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Workplace Violence and Bullying

Workplace Violence and Bullying is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1951. 33.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the prevalence, impact, and consequences of workplace bullying and harassment, particularly in professional environments such as nursing. It explores the psychological and organizational factors contributing to workplace bullying, its effects on mental health, job satisfaction, and the well-being of healthcare workers.

  • Workplace Bullying
  • Harassment
  • Psychological Health
  • Nursing
  • Violence
  • Organizational Factors
  • Mental Health
  • Aggression
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Healthcare Workers
Research works
16k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
5.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
33.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+60%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Workplace Violence and Bullying research?

By volume, the United States and Türkiye publish the most (784 and 536 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 784 works
  2. 2 Türkiye 536 works
  3. 3 China 250 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 181 works
  5. 5 Brazil 168 works
  6. 6 Australia 153 works
  7. 7 India 135 works
  8. 8 Canada 133 works
  9. 9 Pakistan 111 works
  10. 10 Iran 93 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: 30.8%Türkiye: 21.1%China: 9.8%United Kingdom: 7.1%6 others listed: 31.2%31%largest
United States784 · 30.8%Türkiye536 · 21.1%China250 · 9.8%United Kingdom181 · 7.1%6 others listed792 · 31.2%

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

Which institutions lead Workplace Violence and Bullying research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi publishes the most Workplace Violence and Bullying research, followed by Selçuk University and Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi.

Who are the leading researchers in Workplace Violence and Bullying?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Workplace Violence and Bullying include Mika Kivimäki, Arnold B. Bakker and Adrian Furnham.

  1. 1 Mika Kivimäki United Kingdom 6.7k citations
  2. 2 Arnold B. Bakker Netherlands 6k citations
  3. 3 Adrian Furnham United Kingdom 3k citations

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

Where is Workplace Violence and Bullying research done?

The largest centres of Workplace Violence and Bullying research in 2022–2025 are Istanbul (Türkiye), Ankara (Türkiye), London (United Kingdom) and Melbourne (Australia).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Istanbul Türkiye 106 works
  2. 2 Ankara Türkiye 59 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 48 works
  4. 4 Melbourne Australia 38 works
  5. 5 Beijing China 36 works
  6. 6 Lahore Pakistan 31 works
  7. 7 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 28 works
  8. 8 Seoul South Korea 27 works
  9. 9 Izmir Türkiye 25 works
  10. 10 Boston United States 25 works
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Where is the best place to study Workplace Violence and Bullying?

Among universities, judged by research, Alexandria University, Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi and Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi 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 29.51%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Alexandria University: 11, 44.8%Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi: 18, 16.7%Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi: 12, 32.4%Selçuk University: 13, 14.9%Monash University: 8, 39.5%University of Toronto: 9, 42.4%Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi: 9, 21.5%Ondokuz Mayıs University: 8, 27.1%Hacettepe University: 9, 20.5%Sapienza University of Rome: 9, 35.3%Alexandria UniversitySivas Cumhuriyet Üni…Sağlık Bilimleri Üni…Selçuk 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 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 73.644.8%6.2×11 +191.1%
2 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 62.116.7%8.3×18
3 Sivas Cumhuriyet ÜniversitesiTürkiye 60.032.4%12.2×12 +20.3%
4 Selçuk UniversityTürkiye 52.714.9%10.5×13
5 Monash UniversityAustralia 51.339.5%2.7×8 +133.5%
6 University of TorontoCanada 48.142.4%1.6×9 +112.6%
7 Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart ÜniversitesiTürkiye 47.921.5%9.6×9
8 Ondokuz Mayıs UniversityTürkiye 46.027.1%7.8×8 +90.2%
9 Hacettepe UniversityTürkiye 42.120.5%4.7×9 +359.1%
10 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 38.735.3%2.1×9

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 Workplace Violence and Bullying research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 60% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Workplace Violence and Bullying.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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