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Economic and Social Development

Economic and Social Development is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 8.5k research works in it since 1951. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of development, justice, and social equity, addressing issues such as globalization, human dignity, democracy, inequality, sustainability, education, and poverty. It encompasses a wide range of topics related to economic, social, and political aspects of global development and justice.

  • Development
  • Justice
  • Social Equity
  • Globalization
  • Human Dignity
  • Democracy
  • Inequality
  • Sustainability
  • Education
  • Poverty
Research works
8.5k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
837
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-17%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
28% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Economic and Social Development

Which countries lead Economic and Social Development research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (271 and 172 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 271 works
  2. 2 Mexico 172 works
  3. 3 Colombia 151 works
  4. 4 Argentina 106 works
  5. 5 Chile 85 works
  6. 6 Peru 52 works
  7. 7 Ecuador 47 works
  8. 8 United States 39 works
  9. 9 Brazil 36 works
  10. 10 Venezuela 25 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.

Spain: 27.5%Mexico: 17.5%Colombia: 15.3%Argentina: 10.7%6 others listed: 28.9%28%largest
Spain271 · 27.5%Mexico172 · 17.5%Colombia151 · 15.3%Argentina106 · 10.7%6 others listed284 · 28.9%

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

Which institutions lead Economic and Social Development research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Complutense de Madrid publishes the most Economic and Social Development research, followed by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Universidad de Buenos Aires.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 31 works
  2. 2 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 24 works
  3. 3 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 21 works
  4. 4 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 19 works
  5. 5 Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain 14 works
  6. 6 Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia 14 works
  7. 7 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 14 works
  8. 8 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 14 works
  9. 9 University of ChileChile 13 works
  10. 10 Universidad de GranadaSpain 11 works

Who are the leading researchers in Economic and Social Development?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Economic and Social Development include Pierre Bourdıeu, Nelson Alvis‐Guzmán and Michel Foucault.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  2. 2 Nelson Alvis‐Guzmán Colombia 216k citations
  3. 3 Michel Foucault France 208k citations
  4. 4 Joseph E. Stiglitz United States 167k citations
  5. 5 Daron Acemoğlu United States 164k citations
  6. 6 Элинор Остром United States 149k citations
  7. 7 Gary S. Becker United States 148k citations
  8. 8 Noam Chomsky United States 141k 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 Economic and Social Development?

The most cited paper in Economic and Social Development is "Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible" (David Barrero-Barrero, Fabio Baquero Valdés, 2020), with 340 citations. Next come "Instituciones, cambio institucional y desempeño económico" (316) and "El capital en el siglo XXI" (281).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible David Barrero-Barrero, Fabio Baquero Valdés · Revista Científica General José María Córdova Open access 2020 340
2 Instituciones, cambio institucional y desempeño económico Alix Suárez · Lecturas de Economía Open access 29 Mar 2010 316
3 El capital en el siglo XXI Luis Fernando Méndez Briones · Horizontes Empresariales Open access 10 Sep 2015 281
4 La constitución de la sociedad Anthony Giddens, bases para la teoría de la estructuración. ed. Amorrortu.bs. as. 1995 (1984) R Alfonso Piza · Revista Colombiana de Sociología Open access 2000 230
5 "Economía Internacional" María del Carmen López Martín · Revista de Fomento Social Open access 30 Sep 2015 215
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Where is Economic and Social Development research done?

The largest centres of Economic and Social Development research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Bogotá (Colombia), Mexico City (Mexico) and Santiago (Chile).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 98 works
  2. 2 BogotáColombia 68 works
  3. 3 Mexico CityMexico 58 works
  4. 4 SantiagoChile 56 works
  5. 5 Buenos AiresArgentina 46 works
  6. 6 LimaPeru 30 works
  7. 7 BarcelonaSpain 28 works
  8. 8 MedellínColombia 23 works
  9. 9 San JoséCosta Rica 17 works
  10. 10 La PazBolivia 14 works
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Where is the best place to study Economic and Social Development?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, University of Chile and Universidad de Granada 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 10.18%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad Rey Juan…University of ChileUniversidad de GranadaUniversidad Complute…
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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
1Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 65.211.5%36.5×31 +21.0%
2University of ChileChile 53.718.6%37.3×13 -39.8%
3Universidad de GranadaSpain 53.314.5%19.1×10 +70.8%
4Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 46.619.2%35.3×9 -11.2%
5Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 41.75.4%24.7×24 -28.1%
6Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 40.94.3%18.1×14 -15.7%
7Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain 39.11.0%25.5×14 +34.6%
8Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia 38.47.2%41.3×14 -40.5%
9Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 36.92.8%54.2×21 -33.2%
10Universidad Autónoma MetropolitanaMexico 36.117.3%49.4×10 -48.7%

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 Economic and Social Development, country by country

Is Economic and Social Development research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2016.

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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 Economic and Social Development as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0059% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Economic and Social Development0.0048% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Economic and Social 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%Economic and Social Development10.3% 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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