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Economic Development and Digital Transformation

Economic Development and Digital Transformation is a research topic within General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the impact of technological revolutions, innovation policy, and socioeconomic change on the global economy. It delves into topics such as human capital theory, demographic transition, industrial policy, and the dynamics of revolutionary waves. The papers also discuss the influence of digital transformation, globalization, and economic development in the context of technological revolutions.

  • Technological Revolutions
  • Innovation Policy
  • Economic Development
  • Globalization
  • Industrial Policy
  • Human Capital Theory
  • Digital Transformation
  • Socioeconomic Change
  • Revolutionary Waves
  • Demographic Transition
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+13%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Russia
55% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Economic Development and Digital Transformation

Which countries lead Economic Development and Digital Transformation research?

By volume, Russia and China publish the most (2.1k and 492 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russia 2.1k works
  2. 2 China 492 works
  3. 3 Ukraine 372 works
  4. 4 United States 366 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 106 works
  6. 6 India 98 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 88 works
  8. 8 Kazakhstan 78 works
  9. 9 Germany 77 works
  10. 10 Italy 72 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.

Russia: 54.6%China: 12.8%Ukraine: 9.7%United States: 9.5%6 others listed: 13.5%55%largest
Russia2,104 · 54.6%China492 · 12.8%Ukraine372 · 9.7%United States366 · 9.5%6 others listed518 · 13.5%

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

Which institutions lead Economic Development and Digital Transformation research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Economic Development and Digital Transformation research, followed by Financial University and Plekhanov Russian University of Economics.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 291 works
  2. 2 Financial UniversityRussia 148 works
  3. 3 Plekhanov Russian University of EconomicsRussia 82 works
  4. 4 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 73 works
  5. 5 The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public AdministrationRussia 62 works
  6. 6 National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia 56 works
  7. 7 Moscow State UniversityTajikistan 49 works
  8. 8 State University of ManagementRussia 43 works
  9. 9 Moscow State Institute of International RelationsRussia 41 works
  10. 10 Samara State University of EconomicsRussia 40 works

Who are the leading researchers in Economic Development and Digital Transformation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Economic Development and Digital Transformation include Herbert A. Simon, Joseph E. Stiglitz and Michael E. Porter.

  1. 1 Herbert A. Simon United States 179k citations
  2. 2 Joseph E. Stiglitz United States 167k citations
  3. 3 Michael E. Porter United States 165k 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 Development and Digital Transformation?

The most cited paper in Economic Development and Digital Transformation is "Technological paradigms and technological trajectories" (Giovanni Dosi, 1982), with 6,720 citations. Next come "The Product Space Conditions the Development of Nations" (2,932) and "Sectoral systems of innovation and production" (2,724).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Technological paradigms and technological trajectories Giovanni Dosi · Research Policy Jun 1982 6,720
2 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
3 Sectoral systems of innovation and production Franco Malerba · Research Policy Feb 2002 2,724
4 The processes of technological innovation Robert Drazin · The Journal of Technology Transfer Mar 1991 2,142
5 The Geography of Innovation: Regional Innovation Systems Björn Asheim, Meric S. Gertler · Oxford University Press eBooks Book chapter 2 Sep 2009 1,451
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Where is Economic Development and Digital Transformation research done?

The largest centres of Economic Development and Digital Transformation research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Kyiv (Ukraine) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tula, Samara and Dushanbe.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 1k works
  2. 2 Saint PetersburgRussia 133 works
  3. 3 KyivUkraine 117 works
  4. 4 BeijingChina 100 works
  5. 5 YekaterinburgRussia 92 works
  6. 6 SamaraRussia 80 works
  7. 7 Rostov-on-DonRussia 67 works
  8. 8 DushanbeTajikistan 51 works
  9. 9 MinskBelarus 48 works
  10. 10 KharkivUkraine 47 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TulaRU · 25.4 works83×
  2. SamaraRU · 80.2 works39×
  3. DushanbeTJ · 50.6 works31×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Economic Development and Digital Transformation than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Economic Development and Digital Transformation?

Among universities, judged by research, Moscow State University, National Research University Higher School of Economics and Nanjing University of Finance and 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 15.69%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Nanjing University o…National Research Un…Moscow State Univers…Lomonosov Moscow Sta…
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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
1Moscow State UniversityTajikistan 68.714.6%42.4×49 +29.0%
2National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia 58.725.4%31.8×56 -11.4%
3Nanjing University of Finance and EconomicsChina 58.442.9%18.0×10 -
4Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 57.411.7%19.9×73 +11.5%
5Financial UniversityRussia 52.110.3%153.9×148 -20.6%
6Southern Federal UniversityRussia 51.713.0%37.3×28 +29.5%
7Russian State University for the HumanitiesRussia 45.616.5%48.8×12 +133.6%
8Weatherford CollegeUnited States 45.17.9%6.8×40 +128.6%
9Plekhanov Russian University of EconomicsRussia 42.24.2%151.2×82 -25.1%
10Tashkent State University of EconomicsUzbekistan 42.110.4%32.0×16 +106.8%

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 Development and Digital Transformation, country by country

Is Economic Development and Digital Transformation research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Economic Development and Digital Transformation.

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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 Development and Digital Transformation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.025% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Economic Development and Digital Transformation 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 Development and Digital Transformation11.1% 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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