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Human Resources and Workforce

Human Resources and Workforce is a research topic within Safety Research. Science Explorer counts 3.4k research works in it since 1954. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the multifaceted impact of universities on local and regional economies, emphasizing their role in driving economic development, fostering innovation ecosystems, and facilitating knowledge transfer. It delves into the dynamics of university-industry collaboration, the influence of digital transformation on higher education, and the cultivation of entrepreneurial competencies. The papers also highlight the social and external benefits of education, including the significance of universities in shaping community collaboration and regional engagement.

  • University Impact
  • Economic Development
  • Regional Engagement
  • Higher Education
  • Digital Transformation
  • Knowledge Transfer
  • Local Economy
  • Innovation Ecosystem
  • Community Collaboration
  • Entrepreneurial Competencies
Research works
3.4k
fractional, since 1954
In the world top 10%
342
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+21%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Russia
47% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Human Resources and Workforce

Which countries lead Human Resources and Workforce research?

By volume, Russia and Türkiye publish the most (611 and 248 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russia 611 works
  2. 2 Türkiye 248 works
  3. 3 Ukraine 124 works
  4. 4 United States 102 works
  5. 5 China 72 works
  6. 6 Kazakhstan 48 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 30 works
  8. 8 India 23 works
  9. 9 Azerbaijan 20 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 17 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.

Russia: 47.2%Türkiye: 19.2%Ukraine: 9.6%United States: 7.9%6 others listed: 16.2%47%largest
Russia611 · 47.2%Türkiye248 · 19.2%Ukraine124 · 9.6%United States102 · 7.9%6 others listed210 · 16.2%

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

Which institutions lead Human Resources and Workforce research?

By volume in 2022-now, State University of Management publishes the most Human Resources and Workforce research, followed by Weatherford College and Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 State University of ManagementRussia 39 works
  2. 2 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 33 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 26 works
  4. 4 The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public AdministrationRussia 22 works
  5. 5 Financial UniversityRussia 21 works
  6. 6 Plekhanov Russian University of EconomicsRussia 19 works
  7. 7 Ural Federal UniversityRussia 18 works
  8. 8 Human Growth FoundationUnited States 11 works
  9. 9 Kazan State Power Engineering UniversityRussia 10 works
  10. 10 Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace and InstrumentationRussia 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Human Resources and Workforce?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Human Resources and Workforce include Harvey Goldstein.

  1. 1 Harvey Goldstein United Kingdom 42k 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 Human Resources and Workforce?

The most cited paper in Human Resources and Workforce is "Conceptualizing the Regional Roles of Universities, Implications and Contradictions" (Elvira Uyarra, 2010), with 358 citations. Next come "The process of reinventing a job: A meta–synthesis of qualitative job crafting research" (352) and "Tiers of Engagement by Universities in their Region's Development" (346).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Conceptualizing the Regional Roles of Universities, Implications and Contradictions Elvira Uyarra · European Planning Studies 17 Jul 2010 358
2 The process of reinventing a job: A meta–synthesis of qualitative job crafting research Alessandra Lazazzara, Maria Tims, Davide de Gennaro · Journal of Vocational Behavior Open access 6 Jan 2019 352
3 Tiers of Engagement by Universities in their Region's Development Gerry Boucher, Cheryl Conway, Els Van Der Meer · Regional Studies Dec 2003 346
4 The Changing Face of the Employees – Generation Z and Their Perceptions of Work (A Study Applied to University Students) Mustafa M. ÖZKAN, Betul Solmaz · Procedia Economics and Finance Open access 2015 275
5 What is the future of work? A science mapping analysis Mónica Santana, Manuel J. Cobo · European Management Journal Open access 6 May 2020 205
All 101 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Human Resources and Workforce research done?

The largest centres of Human Resources and Workforce research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Istanbul (Türkiye) and Yekaterinburg (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rostov-on-Don and Yekaterinburg.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 247 works
  2. 2 Saint PetersburgRussia 57 works
  3. 3 IstanbulTürkiye 43 works
  4. 4 YekaterinburgRussia 35 works
  5. 5 KyivUkraine 34 works
  6. 6 WeatherfordUnited States 33 works
  7. 7 AnkaraTürkiye 28 works
  8. 8 Kazan’Russia 23 works
  9. 9 Rostov-on-DonRussia 23 works
  10. 10 AlmatyKazakhstan 19 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Rostov-on-DonRU · 22.7 works31×
  2. YekaterinburgRU · 35.3 works25×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Human Resources and Workforce than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Human Resources and Workforce?

Among universities, judged by research, State University of Management, Weatherford College and National Research University Higher School of Economics 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 10.68%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →National Research Un…State University of …Ural Federal Univers…Weatherford College
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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
1State University of ManagementRussia 74.316.7%395.2×39 +7.7%
2Weatherford CollegeUnited States 62.49.1%17.8×33 +237.8%
3National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia 56.926.6%15.9×9 -16.7%
4Ural Federal UniversityRussia 47.19.8%44.8×18 -2.9%
5Financial UniversityRussia 43.810.9%67.5×21 -27.4%
6Moscow University «Synergy»Russia 40.09.9%217.6×8 +88.7%
7Kazan State Power Engineering UniversityRussia 34.98.2%173.1×10 +67.9%
8Plekhanov Russian University of EconomicsRussia 31.64.6%107.5×19 -46.7%
9Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 31.15.0%7.6×9 +11.6%
10Karabük UniversityTürkiye 30.66.0%39.8×9 +37.5%

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 Human Resources and Workforce, country by country

Is Human Resources and Workforce research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Human Resources and Workforce.

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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 Human Resources and Workforce as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0053% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Human Resources and Workforce0.0068% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Human Resources and Workforce 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%Human Resources and Workforce10.2% 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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