Innovation Policy and R&D
Innovation Policy and R&D is a research topic within Economics and Econometrics. Science Explorer counts 19k research works in it since 1950. 32.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers examines the impact of government R&D subsidies and fiscal incentives on private R&D investment, innovation activities, and firm performance. It explores the effectiveness and efficiency of R&D support programs, the additionality effects of subsidies, and the role of public funding in promoting technological development, particularly in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The literature also evaluates the influence of R&D tax credits, collaboration initiatives, and regional capital subsidies on firms' innovation intensity and productivity.
- R&D Subsidies
- Private R&D
- Government Support
- Innovation
- Fiscal Incentives
- Econometric Evidence
- Public Funding
- Technology Development
- SMEs
- Innovation Policy
- Research works
- 19k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 32.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +15% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Innovation Policy and R&D research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.3k and 498 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.3k works
- 2 United States 498 works
- 3 United Kingdom 203 works
- 4 Germany 172 works
- 5 Russia 165 works
- 6 Italy 148 works
- 7 France 117 works
- 8 South Korea 104 works
- 9 Spain 95 works
- 10 Brazil 84 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Innovation Policy and R&D research?
By volume in 2022–2025, National Research University Higher School of Economics publishes the most Innovation Policy and R&D research, followed by Nanjing University of Science and Technology and Wuhan University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia 17 works
- 2 Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina 16 works
- 3 Wuhan UniversityChina 16 works
- 4 Zhongnan University of Economics and LawChina 15 works
- 5 Anhui University of Finance and EconomicsChina 15 works
- 6 Renmin University of ChinaChina 15 works
- 7 Tsinghua UniversityChina 15 works
- 8 Southwestern University of Finance and EconomicsChina 15 works
- 9 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 14 works
- 10 Xiamen UniversityChina 14 works
Who are the leading researchers in Innovation Policy and R&D?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Innovation Policy and R&D include David B. Audretsch.
- 1 David B. Audretsch United States 3.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Innovation Policy and R&D research done?
The largest centres of Innovation Policy and R&D research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Moscow (Russia) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Xiamen.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- XiamenCN · 22.2 works3.5×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Innovation Policy and R&D than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Innovation Policy and R&D?
Among universities, judged by research, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics and Zhejiang Gongshang University 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia | 73.2 | 52.3% | 10.2× | 17 | +59.4% |
| 2 | Zhejiang University of Finance and EconomicsChina | 66.6 | 55.1% | 32.0× | 9 | +195.2% |
| 3 | Zhejiang Gongshang UniversityChina | 66.1 | 73.1% | 17.5× | 11 | -63.2% |
| 4 | Zhongnan University of Economics and LawChina | 65.8 | 53.4% | 38.0× | 16 | -42.5% |
| 5 | Shanghai UniversityChina | 63.5 | 59.6% | 4.6× | 13 | +212.7% |
| 6 | Southwestern University of Finance and EconomicsChina | 61.5 | 38.3% | 25.4× | 15 | +39.6% |
| 7 | Central University of Finance and EconomicsChina | 61.2 | 35.2% | 30.0× | 14 | +112.6% |
| 8 | University of International Business and EconomicsChina | 60.9 | 55.0% | 25.8× | 10 | — |
| 9 | Renmin University of ChinaChina | 58.4 | 42.0% | 11.3× | 15 | -42.8% |
| 10 | Nanjing University of Finance and EconomicsChina | 57.5 | 67.2% | 16.7× | 9 | -12.9% |
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 Innovation Policy and R&D research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Innovation Policy and R&D.
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.