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Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies

Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 3.2k research works in it since 1950. 14.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the interconnected topics of societal collapse, sustainable development, permaculture, climate change, environmental policy, agroecology, resource management, biodiversity conservation, global warming, and resilience. The papers discuss historical collapses of civilizations, strategies for sustainable agriculture and resource use, the impact of climate change on societies, and the importance of biodiversity conservation for long-term sustainability.

  • Collapse
  • Sustainability
  • Permaculture
  • Climate Change
  • Environmental Policy
  • Agroecology
  • Resource Management
  • Biodiversity Conservation
  • Global Warming
  • Resilience
Research works
3.2k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
473
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+9%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (129 and 52 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 129 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 52 works
  3. 3 India 33 works
  4. 4 Australia 31 works
  5. 5 France 25 works
  6. 6 Canada 24 works
  7. 7 China 22 works
  8. 8 Germany 21 works
  9. 9 Italy 19 works
  10. 10 Russia 12 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: 35.0%United Kingdom: 14.0%India: 8.9%Australia: 8.3%6 others listed: 33.8%35%largest
United States129 · 35.0%United Kingdom52 · 14.0%India33 · 8.9%Australia31 · 8.3%6 others listed124 · 33.8%

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

Which institutions lead Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University College London publishes the most Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies research, followed by University of Oxford and Colorado State University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 3 works
  2. 2 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 3 works
  3. 3 Colorado State UniversityUnited States 3 works
  4. 4 University of ExeterUnited Kingdom 3 works
  5. 5 Zagreb School of Economics and ManagementCroatia 3 works
  6. 6 University of LausanneSwitzerland 3 works
  7. 7 Utah State UniversityUnited States 3 works
  8. 8 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 2 works
  9. 9 Universidad Torcuato Di TellaArgentina 2 works
  10. 10 The University of MelbourneAustralia 2 works

Where is Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies research done?

The largest centres of Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China), Paris (France) and New York (United States).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 12 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 10 works
  3. 3 Paris France 8 works
  4. 4 New York United States 7 works
  5. 5 Melbourne Australia 6 works
  6. 6 Moscow Russia 6 works
  7. 7 Washington D.C. United States 5 works
  8. 8 Sydney Australia 5 works
  9. 9 Toronto Canada 5 works
  10. 10 Cambridge United Kingdom 4 works
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Is Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural 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.