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Evaluation and Performance Assessment

Evaluation and Performance Assessment is a research topic within Management Science and Operations Research. Science Explorer counts 26k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on theory-based evaluation methods, such as concept mapping and realist synthesis, for analyzing complex interventions. It also explores evaluation capacity building, logic models, empowerment evaluation, and the role of evidence-based policy in shaping evaluation practices.

  • Theory-Based Evaluation
  • Concept Mapping
  • Realist Synthesis
  • Evaluation Capacity Building
  • Logic Models
  • Empowerment Evaluation
  • Program Theory
  • Complexity Theory
  • Evidence-Based Policy
  • Participatory Evaluation
Research works
26k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+9%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
48% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Evaluation and Performance Assessment

Which countries lead Evaluation and Performance Assessment research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1.3k and 388 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 1.3k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 388 works
  3. 3 Canada 238 works
  4. 4 Australia 184 works
  5. 5 Germany 138 works
  6. 6 France 117 works
  7. 7 Netherlands 110 works
  8. 8 China 109 works
  9. 9 South Africa 97 works
  10. 10 Italy 79 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: 47.8%United Kingdom: 13.9%Canada: 8.5%Australia: 6.6%6 others listed: 23.3%48%largest
United States1,337 · 47.8%United Kingdom388 · 13.9%Canada238 · 8.5%Australia184 · 6.6%6 others listed651 · 23.3%

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

Which institutions lead Evaluation and Performance Assessment research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Evaluation and Performance Assessment research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and University College London.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 41 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 24 works
  3. 3 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 21 works
  4. 4 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 19 works
  5. 5 The University of MelbourneAustralia 19 works
  6. 6 University of TorontoCanada 19 works
  7. 7 Aalborg UniversityDenmark 16 works
  8. 8 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 15 works
  9. 9 Western Michigan UniversityUnited States 15 works
  10. 10 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 15 works

Who are the leading researchers in Evaluation and Performance Assessment?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Evaluation and Performance Assessment include David Moher, Douglas G. Altman and George Davey Smith.

  1. 1 David Moher Canada 898k citations
  2. 2 Douglas G. Altman United Kingdom 862k citations
  3. 3 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
  4. 4 Richard M. Ryan United States 395k citations
  5. 5 Julian P. T. Higgins United Kingdom 390k citations
  6. 6 Amos Tversky United States 327k citations
  7. 7 Edward L. Deci United States 325k citations
  8. 8 Gordon Henry Guyatt Canada 315k citations
  9. 9 Elie A. Akl Canada 313k citations
  10. 10 Donald B. Rubin United States 301k 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 Evaluation and Performance Assessment?

The most cited paper in Evaluation and Performance Assessment is "Using thematic analysis in psychology" (Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, 2006), with 193,920 citations. Next come "Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches" (22,287) and "Reflecting on reflexive thematic analysis" (19,256).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Using thematic analysis in psychology Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke · Qualitative Research in Psychology Open access 2006 193,920
2 Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches Sarah Lewis · Health Promotion Practice 2 Apr 2015 22,287
3 Reflecting on reflexive thematic analysis Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke · Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health Open access 13 Jun 2019 19,256
4 Theory Building From Cases: Opportunities And Challenges Kathleen M. Eisenhardt, Melissa E. Graebner · Academy of Management Journal Feb 2007 16,535
5 Thematic Analysis Lorelli S. Nowell, Jill M. Norris, Deborah White et al. · International Journal of Qualitative Methods Open access 2 Oct 2017 13,867
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Where is Evaluation and Performance Assessment research done?

The largest centres of Evaluation and Performance Assessment research in 2022-now are Washington D.C. (United States), London (United Kingdom), Melbourne (Australia) and New York (United States).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 Washington D.C.United States 82 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 82 works
  3. 3 MelbourneAustralia 46 works
  4. 4 New YorkUnited States 45 works
  5. 5 Chapel HillUnited States 41 works
  6. 6 ParisFrance 36 works
  7. 7 TorontoCanada 34 works
  8. 8 RomeItaly 32 works
  9. 9 OsloNorway 31 works
  10. 10 MontrealCanada 30 works
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Where is the best place to study Evaluation and Performance Assessment?

Among universities, judged by research, University College London, University of Edinburgh and Leiden 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.

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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
1University College LondonUnited Kingdom 83.532.9%3.9×22 +18.0%
2University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 65.936.6%3.2×10 +65.7%
3Leiden UniversityNetherlands 59.815.8%6.6×13 +44.5%
4University of Illinois ChicagoUnited States 58.034.8%5.4×10 +187.0%
5University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 56.511.2%5.1×15 +122.5%
6Monash UniversityAustralia 53.515.0%4.3×14 +23.2%
7Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands 53.016.7%5.0×9 +18.7%
8Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom 52.813.4%9.9×13 +73.7%
9University of AucklandNew Zealand 52.419.7%6.3×12 +9.9%
10University of TorontoCanada 51.56.9%2.6×19 +32.9%

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 Evaluation and Performance Assessment, country by country

Is Evaluation and Performance Assessment research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Evaluation and Performance Assessment.

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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 Evaluation and Performance Assessment as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.021% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Evaluation and Performance Assessment0.017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Evaluation and Performance Assessment 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%Evaluation and Performance Assessment10.4% 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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