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Innovation and Socioeconomic Development

Innovation and Socioeconomic Development is a research topic within Business and International Management. Science Explorer counts 33k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on frugal innovation, entrepreneurship, and market strategies in emerging markets, particularly targeting the bottom of the pyramid. It explores inclusive business models, sustainable development, and the role of innovation in poverty alleviation and social impact.

Frugal Innovation
Emerging Markets
Bottom of the Pyramid
Inclusive Business
Sustainability
Poverty Alleviation
Entrepreneurship
Market Creation
Social Impact
Inclusive Innovation

Research works: 33k
In the world top 10%: 3.4k
Top-10% rate: 10.3%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +43%
Largest producer: India

Innovation and Socioeconomic Development

Which countries lead Innovation and Socioeconomic Development research?

By volume, India and the United States publish the most (2.2k and 1.1k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 India 2.2k works
2 United States 1.1k works
3 China 838 works
4 United Kingdom 613 works
5 Indonesia 544 works
6 South Africa 479 works
7 Brazil 470 works
8 Australia 318 works
9 Germany 306 works
10 Nigeria 290 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.

India2,183 · 30.4%United States1,142 · 15.9%China838 · 11.7%United Kingdom613 · 8.5%6 others listed2,408 · 33.5%

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

Which institutions lead Innovation and Socioeconomic Development research?

By volume in 2022-now, Government of Western Australia publishes the most Innovation and Socioeconomic Development research, followed by University of Johannesburg and Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Government of Western AustraliaAustralia 76 works
2 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 60 works
3 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 48 works
4 University of South AfricaSouth Africa 47 works
5 Symbiosis International UniversityIndia 45 works
6 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 45 works
7 University of KwaZulu-NatalSouth Africa 44 works
8 G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce CollegeIndia 42 works
9 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 40 works
10 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 35 works

Who are the leading researchers in Innovation and Socioeconomic Development?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Innovation and Socioeconomic Development include Eric S. Lander, Amirhossein Sahebkar and Huanming Yang.

1 Eric S. Lander United States 524k citations
2 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
3 Huanming Yang China 246k citations
4 Eugene V. Koonin United States 217k 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 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development?

The most cited paper in Innovation and Socioeconomic Development is "Multiplex Genome Engineering Using CRISPR/Cas Systems" (Le Dinh Công, F. Ann Ran, David B. T. Cox et al., 2013), with 16,026 citations. Next come "A Three-Dimensional Conceptual Model of Corporate Performance" (8,002) and "Strategy and society: the link between competitive advantage and corporate social responsibility" (7,476).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Multiplex Genome Engineering Using CRISPR/Cas Systems Le Dinh Công, F. Ann Ran, David B. T. Cox et al. · Science Open access	4 Jan 2013	16,026
2	A Three-Dimensional Conceptual Model of Corporate Performance Archie B. Carroll · Academy of Management Review	Oct 1979	8,002
3	Strategy and society: the link between competitive advantage and corporate social responsibility Michael E. Porter, Mark R. Kramer · Strategic Direction	24 Apr 2007	7,476
4	The governance of global value chains Gary Gereffi, JOHN D. HUMPHREY, Timothy Sturgeon · Review of International Political Economy	Feb 2005	6,925
5	Competing models of entrepreneurial intentions Norris F. Krueger, Michael D. Reilly, Alan L. Carsrud · Journal of Business Venturing	Sep 2000	5,980

All 98 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Innovation and Socioeconomic Development research done?

The largest centres of Innovation and Socioeconomic Development research in 2022-now are New Delhi (India), Nairobi (Kenya), Bengaluru (India) and Beijing (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 New DelhiIndia 148 works
2 NairobiKenya 139 works
3 BengaluruIndia 136 works
4 BeijingChina 126 works
5 LondonUnited Kingdom 117 works
6 PretoriaSouth Africa 104 works
7 CanberraAustralia 103 works
8 PuneIndia 99 works
9 DhakaBangladesh 99 works
10 JohannesburgSouth Africa 88 works

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Where is the best place to study Innovation and Socioeconomic Development?

Among universities, judged by research, National Economics University, University of Beira Interior and University of Johannesburg score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged

