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Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law research

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law is a subfield of Environmental Science. Science Explorer counts 484k research works in it since 1950. 17.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: system of rules and guidelines, generally backed by governmental authority.

Research works
484k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
86k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
34
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+63%
the tick is no change

What is Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Environmental Education, Remote Sensing, Climate Change. Gaining share since 2009–13: Community Resilience, Marine Resource Management, Energy Efficiency, Green Investments, Environmental Management. Losing share: Environmental Impact Assessment, Community Participation, Sustainability Assessment, Pastoralists.

▲ gaining share of this field◆ holding its share▼ losing share

Size is the world's fractional works in 2019–23 in the topics tagged with each word; colour compares the word's share of this field with 2009–13. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainable Development51k▲ 1.47×10 topics
  2. Sustainability47k▼ 0.79×11 topics
  3. Renewable Energy40k▲ 1.23×8 topics
  4. Environmental Education31k◆ 1.05×4 topics
  5. Remote Sensing25k◆ 0.95×3 topics
  6. Climate Change21k▼ 0.63×11 topics
  7. Biodiversity20k▲ 1.24×2 topics
  8. Environmental Management20k▲ 5.0×3 topics
  9. Water Resources20k◆ 1.14×2 topics
  10. Public Policy19k▼ 0.84×2 topics
  11. Hazard17k▼ 0.79×1 topic
  12. Landslide17k▼ 0.79×1 topic
  13. Social Participation17k◆ 1.10×1 topic
  14. Waste Management17k◆ 1.10×1 topic
  15. Community Resilience17k▲ 9.5×1 topic
  16. Marine Resource Management17k▲ 9.5×1 topic
  17. Energy Efficiency17k▲ 6.5×1 topic
  18. Green Investments17k▲ 6.5×1 topic
  19. Agriculture13k◆ 1.07×1 topic
  20. Family Farming13k◆ 1.07×1 topic
  21. Biodiversity Conservation12k▼ 0.82×6 topics
  22. Environmental Attitudes11k▲ 1.29×1 topic
  23. Pro-environmental Behavior11k▲ 1.29×1 topic
  24. Ecosystem-Based Management7,475▼ 0.71×1 topic
  25. Marine Spatial Planning7,475▼ 0.71×1 topic
  26. Economic Growth7,464▼ 0.85×3 topics
  27. Multi-Criteria Analysis7,347◆ 0.99×2 topics
  28. Sustainability Assessment6,936▼ 0.58×2 topics
  29. Environmental Sustainability6,748▼ 0.76×3 topics
  30. Pastoralists6,472▼ 0.58×1 topic
  31. Rangeland Degradation6,472▼ 0.58×1 topic
  32. Ecological Economics5,665▼ 0.64×2 topics
  33. Water Management5,654◆ 1.00×2 topics
  34. Cultural Heritage5,143▼ 0.63×2 topics
  35. GIS4,762◆ 1.13×1 topic
  36. Land Suitability4,762◆ 1.13×1 topic
  37. Community Participation4,628▼ 0.48×2 topics
  38. Environmental Impact Assessment4,576▼ 0.41×3 topics
  39. Genuine Progress Indicator4,393▼ 0.58×1 topic
  40. Sustainability Indicators4,393▼ 0.58×1 topic

Which countries lead Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, China, the United States and the United Kingdom rank highest in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. By volume, Brazil and Indonesia publish the most (20k and 20k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China · #2 all time 35.3% top 10% · 13k works
  2. 2 United States · #1 all time 17.7% top 10% · 8.9k works
  3. 3 United Kingdom · #3 all time 27.1% top 10% · 3k works
  4. 4 India · #10 all time 21.6% top 10% · 4.3k works
  5. 5 Italy · #4 all time 26.3% top 10% · 3.1k works
  6. 6 Germany · #6 all time 27.9% top 10% · 2k works
  7. 7 Australia · #5 all time 31.8% top 10% · 1.6k works
  8. 8 Netherlands · #7 all time 34.2% top 10% · 837 works
  9. 9 Brazil · #12 all time 3.0% top 10% · 20k works
  10. 10 Indonesia · #17 all time 4.6% top 10% · 20k works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 66 countries ranked in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 20k works
  2. 2 Indonesia 20k works
  3. 3 China 13k works
  4. 4 United States 8.9k works
  5. 5 Ukraine 5.1k works
  6. 6 Russia 5.1k works
  7. 7 India 4.3k works
  8. 8 Italy 3.1k works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 3k works
  10. 10 Spain 2.6k 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.

Brazil: 23.9%Indonesia: 23.2%China: 15.1%United States: 10.6%6 others listed: 27.3%24%largest
Brazil20k · 23.9%Indonesia20k · 23.2%China13k · 15.1%United States8,918 · 10.6%6 others listed23k · 27.3%

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

Which institutions lead Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law research?

