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Construction Project Management and Performance

Construction Project Management and Performance is a research topic within Management Science and Operations Research. Science Explorer counts 35k research works in it since 1952. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the various aspects of project management, particularly in the context of construction projects. It covers topics such as project success, risk management, stakeholder analysis, leadership styles, supply chain management, project delays, and innovation in projects.

  • Project Success
  • Construction Projects
  • Risk Management
  • Stakeholder Analysis
  • Cost Overruns
  • Leadership Style
  • Complexity in Projects
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Project Delays
  • Innovation in Projects
Research works
35k
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
3.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+16%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
19% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Construction Project Management and Performance

Which countries lead Construction Project Management and Performance research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1k and 883 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1k works
  2. 2 United States 883 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 616 works
  4. 4 India 519 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 473 works
  6. 6 Malaysia 455 works
  7. 7 Nigeria 418 works
  8. 8 South Africa 389 works
  9. 9 Australia 320 works
  10. 10 Brazil 242 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.

China: 19.0%United States: 16.6%Indonesia: 11.6%India: 9.7%6 others listed: 43.1%19%largest
China1,010 · 19.0%United States883 · 16.6%Indonesia616 · 11.6%India519 · 9.7%6 others listed2,296 · 43.1%

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

Which institutions lead Construction Project Management and Performance research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Johannesburg publishes the most Construction Project Management and Performance research, followed by Universiti Teknologi MARA and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 122 works
  2. 2 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 70 works
  3. 3 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and TechnologyKenya 67 works
  4. 4 Federal University of TechnologyNigeria 51 works
  5. 5 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 49 works
  6. 6 University of MoratuwaSri Lanka 48 works
  7. 7 Kenyatta UniversityKenya 48 works
  8. 8 University of BaghdadIraq 46 works
  9. 9 Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway 45 works
  10. 10 Universiti Sains MalaysiaMalaysia 43 works

Who are the leading researchers in Construction Project Management and Performance?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Construction Project Management and Performance include Paul M. Thompson and Herbert A. Simon.

  1. 1 Paul M. Thompson United States 196k citations
  2. 2 Herbert A. Simon United States 179k 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 Construction Project Management and Performance?

The most cited paper in Construction Project Management and Performance is "Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research" (Priscilla M Robinson, 2007), with 23,544 citations. Next come "Self-Reports in Organizational Research: Problems and Prospects" (17,177) and "Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams" (11,679).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research Priscilla M Robinson · Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Open access Aug 2007 23,544
2 Self-Reports in Organizational Research: Problems and Prospects Philip M. Podsakoff, Dennis W. Organ · Journal of Management Dec 1986 17,177
3 Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams Amy C. Edmondson · Administrative Science Quarterly Open access Jun 1999 11,679
4 Profiting from technological innovation: Implications for integration, collaboration, licensing and public policy DavidJ. Teece · Research Policy Apr 1993 7,366
5 Administrative Behavior: A Study of Decision-Making Processes in Administrative Organization. M. Craig Brown, Herbert A. Simon · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews Sep 1978 4,861
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Construction Project Management and Performance research done?

The largest centres of Construction Project Management and Performance research in 2022-now are Nairobi (Kenya), Johannesburg (South Africa), Jakarta (Indonesia) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Thika, Moratuwa and Akure.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 NairobiKenya 162 works
  2. 2 JohannesburgSouth Africa 152 works
  3. 3 JakartaIndonesia 140 works
  4. 4 BeijingChina 127 works
  5. 5 LondonUnited Kingdom 112 works
  6. 6 TehranIran 95 works
  7. 7 CairoEgypt 90 works
  8. 8 ShanghaiChina 80 works
  9. 9 Kuala LumpurMalaysia 80 works
  10. 10 Shah AlamMalaysia 76 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ThikaKE · 40.7 works74×
  2. MoratuwaLK · 47.7 works50×
  3. AkureNG · 51.5 works32×
  4. RollaUS · 22.8 works21×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Construction Project Management and Performance than the world average.

See Construction Project Management and Performance on the map

Where is the best place to study Construction Project Management and Performance?

Among universities, judged by research, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Western Sydney University and University of Johannesburg 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 30.29%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Prince Sattam Bin Ab…Hong Kong Polytechni…Western Sydney Unive…University of Johann…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

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
1Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia 66.846.0%3.8×8 +169.8%
2Western Sydney UniversityAustralia 66.227.0%15.1×35 +56.9%
3University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 64.511.2%24.0×122 +25.0%
4Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 63.727.6%6.9×49 -18.8%
5Missouri University of Science and TechnologyUnited States 62.727.1%24.7×23 +74.4%
6Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and EngineeringVietnam 61.739.5%17.8×10 +649.3%
7Southeast UniversityChina 59.443.9%1.6×19 +69.2%
8Central Queensland UniversityAustralia 58.735.9%10.8×9 +143.4%
9Massey UniversityNew Zealand 57.318.4%22.2×33 +169.8%
10Deakin UniversityAustralia 57.126.3%6.4×24 +8.8%

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 Construction Project Management and Performance, country by country

Is Construction Project Management and Performance research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Construction Project Management and Performance.

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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 Construction Project Management and Performance as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.039% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Construction Project Management and Performance0.040% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Construction Project Management and Performance 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%Construction Project Management and Performance10.3% 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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