Problem Solving Skills Development

Problem Solving Skills Development is a research topic within Speech and Hearing. Science Explorer counts 7.5k research works in it since 1951. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the role of problem solving, social skills, and coping strategies in addressing mental health, stress management, and academic performance. It explores the impact of communication skills, self-efficacy, and decision making on well-being, particularly among nursing students and adolescents.

Problem Solving
Social Skills
Stress Management
Coping Strategies
Mental Health
Communication Skills
Self-Efficacy
Nursing Students
Adolescent Well-being
Decision Making

Research works: 7.5k
In the world top 10%: 752
Top-10% rate: 10.1%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +32%
Largest producer: Türkiye

Problem Solving Skills Development

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Problem Solving Skills Development research?

By volume, Türkiye and Iran publish the most (1.1k and 209 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 Türkiye 1.1k works
2 Iran 209 works
3 United States 151 works
4 India 134 works
5 Indonesia 132 works
6 China 108 works
7 Pakistan 60 works
8 Japan 49 works
9 ?? 47 works
10 Egypt 38 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.

Türkiye1,095 · 54.1%Iran209 · 10.3%United States151 · 7.5%India134 · 6.6%6 others listed435 · 21.5%

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

Which institutions lead Problem Solving Skills Development research?

By volume in 2022-now, Islamic Azad University, Tehran publishes the most Problem Solving Skills Development research, followed by Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m Bakanliği and Gazi University.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 90 works
2 Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m BakanliğiTürkiye 53 works
3 Gazi UniversityTürkiye 37 works
4 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 23 works
5 Marmara UniversityTürkiye 23 works
6 Hacettepe UniversityTürkiye 21 works
7 Atatürk UniversityTürkiye 20 works
8 Selçuk UniversityTürkiye 18 works
9 Ondokuz Mayıs UniversityTürkiye 18 works
10 Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart ÜniversitesiTürkiye 17 works

Who are the leading researchers in Problem Solving Skills Development?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Problem Solving Skills Development include Dan J. Stein and James Jonathan Gross.

1 Dan J. Stein South Africa 306k citations
2 James Jonathan Gross United States 163k 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 Problem Solving Skills Development?

The most cited paper in Problem Solving Skills Development is "Development of a Rating Scale for Primary Depressive Illness" (Max Hamilton, 1967), with 8,516 citations. Next come "Stages of change in the modification of problem behaviors." (1,429) and "The prevalence and socio-demographic correlations of depression, anxiety and stress among a group of university students" (1,422).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Development of a Rating Scale for Primary Depressive Illness Max Hamilton · British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology	Dec 1967	8,516
2	Stages of change in the modification of problem behaviors. James O. Prochaska, Carlo C. DiClemente · PubMed Open access	1992	1,429
3	The prevalence and socio-demographic correlations of depression, anxiety and stress among a group of university students Nuran Bayram, Nazan Bilgel · Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology	8 Apr 2008	1,422
4	The development and implications of a personal problem-solving inventory. P. Paul Heppner, Chris H. Petersen · Journal of Counseling Psychology	1982	1,284
5	Interventions to reduce stress in university students: A review and meta-analysis Cheryl Regehr, Dylan Glancy, A. T. Pitts · Journal of Affective Disorders	14 Dec 2012	974

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Where is Problem Solving Skills Development research done?

The largest centres of Problem Solving Skills Development research in 2022-now are Ankara (Türkiye), Istanbul (Türkiye), Tehran (Iran) and Konya (Türkiye).

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 AnkaraTürkiye 166 works
2 IstanbulTürkiye 160 works
3 TehranIran 56 works
4 KonyaTürkiye 41 works
5 IzmirTürkiye 31 works
6 ErzurumTürkiye 27 works
7 SamsunTürkiye 19 works
8 ÇanakkaleTürkiye 17 works
9 BakuAzerbaijan 17 works
10 GaziantepTürkiye 17 works

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Where is the best place to study Problem Solving Skills Development?

Among universities, judged by research, Yıldız Technical University, Atatürk University and Afyon Kocatepe 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.

