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Social Policy Report
H-index 5

Social Policy Report

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 1100 5 5 5

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Number of Best Scientists*: 5
Documents by Best Scientists*: 5
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
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Top Publications

  • Foster Care: How We Can, and Should, Do More for Maltreated Children.

    Sarah A. Font;Elizabeth T. Gershoff

    (2020)
    76 Citations
  • COVID‐19 and Resilience in Schools: Implications for Practice and Policy

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • Children and Violence: Nurturing Social-Emotional Development to Promote Mental Health

    Tina Malti

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • “Wearing a Mask Won't Protect Us from Our History”: The Impact of COVID‐19 on Black Children and Families

    (2022)
    16 Citations
  • What Policies Advance Infants and Toddlers? Evidence to Inform State and Federal Options

    Bruce Fuller;Margaret Bridges;Austin Land

    (2020)
    5 Citations

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