China University of Geosciences (China) ranks first in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China University of Geosciences China · Wuhan · #11 all time 58.0% top 10% · 178 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing · #3 all time 44.8% top 10% · 291 works
  3. 3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing · #32 all time 47.6% top 10% · 204 works
  4. 4 Central South University China · Changsha · #16 all time 48.9% top 10% · 187 works
  5. 5 China University of Mining and Technology China · Xuzhou · #13 all time 36.8% top 10% · 286 works
  6. 6 Chengdu University of Technology China · Chengdu · #19 all time 44.6% top 10% · 185 works
  7. 7 Chongqing University China · Chongqing · #46 all time 48.3% top 10% · 123 works
  8. 8 Chang'an University China · Xi'an · #47 all time 45.5% top 10% · 153 works
  9. 9 Wuhan University China · Wuhan · #42 all time 38.6% top 10% · 156 works
  10. 10 Tongji University China · Shanghai · #57 all time 36.6% top 10% · 165 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 324 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Top 100 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 461 works
  2. 2 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 425 works
  3. 3 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 419 works
  4. 4 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 381 works
  5. 5 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 367 works
  6. 6 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 360 works
  7. 7 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia 352 works
  8. 8 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 344 works
  9. 9 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 343 works
  10. 10 University of MataramIndonesia 319 works

Who are the leading researchers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law?

Among the most productive authors in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Juan Ramón De La Fuente, Элинор Остром and Carl Folke rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Juan Ramón De La Fuente Mexico · #61 worldwide 1.5k citations · 228 works
  2. 2 Элинор Остром United States · #503 worldwide 2.5k citations · 136 works
  3. 3 Carl Folke Sweden · #745 worldwide 3.2k citations · 102 works
  4. 4 Jozef Deckers Belgium · #849 worldwide 2.8k citations · 132 works
  5. 5 W. Neil Adger United Kingdom · #934 worldwide 3.7k citations · 100 works
  6. 6 David Löwenthal United States · #1,064 worldwide 1.1k citations · 111 works
  7. 7 Stephen Polasky United States · #1,333 worldwide 3.8k citations · 90 works
  8. 8 Robert Costanza Australia · #1,631 worldwide 3.2k citations · 158 works
  9. 9 Jeffrey D. Sachs United States · #1,789 worldwide 1.6k citations · 204 works
  10. 10 Fausto Guzzetti Italy · #2,435 worldwide 1.7k citations · 112 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 4,647 highest-output authors in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law researchers

Where is Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law research done?

The largest centres of Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), São Paulo (Brazil), Moscow (Russia) and Jakarta (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tefé, Porto Alegre and Valledupar.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 2.9k works
  2. 2 São Paulo Brazil 2.4k works
  3. 3 Moscow Russia 2k works
  4. 4 Jakarta Indonesia 2k works
  5. 5 Kyiv Ukraine 1.6k works
  6. 6 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1.4k works
  7. 7 Surabaya Indonesia 1.2k works
  8. 8 Bandung Indonesia 1.2k works
  9. 9 Makassar Indonesia 954 works
  10. 10 Malang Indonesia 918 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TeféBR · 49.7 works23×
  2. Porto AlegreBR · 84.0 works22×
  3. ValleduparCO · 71.5 works21×
  4. Várzea GrandeBR · 25.3 works16×
  5. IrpinUA · 22.2 works15×
  6. Araguaína23.1 works14×
  7. SantarémBR · 85.0 works14×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law than the world average.

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Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law research by country

The best places for Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law?

Among universities, judged by research, Sumy State University, West Ukrainian National University and Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman 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%25%50%mean 18.7%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Sumy State University: 123, 21.8%West Ukrainian National University: 177, 13.8%Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman: 156, 13.3%Indonesia Defense University: 294, 2.4%Universidade Federal do Pará: 426, 2.5%State University of Trade and Economics: 98, 15.6%Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics: 103, 11.9%Lviv Polytechnic National University: 230, 10.9%China University of Mining and Technology: 286, 36.8%China University of Geosciences: 178, 58.0%Sumy State UniversityWest Ukrainian Natio…Kyiv National Econom…Indonesia Defense Un…
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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 Sumy State UniversityUkraine 62.021.8%10.1×123 +581.7%
2 West Ukrainian National UniversityUkraine 59.513.8%16.9×177 +3049.3%
3 Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym HetmanUkraine 57.813.3%18.2×156 +1311.4%
4 Indonesia Defense UniversityIndonesia 57.62.4%19.4×294 +3493.4%
5 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 57.12.5%8.8×426 +170.3%
6 State University of Trade and EconomicsUkraine 55.115.6%16.2×98 +2687.6%
7 Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of EconomicsUkraine 53.611.9%18.4×103 +757.0%
8 Lviv Polytechnic National UniversityUkraine 53.510.9%7.2×230 +782.7%
9 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 53.236.8%3.0×286 +121.1%
10 China University of GeosciencesChina 52.258.0%3.2×178 -33.3%

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 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 63% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Coastal Management and Development, Water and Land Management and Business and Economic Development.

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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.

  1. Coastal Management and Development+3832%
  2. Water and Land Management+1600%
  3. Business and Economic Development+1564%
  4. Environmental Sustainability and Technology+1114%
  5. Socioeconomic and Demographic Analysis+983%
  6. Environmental Sustainability and Education+519%
  7. American Environmental and Regional History-9%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law include?

Landslides and related hazards: 60k fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 46k fractional worksRural Development and Agriculture: 36k fractional worksEnvironmental Education and Sustainability: 32k fractional worksCoastal Management and D…30kCoastal Management and Development: 30k fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 29k fractional worksBusiness and Economic Development: 29k fractional worksRangeland Management and…27kRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 27k fractional worksAmerican Environmental and Regional History: 22k fractional worksSustainable Development and Environmental Policy: 20k fractional worksSoil and Land Suitability Analysis: 15k fractional worksInternational Maritime Law Issues: 14k fractional works

Area is fractional works in that topic. Every name below is a page of its own.