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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. 11.9% 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%
1.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+177%
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Which countries lead Economic Development and Digital Transformation research?

By volume, Russia and China publish the most (2k and 459 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Russia 2k works
  2. 2 China 459 works
  3. 3 Ukraine 356 works
  4. 4 United States 320 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 96 works
  6. 6 India 90 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 87 works
  8. 8 Kazakhstan 75 works
  9. 9 Germany 69 works
  10. 10 Italy 60 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: 54.8%China: 12.9%Ukraine: 10.0%United States: 9.0%6 others listed: 13.4%55%largest
Russia1,954 · 54.8%China459 · 12.9%Ukraine356 · 10.0%United States320 · 9.0%6 others listed476 · 13.4%

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

Which institutions lead Economic Development and Digital Transformation research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Financial University publishes the most Economic Development and Digital Transformation research, followed by Plekhanov Russian University of Economics and Lomonosov Moscow State University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Financial UniversityRussia 135 works
  2. 2 Plekhanov Russian University of EconomicsRussia 75 works
  3. 3 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 67 works
  4. 4 The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public AdministrationRussia 57 works
  5. 5 National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia 50 works
  6. 6 Moscow State UniversityTajikistan 43 works
  7. 7 Institute of EconomicsRussia 42 works
  8. 8 State University of ManagementRussia 42 works
  9. 9 Samara State University of EconomicsRussia 40 works
  10. 10 Central Economics and Mathematics InstituteRussia 38 works

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

The most-cited researchers publishing on Economic Development and Digital Transformation include Paul A. Samuelson and William J. Baumöl.

  1. 1 Paul A. Samuelson United States 3.6k citations
  2. 2 William J. Baumöl United States 3.6k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Economic Development and Digital Transformation research done?

The largest centres of Economic Development and Digital Transformation research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 935 works
  2. 2 Saint Petersburg Russia 122 works
  3. 3 Kyiv Ukraine 112 works
  4. 4 Beijing China 95 works
  5. 5 Yekaterinburg Russia 87 works
  6. 6 Samara Russia 77 works
  7. 7 Rostov-on-Don Russia 64 works
  8. 8 Minsk Belarus 45 works
  9. 9 Kharkiv Ukraine 45 works
  10. 10 Dushanbe Tajikistan 45 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TulaRU · 23.9 works82×
  2. SamaraRU · 77.4 works38×
  3. DushanbeTJ · 44.8 works29×
  4. Rostov-on-DonRU · 63.6 works29×
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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, Lomonosov Moscow State University and Financial University 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 14.88%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Moscow State University: 43, 12.7%Lomonosov Moscow State University: 67, 16.6%Financial University: 135, 11.6%National Research University Higher School of Economics: 50, 32.4%Plekhanov Russian University of Economics: 75, 4.9%Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University: 26, 13.7%State University of Management: 42, 8.5%Southern Federal University: 28, 10.9%West Ukrainian National University: 19, 16.1%Sumy State University: 9, 21.4%National Research Un…Lomonosov Moscow Sta…Moscow State Univers…Financial 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 Moscow State UniversityTajikistan 68.512.7%35.5×43 +729.2%
2 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 67.616.6%17.4×67 +590.7%
3 Financial UniversityRussia 66.711.6%133.5×135 +825.8%
4 National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia 60.432.4%27.1×50 +11.0%
5 Plekhanov Russian University of EconomicsRussia 59.44.9%131.8×75 +3351.7%
6 Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic UniversityRussia 57.113.7%27.6×26 +939.4%
7 State University of ManagementRussia 56.88.5%128.7×42 +1676.0%
8 Southern Federal UniversityRussia 55.810.9%34.9×28 +820.7%
9 West Ukrainian National UniversityUkraine 55.616.1%48.6×19 +250.0%
10 Sumy State UniversityUkraine 54.621.4%19.4×9 +324.6%

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 Development and Digital Transformation research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 177% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.