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Global Development and Urbanization

Global Development and Urbanization is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 737 research works in it since 1963. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the multifaceted impact of globalization on society, sustainability, and human well-being. It delves into topics such as urban planning, leadership, health and nutrition, economic development, and human rights, while also considering the influence of complexity theory on social change. The papers reflect a comprehensive examination of the challenges and opportunities presented by globalization in various domains.

  • Globalization
  • Sustainability
  • Social Change
  • Complexity Theory
  • Urban Planning
  • Leadership
  • Health and Nutrition
  • Human Rights
  • Economic Development
  • Cultural Diversity
Research works
737
fractional, since 1963
In the world top 10%
76
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+134%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Brazil
38% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Global Development and Urbanization

Which countries lead Global Development and Urbanization research?

By volume, Brazil and India publish the most (114 and 76 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Brazil 114 works
  2. 2 India 76 works
  3. 3 United States 43 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 14 works
  5. 5 China 12 works
  6. 6 Australia 11 works
  7. 7 Russia 10 works
  8. 8 Germany 8 works
  9. 9 Portugal 8 works
  10. 10 Italy 7 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.

Brazil: 37.5%India: 25.0%United States: 14.3%United Kingdom: 4.6%6 others listed: 18.5%38%largest
Brazil114 · 37.5%India76 · 25.0%United States43 · 14.3%United Kingdom14 · 4.6%6 others listed56 · 18.5%

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

Which institutions lead Global Development and Urbanization research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul publishes the most Global Development and Urbanization research, followed by Universidade de São Paulo and G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce College.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 7 works
  2. 2 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 6 works
  3. 3 G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce CollegeIndia 6 works
  4. 4 Government of Western AustraliaAustralia 5 works
  5. 5 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 5 works
  6. 6 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 5 works
  7. 7 Universidade Presbiteriana MackenzieBrazil 4 works
  8. 8 Magadh UniversityIndia 3 works
  9. 9 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 3 works
  10. 10 University of DelhiIndia 3 works

Who are the leading researchers in Global Development and Urbanization?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Global Development and Urbanization include Marc A. Rosen and Peter J. Nijkamp.

  1. 1 Marc A. Rosen Canada 60k citations
  2. 2 Peter J. Nijkamp Netherlands 51k 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 Global Development and Urbanization?

The most cited paper in Global Development and Urbanization is "Paris Agreement" (Cara A. Horowitz, 2016), with 405 citations. Next come "The power of food" (234) and "Flying Too Close to the Sun? Hubris Among CEOs and How to Prevent it" (132).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Paris Agreement Cara A. Horowitz · International Legal Materials Aug 2016 405
2 The power of food Philip McMichael · Agriculture and Human Values Mar 2000 234
3 Flying Too Close to the Sun? Hubris Among CEOs and How to Prevent it Valérie Petit, Helen Bollaert · Journal of Business Ethics 16 Nov 2011 132
4 Drivers of sustainability transformations: leverage points, contexts and conjunctures Björn‐Ola Linnér, Victoria Wibeck · Sustainability Science Open access 26 Apr 2021 106
5 The age of sustainable development Madras Sivaraman · International Journal of Environmental Studies 8 Jul 2016 87
All 103 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Global Development and Urbanization research done?

The largest centres of Global Development and Urbanization research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), New Delhi (India) and Porto Alegre (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in São Paulo.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 São PauloBrazil 21 works
  2. 2 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 11 works
  3. 3 New DelhiIndia 10 works
  4. 4 Porto AlegreBrazil 7 works
  5. 5 AkolaIndia 6 works
  6. 6 CanberraAustralia 6 works
  7. 7 Washington D.C.United States 5 works
  8. 8 MoscowRussia 5 works
  9. 9 FlorianópolisBrazil 5 works
  10. 10 BeijingChina 5 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. São PauloBR · 20.9 works9.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Global Development and Urbanization than the world average.

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Is Global Development and Urbanization research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 134% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Global Development and Urbanization.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Global Development and Urbanization as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00054% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Global Development and Urbanization 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%Global Development and Urbanization9.3% in 20252020

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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