Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Topic · Strategy and Management

Global Trade and Competitiveness

Global Trade and Competitiveness is a research topic within Strategy and Management. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1950. 11.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the concept and measurement of regional competitiveness, focusing on indices, revealed comparative advantage, global competitiveness reports, and their implications for regional development policy. It delves into the relationship between international specialization, sustainable development, and firm competitiveness, while also examining trade patterns and the application of Michael Porter's framework in assessing national productivity.

  • Competitiveness Indices
  • Revealed Comparative Advantage
  • Global Competitiveness Report
  • Regional Development Policy
  • International Specialization
  • Sustainable Development
  • Firm Competitiveness
  • Trade Patterns
  • Michael Porter's Framework
  • National Productivity
Research works
37k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+7%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Global Trade and Competitiveness research?

By volume, Indonesia and China publish the most (1.3k and 672 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 1.3k works
  2. 2 China 672 works
  3. 3 Türkiye 481 works
  4. 4 India 365 works
  5. 5 United States 298 works
  6. 6 Russia 274 works
  7. 7 Mexico 247 works
  8. 8 Poland 161 works
  9. 9 Romania 155 works
  10. 10 Ukraine 132 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.

Indonesia: 32.2%China: 16.3%Türkiye: 11.7%India: 8.9%6 others listed: 30.8%32%largest
Indonesia1,323 · 32.2%China672 · 16.3%Türkiye481 · 11.7%India365 · 8.9%6 others listed1,267 · 30.8%

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

Which institutions lead Global Trade and Competitiveness research?

By volume in 2022–2025, IPB University publishes the most Global Trade and Competitiveness research, followed by Bucharest University of Economic Studies and Padjadjaran University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 IPB UniversityIndonesia 69 works
  2. 2 Bucharest University of Economic StudiesRomania 47 works
  3. 3 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 36 works
  4. 4 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 30 works
  5. 5 Udayana UniversityIndonesia 30 works
  6. 6 University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa TimurIndonesia 28 works
  7. 7 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 27 works
  8. 8 University of BelgradeSerbia 26 works
  9. 9 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 24 works
  10. 10 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 24 works

Who are the leading researchers in Global Trade and Competitiveness?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Global Trade and Competitiveness include Michael E. Porter.

  1. 1 Michael E. Porter United States 4.7k citations

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

Where is Global Trade and Competitiveness research done?

The largest centres of Global Trade and Competitiveness research in 2022–2025 are Jakarta (Indonesia), Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia) and Bandung (Indonesia).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jakarta Indonesia 161 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 146 works
  3. 3 Moscow Russia 116 works
  4. 4 Bandung Indonesia 102 works
  5. 5 Bogor Indonesia 96 works
  6. 6 Surabaya Indonesia 80 works
  7. 7 Bucharest Romania 78 works
  8. 8 Medan Indonesia 71 works
  9. 9 Istanbul Türkiye 70 works
  10. 10 Belgrade Serbia 69 works
See Global Trade and Competitiveness on the map

Where is the best place to study Global Trade and Competitiveness?

Among universities, judged by research, IPB University, University of Kragujevac and University of Novi Sad 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%30%mean 16.79%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →IPB University: 69, 11.9%University of Kragujevac: 10, 25.3%University of Novi Sad: 22, 20.8%Bursa Uludağ Üni̇versi̇tesi̇: 18, 12.7%Corvinus University of Budapest: 13, 27.4%Bucharest University of Economic Studies: 47, 12.1%University of Belgrade: 26, 21.1%Universidad Tecnica de Machala: 11, 21.5%Agriculture and Forestry University: 10, 5.0%Financial University: 13, 10.1%University of Kraguj…University of Novi SadBursa Uludağ Üni̇ver…IPB University
above the meannear itbelow it

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 IPB UniversityIndonesia 71.311.9%18.1×69 +297.8%
2 University of KragujevacSerbia 64.325.3%13.2×10 +144.1%
3 University of Novi SadSerbia 63.920.8%10.3×22 +88.1%
4 Bursa Uludağ Üni̇versi̇tesi̇Türkiye 59.712.7%10.3×18 +350.0%
5 Corvinus University of BudapestHungary 59.327.4%20.2×13 +12.0%
6 Bucharest University of Economic StudiesRomania 58.612.1%41.5×47 +44.9%
7 University of BelgradeSerbia 55.121.1%6.4×26 +59.3%
8 Universidad Tecnica de MachalaEcuador 52.921.5%18.6×11 —
9 Agriculture and Forestry UniversityNepal 51.85.0%22.8×10 +261.1%
10 Financial UniversityRussia 51.010.1%8.9×13 +208.3%

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 Global Trade and Competitiveness research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Global Trade and Competitiveness.

19801990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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.