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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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Yıldız Technical UniversityTürkiye	52.4	20.2%	13.9×	8	+49.7%
2	Atatürk UniversityTürkiye	46.6	12.7%	25.2×	20	+24.4%
3	Afyon Kocatepe UniversityTürkiye	39.3	15.9%	30.7×	10	+5.6%
4	Gazi UniversityTürkiye	37.6	6.1%	35.8×	37	0.0%
5	Islamic Azad University, TehranIran	36.9	3.3%	24.2×	90	-15.2%
6	Muğla UniversityTürkiye	35.9	7.2%	42.5×	15	+39.4%
7	Suleyman Demirel UniversityKazakhstan	35.1	4.4%	38.9×	12	+93.1%
8	Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye	35.0	6.5%	18.7×	23	+4.3%
9	Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa ÜniversitesiTürkiye	33.7	9.2%	32.9×	13	+46.7%
10	Fırat UniversityTürkiye	33.4	8.4%	24.6×	12	+23.9%
11	Selçuk UniversityTürkiye	31.7	5.7%	26.3×	18	+37.5%
12	Sivas Cumhuriyet ÜniversitesiTürkiye	30.6	3.9%	22.3×	13	+60.4%
13	Bayburt UniversityTürkiye	30.5	7.8%	95.9×	14	+251.8%
14	Erzincan Binali Yıldırım UniversityTürkiye	28.9	5.9%	39.1×	10	+26.4%
15	Hacettepe UniversityTürkiye	27.9	6.9%	18.4×	21	-16.5%
16	Sakarya UniversityTürkiye	27.8	7.8%	18.9×	12	+7.4%
17	Pamukkale UniversityTürkiye	27.4	11.7%	28.5×	12	-24.8%
18	Mustafa Kemal UniversityTürkiye	27.3	8.5%	34.9×	8	+85.3%
19	Gaziantep UniversityTürkiye	26.9	6.7%	29.2×	12	+29.3%
20	Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal UniversityTürkiye	26.5	4.7%	33.1×	10	+53.2%
21	Balıkesir UniversityTürkiye	25.8	4.6%	38.6×	11	+25.5%
22	Adnan Menderes UniversityTürkiye	25.1	6.6%	37.6×	14	+2.7%
23	Yozgat Bozok ÜniversitesiTürkiye	24.9	4.6%	48.0×	15	+47.2%
24	Ankara UniversityTürkiye	24.5	4.4%	14.1×	14	-6.1%
25	Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart ÜniversitesiTürkiye	24.4	2.7%	31.0×	17	+80.9%
26	Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy ÜniversitesiTürkiye	23.4	3.6%	41.4×	14	+44.4%
27	Aksaray UniversityTürkiye	23.0	7.1%	30.0×	8	+6.2%
28	Ondokuz Mayıs UniversityTürkiye	22.9	4.9%	28.9×	18	-8.0%
29	Bursa Uludağ Üni̇versi̇tesi̇Türkiye	21.5	2.4%	25.2×	15	+74.0%
30	Inonu UniversityTürkiye	21.5	8.8%	29.4×	13	-17.3%
31	Dokuz Eylül UniversityTürkiye	20.9	8.8%	18.0×	12	-21.4%
32	Necmettin Erbakan UniversityTürkiye	19.7	4.9%	31.9×	17	-14.2%
33	Marmara UniversityTürkiye	19.4	2.2%	28.6×	23	-17.4%
34	Akdeniz UniversityTürkiye	19.4	8.4%	16.9×	9	-30.0%
35	Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey UniversityTürkiye	19.2	7.1%	38.1×	9	+10.5%
36	Istanbul University-CerrahpaşaTürkiye	19.1	4.4%	20.2×	11	-2.3%
37	Manisa Celal Bayar UniversityTürkiye	18.9	3.9%	34.4×	12	+8.9%
38	Kilis 7 Aralık UniversityTürkiye	18.8	3.9%	78.0×	9	+72.6%
39	Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt UniversityTürkiye	18.7	5.8%	20.9×	8	+72.7%
40	Ahi Evran UniversityTürkiye	17.6	5.1%	38.5×	10	-4.7%
41	Mersin ÜniversitesiTürkiye	15.9	3.5%	25.4×	9	-31.3%
42	Ege UniversityTürkiye	12.5	3.5%	13.1×	10	+0.7%

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 Problem Solving Skills Development, country by country

Is Problem Solving Skills Development research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Problem Solving Skills Development.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Problem Solving Skills Development as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0098% in 2024.

Fractional works of Problem Solving Skills Development 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.

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

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Which countries lead Problem Solving Skills Development research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Problem Solving Skills Development research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Problem Solving Skills Development?

What are the most cited papers in Problem Solving Skills Development?

Where is Problem Solving Skills Development research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where is the best place to study Problem Solving Skills Development?

Is Problem Solving Skills Development research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

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