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Workaholism, burnout, and well-being

Workaholism, burnout, and well-being is a research topic within Social Psychology. Science Explorer counts 7.1k research works in it since 1957. 32.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the dimensions, antecedents, and consequences of workaholism, including its relationship with job demands, well-being, personality traits, coping strategies, and organizational culture. It delves into the impact of workaholism on job performance, psychological health, and relationship quality, as well as the distinction between workaholism and work engagement.

  • Workaholism
  • Work Engagement
  • Job Demands
  • Well-being
  • Personality Traits
  • Job Performance
  • Psychological Health
  • Relationship Quality
  • Coping Strategies
  • Organizational Culture
Research works
7.1k
fractional, since 1957
In the world top 10%
2.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
32.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+60%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Workaholism, burnout, and well-being research?

By volume, Türkiye and China publish the most (390 and 176 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Türkiye 390 works
  2. 2 China 176 works
  3. 3 United States 166 works
  4. 4 India 134 works
  5. 5 Brazil 74 works
  6. 6 Spain 55 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 55 works
  8. 8 Poland 52 works
  9. 9 Japan 50 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 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.

Türkiye: 32.5%China: 14.7%United States: 13.8%India: 11.1%6 others listed: 27.9%32%largest
Türkiye390 · 32.5%China176 · 14.7%United States166 · 13.8%India134 · 11.1%6 others listed335 · 27.9%

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

Which institutions lead Workaholism, burnout, and well-being research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Sakarya University publishes the most Workaholism, burnout, and well-being research, followed by Selçuk University and Vytautas Magnus University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Sakarya UniversityTürkiye 9 works
  2. 2 Selçuk UniversityTürkiye 9 works
  3. 3 Vytautas Magnus UniversityLithuania 8 works
  4. 4 University of GdańskPoland 8 works
  5. 5 Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam UniversityTürkiye 8 works
  6. 6 Sivas Cumhuriyet ÜniversitesiTürkiye 7 works
  7. 7 Adnan Menderes UniversityTürkiye 7 works
  8. 8 Renmin University of ChinaChina 7 works
  9. 9 Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey UniversityTürkiye 7 works
  10. 10 Suleyman Demirel UniversityKazakhstan 6 works

Who are the leading researchers in Workaholism, burnout, and well-being?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Workaholism, burnout, and well-being include Arnold B. Bakker, Wilmar B. Schaufeli and Adrian Furnham.

  1. 1 Arnold B. Bakker Netherlands 6k citations
  2. 2 Wilmar B. Schaufeli Netherlands 5.3k citations
  3. 3 Adrian Furnham United Kingdom 3k citations
  4. 4 Cary L. Cooper United Kingdom 2k citations
  5. 5 Marisa Salanova Spain 1.5k citations

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

Where is Workaholism, burnout, and well-being research done?

The largest centres of Workaholism, burnout, and well-being research in 2022–2025 are Istanbul (Türkiye), Ankara (Türkiye), Beijing (China) and Seoul (South Korea).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Istanbul Türkiye 76 works
  2. 2 Ankara Türkiye 41 works
  3. 3 Beijing China 32 works
  4. 4 Seoul South Korea 22 works
  5. 5 Lisbon Portugal 17 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 15 works
  7. 7 Tehran Iran 15 works
  8. 8 Shanghai China 14 works
  9. 9 Warsaw Poland 14 works
  10. 10 Montreal Canada 13 works
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Where is the best place to study Workaholism, burnout, and well-being?

Among universities, judged by research, Vytautas Magnus University, Sakarya University and University of Gdańsk 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 17.775%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Vytautas Magnus University: 8, 30.2%Sakarya University: 9, 10.1%University of Gdańsk: 8, 30.8%Selçuk University: 8, 0.0%University of GdańskVytautas Magnus Univ…Sakarya UniversitySelçuk 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 Vytautas Magnus UniversityLithuania 63.430.2%50.7×8 +125.0%
2 Sakarya UniversityTürkiye 47.710.1%15.8×9 +443.8%
3 University of GdańskPoland 36.030.8%19.1×8 -47.3%
4 Selçuk UniversityTürkiye 26.50.0%13.7×8 +114.0%

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 Workaholism, burnout, and well-being research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 60% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Workaholism, burnout, and well-being.

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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.