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Cooperative Studies and Economics

Cooperative Studies and Economics is a research topic within Strategy and Management. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 14.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the governance, ownership structures, member participation, and organizational principles of cooperatives and mutual associations, with a focus on agricultural cooperatives and worker-owned firms. It delves into topics such as the impact of trust on cooperative membership, the role of cooperatives in rural community development, and the challenges and opportunities for cooperative finance. The cluster also examines the social economy, employee ownership, and the implications of cooperative models for sustainable economic development.

  • Cooperatives
  • Governance
  • Ownership
  • Agricultural
  • Member Participation
  • Organizational Economics
  • Worker Cooperatives
  • Social Economy
  • Employee Ownership
  • Rural Development
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-2%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Cooperative Studies and Economics research?

By volume, Spain and the United States publish the most (182 and 132 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Spain 182 works
  2. 2 United States 132 works
  3. 3 China 94 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 92 works
  5. 5 Germany 89 works
  6. 6 France 79 works
  7. 7 Brazil 72 works
  8. 8 India 57 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 51 works
  10. 10 Italy 48 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.

Spain: 20.3%United States: 14.7%China: 10.5%Indonesia: 10.2%6 others listed: 44.2%20%largest
Spain182 · 20.3%United States132 · 14.7%China94 · 10.5%Indonesia92 · 10.2%6 others listed397 · 44.2%

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

Which institutions lead Cooperative Studies and Economics research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universitat de València publishes the most Cooperative Studies and Economics research, followed by University of Cologne and University of Almería.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 15 works
  2. 2 University of CologneGermany 15 works
  3. 3 University of AlmeríaSpain 10 works
  4. 4 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain 9 works
  5. 5 University of the Basque CountrySpain 8 works
  6. 6 Mondragon UnibertsitateaSpain 8 works
  7. 7 Ambo UniversityEthiopia 8 works
  8. 8 Université Ibn ZohrMorocco 8 works
  9. 9 Universidad de SevillaSpain 8 works
  10. 10 Universitat de LleidaSpain 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cooperative Studies and Economics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cooperative Studies and Economics include Michael E. Porter.

  1. 1 Michael E. Porter United States 4.7k citations

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

Where is Cooperative Studies and Economics research done?

The largest centres of Cooperative Studies and Economics research in 2022–2025 are Madrid (Spain), Valencia (Spain), Beijing (China) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Valencia.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Madrid Spain 26 works
  2. 2 Valencia Spain 24 works
  3. 3 Beijing China 20 works
  4. 4 Paris France 18 works
  5. 5 Cologne Germany 16 works
  6. 6 Mexico City Mexico 14 works
  7. 7 Buenos Aires Argentina 14 works
  8. 8 Moscow Russia 13 works
  9. 9 Barcelona Spain 12 works
  10. 10 Bogotá Colombia 12 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ValenciaES · 23.8 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cooperative Studies and Economics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Cooperative Studies and Economics?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Cologne, University of Almería and University of the Basque Country 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%mean 19.72%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Cologne: 15, 40.1%University of Almería: 10, 14.6%University of the Basque Country: 8, 23.5%Universitat de València: 15, 5.4%Universidad de Zaragoza: 9, 15.0%University of CologneUniversity of the Ba…University of AlmeríaUniversitat de Valèn…
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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 CologneGermany 74.640.1%27.7×15 +164.2%
2 University of AlmeríaSpain 32.714.6%41.2×10 +152.3%
3 University of the Basque CountrySpain 23.423.5%10.9×8 +57.7%
4 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 21.15.4%17.6×15 -60.0%
5 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain 13.915.0%13.8×9 +2.6%

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 Cooperative Studies and Economics research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011. The fastest-growing topics are Cooperative Studies and Economics.

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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.