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Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies

Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies is a research topic within Safety Research. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 4.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to labor markets, social policies, work-life balance, employment relations, and the impact of globalization on the workforce. It delves into issues such as precarious work, gender equality in the workplace, the role of trade unions, and the challenges of achieving work-life balance in modern economies.

  • Labor Market
  • Social Policy
  • Work-Life Balance
  • Employment Relations
  • Globalization
  • Gender Equality
  • Precarious Work
  • Welfare State
  • Trade Unions
  • Flexibility
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
533
per year above
Top-10% rate
4.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-8%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (613 and 274 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Spain 613 works
  2. 2 Mexico 274 works
  3. 3 Argentina 177 works
  4. 4 Colombia 131 works
  5. 5 Chile 122 works
  6. 6 Ecuador 83 works
  7. 7 Peru 72 works
  8. 8 Brazil 70 works
  9. 9 United States 59 works
  10. 10 France 45 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.

Spain: 37.2%Mexico: 16.6%Argentina: 10.7%Colombia: 8.0%6 others listed: 27.4%37%largest
Spain613 · 37.2%Mexico274 · 16.6%Argentina177 · 10.7%Colombia131 · 8.0%6 others listed451 · 27.4%

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

Which institutions lead Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad Complutense de Madrid publishes the most Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies research, followed by Universitat de València and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas.

Who are the leading researchers in Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies include Joseph E. Stiglitz, Amartya Sen and Paúl Krugman.

  1. 1 Joseph E. Stiglitz United States 7.4k citations
  2. 2 Amartya Sen United States 4.9k citations
  3. 3 Paúl Krugman United States 4.4k citations

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

Where is Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies research done?

The largest centres of Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies research in 2022–2025 are Madrid (Spain), Mexico City (Mexico), Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Santiago (Chile). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Murcia.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Madrid Spain 191 works
  2. 2 Mexico City Mexico 86 works
  3. 3 Buenos Aires Argentina 80 works
  4. 4 Santiago Chile 66 works
  5. 5 Bogotá Colombia 62 works
  6. 6 Barcelona Spain 46 works
  7. 7 Lima Peru 35 works
  8. 8 Valencia Spain 32 works
  9. 9 Seville Spain 25 works
  10. 10 Murcia Spain 24 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MurciaES · 24.0 works30×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Universidade de Vigo and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos 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%10%20%mean 8.18%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidad Carlos III de Madrid: 14, 10.4%Universidade de Vigo: 11, 12.6%Universidad Rey Juan Carlos: 14, 14.7%University of the Basque Country: 18, 6.2%Universitat de València: 28, 7.2%Universitat Jaume I: 15, 4.5%Universitat de Barcelona: 24, 4.8%Universidad de Granada: 14, 7.1%Universidad de León: 12, 9.3%Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: 23, 5.0%Universidad Rey Juan…Universidade de VigoUniversidad Carlos I…University of the Ba…
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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 Universidad Carlos III de MadridSpain 44.210.4%33.4×14 +76.0%
2 Universidade de VigoSpain 42.612.6%25.2×11 +24.0%
3 Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 41.714.7%28.6×14 -23.9%
4 University of the Basque CountrySpain 40.06.2%22.2×18 +122.2%
5 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 37.87.2%29.3×28 +14.6%
6 Universitat Jaume ISpain 35.34.5%52.6×15 +136.8%
7 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 34.64.8%23.8×24 +17.7%
8 Universidad de GranadaSpain 34.57.1%14.7×14 +41.9%
9 Universidad de LeónMexico 34.29.3%164.7×12
10 Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 33.05.0%29.2×23 -0.0%

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 Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies.

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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.