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Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research

Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research is a research topic within Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Science Explorer counts 9.4k research works in it since 1950. 25.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the conceptualization and measurement of time perspective, including future orientation, well-being, health behavior, adolescent development, self-control, motivation, personality traits, academic engagement, and socioeconomic disparities.

  • Time Perspective
  • Future Orientation
  • Well-being
  • Health Behavior
  • Adolescent Development
  • Self-control
  • Motivation
  • Personality Traits
  • Academic Engagement
  • Socioeconomic Disparities
Research works
9.4k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
25.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+62%
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Which countries lead Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (417 and 296 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 417 works
  2. 2 China 296 works
  3. 3 Türkiye 132 works
  4. 4 Poland 126 works
  5. 5 Germany 118 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 107 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 107 works
  8. 8 Italy 84 works
  9. 9 Russia 84 works
  10. 10 India 74 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: 27.0%China: 19.2%Türkiye: 8.6%Poland: 8.1%6 others listed: 37.2%27%largest
United States417 · 27.0%China296 · 19.2%Türkiye132 · 8.6%Poland126 · 8.1%6 others listed574 · 37.2%

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

Which institutions lead Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Beijing Normal University publishes the most Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research research, followed by Southwest University and Institute of Psychology.

Who are the leading researchers in Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research include Roy F. Baumeister, Adrian Furnham and Ed Diener.

  1. 1 Roy F. Baumeister United States 3.6k citations
  2. 2 Adrian Furnham United Kingdom 3k citations
  3. 3 Ed Diener United States 2.9k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research research done?

The largest centres of Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Warsaw (Poland), Moscow (Russia) and Istanbul (Türkiye). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Warsaw.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 59 works
  2. 2 Warsaw Poland 39 works
  3. 3 Moscow Russia 34 works
  4. 4 Istanbul Türkiye 27 works
  5. 5 Tehran Iran 22 works
  6. 6 London United Kingdom 21 works
  7. 7 Tokyo Japan 20 works
  8. 8 Hong Kong China 19 works
  9. 9 Seoul South Korea 18 works
  10. 10 Shanghai China 18 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WarsawPL · 38.9 works4.9×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Beijing Normal University, University of Zurich and Southwest 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%60%mean 38.04%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Beijing Normal University: 14, 45.4%University of Zurich: 8, 48.9%Southwest University: 11, 37.9%Stanford University: 8, 45.2%University of Warsaw: 9, 12.8%University of ZurichBeijing Normal Unive…Stanford UniversitySouthwest University
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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 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 77.345.4%7.6×14 +148.9%
2 University of ZurichSwitzerland 54.848.9%6.0×8 +41.2%
3 Southwest UniversityChina 53.137.9%8.2×11 -8.8%
4 Stanford UniversityUnited States 37.645.2%2.7×8 +72.3%
5 University of WarsawPoland 30.012.8%6.7×9 +157.6%

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 Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 62% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research.

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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.