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Environmental and Social Impact Assessments

Environmental and Social Impact Assessments is a research topic within Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1954. 30.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the conceptualization, principles, and methodologies of sustainability assessment and impact evaluation, including environmental, social, health, and strategic dimensions. It explores the integration of assessment frameworks, public participation, and decision-making theory in the context of policy development and implementation.

  • Sustainability Assessment
  • Environmental Impact Assessment
  • Social Impact Assessment
  • Strategic Environmental Assessment
  • Health Impact Assessment
  • Public Participation
  • Integrated Assessment
  • Cumulative Effects Assessment
  • Policy Making
  • Decision-Making Theory
Research works
11k
fractional, since 1954
In the world top 10%
3.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
30.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+18%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Environmental and Social Impact Assessments research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (205 and 201 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 205 works
  2. 2 United States 201 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 123 works
  4. 4 Brazil 123 works
  5. 5 Canada 101 works
  6. 6 India 95 works
  7. 7 Australia 84 works
  8. 8 Italy 80 works
  9. 9 France 66 works
  10. 10 South Africa 66 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: 17.9%United States: 17.6%United Kingdom: 10.8%Brazil: 10.7%6 others listed: 43.0%18%largest
China205 · 17.9%United States201 · 17.6%United Kingdom123 · 10.8%Brazil123 · 10.7%6 others listed493 · 43.0%

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

Which institutions lead Environmental and Social Impact Assessments research?

By volume in 2022–2025, North-West University publishes the most Environmental and Social Impact Assessments research, followed by Sapienza University of Rome and Universidade de São Paulo.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 North-West UniversitySouth Africa 14 works
  2. 2 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 11 works
  3. 3 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 11 works
  4. 4 Aalborg UniversityDenmark 8 works
  5. 5 Maharshi Dayanand UniversityIndia 7 works
  6. 6 The University of QueenslandAustralia 7 works
  7. 7 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGhana 7 works
  8. 8 The University of MelbourneAustralia 6 works
  9. 9 University of WaterlooCanada 6 works
  10. 10 University of LiverpoolUnited Kingdom 6 works

Who are the leading researchers in Environmental and Social Impact Assessments?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Environmental and Social Impact Assessments include Peter Nijkamp and Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas.

  1. 1 Peter Nijkamp Netherlands 2k citations
  2. 2 Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas Lithuania 2k citations

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

Where is Environmental and Social Impact Assessments research done?

The largest centres of Environmental and Social Impact Assessments research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), São Paulo (Brazil) and Rome (Italy).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 56 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 30 works
  3. 3 São Paulo Brazil 27 works
  4. 4 Rome Italy 23 works
  5. 5 Paris France 18 works
  6. 6 Washington D.C. United States 18 works
  7. 7 Ottawa Canada 15 works
  8. 8 Melbourne Australia 15 works
  9. 9 Moscow Russia 14 works
  10. 10 Pretoria South Africa 14 works
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Where is the best place to study Environmental and Social Impact Assessments?

Among universities, judged by research, North-West University, Aalborg University and Sapienza University of Rome 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 22.925%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →North-West University: 14, 39.5%Aalborg University: 8, 24.2%Sapienza University of Rome: 11, 13.4%Universidade de São Paulo: 11, 14.6%North-West UniversityAalborg UniversityUniversidade de São …Sapienza 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 North-West UniversitySouth Africa 93.939.5%24.0×14 +69.9%
2 Aalborg UniversityDenmark 40.624.2%8.1×8 -30.9%
3 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 33.313.4%5.1×11 +58.8%
4 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 27.014.6%3.0×11 +60.2%

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 Environmental and Social Impact Assessments research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Environmental and Social Impact Assessments.

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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.