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Stress and Burnout Research

Stress and Burnout Research is a research topic within Social Psychology. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1952. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the psychological impact of work-related stress, particularly focusing on burnout, work stress, and coping strategies among health professionals and students. It delves into the factors influencing job satisfaction, academic stress, and the overall psychological well-being in various occupational settings.

  • Burnout
  • Work Stress
  • Health Professionals
  • Psychological Well-being
  • Occupational Health
  • Coping Strategies
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Academic Stress
  • Emotional Exhaustion
  • Resilience
Research works
18k
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
1.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+24%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Mexico
21% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Stress and Burnout Research

Which countries lead Stress and Burnout Research research?

By volume, Mexico and Ecuador publish the most (1.1k and 882 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mexico 1.1k works
  2. 2 Ecuador 882 works
  3. 3 Spain 733 works
  4. 4 Peru 721 works
  5. 5 Colombia 510 works
  6. 6 Chile 331 works
  7. 7 Brazil 242 works
  8. 8 United States 212 works
  9. 9 Argentina 177 works
  10. 10 Paraguay 66 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.

Mexico: 21.4%Ecuador: 17.9%Spain: 14.9%Peru: 14.6%6 others listed: 31.2%21%largest
Mexico1,054 · 21.4%Ecuador882 · 17.9%Spain733 · 14.9%Peru721 · 14.6%6 others listed1,536 · 31.2%

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

Which institutions lead Stress and Burnout Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad César Vallejo publishes the most Stress and Burnout Research research, followed by Universidad Técnica de Ambato and Universidad Católica de Cuenca.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad César VallejoPeru 121 works
  2. 2 Universidad Técnica de AmbatoEcuador 101 works
  3. 3 Universidad Católica de CuencaEcuador 100 works
  4. 4 Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesEcuador 92 works
  5. 5 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 79 works
  6. 6 National University of San MarcosPeru 69 works
  7. 7 Universidad Peruana UniónPeru 53 works
  8. 8 Pontificia Universidad Católica del EcuadorEcuador 50 works
  9. 9 Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador 50 works
  10. 10 Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 49 works

Who are the leading researchers in Stress and Burnout Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Stress and Burnout Research include Mika Kivimäki, Dan J. Stein and Josep María Haro.

  1. 1 Mika Kivimäki United Kingdom 318k citations
  2. 2 Dan J. Stein South Africa 306k citations
  3. 3 Josep María Haro Spain 250k citations
  4. 4 Rahman Shiri Finland 238k citations
  5. 5 Ferrán Catalá-López Spain 218k citations
  6. 6 Norito Kawakami Japan 202k citations
  7. 7 Brenda W.J.H. Penninx Netherlands 190k citations
  8. 8 Arnold B. Bakker Netherlands 189k 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 Stress and Burnout Research?

The most cited paper in Stress and Burnout Research is "The measurement of experienced burnout" (Christina Maslach, Susan E. Jackson, 1981), with 14,438 citations. Next come "The job demands-resources model of burnout." (12,369) and "The Measurement of Engagement and Burnout: A Two Sample Confirmatory Factor Analytic Approach" (9,937).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The measurement of experienced burnout Christina Maslach, Susan E. Jackson · Journal of Organizational Behavior Apr 1981 14,438
2 The job demands-resources model of burnout. Evangelia Demerouti, Arnold B. Bakker, Friedhelm Nachreiner et al. · Journal of Applied Psychology Open access Jun 2001 12,369
3 The Measurement of Engagement and Burnout: A Two Sample Confirmatory Factor Analytic Approach Wilmar B. Schaufeli, Marisa Salanova, Vicente González‐Romá et al. · Journal of Happiness Studies Mar 2002 9,937
4 Job demands, job resources, and their relationship with burnout and engagement: a multi‐sample study Wilmar B. Schaufeli, Arnold B. Bakker · Journal of Organizational Behavior Open access 30 Mar 2004 9,263
5 Understanding the burnout experience: recent research and its implications for psychiatry Christina Maslach, Michael P. Leiter · World Psychiatry Open access Jun 2016 4,123
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Where is Stress and Burnout Research research done?

The largest centres of Stress and Burnout Research research in 2022-now are Lima (Peru), Mexico City (Mexico), Bogotá (Colombia) and Ambato (Ecuador). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ambato and Tepic.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LimaPeru 334 works
  2. 2 Mexico CityMexico 260 works
  3. 3 BogotáColombia 215 works
  4. 4 AmbatoEcuador 207 works
  5. 5 TrujilloPeru 155 works
  6. 6 MadridSpain 139 works
  7. 7 SantiagoChile 136 works
  8. 8 GuayaquilEcuador 124 works
  9. 9 CuencaEcuador 121 works
  10. 10 QuitoEcuador 115 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AmbatoEC · 206.9 works90×
  2. TepicMX · 22.7 works75×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Stress and Burnout Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Stress and Burnout Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad de Granada, Amazon National University of Madre de Dios and Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador 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 17.31%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad de MálagaUniversidad de GranadaAmazon National Univ…Pontificia Universid…
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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
1Universidad de GranadaSpain 66.325.2%9.9×28 -11.1%
2Amazon National University of Madre de DiosPeru 65.819.6%188.5×13 +83.0%
3Pontificia Universidad Católica del EcuadorEcuador 65.014.4%85.0×50 +83.7%
4Universidad de MálagaSpain 62.829.7%8.6×13 +0.2%
5Universidad Autónoma de ChileChile 62.617.5%27.0×8 +46.6%
6Universidad César VallejoPeru 61.47.3%87.7×121 +129.2%
7Universidad Peruana UniónPeru 61.413.7%212.3×53 +170.8%
8Universidad Técnica de AmbatoEcuador 58.55.9%136.8×101 +483.5%
9Universidad de SevillaSpain 58.522.0%6.6×19 +27.5%
10Universidad Andrés BelloChile 58.117.8%33.3×14 +116.3%

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 Stress and Burnout Research, country by country

Is Stress and Burnout Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Stress and Burnout 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Stress and Burnout Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.025% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Stress and Burnout Research0.022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Stress and Burnout Research 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%Stress and Burnout Research9.9% 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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