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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. 17.3% 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%
6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+42%
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Which countries lead Construction Project Management and Performance research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (787 and 759 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 787 works
  2. 2 United States 759 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 496 works
  4. 4 India 442 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 418 works
  6. 6 Malaysia 412 works
  7. 7 Nigeria 362 works
  8. 8 South Africa 354 works
  9. 9 Australia 281 works
  10. 10 Brazil 220 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: 17.4%United States: 16.8%Indonesia: 10.9%India: 9.7%6 others listed: 45.2%17%largest
China787 · 17.4%United States759 · 16.8%Indonesia496 · 10.9%India442 · 9.7%6 others listed2,048 · 45.2%

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

Which institutions lead Construction Project Management and Performance research?

By volume in 2022–2025, 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 113 works
  2. 2 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 65 works
  3. 3 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and TechnologyKenya 61 works
  4. 4 Federal University of TechnologyNigeria 47 works
  5. 5 Kenyatta UniversityKenya 46 works
  6. 6 University of MoratuwaSri Lanka 43 works
  7. 7 University of BaghdadIraq 42 works
  8. 8 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 42 works
  9. 9 Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway 42 works
  10. 10 Mount Kenya UniversityKenya 40 works

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

The most-cited researchers publishing on Construction Project Management and Performance include Moshe Ben‐Akiva, W. Richard Scott and Eduardo Salas.

  1. 1 Moshe Ben‐Akiva United States 2.9k citations
  2. 2 W. Richard Scott United States 2.5k citations
  3. 3 Eduardo Salas United States 2.3k citations
  4. 4 Heng Li Hong Kong 2.1k citations

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

Where is Construction Project Management and Performance research done?

The largest centres of Construction Project Management and Performance research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Nairobi Kenya 150 works
  2. 2 Johannesburg South Africa 140 works
  3. 3 Jakarta Indonesia 109 works
  4. 4 Beijing China 104 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 97 works
  6. 6 Tehran Iran 85 works
  7. 7 Cairo Egypt 81 works
  8. 8 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 71 works
  9. 9 Shah Alam Malaysia 70 works
  10. 10 Shanghai China 68 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ThikaKE · 40.0 works79×
  2. MoratuwaLK · 43.3 works50×
  3. AkureNG · 46.9 works34×
  4. KigaliRW · 23.9 works23×
  5. NairobiKE · 149.7 works22×
  6. PekanMY · 36.1 works21×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Construction Project Management and Performance than the world average.

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

Among universities, judged by research, University of Johannesburg, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and Missouri University of Science and Technology 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 22.69%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Johannesburg: 113, 19.6%Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology: 31, 22.1%Missouri University of Science and Technology: 20, 40.3%Western Sydney University: 30, 30.5%Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah: 36, 11.3%Norwegian University of Science and Technology: 42, 15.9%Massey University: 31, 23.1%Central Queensland University: 8, 34.3%University of Moratuwa: 43, 8.6%Leeds Beckett University: 15, 21.2%Missouri University …Western Sydney Unive…Kwame Nkrumah Univer…University of Johann…
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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
1 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 75.719.6%22.3×113 +372.0%
2 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGhana 68.622.1%19.7×31 +243.0%
3 Missouri University of Science and TechnologyUnited States 68.340.3%21.6×20 +107.0%
4 Western Sydney UniversityAustralia 62.230.5%15.4×30 +28.2%
5 Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan AbdullahMalaysia 62.011.3%21.1×36 +897.2%
6 Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway 61.915.9%9.5×42 +127.7%
7 Massey UniversityNew Zealand 61.423.1%21.3×31 +82.3%
8 Central Queensland UniversityAustralia 61.334.3%10.0×8 +154.4%
9 University of MoratuwaSri Lanka 60.68.6%50.9×43 +269.9%
10 Leeds Beckett UniversityUnited Kingdom 60.621.2%23.6×15 +249.5%

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 Construction Project Management and Performance research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.