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Conflict Management and Negotiation

Conflict Management and Negotiation is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 8.5k research works in it since 1950. 10.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores various aspects of conflict management, negotiation strategies, and the influence of emotions, gender, culture, and trust in negotiation processes. It covers topics such as task conflict, relationship conflict, team performance, intragroup trust, gender differences in negotiation outcomes, cultural influences on negotiation strategies, mediation, and the role of emotions in shaping negotiation dynamics.

  • Conflict Management
  • Negotiation
  • Team Conflict
  • Relationship Conflict
  • Task Conflict
  • Emotions in Negotiations
  • Gender Differences in Negotiation
  • Cultural Influences on Negotiation
  • Mediation
  • Trust in Negotiations
Research works
8.5k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
896
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+37%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
34% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Conflict Management and Negotiation

Which countries lead Conflict Management and Negotiation research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (367 and 174 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 367 works
  2. 2 China 174 works
  3. 3 Germany 84 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 81 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 78 works
  6. 6 India 75 works
  7. 7 Nigeria 66 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 63 works
  9. 9 Pakistan 44 works
  10. 10 Netherlands 39 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: 34.3%China: 16.3%Germany: 7.8%Indonesia: 7.6%6 others listed: 34.0%34%largest
United States367 · 34.3%China174 · 16.3%Germany84 · 7.8%Indonesia81 · 7.6%6 others listed364 · 34.0%

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

Which institutions lead Conflict Management and Negotiation research?

By volume in 2022-now, Islamic Azad University, Tehran publishes the most Conflict Management and Negotiation research, followed by Central University of Himachal Pradesh and Renmin University of China.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 11 works
  2. 2 Central University of Himachal PradeshIndia 10 works
  3. 3 Renmin University of ChinaChina 8 works
  4. 4 Fundação Getulio VargasBrazil 8 works
  5. 5 Institute for Peace Research and Security PolicyGermany 7 works
  6. 6 University of ChicagoUnited States 6 works
  7. 7 University of IlorinNigeria 6 works
  8. 8 George Mason UniversityUnited States 6 works
  9. 9 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 5 works
  10. 10 Babeș-Bolyai UniversityRomania 5 works

Who are the leading researchers in Conflict Management and Negotiation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Conflict Management and Negotiation include David A. Kenny, Arnold B. Bakker and Roy Frederick Baumeister.

  1. 1 David A. Kenny United States 198k citations
  2. 2 Arnold B. Bakker Netherlands 189k citations
  3. 3 Roy Frederick Baumeister United States 183k citations
  4. 4 Herbert A. Simon United States 179k citations
  5. 5 Kathleen M. Eisenhardt United States 169k citations
  6. 6 Andrew F. Hayes United States 163k 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 Conflict Management and Negotiation?

The most cited paper in Conflict Management and Negotiation is "SPSS and SAS procedures for estimating indirect effects in simple mediation models" (Kristopher J. Preacher, Andrew F. Hayes, 2004), with 17,445 citations. Next come "Required Sample Size to Detect the Mediated Effect" (4,780) and "A Multimethod Examination of the Benefits and Detriments of Intragroup Conflict" (4,060).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 SPSS and SAS procedures for estimating indirect effects in simple mediation models Kristopher J. Preacher, Andrew F. Hayes · Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers Open access Nov 2004 17,445
2 Required Sample Size to Detect the Mediated Effect Matthew S. Fritz, David P. MacKinnon · Psychological Science Open access Mar 2007 4,780
3 A Multimethod Examination of the Benefits and Detriments of Intragroup Conflict Karen A. Jehn · Administrative Science Quarterly Jun 1995 4,060
4 The Role of Justice in Organizations: A Meta-Analysis Yochi Cohen‐Charash, Paul E. Spector · Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Review Nov 2001 3,575
5 Why Differences Make a Difference: A Field Study of Diversity, Conflict and Performance in Workgroups Karen A. Jehn, Gregory B. Northcraft, Margaret A. Neale · Administrative Science Quarterly Dec 1999 3,403
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Where is Conflict Management and Negotiation research done?

The largest centres of Conflict Management and Negotiation research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), New York (United States) and Istanbul (Türkiye).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 29 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 20 works
  3. 3 New YorkUnited States 17 works
  4. 4 IstanbulTürkiye 17 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 15 works
  6. 6 Hong KongChina 14 works
  7. 7 TokyoJapan 14 works
  8. 8 NanjingChina 13 works
  9. 9 Washington D.C.United States 13 works
  10. 10 MoscowRussia 11 works
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Where is the best place to study Conflict Management and Negotiation?

Among universities, judged by research, Islamic Azad University, Tehran and Central University of Himachal Pradesh 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
1Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 90.02.0%4.1×11 +125.5%
2Central University of Himachal PradeshIndia 15.00.0%151.2×10 -

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 Conflict Management and Negotiation, country by country

Is Conflict Management and Negotiation research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Conflict Management and Negotiation.

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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 Conflict Management and Negotiation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0066% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Conflict Management and Negotiation0.0097% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Conflict Management and Negotiation 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.

still counting5%10%15%Conflict Management and Negotiation11.1% in 2025200020102020

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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