Digital Platforms and Economics
Digital Platforms and Economics is a research topic within Strategy and Management. Science Explorer counts 28k research works in it since 1950. 27.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the competition and dynamics within two-sided markets, with a particular emphasis on platform competition, network effects, ecosystem innovation, technology standards, and price discrimination. The research explores the impact of network externalities and digital business models on market strategies and innovation.
- Two-Sided Markets
- Platform Competition
- Network Effects
- Ecosystem Innovation
- Market Dynamics
- Technology Standards
- Price Discrimination
- Network Externalities
- Digital Business Models
- Innovation Strategies
- Research works
- 28k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 7.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 27.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +29% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Digital Platforms and Economics research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (989 and 885 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 989 works
- 2 United States 885 works
- 3 Germany 478 works
- 4 India 363 works
- 5 United Kingdom 265 works
- 6 Italy 178 works
- 7 France 175 works
- 8 Russia 151 works
- 9 Indonesia 139 works
- 10 Brazil 129 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.
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Which institutions lead Digital Platforms and Economics research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Science and Technology of China publishes the most Digital Platforms and Economics research, followed by Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and University of Toronto.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 27 works
- 2 Indian Institute of Management BangaloreIndia 23 works
- 3 University of TorontoCanada 20 works
- 4 Tianjin UniversityChina 19 works
- 5 Tsinghua UniversityChina 18 works
- 6 National University of SingaporeSingapore 18 works
- 7 Cornell UniversityUnited States 18 works
- 8 Copenhagen Business SchoolDenmark 16 works
- 9 Southeast UniversityChina 15 works
- 10 Fudan UniversityChina 15 works
Who are the leading researchers in Digital Platforms and Economics?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Digital Platforms and Economics include Jean Tirole and Fei–Yue Wang.
- 1 Jean Tirole France 4.4k citations
- 2 Fei–Yue Wang China 4.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Digital Platforms and Economics research done?
The largest centres of Digital Platforms and Economics research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Moscow (Russia) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Essen.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- EssenDE · 22.1 works7.1×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Digital Platforms and Economics than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Digital Platforms and Economics?
Among universities, judged by research, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Central University of Finance and Economics and Copenhagen Business School 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 | Zhongnan University of Economics and LawChina | 68.1 | 40.6% | 21.7× | 12 | +75.3% |
| 2 | Central University of Finance and EconomicsChina | 64.9 | 34.6% | 20.1× | 13 | +86.5% |
| 3 | Copenhagen Business SchoolDenmark | 63.4 | 29.9% | 17.8× | 16 | +26.9% |
| 4 | University of St.GallenSwitzerland | 61.5 | 27.5% | 26.5× | 15 | +13.8% |
| 5 | The University of Texas at DallasUnited States | 58.9 | 35.1% | 10.1× | 11 | +3.0% |
| 6 | University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina | 58.5 | 34.7% | 4.1× | 27 | +41.9% |
| 7 | Tilburg UniversityNetherlands | 56.5 | 23.9% | 15.5× | 14 | +6.4% |
| 8 | Toulouse School of EconomicsFrance | 56.4 | 26.4% | 108.2× | 10 | +26.2% |
| 9 | South China University of TechnologyChina | 56.0 | 39.3% | 2.4× | 14 | +183.6% |
| 10 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong | 55.7 | 44.9% | 2.8× | 13 | +5.5% |
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 Digital Platforms and Economics research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Digital Platforms and Economics.
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.