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Community and Sustainable Development

Community and Sustainable Development is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 1.7k research works in it since 1950. 10.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores various aspects of community development, leadership education, and sustainable livelihoods. It covers topics such as qualitative research methods, capacity building, civic engagement, and the role of social capital in rural development. The papers also delve into ethical data collection, empowerment of local communities, and the importance of sustainable livelihoods for community change efforts.

  • Community Development
  • Leadership
  • Qualitative Research
  • Sustainable Livelihoods
  • Rural Development
  • Social Capital
  • Capacity Building
  • Ethical Data Collection
  • Civic Engagement
  • Empowerment
Research works
1.7k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
175
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+144%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
33% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Community and Sustainable Development

Which countries lead Community and Sustainable Development research?

By volume, the United States and Indonesia publish the most (170 and 104 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 170 works
  2. 2 Indonesia 104 works
  3. 3 Philippines 49 works
  4. 4 Nigeria 43 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 35 works
  6. 6 India 31 works
  7. 7 China 25 works
  8. 8 Australia 20 works
  9. 9 Canada 20 works
  10. 10 South Africa 20 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: 33.0%Indonesia: 20.1%Philippines: 9.5%Nigeria: 8.2%6 others listed: 29.1%33%largest
United States170 · 33.0%Indonesia104 · 20.1%Philippines49 · 9.5%Nigeria43 · 8.2%6 others listed150 · 29.1%

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

Which institutions lead Community and Sustainable Development research?

By volume in 2022-now, Islamic Azad University, Tehran publishes the most Community and Sustainable Development research, followed by University of Indonesia and University of Port Harcourt.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 5 works
  2. 2 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 4 works
  3. 3 University of Port HarcourtNigeria 4 works
  4. 4 Rivers State UniversityNigeria 4 works
  5. 5 University of CalabarNigeria 3 works
  6. 6 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 3 works
  7. 7 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 3 works
  8. 8 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 3 works
  9. 9 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 3 works
  10. 10 Hasanuddin UniversityIndonesia 3 works

Who are the leading researchers in Community and Sustainable Development?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Community and Sustainable Development include Richard A. Gibbs and Sue Brennan.

  1. 1 Richard A. Gibbs United States 292k citations
  2. 2 Sue Brennan Australia 174k 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 Community and Sustainable Development?

The most cited paper in Community and Sustainable Development is "Sense of community: A definition and theory" (David W. McMillan, David M. Chavis, 1986), with 5,823 citations. Next come "Grounded Theory and Sensitizing Concepts" (1,886) and "Trust, Social Capital, Civil Society, and Democracy" (1,016).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Sense of community: A definition and theory David W. McMillan, David M. Chavis · Journal of Community Psychology 1986 5,823
2 Grounded Theory and Sensitizing Concepts Glenn A. Bowen · International Journal of Qualitative Methods Open access Sep 2006 1,886
3 Trust, Social Capital, Civil Society, and Democracy Kenneth Newton · International Political Science Review Apr 2001 1,016
4 Diversification of Revenue Strategies: Evolving Resource Dependence in Nonprofit Organizations Karen A. Froelich · Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly Sep 1999 861
5 The Talk and Back Talk of Collective Action: A Dialogic Analysis of Repertoires of Discourse among Nineteenth‐Century English Cotton Spinners Marc W. Steinberg · American Journal of Sociology Nov 1999 634
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Where is Community and Sustainable Development research done?

The largest centres of Community and Sustainable Development research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), London (United Kingdom), Washington D.C. (United States) and Port Harcourt (Nigeria).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 JakartaIndonesia 12 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 8 works
  3. 3 Washington D.C.United States 8 works
  4. 4 Port HarcourtNigeria 8 works
  5. 5 MakassarIndonesia 7 works
  6. 6 YogyakartaIndonesia 7 works
  7. 7 SurabayaIndonesia 7 works
  8. 8 BandungIndonesia 6 works
  9. 9 TehranIran 6 works
  10. 10 ManilaPhilippines 6 works
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Is Community and Sustainable Development research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 144% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Community and Sustainable 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 Community and Sustainable Development as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Community and Sustainable 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%Community and Sustainable Development10.6% in 202520102020

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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