Contemporary Social and Economic Issues
Contemporary Social and Economic Issues is a research topic within General Social Sciences. Science Explorer counts 1.3k research works in it since 1970. 9.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers a wide range of interdisciplinary studies in social sciences, including urbanism, development policy, globalization, democracy and development, social welfare, environmental risks, and sociological analysis. It explores topics such as the European model, cultural capitalism, social exclusion, and the impact of globalization on various aspects of society.
- Urbanism
- Development Policy
- Sociological Analysis
- Globalization
- Social Exclusion
- European Model
- Cultural Capitalism
- Democracy and Development
- Social Welfare
- Environmental Risks
- Research works
- 1.3k fractional, since 1970
- In the world top 10%
- 129 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 9.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -34% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Contemporary Social and Economic Issues research?
By volume, Poland and the United States publish the most (258 and 4 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Poland 258 works
- 2 United States 4 works
- 3 Ukraine 2 works
- 4 Czechia 2 works
- 5 Italy 2 works
- 6 Germany 2 works
- 7 United Kingdom 1 works
- 8 Croatia 1 works
- 9 ?? 1 works
- 10 France 1 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Contemporary Social and Economic Issues research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań publishes the most Contemporary Social and Economic Issues research, followed by Jagiellonian University and University of Warsaw.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 26 works
- 2 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 18 works
- 3 University of WarsawPoland 18 works
- 4 John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland 12 works
- 5 Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in WarsawPoland 11 works
- 6 University of GdańskPoland 10 works
- 7 University of ŁódźPoland 9 works
- 8 Kazimierz Wielki University in BydgoszczPoland 9 works
- 9 Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w KrakowiePoland 8 works
- 10 Maria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityPoland 8 works
Who are the leading researchers in Contemporary Social and Economic Issues?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Contemporary Social and Economic Issues include Jan Kozłowski.
- 1 Jan Kozłowski Poland 81 citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Contemporary Social and Economic Issues research done?
The largest centres of Contemporary Social and Economic Issues research in 2022–2025 are Warsaw (Poland), Krakow (Poland), Poznań (Poland) and Lublin (Poland). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Poznań, Lublin and Krakow.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- PoznańPL · 28.2 works109×
- LublinPL · 20.8 works102×
- KrakowPL · 44.4 works101×
- WarsawPL · 61.4 works76×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Contemporary Social and Economic Issues than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Contemporary Social and Economic Issues?
Among universities, judged by research, Jagiellonian University, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz and University of Warsaw 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jagiellonian UniversityPoland | 50.2 | 10.5% | 104.9× | 18 | +45.0% |
| 2 | Kazimierz Wielki University in BydgoszczPoland | 40.1 | 11.8% | 439.2× | 8 | +116.7% |
| 3 | University of WarsawPoland | 39.6 | 6.1% | 135.5× | 18 | +105.6% |
| 4 | Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland | 29.9 | 3.8% | 247.2× | 26 | +59.2% |
| 5 | Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in WarsawPoland | 25.4 | 8.9% | 314.1× | 11 | +30.1% |
| 6 | John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland | 23.6 | 4.3% | 268.4× | 12 | +244.3% |
| 7 | University of ŁódźPoland | 20.8 | 7.7% | 116.8× | 9 | +27.8% |
| 8 | University of GdańskPoland | 11.1 | 3.5% | 169.7× | 10 | +29.8% |
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 Contemporary Social and Economic Issues research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 34% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Contemporary Social and Economic Issues.
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.