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Diverse multidisciplinary academic research

Diverse multidisciplinary academic research is a research topic within Cultural Studies. Science Explorer counts 5k research works in it since 1956. 10.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of cultural diversity, globalization, and various global industries such as software, media, entertainment, and tourism. It delves into topics such as innovation policy, knowledge networks, ethnic identity, and environmental activism within the context of globalized industries. The papers also discuss the impact of international relations on cultural diversity and the challenges and opportunities presented by digital culture.

  • Cultural Diversity
  • Globalization
  • Media and Entertainment
  • Software Industry
  • International Relations
  • Innovation Policy
  • Ethnic Identity
  • Digital Culture
  • Knowledge Networks
  • Environmental Activism
Research works
5k
fractional, since 1956
In the world top 10%
541
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-14%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
France
71% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Diverse multidisciplinary academic research

Which countries lead Diverse multidisciplinary academic research research?

By volume, France and ?? publish the most (674 and 63 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 France 674 works
  2. 2 ?? 63 works
  3. 3 Canada 59 works
  4. 4 United States 36 works
  5. 5 Belgium 33 works
  6. 6 Brazil 20 works
  7. 7 Switzerland 19 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 14 works
  9. 9 Morocco 13 works
  10. 10 Italy 13 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.

France: 71.5%??: 6.7%Canada: 6.2%United States: 3.9%6 others listed: 11.8%71%largest
France674 · 71.5%??63 · 6.7%Canada59 · 6.2%United States36 · 3.9%6 others listed111 · 11.8%

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

Which institutions lead Diverse multidisciplinary academic research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Diverse multidisciplinary academic research research, followed by Université de Lyon and Université de Lorraine.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 140 works
  2. 2 Université de LyonFrance 39 works
  3. 3 Université de LorraineFrance 30 works
  4. 4 Université Lille Nord de FranceFrance 22 works
  5. 5 Université Grenoble AlpesFrance 18 works
  6. 6 Sorbonne UniversitéFrance 16 works
  7. 7 Université Paris-SaclayFrance 15 works
  8. 8 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 15 works
  9. 9 Aix-Marseille UniversitéFrance 15 works
  10. 10 University of MonsBelgium 14 works

Who are the leading researchers in Diverse multidisciplinary academic research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Diverse multidisciplinary academic research include Bruno Latour and Stephen Louis Vargo.

  1. 1 Bruno Latour France 129k citations
  2. 2 Stephen Louis Vargo United States 60k 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 multidisciplinary academic research?

The most cited paper in Diverse multidisciplinary academic research is "Notes on the theory of the actor-network: Ordering, strategy, and heterogeneity" (John Easton Law, 1992), with 3,226 citations. Next come "Value co-creation in service logic: A critical analysis" (1,582) and "Research Methods for Human–Computer Interaction" (726).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Notes on the theory of the actor-network: Ordering, strategy, and heterogeneity John Easton Law · Systemic Practice and Action Research Aug 1992 3,226
2 Value co-creation in service logic: A critical analysis Christian Grönroos · Marketing Theory Sep 2011 1,582
3 Research Methods for Human–Computer Interaction Randolph G. Bias · Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 29 Jul 2009 726
4 Aramis or the love for technology Barbara Czarniawska-Joerges · Scandinavian Journal of Management Jun 1997 673
5 Servitization and deservitization: Overview, concepts, and definitions Christian Kowalkowski, Heiko Gebauer, Bart J. van der Kamp et al. · Industrial Marketing Management Open access 2017 558
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Diverse multidisciplinary academic research research done?

The largest centres of Diverse multidisciplinary academic research research in 2022-now are Paris (France), Lyon (France), Toulouse (France) and Montreal (Canada). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lyon and Lille.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 ParisFrance 165 works
  2. 2 LyonFrance 42 works
  3. 3 ToulouseFrance 25 works
  4. 4 MontrealCanada 25 works
  5. 5 LilleFrance 23 works
  6. 6 MontpellierFrance 22 works
  7. 7 RennesFrance 21 works
  8. 8 NantesFrance 18 works
  9. 9 MarseilleFrance 18 works
  10. 10 BordeauxFrance 17 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LyonFR · 41.7 works44×
  2. LilleFR · 22.6 works37×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

See Diverse multidisciplinary academic research on the map

Where is the best place to study Diverse multidisciplinary academic research?

Among universities, judged by research, Université de Lyon, Université de Lorraine and Université du Québec à Montréal 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%10%20%mean 10.25%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Université du Québec…Université de LorraineUniversité de LyonUniversité Lille Nor…
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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.

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
1Université de LyonFrance 66.511.1%67.1×39 +16.8%
2Université de LorraineFrance 57.911.3%85.3×30 +16.2%
3Université du Québec à MontréalCanada 52.523.1%45.0×10 -4.8%
4Université Lille Nord de FranceFrance 46.65.4%57.5×22 +35.3%
5Université Paris-SaclayFrance 44.76.3%25.3×15 +75.2%
6Université Paris CitéFrance 44.15.1%20.1×14 +25.0%
7Université Paris-Est CréteilFrance 41.613.3%58.6×8 +30.0%
8Sorbonne UniversitéFrance 40.711.0%25.6×16 -71.8%
9Université de PoitiersFrance 40.510.2%101.0×12 +149.6%
10Nantes UniversitéFrance 36.65.7%61.1×13 +18.2%

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 Diverse multidisciplinary academic research, country by country

Is Diverse multidisciplinary academic research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2018.

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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 multidisciplinary academic research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0039% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Diverse multidisciplinary academic research0.0043% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Diverse multidisciplinary academic research 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 multidisciplinary academic research9.6% 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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