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Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism

Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 5.2k research works in it since 1950. 10.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the formation, structure, and influence of the transnational capitalist class within the context of global capitalism. It delves into topics such as corporate networks, elite power structures, interlocking directorates, corporate governance, and the state-corporate connection in the era of globalization.

  • Transnational Capitalist Class
  • Global Capitalism
  • Corporate Networks
  • Elite Power Structure
  • Globalization
  • Interlocking Directorates
  • Corporate Governance
  • State-Corporate Connection
  • Financial Elites
  • Global Corporate Governance
Research works
5.2k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
539
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+12%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
34% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism

Which countries lead Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (228 and 112 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 228 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 112 works
  3. 3 China 65 works
  4. 4 Germany 56 works
  5. 5 Canada 40 works
  6. 6 Brazil 38 works
  7. 7 France 37 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 35 works
  9. 9 Australia 30 works
  10. 10 Italy 29 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.

United States: 34.0%United Kingdom: 16.7%China: 9.7%Germany: 8.4%6 others listed: 31.2%34%largest
United States228 · 34.0%United Kingdom112 · 16.7%China65 · 9.7%Germany56 · 8.4%6 others listed209 · 31.2%

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

Which institutions lead Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism research?

By volume in 2022-now, King's College London publishes the most Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Copenhagen Business School.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 9 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 8 works
  3. 3 Copenhagen Business SchoolDenmark 8 works
  4. 4 City University of New YorkUnited States 7 works
  5. 5 York UniversityCanada 6 works
  6. 6 University of ChicagoUnited States 6 works
  7. 7 London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom 6 works
  8. 8 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 6 works
  9. 9 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 6 works
  10. 10 University of TorontoCanada 5 works

Who are the leading researchers in Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism include Pierre Bourdıeu, Michael C. Jensen and Joseph E. Stiglitz.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  2. 2 Michael C. Jensen United States 203k citations
  3. 3 Joseph E. Stiglitz United States 167k citations
  4. 4 David R. Jacobs United States 152k citations
  5. 5 Noam Chomsky United States 141k citations
  6. 6 Anthony Giddens United States 121k citations
  7. 7 Francis Fukuyama United States 110k 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 Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism?

The most cited paper in Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism is "World Society and the Nation‐State" (John W. Meyer, John Boli, GEORGE M. THOMAS et al., 1997), with 4,712 citations. Next come "Beyond Continuity: Institutional Change in Advanced Political Economies" (3,436) and "Bringing the State Back In: Strategies of Analysis in Current Research" (2,393).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 World Society and the Nation‐State John W. Meyer, John Boli, GEORGE M. THOMAS et al. · American Journal of Sociology Jul 1997 4,712
2 Beyond Continuity: Institutional Change in Advanced Political Economies Wolfgang Streeck, Kathleen Thelen 2005 3,436
3 Bringing the State Back In: Strategies of Analysis in Current Research Theda R. Skocpol · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 13 Sep 1985 2,393
4 The Tragedy of Great Power Politics Robert J. Lieber · Political Science Quarterly 2002 1,703
5 The Cross-National Diversity of Corporate Governance: Dimensions and Determinants Ruth V. Aguilera, Grégory Jackson · Academy of Management Review Jul 2003 1,630
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Where is Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism research done?

The largest centres of Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Moscow (Russia) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in London.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 33 works
  2. 2 New YorkUnited States 18 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 16 works
  4. 4 BeijingChina 16 works
  5. 5 ParisFrance 16 works
  6. 6 Washington D.C.United States 12 works
  7. 7 TorontoCanada 12 works
  8. 8 BerlinGermany 11 works
  9. 9 SydneyAustralia 11 works
  10. 10 ChicagoUnited States 9 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LondonGB · 33.1 works3.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism?

Among universities, judged by research, King's College London score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

Citation 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
1King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 10.015.2%11.9×9 +185.0%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism, country by country

Is Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism.

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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 Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0039% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism0.0048% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism 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%Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism10.9% 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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