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Generational Differences and Trends

Generational Differences and Trends is a research topic within Life-span and Life-course Studies. Science Explorer counts 3.4k research works in it since 1968. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the impact of different generations, particularly Generation Z, on education and workplaces. It covers topics such as teaching methods, learning styles, workforce expectations, and the influence of digital technology on education. The papers also delve into the psychological aspects and societal implications of generational differences.

  • Generation Z
  • education
  • workplace
  • millennials
  • teaching
  • learning
  • psychology
  • society
  • digital natives
  • nursing
Research works
3.4k
fractional, since 1968
In the world top 10%
349
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+163%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
33% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Generational Differences and Trends

Which countries lead Generational Differences and Trends research?

By volume, Indonesia and Türkiye publish the most (535 and 387 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 535 works
  2. 2 Türkiye 387 works
  3. 3 United States 174 works
  4. 4 India 140 works
  5. 5 Hungary 96 works
  6. 6 Poland 87 works
  7. 7 Malaysia 50 works
  8. 8 Philippines 49 works
  9. 9 China 49 works
  10. 10 Russia 40 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.

Indonesia: 33.3%Türkiye: 24.0%United States: 10.9%India: 8.7%6 others listed: 23.1%33%largest
Indonesia535 · 33.3%Türkiye387 · 24.0%United States174 · 10.9%India140 · 8.7%6 others listed371 · 23.1%

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

Which institutions lead Generational Differences and Trends research?

By volume in 2022-now, Binus University publishes the most Generational Differences and Trends research, followed by Telkom University and Obuda University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Binus UniversityIndonesia 26 works
  2. 2 Telkom UniversityIndonesia 14 works
  3. 3 Obuda UniversityHungary 11 works
  4. 4 State University of MakassarIndonesia 11 works
  5. 5 Częstochowa University of TechnologyPoland 11 works
  6. 6 University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in TrnavaSlovakia 11 works
  7. 7 Universitas Patria ArthaIndonesia 10 works
  8. 8 Suleyman Demirel UniversityKazakhstan 10 works
  9. 9 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 10 works
  10. 10 University of DebrecenHungary 9 works

What are the most cited papers in Generational Differences and Trends?

The most cited paper in Generational Differences and Trends is "Generational Differences in Work Values: Leisure and Extrinsic Values Increasing, Social and Intrinsic Values Decreasing" (Jean M. Twenge, Stacy McIlraith Campbell, Brian James Hoffman et al., 2010), with 1,630 citations. Next come "Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--and More Miserable Than Ever Before" (1,309) and "Multigeneration Employees: Strategies for Effective Management" (1,012).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Generational Differences in Work Values: Leisure and Extrinsic Values Increasing, Social and Intrinsic Values Decreasing Jean M. Twenge, Stacy McIlraith Campbell, Brian James Hoffman et al. · Journal of Management Mar 2010 1,630
2 Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--and More Miserable Than Ever Before Jean M. Twenge 4 Apr 2006 1,309
3 Multigeneration Employees: Strategies for Effective Management Betty R. Kupperschmidt · The Health Care Manager Sep 2000 1,012
4 Information technology and Gen Z: The role of teachers, the internet, and technology in the education of young people Andrzej Szymkowiak, Boban Melović, Marina Dabić et al. · Technology in Society 28 Mar 2021 896
5 Heutagogy and lifelong learning: A review of heutagogical practice and self-determined learning Lisa Marie Blaschke · The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Open access 31 Jan 2012 883
All 101 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Generational Differences and Trends research done?

The largest centres of Generational Differences and Trends research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), Istanbul (Türkiye), Bandung (Indonesia) and Budapest (Hungary). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Budapest.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 JakartaIndonesia 99 works
  2. 2 IstanbulTürkiye 74 works
  3. 3 BandungIndonesia 64 works
  4. 4 BudapestHungary 52 works
  5. 5 SurabayaIndonesia 42 works
  6. 6 AnkaraTürkiye 39 works
  7. 7 MakassarIndonesia 32 works
  8. 8 YogyakartaIndonesia 28 works
  9. 9 SemarangIndonesia 23 works
  10. 10 MedanIndonesia 22 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BudapestHU · 51.5 works12×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Generational Differences and Trends than the world average.

See Generational Differences and Trends on the map

Where is the best place to study Generational Differences and Trends?

Among universities, judged by research, Obuda University, Binus University and Telkom 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.

0%10%20%30%mean 8.26%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Obuda UniversityTelkom UniversityState University of …Binus University
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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
1Obuda UniversityHungary 74.826.1%73.9×11 +82.1%
2Binus UniversityIndonesia 55.74.4%25.2×26 +750.8%
3Telkom UniversityIndonesia 44.512.3%13.7×14 -
4State University of MakassarIndonesia 36.210.9%7.2×11 +609.5%
5Suleyman Demirel UniversityKazakhstan 35.71.5%38.4×10 +257.5%
6Częstochowa University of TechnologyPoland 30.91.8%62.7×11 +397.9%
7University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in TrnavaSlovakia 30.73.8%165.0×10 -
8University of DebrecenHungary 28.11.9%17.7×9 +217.6%
9Selçuk UniversityTürkiye 27.86.8%13.9×8 +60.9%
10University of IndonesiaIndonesia 27.513.1%4.4×10 -

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 Generational Differences and Trends, country by country

Is Generational Differences and Trends research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 163% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Generational Differences and Trends.

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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 Generational Differences and Trends as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0081% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Generational Differences and Trends0.013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Generational Differences and Trends 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%Generational Differences and Trends10.5% in 20252020

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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