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Information Society and Technology Trends

Information Society and Technology Trends is a research topic within General Social Sciences. Science Explorer counts 1.5k research works in it since 1963. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the evolution of the information society, the impact of the knowledge economy, digital divide, globalization, and technology on education, innovation, communication, and economic development. It delves into the social implications of these advancements and the challenges they pose for various regions and communities.

  • Information Society
  • Knowledge Economy
  • Digital Divide
  • Globalization
  • Technology
  • Education
  • Innovation
  • Communication
  • Economic Development
  • Social Impact
Research works
1.5k
fractional, since 1963
In the world top 10%
151
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-6%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Poland
22% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Information Society and Technology Trends

Which countries lead Information Society and Technology Trends research?

By volume, Poland and the United States publish the most (25 and 18 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Poland 25 works
  2. 2 United States 18 works
  3. 3 Nigeria 14 works
  4. 4 Russia 13 works
  5. 5 India 11 works
  6. 6 Ukraine 11 works
  7. 7 South Africa 7 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 6 works
  9. 9 Italy 6 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 5 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.

Poland: 21.7%United States: 15.5%Nigeria: 12.1%Russia: 10.8%6 others listed: 39.8%22%largest
Poland25 · 21.7%United States18 · 15.5%Nigeria14 · 12.1%Russia13 · 10.8%6 others listed47 · 39.8%

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

Which institutions lead Information Society and Technology Trends research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Johannesburg publishes the most Information Society and Technology Trends research, followed by National University of Science and Technology and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 3 works
  2. 2 National University of Science and TechnologyZimbabwe 2 works
  3. 3 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 2 works
  4. 4 University of WarsawPoland 2 works
  5. 5 University of ZagrebCroatia 2 works
  6. 6 Silesian University of TechnologyPoland 2 works
  7. 7 Maria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityPoland 2 works
  8. 8 Swinburne University of TechnologyAustralia 2 works
  9. 9 Aalborg UniversityDenmark 1 works
  10. 10 Chinese Academy of Social SciencesChina 1 works

Who are the leading researchers in Information Society and Technology Trends?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Information Society and Technology Trends include Everett M. Rogers.

  1. 1 Everett M. Rogers United States 76k 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 Information Society and Technology Trends?

The most cited paper in Information Society and Technology Trends is "The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture" (Ann Forsyth, 1999), with 1,811 citations. Next come "Communication, Power and Counter-power in the Network Society" (1,546) and "The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting" (1,379).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture Ann Forsyth · Journal of Planning Education and Research Dec 1999 1,811
2 Communication, Power and Counter-power in the Network Society Manuel Castells Open access 8 Feb 2007 1,546
3 The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting Daniel M. Bell Jr. · DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) 1973 1,379
4 The Social Life of Information Vincent di Norcia · Canadian Journal of Communication Open access Apr 2000 750
5 Artificial intelligence and sustainable development Margaret A. Goralski, Tay Keong Tan · The International Journal of Management Education 3 Nov 2019 749
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Information Society and Technology Trends research done?

The largest centres of Information Society and Technology Trends research in 2022-now are Warsaw (Poland), Kyiv (Ukraine), Moscow (Russia) and Krakow (Poland).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 WarsawPoland 6 works
  2. 2 KyivUkraine 5 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 4 works
  4. 4 KrakowPoland 3 works
  5. 5 BeijingChina 3 works
  6. 6 JohannesburgSouth Africa 3 works
  7. 7 ZagrebCroatia 3 works
  8. 8 BrusselsBelgium 2 works
  9. 9 BulawayoZimbabwe 2 works
  10. 10 RomeItaly 2 works
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Is Information Society and Technology Trends research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2014.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Information Society and Technology Trends as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00091% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Information Society and Technology Trends 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%Information Society and Technology Trends11.4% in 202520102020

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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