40%

Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share

10%

Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale

30%

Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%

10%

Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad

10%

Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	National Economics UniversityVietnam	66.7	28.4%	28.9×	18	+305.7%
2	University of Beira InteriorPortugal	63.5	33.4%	11.2×	13	+2.7%
3	University of JohannesburgSouth Africa	62.3	7.4%	9.0×	60	+77.4%
4	University of Business and TechnologySaudi Arabia	60.4	25.3%	10.0×	10	+169.2%
5	Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands	58.7	17.7%	7.5×	29	-8.7%
6	Maastricht UniversityNetherlands	57.7	25.8%	2.6×	11	+127.3%
7	Utrecht UniversityNetherlands	57.4	35.5%	1.5×	12	-16.6%
8	Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina	57.0	37.2%	2.7×	8	+214.9%
9	RMIT UniversityAustralia	56.5	23.6%	3.6×	15	+49.2%
10	University of South AfricaSouth Africa	56.4	8.1%	10.0×	47	+62.3%
11	Symbiosis International UniversityIndia	55.1	8.1%	12.6×	45	+96.4%
12	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGhana	54.6	8.9%	12.0×	28	+123.3%
13	University of Economics Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam	54.1	18.9%	14.1×	12	+124.2%
14	Copenhagen Business SchoolDenmark	54.0	16.6%	13.1×	23	-3.3%
15	University of KwaZulu-NatalSouth Africa	53.5	3.2%	11.2×	44	+32.3%
16	Swinburne University of TechnologyAustralia	52.9	20.1%	4.8×	15	+45.1%
17	University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom	51.4	16.7%	1.3×	17	+14.4%
18	University of ExeterUnited Kingdom	51.2	22.0%	2.1×	10	+45.3%
19	University of LeedsUnited Kingdom	51.1	24.2%	1.8×	11	+19.2%
20	University of GhanaGhana	50.7	4.8%	10.8×	30	+31.7%
21	Universiti Sains MalaysiaMalaysia	50.7	14.4%	2.8×	20	+19.6%
22	Australian National UniversityAustralia	49.7	23.1%	2.3×	13	+48.7%
23	King Faisal UniversitySaudi Arabia	49.5	24.0%	3.7×	10	-
24	Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands	49.4	19.8%	2.6×	11	+76.6%
25	University of PretoriaSouth Africa	49.3	6.4%	6.6×	31	+23.5%
26	Amity UniversityIndia	49.3	8.5%	6.1×	28	+87.6%
27	University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom	49.3	20.2%	1.9×	12	+127.9%
28	Tribhuvan UniversityNepal	48.9	2.0%	5.4×	45	+166.2%
29	National University of MalaysiaMalaysia	48.9	20.9%	2.5×	17	+93.2%
30	O. P. Jindal Global UniversityIndia	48.6	13.2%	14.8×	14	+153.8%
31	University of NottinghamUnited Kingdom	48.6	18.6%	1.6×	13	+16.7%
32	Politecnico di MilanoItaly	48.3	15.4%	2.0×	16	+32.8%
33	Graphic Era UniversityIndia	48.0	12.3%	5.6×	20	+245.1%
34	Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia	47.4	12.2%	4.3×	24	+40.9%
35	Lappeenranta-Lahti University of TechnologyFinland	47.4	20.4%	10.1×	11	-11.5%
36	Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands	47.3	16.6%	2.7×	15	-5.7%
37	Tecnológico de MonterreyMexico	47.0	13.0%	8.7×	25	-9.2%
38	G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce CollegeIndia	46.5	0.7%	22.9×	42	+225.7%
39	University of SussexUnited Kingdom	46.3	21.3%	5.3×	14	-42.2%
40	Indiana UniversityUnited States	46.3	26.1%	1.0×	10	-18.5%
41	Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia	45.7	3.1%	4.3×	35	+92.5%
42	University of ZambiaZambia	45.2	2.5%	14.4×	22	+293.9%
43	Christ UniversityIndia	44.5	1.5%	9.3×	35	+378.3%
44	Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and TechnologyKenya	43.8	0.1%	27.9×	35	+25.3%
45	University of DelhiIndia	43.5	3.1%	4.7×	35	+21.9%
46	Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina	41.7	22.5%	0.5×	9	+10.4%
47	Peking UniversityChina	41.7	26.8%	0.4×	8	+86.5%
48	University of Technology SydneyAustralia	41.5	12.8%	2.2×	11	+20.7%
49	National University of SingaporeSingapore	40.4	11.7%	0.8×	10	+21.1%
50	Jiangsu UniversityChina	40.2	30.0%	1.2×	10	-18.7%
51	University College LondonUnited Kingdom	38.6	9.0%	0.8×	13	+27.3%
52	Universiti Brunei DarussalamBrunei	38.2	8.5%	8.3×	10	+757.1%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Innovation and Socioeconomic Development, country by country

Is Innovation and Socioeconomic Development research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 43% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Innovation and Socioeconomic Development.

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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 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.059% in 2024.

Fractional works of Innovation and Socioeconomic Development 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.

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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Which countries lead Innovation and Socioeconomic Development research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Innovation and Socioeconomic Development research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Innovation and Socioeconomic Development?

What are the most cited papers in Innovation and Socioeconomic Development?

Where is Innovation and Socioeconomic Development research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where is the best place to study Innovation and Socioeconomic Development?

Is Innovation and Socioeconomic Development research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion