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Career Development and Diversity

Career Development and Diversity is a research topic within Safety Research. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 27.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the application of Social Cognitive Theory in the context of career development, with a focus on STEM education, gender disparities, and the experiences of underrepresented minorities. It delves into topics such as self-efficacy beliefs, role models, academic aspirations, and work satisfaction, aiming to create more inclusive science education and address the challenges faced by individuals pursuing careers in science and engineering. The research also emphasizes the importance of social influences, cultural stereotypes, and environmental factors in shaping career choices and outcomes.

  • Social Cognitive Theory
  • Career Development
  • STEM Education
  • Gender Disparities
  • Underrepresented Minorities
  • Self-Efficacy Beliefs
  • Role Models
  • Academic Aspirations
  • Work Satisfaction
  • Inclusive Science Education
Research works
16k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
27.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+79%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Career Development and Diversity research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.2k and 250 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2.2k works
  2. 2 China 250 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 170 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 144 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 134 works
  6. 6 Canada 125 works
  7. 7 India 99 works
  8. 8 Germany 75 works
  9. 9 Australia 74 works
  10. 10 South Africa 67 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 65.4%China: 7.6%Indonesia: 5.2%Türkiye: 4.4%6 others listed: 17.4%65%largest
United States2,153 · 65.4%China250 · 7.6%Indonesia170 · 5.2%Türkiye144 · 4.4%6 others listed574 · 17.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Career Development and Diversity research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Purdue University West Lafayette publishes the most Career Development and Diversity research, followed by Arizona State University and Virginia Tech.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Purdue University West Lafayette United States 54 works
  2. 2 Arizona State University United States 36 works
  3. 3 Virginia Tech United States 35 works
  4. 4 The Ohio State University United States 28 works
  5. 5 Pennsylvania State University United States 28 works
  6. 6 University of Michigan United States 27 works
  7. 7 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 24 works
  8. 8 University of Pittsburgh United States 23 works
  9. 9 North Carolina State University United States 22 works
  10. 10 Texas A&M University United States 21 works

Who are the leading researchers in Career Development and Diversity?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Career Development and Diversity include Herbert W. Marsh and Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie.

  1. 1 Herbert W. Marsh 4.6k citations
  2. 2 Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie 2.6k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Career Development and Diversity research done?

The largest centres of Career Development and Diversity research in 2022–2025 are West Lafayette (United States), Washington D.C. (United States), Beijing (China) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Blacksburg and West Lafayette.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 West Lafayette United States 54 works
  2. 2 Washington D.C. United States 52 works
  3. 3 Beijing China 50 works
  4. 4 New York United States 41 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 40 works
  6. 6 Tempe United States 36 works
  7. 7 Chicago United States 35 works
  8. 8 Blacksburg United States 35 works
  9. 9 Columbus United States 32 works
  10. 10 Pittsburgh United States 31 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BlacksburgUS · 35.1 works14×
  2. West LafayetteUS · 53.5 works13×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Career Development and Diversity than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Career Development and Diversity?

Among universities, judged by research, Nazarbayev University, Florida International University and North Carolina State University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 26.12%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Nazarbayev University: 11, 44.6%Florida International University: 21, 21.9%North Carolina State University: 22, 28.1%Arizona State University: 36, 19.5%University of Pittsburgh: 24, 27.7%Purdue University West Lafayette: 54, 10.2%University of Colorado Boulder: 18, 19.1%University of California, Irvine: 18, 23.0%Texas A&M University: 21, 24.1%University of Macau: 8, 43.0%Nazarbayev UniversityNorth Carolina State…Florida Internationa…Arizona State Univer…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Nazarbayev University Kazakhstan 66.944.6%17.5×11
2Florida International University United States 65.621.9%17.0×21 +275.8%
3North Carolina State University United States 64.128.1%9.5×22 +128.1%
4Arizona State University United States 63.419.5%12.9×36 +90.9%
5University of Pittsburgh United States 62.927.7%7.5×24 +226.0%
6Purdue University West Lafayette United States 62.710.2%13.2×54 +113.2%
7University of Colorado Boulder United States 62.319.1%10.9×18 +206.0%
8University of California, Irvine United States 57.523.0%7.5×18 +324.3%
9Texas A&M University United States 57.024.1%6.8×21 +182.0%
10University of Macau Macau 55.643.0%6.0×8

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Career Development and Diversity research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 79% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Career Development and Diversity.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.