Knowledge Management and Sharing
Knowledge Management and Sharing is a research topic within Communication. Science Explorer counts 35k research works in it since 1950. 29.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the dynamics of knowledge sharing in virtual communities, examining factors such as social capital, organizational climate, motivation, and trust. It delves into the role of social media, tacit knowledge, and intrinsic motivation in facilitating online collaboration and knowledge exchange.
- Knowledge Sharing
- Virtual Communities
- Social Capital
- Organizational Climate
- Motivation
- Trust
- Social Media
- Tacit Knowledge
- Intrinsic Motivation
- Online Collaboration
- Research works
- 35k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 10k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 29.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -10% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Knowledge Management and Sharing research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (731 and 707 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 731 works
- 2 United States 707 works
- 3 Indonesia 291 works
- 4 India 246 works
- 5 Germany 191 works
- 6 United Kingdom 171 works
- 7 Malaysia 156 works
- 8 Pakistan 135 works
- 9 Iran 122 works
- 10 South Africa 113 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Knowledge Management and Sharing research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of South Africa publishes the most Knowledge Management and Sharing research, followed by Universiti Teknologi MARA and Binus University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of South AfricaSouth Africa 31 works
- 2 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 29 works
- 3 Binus UniversityIndonesia 19 works
- 4 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 19 works
- 5 Tongji UniversityChina 14 works
- 6 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 13 works
- 7 Aarhus UniversityDenmark 13 works
- 8 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 12 works
- 9 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 12 works
- 10 Copenhagen Business SchoolDenmark 12 works
Who are the leading researchers in Knowledge Management and Sharing?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Knowledge Management and Sharing include Michael L. Tushman.
- 1 Michael L. Tushman United States 3.6k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Knowledge Management and Sharing research done?
The largest centres of Knowledge Management and Sharing research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Tehran (Iran) and Jakarta (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Shah Alam and Pretoria.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Shah AlamMY · 35.2 works7.9×
- PretoriaZA · 45.5 works7.6×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Knowledge Management and Sharing than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Knowledge Management and Sharing?
Among universities, judged by research, University of South Africa, University of the Punjab and Renmin University of China 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of South AfricaSouth Africa | 62.3 | 24.4% | 14.4× | 31 | +23.0% |
| 2 | University of the PunjabPakistan | 57.6 | 47.4% | 6.2× | 9 | +574.4% |
| 3 | Renmin University of ChinaChina | 49.1 | 61.6% | 6.1× | 10 | -61.8% |
| 4 | Binus UniversityIndonesia | 48.8 | 17.3% | 7.2× | 19 | +148.2% |
| 5 | Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia | 48.6 | 10.6% | 7.7× | 29 | +38.8% |
| 6 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong | 48.1 | 51.0% | 2.9× | 12 | -10.5% |
| 7 | Copenhagen Business SchoolDenmark | 46.0 | 25.4% | 15.1× | 12 | -43.7% |
| 8 | Beijing Normal UniversityChina | 45.4 | 47.9% | 3.7× | 13 | +51.0% |
| 9 | Durban University of TechnologySouth Africa | 45.0 | 21.2% | 13.4× | 9 | — |
| 10 | University of JohannesburgSouth Africa | 41.8 | 34.4% | 4.0× | 12 | +75.0% |
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 Knowledge Management and Sharing research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 10% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011. The fastest-growing topics are Knowledge Management and Sharing.
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.