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Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation

Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation is a research topic within Applied Psychology. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1950. 10.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the motivation and transfer of training in organizational settings, exploring factors influencing learning outcomes, workplace climate, and performance improvement. It encompasses research on employee development, organizational learning, and the effectiveness of training programs.

  • Training Motivation
  • Training Transfer
  • Learning Outcomes
  • Organizational Learning
  • Employee Development
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Workplace Climate
  • Performance Improvement
  • Human Resource Development
  • Training Effectiveness
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+23%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation research?

By volume, the United States and Indonesia publish the most (568 and 245 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 568 works
  2. 2 Indonesia 245 works
  3. 3 India 215 works
  4. 4 Nigeria 137 works
  5. 5 Kenya 133 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 115 works
  7. 7 Malaysia 100 works
  8. 8 China 94 works
  9. 9 Philippines 74 works
  10. 10 South Africa 71 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: 32.4%Indonesia: 14.0%India: 12.2%Nigeria: 7.8%6 others listed: 33.6%32%largest
United States568 · 32.4%Indonesia245 · 14.0%India215 · 12.2%Nigeria137 · 7.8%6 others listed589 · 33.6%

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

Which institutions lead Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Kenyatta University publishes the most Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation research, followed by Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and Mount Kenya University.

Where is Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation research done?

The largest centres of Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation research in 2022–2025 are Nairobi (Kenya), Jakarta (Indonesia), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nairobi.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Nairobi Kenya 69 works
  2. 2 Jakarta Indonesia 37 works
  3. 3 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 29 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 27 works
  5. 5 Bandung Indonesia 27 works
  6. 6 Makassar Indonesia 21 works
  7. 7 Kampala Uganda 20 works
  8. 8 Tehran Iran 20 works
  9. 9 Pretoria South Africa 19 works
  10. 10 Beijing China 19 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NairobiKE · 68.5 works28×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation?

Among universities, judged by research, Kenyatta University, Universiti Putra Malaysia and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture 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%5%10%15%mean 4.58%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Kenyatta University: 22, 1.5%Universiti Putra Malaysia: 10, 13.3%Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology: 18, 0.9%University of Massachusetts Amherst: 12, 8.4%University of Nairobi: 10, 3.5%University of South Africa: 11, 9.4%Mount Kenya University: 17, 1.9%Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology: 9, 3.9%Tribhuvan University: 11, 1.5%Universiti Teknologi MARA: 11, 1.5%Universiti Putra Mal…University of Massac…Kenyatta UniversityJomo Kenyatta Univer…
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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 Kenyatta UniversityKenya 62.71.5%55.5×22 +595.6%
2 Universiti Putra MalaysiaMalaysia 62.713.3%6.8×10 +134.0%
3 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and TechnologyKenya 59.50.9%55.0×18 +631.7%
4 University of Massachusetts AmherstUnited States 56.68.4%11.8×12 -14.1%
5 University of NairobiKenya 55.63.5%22.1×10 +525.0%
6 University of South AfricaSouth Africa 49.59.4%8.5×11 +12.0%
7 Mount Kenya UniversityKenya 49.31.9%97.4×17
8 Masinde Muliro University of Science and TechnologyKenya 38.33.9%58.4×9
9 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 35.81.5%9.0×11
10 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 17.01.5%5.0×11 +53.2%

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 Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation.

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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.