
289
0.903
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Israel
Asher Ornoy
clinical teratology
child development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
282
130
0.461
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
United States
Karen Bierman
child development
peer relations
violence prevention
school readiness
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222
184
0.829
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
United States
Adriana Umana-Taylor
Child Development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
182
0.897
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
United States
Stephen T Russell
youth
adolescence
adolescent
gay
LGBT
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
171
0.842
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
United States
Aletha C Huston
child poverty
public policy
television and children
gender
early education and child care
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180
96
0.533
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
United States
John Constantino
Child Development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
148
0.827
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Canada
Sylvana Cote
Child Development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
167
0.938
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
United Kingdom
Richard Pasco Fearon
child development
attachment
children's mental health and wellbeing
behavioural genetics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
143
0.894
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Brazil
Marisa Cotta Mancini
Child development
Skill acquisition
Cerebral palsy
Rehabilitation
Developmental disorders
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143
82
0.573
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Brazil
Nadia Cristina Valentini
Motor development
motor learning
risk factors
child development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
105
0.784
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
United Kingdom
Andrea Danese
child development
child maltreatment
developmental psychopathology
stress
psychoneuroimmunology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
125
0.977
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Australia
Karen J Thorpe
child development
childcare
ECEC
early education
sleep
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
96
0.756
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
United States
Nicole R Bush
Child Development
Clinical Psychology
Prevention
Biological Embedding of Early Life Stress
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
121
0.976
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
New Zealand
Elaine Reese
child development
language
literacy
parent-child interaction
memory
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
112
0.949
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
United States
Emma K Adam
child development
adolescent development
stress
cortisol
sleep
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
110
0.932
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
United States
Diane L Putnick
Child Development
Parenting
LMIC
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
108
0.939
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
United States
Assaf Oshri
Developmental Science
Resilience
Psychobiology
Psychopathology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
92
0.920
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Canada
Magdalena Janus
child development
EDI
school readiness
special needs
social determinants of health
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
73
0.760
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Australia
Sven Silburn
Child development
Mental Health
Adolescent Health
Indigenous Health
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
59
0.656
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
United States
Noel Card
Child Development
Adolescent Development
Quantitative Methods
Meta-analysis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
66
0.759
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jeanne Brooks Gunn
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
691
407
0.589
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jay Belsky
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
466
342
0.734
Child Development
Differential Susceptibility
Evolutionary Theory
Child Abuse
Day Care
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Michel Boivin
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
329
282
0.857
child development
peer relations
early childhood
school readiness
behavior genetics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Laura Justice
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
320
289
0.903
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Asher Ornoy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
282
130
0.461
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Karen Bierman
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222
184
0.829
child development
peer relations
violence prevention
school readiness
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Adriana Umana-Taylor
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
182
0.897
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Stephen T Russell
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
171
0.842
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Aletha C Huston
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180
96
0.533
child poverty
public policy
television and children
gender
early education and child care
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
John Constantino
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
148
0.827
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sylvana Cote
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
167
0.938
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Richard Pasco Fearon
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
143
0.894
child development
attachment
children's mental health and wellbeing
behavioural genetics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Marisa Cotta Mancini
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143
82
0.573
Child development
Skill acquisition
Cerebral palsy
Rehabilitation
Developmental disorders
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Nadia Cristina Valentini
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
105
0.784
Motor development
motor learning
risk factors
child development
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Andrea Danese
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
125
0.977
child development
child maltreatment
developmental psychopathology
stress
psychoneuroimmunology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Karen J Thorpe
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
96
0.756
child development
childcare
ECEC
early education
sleep
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Nicole R Bush
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
121
0.976
Child Development
Clinical Psychology
Prevention
Biological Embedding of Early Life Stress
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Elaine Reese
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
112
0.949
child development
language
literacy
parent-child interaction
memory
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Emma K Adam
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
110
0.932
child development
adolescent development
stress
cortisol
sleep
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Diane L Putnick
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
108
0.939
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Assaf Oshri
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
92
0.920
Developmental Science
Resilience
Psychobiology
Psychopathology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Magdalena Janus
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
73
0.760
child development
EDI
school readiness
special needs
social determinants of health
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Lívia C Magalhães
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
57
0.613
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sven Silburn
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
59
0.656
Child development
Mental Health
Adolescent Health
Indigenous Health
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Noel Card
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
66
0.759
Child Development
Adolescent Development
Quantitative Methods
Meta-analysis