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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. 22.7% 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%
6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
22.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+2%
the tick is no change

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

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.9k and 641 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.9k works
  2. 2 United States 641 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 267 works
  4. 4 Hong Kong 200 works
  5. 5 Australia 139 works
  6. 6 Germany 132 works
  7. 7 Japan 102 works
  8. 8 Canada 80 works
  9. 9 Singapore 60 works
  10. 10 Vietnam 53 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: 52.7%United States: 18.1%United Kingdom: 7.5%Hong Kong: 5.6%6 others listed: 16.0%53%largest
China1,870 · 52.7%United States641 · 18.1%United Kingdom267 · 7.5%Hong Kong200 · 5.6%6 others listed568 · 16.0%

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

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

By volume in 2022–2025, Peking University publishes the most China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance research, followed by Renmin University of China and Fudan University.

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 Peter Nijkamp.

  1. 1 Peter Nijkamp Netherlands 2k citations

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

Where is China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance research done?

The largest centres of China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance research in 2022–2025 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 Pok Fu Lam, Macao and Hong Kong.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 541 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 216 works
  3. 3 Hong Kong China 133 works
  4. 4 Nanjing China 113 works
  5. 5 Wuhan China 110 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 109 works
  7. 7 Hangzhou China 96 works
  8. 8 London United Kingdom 86 works
  9. 9 Singapore Singapore 58 works
  10. 10 Chengdu China 51 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Pok Fu LamHK · 50.7 works15×
  2. MacaoCN · 32.9 works10×
  3. Hong KongCN · 132.8 works10×
  4. XiamenCN · 29.7 works4.6×
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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 of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong and University of Macau 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%60%mean 37.17%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Hong Kong: 51, 36.6%Chinese University of Hong Kong: 49, 34.1%University of Macau: 16, 52.9%National University of Singapore: 35, 41.8%City University of Hong Kong: 29, 36.6%Peking University: 86, 26.3%Renmin University of China: 80, 34.6%Zhejiang University: 49, 48.6%Fudan University: 51, 32.7%Hong Kong Baptist University: 23, 27.5%University of MacauNational University …University of Hong K…Chinese University o…
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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 University of Hong KongHong Kong 68.036.6%14.8×51 +24.4%
2 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong 65.534.1%17.5×49 +18.8%
3 University of MacauMacau 65.152.9%12.4×16 +0.8%
4 National University of SingaporeSingapore 64.941.8%8.9×35 +55.0%
5 City University of Hong KongHong Kong 62.536.6%12.4×29 -2.6%
6 Peking UniversityChina 60.926.3%13.7×86 +20.8%
7 Renmin University of ChinaChina 60.834.6%60.8×80 -28.6%
8 Zhejiang UniversityChina 58.648.6%6.2×49 +64.4%
9 Fudan UniversityChina 57.832.7%11.4×51 +0.3%
10 Hong Kong Baptist UniversityHong Kong 55.727.5%30.2×23 +12.5%

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 China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.

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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.