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Asian Industrial and Economic Development

Asian Industrial and Economic Development is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 7.2k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the evolution, challenges, and adaptations of the developmental state model in East Asia, particularly focusing on countries like South Korea and Taiwan. It delves into the role of industrial policy, globalization, and neoliberalism in shaping the economic development strategies of these states, highlighting the complex interplay between state intervention, institutional change, and political economy.

  • Developmental State
  • East Asia
  • Industrial Policy
  • Globalization
  • Neoliberalism
  • Economic Development
  • South Korea
  • Institutional Change
  • Political Economy
  • State Intervention
Research works
7.2k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
740
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+23%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
19% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Asian Industrial and Economic Development

Which countries lead Asian Industrial and Economic Development research?

By volume, the United States and South Korea publish the most (169 and 168 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 169 works
  2. 2 South Korea 168 works
  3. 3 China 129 works
  4. 4 Japan 107 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 85 works
  6. 6 Brazil 60 works
  7. 7 India 57 works
  8. 8 Germany 50 works
  9. 9 Russia 44 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 43 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: 18.5%South Korea: 18.4%China: 14.2%Japan: 11.7%6 others listed: 37.2%19%largest
United States169 · 18.5%South Korea168 · 18.4%China129 · 14.2%Japan107 · 11.7%6 others listed340 · 37.2%

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

Which institutions lead Asian Industrial and Economic Development research?

By volume in 2022-now, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade publishes the most Asian Industrial and Economic Development research, followed by Korea Institute for International Economic Policy and Seoul National University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and TradeSouth Korea 25 works
  2. 2 Korea Institute for International Economic PolicySouth Korea 24 works
  3. 3 Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea 15 works
  4. 4 Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea 13 works
  5. 5 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 12 works
  6. 6 Greenville CollegeUnited States 12 works
  7. 7 Peking UniversityChina 8 works
  8. 8 Ewha Womans UniversitySouth Korea 7 works
  9. 9 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 7 works
  10. 10 International University of JapanJapan 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Asian Industrial and Economic Development?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Asian Industrial and Economic Development include Christopher D. Manning, Joseph E. Stiglitz and David J. Teece.

  1. 1 Christopher D. Manning United States 179k citations
  2. 2 Joseph E. Stiglitz United States 167k citations
  3. 3 David J. Teece United States 130k 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 Asian Industrial and Economic Development?

The most cited paper in Asian Industrial and Economic Development is "Historical institutionalism in comparative politics" (Kathleen Thelen, Sven H. Steinmo, 1992), with 3,092 citations. Next come "Global production networks and the analysis of economic development" (2,225) and "MITI and the Japanese Miracle. The Growth of Industrial Policy, 1925—1975" (2,176).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Historical institutionalism in comparative politics Kathleen Thelen, Sven H. Steinmo · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 25 Sep 1992 3,092
2 Global production networks and the analysis of economic development Jeffrey Henderson, Peter Dicken, Martin Heß et al. · Review of International Political Economy Open access 2002 2,225
3 MITI and the Japanese Miracle. The Growth of Industrial Policy, 1925—1975 Kent E. Calder · Pacific Affairs Sep 1983 2,176
4 The ‘System’ of Automobility John Urry · Theory Culture & Society Oct 2004 1,473
5 ‘Globalizing’ regional development: a global production networks perspective Neil M. Coe, Martin Heß, Henry Wai‐chung Yeung et al. · Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers Dec 2004 1,447
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Asian Industrial and Economic Development research done?

The largest centres of Asian Industrial and Economic Development research in 2022-now are Seoul (South Korea), Sejong (South Korea), Tokyo (Japan) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Sejong, Seoul and Tokyo.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 SeoulSouth Korea 78 works
  2. 2 SejongSouth Korea 52 works
  3. 3 TokyoJapan 46 works
  4. 4 BeijingChina 33 works
  5. 5 LondonUnited Kingdom 29 works
  6. 6 MoscowRussia 27 works
  7. 7 ShanghaiChina 14 works
  8. 8 São PauloBrazil 13 works
  9. 9 New DelhiIndia 13 works
  10. 10 Washington D.C.United States 12 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SejongKR · 52.3 works569×
  2. SeoulKR · 77.9 works8.1×
  3. TokyoJP · 46.1 works4.6×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Asian Industrial and Economic Development than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Asian Industrial and Economic Development?

Among universities, judged by research, Seoul National University, Yonsei University and Greenville College 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.

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
1Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea 72.92.3%11.6×15 +9.3%
2Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea 58.15.9%12.4×12 +69.6%
3Greenville CollegeUnited States 9.00.0%2922.5×12 -

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 Asian Industrial and Economic Development, country by country

Is Asian Industrial and Economic Development research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Asian Industrial 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Asian Industrial and Economic Development as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0057% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Asian Industrial and Economic Development0.0058% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Asian Industrial and Economic Development 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%Asian Industrial and Economic Development10.6% 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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