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Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies

Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies is a research topic within Clinical Psychology. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1951. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the psychological effects of perfectionism, including its relationship with procrastination, self-regulation, academic achievement, parental burnout, impostor syndrome, and coping strategies. It delves into the impact of perfectionism on mental health and motivation, covering various dimensions and manifestations of perfectionism in different contexts.

  • Perfectionism
  • Procrastination
  • Self-Regulation
  • Psychological Distress
  • Academic Achievement
  • Parental Burnout
  • Impostor Syndrome
  • Coping Strategies
  • Mental Health
  • Motivation
Research works
15k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+61%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
23% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies

Which countries lead Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (862 and 859 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 862 works
  2. 2 China 859 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 425 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 410 works
  5. 5 Iran 272 works
  6. 6 India 259 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 236 works
  8. 8 Pakistan 164 works
  9. 9 Spain 151 works
  10. 10 Canada 146 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: 22.8%China: 22.7%Indonesia: 11.2%Türkiye: 10.8%6 others listed: 32.5%23%largest
United States862 · 22.8%China859 · 22.7%Indonesia425 · 11.2%Türkiye410 · 10.8%6 others listed1,228 · 32.5%

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

Which institutions lead Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Islamic Azad University, Tehran publishes the most Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies research, followed by Beijing Normal University and Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidoarjo.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 100 works
  2. 2 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 26 works
  3. 3 Universitas Muhammadiyah SidoarjoIndonesia 24 works
  4. 4 State University of PadangIndonesia 17 works
  5. 5 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 14 works
  6. 6 Southwest UniversityChina 13 works
  7. 7 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 13 works
  8. 8 Renmin University of ChinaChina 12 works
  9. 9 University of British ColumbiaCanada 12 works
  10. 10 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies include Richard M. Ryan, Albert Bandura and Ronald C. Kessler.

  1. 1 Richard M. Ryan United States 395k citations
  2. 2 Albert Bandura United States 370k citations
  3. 3 Ronald C. Kessler United States 360k citations
  4. 4 Edward L. Deci United States 325k citations
  5. 5 Mika Kivimäki United Kingdom 318k citations
  6. 6 Dan J. Stein South Africa 306k citations
  7. 7 Josep María Haro Spain 250k citations
  8. 8 James Thomas United Kingdom 242k citations
  9. 9 Nicholas G. Martin Australia 228k 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 Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies?

The most cited paper in Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies is "Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being." (Richard M. Ryan, Edward L. Deci, 2000), with 27,839 citations. Next come "The dimensions of perfectionism" (4,280) and "Psychological correlates of university students' academic performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis." (3,644).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being. Richard M. Ryan, Edward L. Deci · American Psychologist 2000 27,839
2 The dimensions of perfectionism Randy O. Frost, Patricia A. Marten, Cathleen Lahart et al. · Cognitive Therapy and Research Oct 1990 4,280
3 Psychological correlates of university students' academic performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Michelle Richardson, Charles Abraham, Rod A. Bond · Psychological Bulletin ReviewOpen access 2012 3,644
4 Validation of a New General Self-Efficacy Scale Gilad Chen, Stanley M. Gully, Dov Eden · Organizational Research Methods 2001 3,569
5 Cognitive behaviour therapy for eating disorders: a “transdiagnostic” theory and treatment Christopher G. Fairburn, Zafra Cooper, Roz Shafran · Behaviour Research and Therapy 24 Apr 2003 3,412
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Where is Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies research done?

The largest centres of Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Tehran (Iran), Istanbul (Türkiye) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Sidoarjo.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 115 works
  2. 2 TehranIran 84 works
  3. 3 IstanbulTürkiye 78 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 59 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 52 works
  6. 6 AnkaraTürkiye 51 works
  7. 7 GuangzhouChina 47 works
  8. 8 JakartaIndonesia 46 works
  9. 9 LahorePakistan 43 works
  10. 10 SurabayaIndonesia 37 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SidoarjoID · 23.9 works9.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Shandong University, Henan University and Beijing Normal 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%20%40%mean 21.35%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Shandong UniversityHenan UniversityBeijing Normal Unive…Islamic Azad Univers…
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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
1Shandong UniversityChina 55.446.2%1.2×8 +470.2%
2Henan UniversityChina 53.032.4%6.2×11 +439.9%
3Beijing Normal UniversityChina 52.615.3%6.3×26 +242.9%
4Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 48.60.9%11.6×100 +2.3%
5Renmin University of ChinaChina 45.018.6%7.4×12 +179.1%
6Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 44.922.5%1.8×8 +77.3%
7University of HelsinkiFinland 42.915.4%2.7×10 +30.9%
8Southwest UniversityChina 41.921.0%4.8×13 +213.3%
9South China Normal UniversityChina 41.818.6%5.8×10 +274.7%
10National University of SingaporeSingapore 40.622.6%1.3×8 +45.8%

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 Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies, country by country

Is Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 61% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies.

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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 Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.024% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies0.028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies 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%Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies10.6% 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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