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European Socioeconomic and Political Studies

European Socioeconomic and Political Studies is a research topic within Economics and Econometrics. Science Explorer counts 7.9k research works in it since 1950. 12.5% 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 economic organization, including the financial crisis in Iceland, industrial policies in European countries, labor market reforms, socioeconomic inequality, and the impact of globalization on economic institutions. It also delves into the analysis of enterprise performance and the role of public policy in shaping economic outcomes.

  • Iceland
  • Financial Crisis
  • European Union
  • Industrial Policy
  • Labor Market
  • Globalization
  • Banking Sector
  • Public Policy
  • Socioeconomic Inequality
  • Enterprise Performance
Research works
7.9k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
989
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-3%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead European Socioeconomic and Political Studies research?

By volume, France and Germany publish the most (395 and 139 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 France 395 works
  2. 2 Germany 139 works
  3. 3 United States 43 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 34 works
  5. 5 Iceland 28 works
  6. 6 ?? 25 works
  7. 7 Switzerland 23 works
  8. 8 Belgium 22 works
  9. 9 Poland 20 works
  10. 10 Canada 19 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.

France: 52.8%Germany: 18.6%United States: 5.8%United Kingdom: 4.5%6 others listed: 18.4%53%largest
France395 · 52.8%Germany139 · 18.6%United States43 · 5.8%United Kingdom34 · 4.5%6 others listed137 · 18.4%

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

Which institutions lead European Socioeconomic and Political Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Iceland publishes the most European Socioeconomic and Political Studies research, followed by Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and Université Grenoble Alpes.

Who are the leading researchers in European Socioeconomic and Political Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on European Socioeconomic and Political Studies include Stanley Hoffmann and Jan Peters.

  1. 1 Stanley Hoffmann United States 2.3k citations
  2. 2 Jan Peters Germany 1.4k citations

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

Where is European Socioeconomic and Political Studies research done?

The largest centres of European Socioeconomic and Political Studies research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Reykjavik (Iceland), Berlin (Germany) and Saint-Martin-d'Hères (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Reykjavik.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Paris France 156 works
  2. 2 Reykjavik Iceland 25 works
  3. 3 Berlin Germany 21 works
  4. 4 Saint-Martin-d'Hères France 16 works
  5. 5 Lyon France 15 works
  6. 6 Brussels Belgium 14 works
  7. 7 Lille France 13 works
  8. 8 Vienna Austria 13 works
  9. 9 Strasbourg France 12 works
  10. 10 Moscow Russia 12 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ReykjavikIS · 24.7 works124×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in European Socioeconomic and Political Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study European Socioeconomic and Political Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Iceland, Université Grenoble Alpes and Université de Lille 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 6.94%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Iceland: 22, 22.4%Université Grenoble Alpes: 16, 0.0%Université de Lille: 9, 2.6%Université de Lorraine: 9, 4.7%Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne: 9, 5.0%University of IcelandUniversité de LorraineUniversité de LilleUniversité Grenoble …
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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 University of IcelandIceland 91.522.4%203.7×22 +81.2%
2 Université Grenoble AlpesFrance 57.80.0%52.6×16 +135.7%
3 Université de LilleFrance 44.12.6%29.4×9 +118.5%
4 Université de LorraineFrance 40.14.7%37.9×9 +41.0%
5 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneFrance 34.65.0%63.7×9 +16.5%

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 European Socioeconomic and Political Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are European Socioeconomic and Political 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.