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China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance

China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the political economy and governance of China, focusing on topics such as economic reform, inequality, migration, urbanization, land policy, and authoritarianism. It delves into the complexities of China's unique political and economic system, offering insights into its development and challenges.

  • China
  • political economy
  • governance
  • reform
  • inequality
  • migration
  • urbanization
  • land policy
  • authoritarianism
  • economic development
Research works
27k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+22%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
60% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance

Which countries lead China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.6k and 730 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.6k works
  2. 2 United States 730 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 304 works
  4. 4 Australia 157 works
  5. 5 Germany 143 works
  6. 6 Japan 116 works
  7. 7 Canada 89 works
  8. 8 Vietnam 77 works
  9. 9 Singapore 67 works
  10. 10 Taiwan 59 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.

China: 59.7%United States: 16.9%United Kingdom: 7.0%Australia: 3.6%6 others listed: 12.7%60%largest
China2,581 · 59.7%United States730 · 16.9%United Kingdom304 · 7.0%Australia157 · 3.6%6 others listed550 · 12.7%

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

Which institutions lead China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance research?

By volume in 2022-now, Peking University publishes the most China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance research, followed by Renmin University of China and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Peking UniversityChina 96 works
  2. 2 Renmin University of ChinaChina 93 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of Social SciencesChina 70 works
  4. 4 University of Hong KongChina 60 works
  5. 5 Zhejiang UniversityChina 58 works
  6. 6 Fudan UniversityChina 58 works
  7. 7 Chinese University of Hong KongChina 55 works
  8. 8 Tsinghua UniversityChina 48 works
  9. 9 University of ChicagoUnited States 45 works
  10. 10 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 44 works

Who are the leading researchers in China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance?

The most-cited researchers publishing on China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance include Xiaogang Wang, Andrei Shleifer and PAUL S. F. YIP.

  1. 1 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  2. 2 Andrei Shleifer United States 234k citations
  3. 3 PAUL S. F. YIP China 196k citations
  4. 4 Joseph E. Stiglitz United States 167k citations
  5. 5 Jin Li China 132k 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 China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance?

The most cited paper in China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance is "Political turnover and economic performance: the incentive role of personnel control in China" (Hongbin Li, Li‐An Zhou, 2004), with 3,725 citations. Next come "Historical institutionalism in comparative politics" (3,092) and "The Fundamental Institutions of China's Reforms and Development" (2,676).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Political turnover and economic performance: the incentive role of personnel control in China Hongbin Li, Li‐An Zhou · Journal of Public Economics 29 Sep 2004 3,725
2 Historical institutionalism in comparative politics Kathleen Thelen, Sven H. Steinmo · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 25 Sep 1992 3,092
3 The Fundamental Institutions of China's Reforms and Development Chenggang Xu · Journal of Economic Literature Open access Dec 2011 2,676
4 The social construction of scale Sallie A. Marston · Progress in Human Geography Jun 2000 1,803
5 Territory, Authority, Rights: From Medieval to Global Assemblages G. John Ikenberry, Saskia Sassen · Foreign Affairs 2006 1,519
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Where is China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance research done?

The largest centres of China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Hong Kong (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bengbu, Pok Fu Lam and Macao.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 645 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 255 works
  3. 3 Hong KongChina 156 works
  4. 4 NanjingChina 142 works
  5. 5 GuangzhouChina 138 works
  6. 6 WuhanChina 129 works
  7. 7 HangzhouChina 116 works
  8. 8 LondonUnited Kingdom 98 works
  9. 9 ChengduChina 66 works
  10. 10 SingaporeSingapore 65 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BengbuCN · 20.8 works17×
  2. Pok Fu LamCN · 59.7 works15×
  3. MacaoCN · 40.0 works10×
  4. Hong KongCN · 155.8 works9.9×
  5. XiamenCN · 36.9 works4.9×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance?

Among universities, judged by research, University College London, Peking University and Renmin University of China score highest, combining citation 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 13.87%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University College L…Renmin University of…Chinese University o…Peking University
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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.

Citation 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
1University College LondonUnited Kingdom 73.027.8%3.2×22 +113.8%
2Peking UniversityChina 66.19.0%11.1×96 +39.4%
3Renmin University of ChinaChina 63.210.8%67.9×94 +44.1%
4Chinese University of Hong KongChina 62.910.4%17.8×55 -8.7%
5University of Hong KongChina 62.710.0%15.3×60 -11.4%
6Zhejiang UniversityChina 61.918.0%5.1×58 +28.0%
7Hong Kong Baptist UniversityChina 60.813.9%31.9×25 +1.2%
8Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 59.620.8%4.7×16 +43.4%
9University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 57.87.7%4.9×29 +48.2%
10City University of Hong KongChina 55.110.3%14.5×35 -32.2%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance, country by country

Is China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2011. The fastest-growing topics are China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance.

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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 China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.018% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance0.021% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance 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%China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance10.1% 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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