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Cultural Industries and Urban Development

Cultural Industries and Urban Development is a research topic within Urban Studies. Science Explorer counts 40k 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 the impact of creative industries on urban development, emphasizing the role of cultural policy, entrepreneurship, and social capital. It delves into the dynamics of workforce in the creative economy, the formation of cultural clusters, and the economic impact of arts and culture. The papers also discuss the relationship between education, creativity, and economic performance in the context of urban environments.

  • Creative Economy
  • Urban Development
  • Cultural Policy
  • Arts and Culture
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Social Capital
  • Cultural Clusters
  • Workforce Dynamics
  • Regional Growth
  • Economic Impact
Research works
40k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+9%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
20% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Cultural Industries and Urban Development

Which countries lead Cultural Industries and Urban Development research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (979 and 895 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 979 works
  2. 2 United States 895 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 790 works
  4. 4 Australia 377 works
  5. 5 Brazil 367 works
  6. 6 France 319 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 309 works
  8. 8 Italy 309 works
  9. 9 Spain 269 works
  10. 10 Germany 196 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: 20.4%United States: 18.6%United Kingdom: 16.4%Australia: 7.8%6 others listed: 36.8%20%largest
China979 · 20.4%United States895 · 18.6%United Kingdom790 · 16.4%Australia377 · 7.8%6 others listed1,770 · 36.8%

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

Which institutions lead Cultural Industries and Urban Development research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Cultural Industries and Urban Development research, followed by The University of Melbourne and Politecnico di Milano.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 78 works
  2. 2 The University of MelbourneAustralia 42 works
  3. 3 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 38 works
  4. 4 Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands 32 works
  5. 5 RMIT UniversityAustralia 29 works
  6. 6 Aarhus UniversityDenmark 29 works
  7. 7 University of LeedsUnited Kingdom 28 works
  8. 8 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 26 works
  9. 9 The University of SydneyAustralia 26 works
  10. 10 University of LisbonPortugal 24 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cultural Industries and Urban Development?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cultural Industries and Urban Development include Pierre Bourdıeu, Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási and Michael C. Jensen.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  2. 2 Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási United States 223k citations
  3. 3 Michael C. Jensen United States 203k citations
  4. 4 Paul M. Thompson United States 196k citations
  5. 5 Michael E. Porter United States 165k 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 Cultural Industries and Urban Development?

The most cited paper in Cultural Industries and Urban Development is "Proximity and Innovation: A Critical Assessment" (Ron A. Boschma, 2005), with 6,049 citations. Next come "Struggling with the Creative Class" (2,395) and "The theory of the leisure class: an economic study of institutions" (2,364).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Proximity and Innovation: A Critical Assessment Ron A. Boschma · Regional Studies 14 Jan 2005 6,049
2 Struggling with the Creative Class Jamie Peck · International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Dec 2005 2,395
3 The theory of the leisure class: an economic study of institutions Gabe Knott-Fayle · Annals of Leisure Research 5 Jun 2019 2,364
4 New Globalism, New Urbanism: Gentrification as Global Urban Strategy Neil Smith · Antipode Jul 2002 2,360
5 Design: Cultural probes William W. Gaver, T. C. Dunne, Elena Pacenti · interactions 1999 2,293
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Cultural Industries and Urban Development research done?

The largest centres of Cultural Industries and Urban Development research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China), Paris (France) and Melbourne (Australia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 178 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 149 works
  3. 3 ParisFrance 113 works
  4. 4 MelbourneAustralia 105 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 87 works
  6. 6 LisbonPortugal 80 works
  7. 7 MilanItaly 71 works
  8. 8 SydneyAustralia 70 works
  9. 9 MoscowRussia 69 works
  10. 10 São PauloBrazil 65 works
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Where is the best place to study Cultural Industries and Urban Development?

Among universities, judged by research, Cardiff University, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Politecnico di Milano score highest, combining citation 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 27.23%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Cardiff UniversityUniversity of Manche…Erasmus University R…Politecnico di Milano
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Cardiff UniversityUnited Kingdom 77.835.1%6.4×20 +35.9%
2Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands 77.124.3%8.8×32 +13.1%
3Politecnico di MilanoItaly 68.212.8%7.5×38 +50.3%
4University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 68.227.9%3.3×19 +2.9%
5HEC MontréalCanada 66.533.1%27.6×10 +236.4%
6King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 66.024.6%4.3×26 -12.8%
7University of Hong KongChina 65.234.5%2.2×14 +52.5%
8National University of Ireland, MaynoothIreland 63.828.1%15.9×12 +176.9%
9University of AmsterdamNetherlands 63.125.6%4.4×19 -1.9%
10Lund UniversitySweden 62.826.3%4.0×16 +18.4%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Cultural Industries and Urban Development, country by country

Is Cultural Industries and Urban Development research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Cultural Industries and Urban 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 Cultural Industries and Urban Development as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.040% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Cultural Industries and Urban Development0.034% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cultural Industries and Urban 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%Cultural Industries and Urban Development10.4% in 2025200020102020

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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