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Diverse academic and cultural studies

Diverse academic and cultural studies is a research topic within Economics and Econometrics. Science Explorer counts 9.5k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of knowledge, innovation, and economic development, with a focus on topics such as the knowledge economy, industrial districts, territorial marketing, cultural heritage, and sustainable development. It also delves into the role of small and medium enterprises, social responsibility, art, and design in shaping the economy of knowledge and innovation.

  • Knowledge Economy
  • Innovation
  • Territorial Marketing
  • Industrial Districts
  • Cultural Heritage
  • Sustainable Development
  • Globalization
  • Small and Medium Enterprises
  • Social Responsibility
  • Art and Design
Research works
9.5k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
949
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-21%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Italy
62% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Diverse academic and cultural studies

Which countries lead Diverse academic and cultural studies research?

By volume, Italy and Brazil publish the most (995 and 221 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Italy 995 works
  2. 2 Brazil 221 works
  3. 3 France 115 works
  4. 4 United States 98 works
  5. 5 Spain 51 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 30 works
  7. 7 Portugal 25 works
  8. 8 Germany 21 works
  9. 9 Poland 19 works
  10. 10 Switzerland 18 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.

Italy: 62.5%Brazil: 13.9%France: 7.2%United States: 6.2%6 others listed: 10.3%62%largest
Italy995 · 62.5%Brazil221 · 13.9%France115 · 7.2%United States98 · 6.2%6 others listed164 · 10.3%

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

Which institutions lead Diverse academic and cultural studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Bologna publishes the most Diverse academic and cultural studies research, followed by University of Florence and University of Milan.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of BolognaItaly 64 works
  2. 2 University of FlorenceItaly 57 works
  3. 3 University of MilanItaly 52 works
  4. 4 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 49 works
  5. 5 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 48 works
  6. 6 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 48 works
  7. 7 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 26 works
  8. 8 Unione Italiana del LavoroItaly 26 works
  9. 9 University of Naples Federico IIItaly 25 works
  10. 10 University of TurinItaly 23 works

Who are the leading researchers in Diverse academic and cultural studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Diverse academic and cultural studies include Giuseppe Remuzzi, Pierre Bourdıeu and Francesco Saverio Violante.

  1. 1 Giuseppe Remuzzi Italy 328k citations
  2. 2 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  3. 3 Francesco Saverio Violante Italy 181k 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 Diverse academic and cultural studies?

The most cited paper in Diverse academic and cultural studies is "The cultural biography of things: commoditization as process" (Igor Kopytoff, 1986), with 4,776 citations. Next come "On the Concept of Territorial Competitiveness: Sound or Misleading?" (590) and "Sectoral Patterns Of Technological Change In Services" (479).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The cultural biography of things: commoditization as process Igor Kopytoff · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 30 Apr 1986 4,776
2 On the Concept of Territorial Competitiveness: Sound or Misleading? Roberto P. Camagni · Urban Studies Dec 2002 590
3 Sectoral Patterns Of Technological Change In Services Rinaldo Evangelista · Economics of Innovation and New Technology 2000 479
4 Technological innovation in services and manufacturing: results from Italian surveys Giorgio Sirilli, Rinaldo Evangelista · Research Policy Dec 1998 457
5 Regional “Worlds” of Production: Learning and Innovation in the Technology Districts of France, Italy and the USA Michael Storper · Regional Studies 1993 450
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Diverse academic and cultural studies research done?

The largest centres of Diverse academic and cultural studies research in 2022-now are Rome (Italy), Milan (Italy), Bologna (Italy) and Venice (Italy). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Venice, Florence and Bologna.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 RomeItaly 160 works
  2. 2 MilanItaly 149 works
  3. 3 BolognaItaly 68 works
  4. 4 VeniceItaly 67 works
  5. 5 FlorenceItaly 65 works
  6. 6 São PauloBrazil 52 works
  7. 7 NaplesItaly 47 works
  8. 8 TurinItaly 47 works
  9. 9 ParisFrance 36 works
  10. 10 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 28 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. VeniceIT · 67.2 works119×
  2. FlorenceIT · 64.9 works45×
  3. BolognaIT · 67.7 works37×
  4. MilanIT · 148.6 works29×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Diverse academic and cultural studies than the world average.

See Diverse academic and cultural studies on the map

Where is the best place to study Diverse academic and cultural studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Politecnico di Milano, Politecnico di Torino and University of Milano-Bicocca 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%10%20%mean 11.95%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Politecnico di TorinoPolitecnico di MilanoUniversity of Milano…University of Bologna
above the meannear itbelow it

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
1Politecnico di MilanoItaly 78.317.4%44.3×49 -14.6%
2Politecnico di TorinoItaly 69.120.6%26.9×19 -39.5%
3University of Milano-BicoccaItaly 67.016.2%31.6×14 -6.3%
4University of BolognaItaly 61.49.1%49.8×64 -36.7%
5University of FlorenceItaly 59.16.2%62.1×57 -1.9%
6University of PaduaItaly 56.611.2%14.1×17 -23.7%
7University of UdineItaly 54.311.0%48.4×12 -11.7%
8University of TurinItaly 53.412.0%27.6×23 -57.5%
9Sapienza University of RomeItaly 53.28.9%26.9×48 -47.4%
10Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 52.96.9%131.9×48 -13.0%

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 Diverse academic and cultural studies, country by country

Is Diverse academic and cultural studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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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 Diverse academic and cultural studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0079% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Diverse academic and cultural studies0.0067% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Diverse academic and cultural studies 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%Diverse academic and cultural studies8.7% 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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