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Team Dynamics and Performance

Team Dynamics and Performance is a research topic within Social Psychology. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 26.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the temporal dynamics, cognitive processes, and performance outcomes of team collaboration, with a focus on shared mental models, virtual teams, transactive memory systems, and group communication. It delves into the challenges and strategies for effective teamwork in global, virtual, and distributed settings, emphasizing the importance of leadership, knowledge sharing, and cognitive diversity in enhancing team effectiveness.

  • Team Processes
  • Shared Mental Models
  • Virtual Teams
  • Transactive Memory Systems
  • Group Communication
  • Team Effectiveness
  • Global Collaboration
  • Leadership in Teams
  • Knowledge Sharing
  • Cognitive Diversity
Research works
16k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
26.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-5%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Team Dynamics and Performance research?

By volume, the United States and Germany publish the most (606 and 200 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 606 works
  2. 2 Germany 200 works
  3. 3 China 187 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 120 works
  5. 5 Japan 71 works
  6. 6 Netherlands 70 works
  7. 7 Canada 65 works
  8. 8 France 58 works
  9. 9 Australia 56 works
  10. 10 India 48 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: 40.9%Germany: 13.5%China: 12.6%United Kingdom: 8.1%6 others listed: 24.9%41%largest
United States606 · 40.9%Germany200 · 13.5%China187 · 12.6%United Kingdom120 · 8.1%6 others listed369 · 24.9%

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

Which institutions lead Team Dynamics and Performance research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Pennsylvania State University publishes the most Team Dynamics and Performance research, followed by Arizona State University and Clemson University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 14 works
  2. 2 Arizona State UniversityUnited States 12 works
  3. 3 Clemson UniversityUnited States 11 works
  4. 4 Aarhus UniversityDenmark 9 works
  5. 5 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands 8 works
  6. 6 University of Central FloridaUnited States 8 works
  7. 7 Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States 8 works
  8. 8 Aalborg UniversityDenmark 8 works
  9. 9 Rice UniversityUnited States 7 works
  10. 10 University of MichiganUnited States 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Team Dynamics and Performance?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Team Dynamics and Performance include Michael L. Tushman.

  1. 1 Michael L. Tushman United States 3.6k citations

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

Where is Team Dynamics and Performance research done?

The largest centres of Team Dynamics and Performance research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), London (United Kingdom) and Shanghai (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 44 works
  2. 2 Tokyo Japan 27 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 23 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 23 works
  5. 5 Munich Germany 18 works
  6. 6 Seoul South Korea 17 works
  7. 7 New York United States 17 works
  8. 8 Amsterdam Netherlands 15 works
  9. 9 Nanjing China 14 works
  10. 10 State College United States 14 works
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Where is the best place to study Team Dynamics and Performance?

Among universities, judged by research, Clemson University, Arizona State University and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 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 33.92%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Clemson University: 11, 39.2%Arizona State University: 12, 38.0%Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: 8, 29.4%Aarhus University: 9, 33.2%Pennsylvania State University: 14, 29.8%Clemson UniversityArizona State Univer…Aarhus UniversityVrije Universiteit A…
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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 Clemson UniversityUnited States 79.739.2%17.1×11 +117.5%
2 Arizona State UniversityUnited States 67.638.0%8.9×12 +30.9%
3 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands 40.029.4%10.3×8 +10.4%
4 Aarhus UniversityDenmark 29.333.2%6.3×9 -15.2%
5 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 27.229.8%7.0×14 -47.5%

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 Team Dynamics and Performance research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Team Dynamics and Performance.

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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.