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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. 10.2% 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%
1.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+23%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
31% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Workplace Violence and Bullying

Which countries lead Workplace Violence and Bullying research?

By volume, the United States and Türkiye publish the most (926 and 586 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 926 works
  2. 2 Türkiye 586 works
  3. 3 China 318 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 219 works
  5. 5 Brazil 195 works
  6. 6 Australia 180 works
  7. 7 India 162 works
  8. 8 Canada 152 works
  9. 9 Pakistan 121 works
  10. 10 Iran 107 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: 31.2%Türkiye: 19.7%China: 10.7%United Kingdom: 7.4%6 others listed: 30.9%31%largest
United States926 · 31.2%Türkiye586 · 19.7%China318 · 10.7%United Kingdom219 · 7.4%6 others listed918 · 30.9%

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

Which institutions lead Workplace Violence and Bullying research?

By volume in 2022-now, Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi publishes the most Workplace Violence and Bullying research, followed by University of Toronto and Alexandria University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 20 works
  2. 2 University of TorontoCanada 15 works
  3. 3 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 14 works
  4. 4 Selçuk UniversityTürkiye 14 works
  5. 5 Harvard UniversityUnited States 14 works
  6. 6 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 12 works
  7. 7 Sivas Cumhuriyet ÜniversitesiTürkiye 12 works
  8. 8 University of MichiganUnited States 12 works
  9. 9 Dokuz Eylül UniversityTürkiye 12 works
  10. 10 Sichuan UniversityChina 11 works

Who are the leading researchers in Workplace Violence and Bullying?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Workplace Violence and Bullying include Mika Kivimäki, Harvey Whiteford and David C. Schwebel.

  1. 1 Mika Kivimäki United Kingdom 318k citations
  2. 2 Harvey Whiteford Australia 222k citations
  3. 3 David C. Schwebel United States 210k citations
  4. 4 Norito Kawakami Japan 202k 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 Workplace Violence and Bullying?

The most cited paper in Workplace Violence and Bullying is "The measurement of organizational commitment" (Richard T. Mowday, Richard M. Steers, Lyman W. Porter, 1979), with 8,803 citations. Next come "Commitment to organizations and occupations: Extension and test of a three-component conceptualization." (6,048) and "Commitment in the workplace: toward a general model" (3,513).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The measurement of organizational commitment Richard T. Mowday, Richard M. Steers, Lyman W. Porter · Journal of Vocational Behavior Apr 1979 8,803
2 Commitment to organizations and occupations: Extension and test of a three-component conceptualization. John P. Meyer, Natalie J. Allen, Catherine A. Smith · Journal of Applied Psychology 1993 6,048
3 Commitment in the workplace: toward a general model John P Meyer, Lynne Herscovitch · Human Resource Management Review Sep 2001 3,513
4 Social influence: Social norms, conformity and compliance. Robert B. Cialdini, Melanie R. Trost 1998 2,573
5 Tit for Tat? The Spiraling Effect of Incivility in the Workplace Lynne M. Andersson, Christine M. Pearson · Academy of Management Review Jul 1999 2,421
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Where is Workplace Violence and Bullying research done?

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

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 IstanbulTürkiye 116 works
  2. 2 AnkaraTürkiye 64 works
  3. 3 LondonUnited Kingdom 58 works
  4. 4 MelbourneAustralia 44 works
  5. 5 BeijingChina 42 works
  6. 6 LahorePakistan 33 works
  7. 7 RiyadhSaudi Arabia 32 works
  8. 8 SeoulSouth Korea 30 works
  9. 9 BrisbaneAustralia 29 works
  10. 10 IzmirTürkiye 28 works
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Where is the best place to study Workplace Violence and Bullying?

Among universities, judged by research, Alexandria University, University of Toronto and Harvard University 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%30%mean 17.3%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Harvard UniversityAlexandria UniversityUniversity of TorontoSağlık Bilimleri Üni…
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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
1Alexandria UniversityEgypt 71.017.5%7.7×14 +303.2%
2University of TorontoCanada 67.913.6%1.9×15 +45.4%
3Harvard UniversityUnited States 64.421.5%1.1×14 +21.0%
4Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 56.91.3%8.8×20 +45.9%
5The University of QueenslandAustralia 56.520.0%2.5×10 +44.1%
6Monash UniversityAustralia 53.720.7%2.7×11 -19.4%
7Central South UniversityChina 52.528.4%1.0×8 +99.9%
8Sichuan UniversityChina 50.817.9%1.2×11 +364.2%
9Sapienza University of RomeItaly 50.816.2%2.2×10 +128.1%
10Indiana UniversityUnited States 49.915.9%2.7×11 +32.9%

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 Workplace Violence and Bullying, country by country

Is Workplace Violence and Bullying research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Workplace Violence and Bullying.

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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 Workplace Violence and Bullying as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.019% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Workplace Violence and Bullying 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%Workplace Violence and Bullying10.2% 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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