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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. 26.1% 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%
3.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
26.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+159%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Economic and Technological Innovation research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (937 and 453 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 937 works
  2. 2 India 453 works
  3. 3 United States 431 works
  4. 4 Brazil 423 works
  5. 5 Russia 293 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 250 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 185 works
  8. 8 Italy 162 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 137 works
  10. 10 Ukraine 97 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: 27.8%India: 13.4%United States: 12.8%Brazil: 12.6%6 others listed: 33.4%28%largest
China937 · 27.8%India453 · 13.4%United States431 · 12.8%Brazil423 · 12.6%6 others listed1,124 · 33.4%

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

Which institutions lead Economic and Technological Innovation research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Bucharest University of Economic Studies publishes the most Economic and Technological Innovation research, followed by National Research University Higher School of Economics and University of Johannesburg.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Bucharest University of Economic StudiesRomania 23 works
  2. 2 National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia 22 works
  3. 3 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 19 works
  4. 4 Financial UniversityRussia 17 works
  5. 5 Central Economics and Mathematics InstituteRussia 14 works
  6. 6 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 14 works
  7. 7 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 13 works
  8. 8 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 13 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 13 works
  10. 10 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 11 works

Where is Economic and Technological Innovation research done?

The largest centres of Economic and Technological Innovation research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China), Shanghai (China) and São Paulo (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bucharest.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 164 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 163 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 73 works
  4. 4 São Paulo Brazil 60 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 53 works
  6. 6 Wuhan China 52 works
  7. 7 Istanbul Türkiye 52 works
  8. 8 Nanjing China 47 works
  9. 9 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 45 works
  10. 10 Hangzhou China 44 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BucharestRO · 38.3 works4.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Economic and Technological Innovation than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Economic and Technological Innovation?

Among universities, judged by research, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Université de Dschang and Bucharest University of Economic Studies 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%50%100%mean 40.66%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →National Research University Higher School of Economics: 22, 39.5%Université de Dschang: 10, 75.5%Bucharest University of Economic Studies: 23, 26.5%University of Johannesburg: 19, 56.2%National Economics University: 10, 50.4%Financial University: 17, 23.8%Azerbaijan State University of Economics: 8, 27.8%Universiti Sains Malaysia: 9, 58.6%Anhui University of Finance and Economics: 9, 26.0%Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP): 13, 22.3%Université de DschangUniversity of Johann…National Research Un…Bucharest University…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia 74.339.5%9.9×22 +171.8%
2 Université de DschangCameroon 70.975.5%17.7×10 —
3 Bucharest University of Economic StudiesRomania 69.226.5%25.7×23 +241.1%
4 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 63.956.2%5.6×19 —
5 National Economics UniversityVietnam 55.250.4%31.8×10 —
6 Financial UniversityRussia 52.723.8%14.5×17 —
7 Azerbaijan State University of EconomicsAzerbaijan 49.927.8%26.8×8 —
8 Universiti Sains MalaysiaMalaysia 46.358.6%3.2×9 —
9 Anhui University of Finance and EconomicsChina 41.726.0%12.6×9 —
10 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 41.422.3%3.3×13 +266.2%

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 Economic and Technological Innovation research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 159% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.