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Quality and Management Systems

Quality and Management Systems is a research topic within Strategy and Management. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 17.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the integration of various management systems, such as quality, environmental, and occupational health and safety management, to improve organizational efficiency and sustainability. It explores the challenges, benefits, and strategies for implementing integrated management systems, particularly in small and medium enterprises. The cluster also discusses the role of ISO standards, risk analysis, and certification in the development of integrated management systems.

  • Integration
  • Management Systems
  • ISO Standards
  • Sustainability
  • Risk Analysis
  • Quality Management
  • Environmental Management
  • Small and Medium Enterprises
  • Certification
  • Organizational Development
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+8%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Quality and Management Systems research?

By volume, India and Poland publish the most (151 and 133 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 India 151 works
  2. 2 Poland 133 works
  3. 3 United States 121 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 120 works
  5. 5 Russia 109 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 99 works
  7. 7 Brazil 75 works
  8. 8 China 65 works
  9. 9 Germany 57 works
  10. 10 Ukraine 49 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.

India: 15.4%Poland: 13.6%United States: 12.3%Indonesia: 12.2%6 others listed: 46.4%15%largest
India151 · 15.4%Poland133 · 13.6%United States121 · 12.3%Indonesia120 · 12.2%6 others listed455 · 46.4%

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

Which institutions lead Quality and Management Systems research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Silesian University of Technology publishes the most Quality and Management Systems research, followed by Częstochowa University of Technology and Rzeszów University of Technology.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Silesian University of TechnologyPoland 15 works
  2. 2 Częstochowa University of TechnologyPoland 14 works
  3. 3 Rzeszów University of TechnologyPoland 14 works
  4. 4 Technical University of KošiceSlovakia 13 works
  5. 5 Universidad de LimaPeru 13 works
  6. 6 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 13 works
  7. 7 Poznań University of TechnologyPoland 10 works
  8. 8 Peruvian University of Applied SciencesPeru 10 works
  9. 9 University of MinhoPortugal 9 works
  10. 10 University of ŽilinaSlovakia 6 works

Where is Quality and Management Systems research done?

The largest centres of Quality and Management Systems research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Lima (Peru), Istanbul (Türkiye) and Jakarta (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lima.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 40 works
  2. 2 Lima Peru 29 works
  3. 3 Istanbul Türkiye 26 works
  4. 4 Jakarta Indonesia 25 works
  5. 5 Warsaw Poland 18 works
  6. 6 Kyiv Ukraine 16 works
  7. 7 Surabaya Indonesia 16 works
  8. 8 Gliwice Poland 16 works
  9. 9 Rzeszów Poland 15 works
  10. 10 Częstochowa Poland 14 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LimaPE · 29.0 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Quality and Management Systems than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Quality and Management Systems?

Among universities, judged by research, Rzeszów University of Technology, Silesian University of Technology and University of Johannesburg 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%mean 10.8222%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Rzeszów University of Technology: 14, 21.9%Silesian University of Technology: 15, 14.1%University of Johannesburg: 13, 5.3%Częstochowa University of Technology: 14, 5.7%Technical University of Košice: 13, 16.5%University of Minho: 9, 16.9%Poznań University of Technology: 10, 13.5%Universidad de Lima: 13, 0.0%Peruvian University of Applied Sciences: 10, 3.5%Rzeszów University o…Silesian University …Częstochowa Universi…University of Johann…
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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 Rzeszów University of TechnologyPoland 60.221.9%77.9×14 +167.0%
2 Silesian University of TechnologyPoland 49.214.1%31.9×15 +52.8%
3 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 43.75.3%10.5×13 +178.8%
4 Częstochowa University of TechnologyPoland 42.15.7%80.0×14 +210.3%
5 Technical University of KošiceSlovakia 41.416.5%46.1×13 +7.6%
6 University of MinhoPortugal 40.116.9%12.8×9 +112.5%
7 Poznań University of TechnologyPoland 32.413.5%34.8×10 +75.0%
8 Universidad de LimaPeru 19.40.0%97.7×13 —
9 Peruvian University of Applied SciencesPeru 16.73.5%57.2×10 —

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 Quality and Management Systems research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Quality and Management Systems.

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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.