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Conferences and Exhibitions Management

Conferences and Exhibitions Management is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 7.8k research works in it since 1950. 10.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the motivation, behavior, and impact of convention attendees, with a focus on trade shows, conference travel, carbon footprint reduction, virtual conferences, sustainability in the exhibition industry, and the experiences of meeting planners and visitors. It also delves into the complexities of academic mobility and the implications for professional networks.

  • Convention Attendees
  • Trade Shows
  • Conference Travel
  • Carbon Footprint
  • Virtual Conferences
  • Exhibition Industry
  • Sustainability
  • Meeting Planners
  • Visitor Experiences
  • Academic Mobility
Research works
7.8k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
810
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+22%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
32% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Conferences and Exhibitions Management

Which countries lead Conferences and Exhibitions Management research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (413 and 228 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 413 works
  2. 2 China 228 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 160 works
  4. 4 India 93 works
  5. 5 Australia 79 works
  6. 6 Germany 72 works
  7. 7 Canada 68 works
  8. 8 France 62 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 54 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 51 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: 32.3%China: 17.8%United Kingdom: 12.5%India: 7.2%6 others listed: 30.1%32%largest
United States413 · 32.3%China228 · 17.8%United Kingdom160 · 12.5%India93 · 7.2%6 others listed386 · 30.1%

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

Which institutions lead Conferences and Exhibitions Management research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Conferences and Exhibitions Management research, followed by Harvard University and Universiti Teknologi MARA.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 18 works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 11 works
  3. 3 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 7 works
  4. 4 University of MichiganUnited States 6 works
  5. 5 University of TorontoCanada 6 works
  6. 6 University of SurreyUnited Kingdom 6 works
  7. 7 The University of MelbourneAustralia 6 works
  8. 8 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 6 works
  9. 9 The University of SydneyAustralia 6 works
  10. 10 Cardiff UniversityUnited Kingdom 6 works

Who are the leading researchers in Conferences and Exhibitions Management?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Conferences and Exhibitions Management include David Moher, John P. A. Ioannidis and Ziad Ahmed Memish.

  1. 1 David Moher Canada 898k citations
  2. 2 John P. A. Ioannidis United States 317k citations
  3. 3 Ziad Ahmed Memish Saudi Arabia 224k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Conferences and Exhibitions Management?

The most cited paper in Conferences and Exhibitions Management is "Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes" (Louise Forsetlund, Arild Bjørndal, Arash Rashidian et al., 2009), with 1,818 citations. Next come "The Impact of Research Collaboration on Scientific Productivity" (1,673) and "Using Technology to Maintain the Education of Residents During the COVID-19 Pandemic" (1,111).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes Louise Forsetlund, Arild Bjørndal, Arash Rashidian et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Open access 15 Apr 2009 1,818
2 The Impact of Research Collaboration on Scientific Productivity Sooho Lee, Barry L. Bozeman · Social Studies of Science 6 Sep 2005 1,673
3 Using Technology to Maintain the Education of Residents During the COVID-19 Pandemic Robert Connor Chick, Guy Travis Clifton, Kaitlin M. Peace et al. · Journal of surgical education Open access 3 Apr 2020 1,111
4 Networks, clusters and innovation in tourism: A UK experience Marina Novelli, Birte Schmitz, Trisha Spencer · Tourism Management 4 Feb 2006 795
5 Marketing strategy determinants of export performance: a meta-analysis Leonidas C. Leonidou, Constantine S. Katsikeas, Saeed Samiee · Journal of Business Research Review 2002 793
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Where is Conferences and Exhibitions Management research done?

The largest centres of Conferences and Exhibitions Management research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China), Melbourne (Australia) and Paris (France).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 44 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 33 works
  3. 3 MelbourneAustralia 19 works
  4. 4 ParisFrance 18 works
  5. 5 New YorkUnited States 15 works
  6. 6 TokyoJapan 15 works
  7. 7 WuhanChina 14 works
  8. 8 Washington D.C.United States 14 works
  9. 9 MoscowRussia 13 works
  10. 10 SydneyAustralia 13 works
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Where is the best place to study Conferences and Exhibitions Management?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard 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.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Harvard UniversityUnited States 8.18.1%1.9×11 +12.4%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Conferences and Exhibitions Management, country by country

Is Conferences and Exhibitions Management research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Conferences and Exhibitions Management.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Conferences and Exhibitions Management as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0084% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Conferences and Exhibitions Management over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

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Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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