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Emotional Intelligence and Performance

Emotional Intelligence and Performance is a research topic within Social Psychology. Science Explorer counts 29k research works in it since 1950. 15.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the effects of emotional intelligence on performance, attitude, leadership, social interaction, health, and workplace outcomes. It covers topics such as trait emotional intelligence, meta-analysis of emotional intelligence research, stress, and the relationship between emotional intelligence and job performance. The papers also delve into the implications of emotional intelligence in various domains such as education, nursing, and leadership.

  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Leadership
  • Performance
  • Attitude
  • Social Interaction
  • Health
  • Workplace
  • Trait Emotional Intelligence
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Stress
Research works
29k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+36%
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Which countries lead Emotional Intelligence and Performance research?

By volume, India and the United States publish the most (930 and 806 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 India 930 works
  2. 2 United States 806 works
  3. 3 China 572 works
  4. 4 Pakistan 489 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 412 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 344 works
  7. 7 Malaysia 295 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 214 works
  9. 9 Iran 208 works
  10. 10 Spain 198 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.

India: 20.8%United States: 18.0%China: 12.8%Pakistan: 10.9%6 others listed: 37.4%21%largest
India930 · 20.8%United States806 · 18.0%China572 · 12.8%Pakistan489 · 10.9%6 others listed1,671 · 37.4%

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

Which institutions lead Emotional Intelligence and Performance research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universiti Teknologi MARA publishes the most Emotional Intelligence and Performance research, followed by National University of Malaysia and Vellore Institute of Technology University.

Who are the leading researchers in Emotional Intelligence and Performance?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Emotional Intelligence and Performance include Arnold B. Bakker, Herbert W. Marsh and Robert J. Sternberg.

  1. 1 Arnold B. Bakker Netherlands 6k citations
  2. 2 Herbert W. Marsh Australia 4.6k citations
  3. 3 Robert J. Sternberg United States 4.4k citations
  4. 4 Howard Gardner United States 3.7k citations

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

Where is Emotional Intelligence and Performance research done?

The largest centres of Emotional Intelligence and Performance research in 2022–2025 are Lahore (Pakistan), Beijing (China), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and Islamabad (Pakistan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Quetta.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Lahore Pakistan 117 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 101 works
  3. 3 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 85 works
  4. 4 Islamabad Pakistan 65 works
  5. 5 Istanbul Türkiye 65 works
  6. 6 Karachi Pakistan 62 works
  7. 7 London United Kingdom 60 works
  8. 8 Tehran Iran 59 works
  9. 9 Bengaluru India 52 works
  10. 10 Shah Alam Malaysia 49 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. QuettaPK · 20.8 works24×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Emotional Intelligence and Performance than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Emotional Intelligence and Performance?

Among universities, judged by research, University of the Punjab, Sultan Idris Education University and University of Sargodha 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%10%20%30%mean 9.71%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of the Punjab: 21, 7.7%Sultan Idris Education University: 15, 9.8%University of Sargodha: 12, 0.5%University of Cape Coast: 14, 23.0%University of Education: 21, 7.0%Gomal University: 10, 3.6%Universiti of Malaysia Sabah: 12, 9.6%University of Jordan: 14, 4.2%Universiti Teknologi MARA: 42, 6.7%Northern University of Malaysia: 10, 25.0%University of Cape C…Sultan Idris Educati…University of the Pu…University of Sargodha
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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 the PunjabPakistan 58.17.7%9.7×21 +526.8%
2 Sultan Idris Education UniversityMalaysia 55.09.8%10.1×15 +412.3%
3 University of SargodhaPakistan 51.50.5%14.3×12 +249.6%
4 University of Cape CoastGhana 50.223.0%13.8×14
5 University of EducationPakistan 49.27.0%29.5×21 +12.1%
6 Gomal UniversityPakistan 49.23.6%29.9×10 +358.1%
7 Universiti of Malaysia SabahMalaysia 47.19.6%8.2×12 +264.3%
8 University of JordanJordan 46.14.2%7.4×14 +247.0%
9 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 45.36.7%7.4×42 -17.4%
10 Northern University of MalaysiaMalaysia 45.225.0%7.8×10 +103.8%

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 Emotional Intelligence and Performance research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Emotional Intelligence 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.