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Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration

Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 8.3k research works in it since 1952. 25.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the dynamics of cross-border regions in Europe and North America, focusing on territorial governance, European integration, border cooperation, regional identity, transnational collaboration, spatial planning, metropolitan integration, policy networks, and cross-border mobility.

  • Cross-Border Regions
  • Territorial Governance
  • European Integration
  • Border Cooperation
  • Regional Identity
  • Transnational Collaboration
  • Spatial Planning
  • Metropolitan Integration
  • Policy Networks
  • Cross-Border Mobility
Research works
8.3k
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
2.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
25.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+21%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration research?

By volume, Germany and Russia publish the most (142 and 128 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Germany 142 works
  2. 2 Russia 128 works
  3. 3 Poland 118 works
  4. 4 France 110 works
  5. 5 United States 107 works
  6. 6 China 102 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 68 works
  8. 8 Spain 55 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 53 works
  10. 10 Italy 45 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.

Germany: 15.3%Russia: 13.8%Poland: 12.7%France: 11.9%6 others listed: 46.3%15%largest
Germany142 · 15.3%Russia128 · 13.8%Poland118 · 12.7%France110 · 11.9%6 others listed430 · 46.3%

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

Which institutions lead Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań publishes the most Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration research, followed by Saarland University and University of Luxembourg.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 14 works
  2. 2 Saarland UniversityGermany 13 works
  3. 3 University of LuxembourgLuxembourg 11 works
  4. 4 Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal UniversityRussia 11 works
  5. 5 Maria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityPoland 7 works
  6. 6 School of Business and ManagementFrance 7 works
  7. 7 Masaryk UniversityCzechia 7 works
  8. 8 Human Growth FoundationUnited States 7 works
  9. 9 Institute of GeographyRussia 6 works
  10. 10 University of Warmia and Mazury in OlsztynPoland 6 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration include Martin Schüler and John Agnew.

  1. 1 Martin Schüler Germany 1.2k citations
  2. 2 John Agnew United States 1.2k citations

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

Where is Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration research done?

The largest centres of Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Budapest (Hungary), Paris (France) and Warsaw (Poland).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 49 works
  2. 2 Budapest Hungary 25 works
  3. 3 Paris France 24 works
  4. 4 Warsaw Poland 23 works
  5. 5 Beijing China 22 works
  6. 6 Poznań Poland 17 works
  7. 7 Saarbrücken Germany 15 works
  8. 8 Saint Petersburg Russia 15 works
  9. 9 Prague Czechia 15 works
  10. 10 Berlin Germany 14 works
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Where is the best place to study Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration?

Among universities, judged by research, Saarland University, University of Luxembourg and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań 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 31.7%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Saarland University: 13, 49.9%University of Luxembourg: 11, 35.4%Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań: 14, 17.0%Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University: 11, 24.5%Saarland UniversityUniversity of Luxemb…Immanuel Kant Baltic…Adam Mickiewicz Univ…
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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 Saarland UniversityGermany 49.449.9%38.8×13 -37.5%
2 University of LuxembourgLuxembourg 37.135.4%31.0×11 +21.4%
3 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 31.517.0%21.7×14 +48.9%
4 Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal UniversityRussia 21.824.5%96.4×11 +80.3%

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 Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration.

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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.