Development, Ethics, and Society
Development, Ethics, and Society is a research topic within Development. Science Explorer counts 3.6k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers encompasses a wide range of topics within the field of development studies, including globalization, sociopolitical implications, gender dynamics, community empowerment, environmental justice, cultural identity, economic inequality, and legal theory. The papers explore the complex interplay between social change and various dimensions of development, shedding light on critical issues in contemporary societies.
- Development
- Social Change
- Globalization
- Sociopolitical
- Gender Dynamics
- Community Empowerment
- Environmental Justice
- Cultural Identity
- Economic Inequality
- Legal Theory
- Research works
- 3.6k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 353 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 9.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +29% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
Brazil
59% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead Development, Ethics, and Society research?
By volume, Brazil and the United States publish the most (558 and 179 works in 2022-now).
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Brazil
558 works
- 2
United States
179 works
- 3
United Kingdom
41 works
- 4
South Africa
38 works
- 5
Germany
34 works
- 6
France
27 works
- 7
Portugal
23 works
- 8
Canada
19 works
- 9
Spain
16 works
- 10 ?? 16 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 Development, Ethics, and Society research?
By volume in 2022-now, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro publishes the most Development, Ethics, and Society research, followed by Universidade de São Paulo and Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil
20 works
- 2
Universidade de São PauloBrazil
19 works
- 3
Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil
16 works
- 4
Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil
16 works
- 5
Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil
16 works
- 6
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil
14 works
- 7
Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil
13 works
- 8
Universidade Federal de PernambucoBrazil
13 works
- 9
Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil
12 works
- 10
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São PauloBrazil
12 works
Who are the leading researchers in Development, Ethics, and Society?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Development, Ethics, and Society include John W.M. Martens and Mary Douglas.
- 1
John W.M. Martens
Netherlands
52k citations
- 2
Mary Douglas
United Kingdom
49k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Development, Ethics, and Society research done?
The largest centres of Development, Ethics, and Society research in 2022-now are Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), São Paulo (Brazil), Brasília (Brazil) and Belo Horizonte (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rio de Janeiro.
Largest cities, 2022-now
- 1
Rio de JaneiroBrazil
74 works
- 2
São PauloBrazil
64 works
- 3
BrasíliaBrazil
27 works
- 4
Belo HorizonteBrazil
24 works
- 5
RecifeBrazil
20 works
- 6
Porto AlegreBrazil
20 works
- 7
FlorianópolisBrazil
19 works
- 8
PretoriaSouth Africa
18 works
- 9
CuritibaBrazil
17 works
- 10
LisbonPortugal
15 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Rio de JaneiroBR · 74.4 works22×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Development, Ethics, and Society than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Development, Ethics, and Society?
Among universities, judged by research, Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro and Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 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 first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
Universities only. The score blends 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 Development, Ethics, and Society, country by countryIs Development, Ethics, and Society research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 29% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Development, Ethics, and Society.
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 Development, Ethics, and Society as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0042% in 2024.
Fractional works of Development, Ethics, and Society 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.
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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