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Economic and Technological Innovation

Economic and Technological Innovation is a research topic within Economics and Econometrics. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1953. 10.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the concept of economic complexity and its role in the development of nations. It delves into topics such as product space, innovation, income inequality, export diversification, global competitiveness, industrial policy, knowledge-based innovation, and technology networks.

  • Economic Complexity
  • Product Space
  • Development
  • Innovation
  • Income Inequality
  • Export Diversification
  • Global Competitiveness
  • Industrial Policy
  • Knowledge-based Innovation
  • Technology Networks
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1953
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+70%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Economic and Technological Innovation

Which countries lead Economic and Technological Innovation research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.2k and 591 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.2k works
  2. 2 United States 591 works
  3. 3 India 539 works
  4. 4 Brazil 460 works
  5. 5 Russia 340 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 311 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 218 works
  8. 8 Italy 188 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 154 works
  10. 10 Ukraine 117 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.

China: 28.8%United States: 14.4%India: 13.2%Brazil: 11.2%6 others listed: 32.4%29%largest
China1,178 · 28.8%United States591 · 14.4%India539 · 13.2%Brazil460 · 11.2%6 others listed1,328 · 32.4%

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

Which institutions lead Economic and Technological Innovation research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Economic and Technological Innovation research, followed by CHDI Foundation and Bucharest University of Economic Studies.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 70 works
  2. 2 CHDI FoundationUnited States 40 works
  3. 3 Bucharest University of Economic StudiesRomania 25 works
  4. 4 National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia 24 works
  5. 5 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 21 works
  6. 6 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 21 works
  7. 7 Financial UniversityRussia 20 works
  8. 8 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 20 works
  9. 9 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 19 works
  10. 10 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 17 works

Who are the leading researchers in Economic and Technological Innovation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Economic and Technological Innovation include Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási, Harry Eugene Stanley and Joseph E. Stiglitz.

  1. 1 Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási United States 223k citations
  2. 2 Harry Eugene Stanley United States 198k citations
  3. 3 Joseph E. Stiglitz United States 167k citations
  4. 4 Daron Acemoğlu United States 164k 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 Technological Innovation?

The most cited paper in Economic and Technological Innovation is "Understanding the Complexity of Economic, Ecological, and Social Systems" (Crawford S. Holling, 2001), with 4,100 citations. Next come "The building blocks of economic complexity" (3,346) and "The Product Space Conditions the Development of Nations" (2,932).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Understanding the Complexity of Economic, Ecological, and Social Systems Crawford S. Holling · Ecosystems Aug 2001 4,100
2 The building blocks of economic complexity César A. Hidalgo, Ricardo Hausmann · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 22 Jun 2009 3,346
3 The Product Space Conditions the Development of Nations César A. Hidalgo, Bailey Klinger, Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási et al. · Science Open access 26 Jul 2007 2,932
4 From Strategy to Business Models and onto Tactics Ramon Casadesus‐Masanell, Joan E. Ricart · Long Range Planning 30 Mar 2010 2,367
5 What you export matters Ricardo Hausmann, Jason Hwang, Dani Rodrik · Journal of Economic Growth 29 Dec 2006 2,335
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Where is Economic and Technological Innovation research done?

The largest centres of Economic and Technological Innovation research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Shanghai (China) and New York (United States).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 201 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 190 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 89 works
  4. 4 New YorkUnited States 74 works
  5. 5 São PauloBrazil 68 works
  6. 6 LondonUnited Kingdom 65 works
  7. 7 IstanbulTürkiye 64 works
  8. 8 WuhanChina 62 works
  9. 9 NanjingChina 60 works
  10. 10 HangzhouChina 52 works
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Where is the best place to study Economic and Technological Innovation?

Among universities, judged by research, Université de Dschang, University of Johannesburg and National Research University Higher School of Economics 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%20%40%mean 21.3%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Université de DschangUniversity of Johann…National Research Un…Bucharest University…
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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 DschangCameroon 73.539.1%18.5×11 +377.6%
2University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 65.715.1%5.9×21 +158.1%
3National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia 62.810.1%10.4×24 +20.5%
4Bucharest University of Economic StudiesRomania 57.66.9%26.6×26 +147.3%
5National Economics UniversityVietnam 56.122.5%39.5×12 +516.1%
6Politecnico di MilanoItaly 55.931.3%2.1×9 +47.1%
7Sapienza University of RomeItaly 55.716.8%2.1×14 +105.8%
8Universiti Sains MalaysiaMalaysia 53.220.8%3.2×12 +110.0%
9Universiti Putra MalaysiaMalaysia 51.225.2%3.2×10 +176.4%
10Wuhan UniversityChina 49.625.2%1.4×11 +315.4%

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 Technological Innovation, country by country

Is Economic and Technological Innovation research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 70% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Economic and Technological Innovation.

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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 Technological Innovation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.026% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Economic and Technological Innovation0.030% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Economic and Technological Innovation 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 Technological Innovation10.6% 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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