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Interdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics

Interdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 1.7k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the dynamics of social systems, human interactions, and organizational structures. It delves into topics such as research paradigms in educational contexts, job satisfaction, leadership styles, sustainability, and energy transition. The papers also discuss the impact of various factors on organizational performance and employee engagement.

  • Social Systems
  • Research Paradigms
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Organizational Performance
  • Energy Transition
  • Educational Contexts
  • Leadership Styles
  • Employee Engagement
  • Sustainability
  • Qualitative Research
Research works
1.7k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
169
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+231%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
70% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Interdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics

Which countries lead Interdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics research?

By volume, Indonesia and Nigeria publish the most (589 and 48 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 589 works
  2. 2 Nigeria 48 works
  3. 3 United States 43 works
  4. 4 India 42 works
  5. 5 Germany 33 works
  6. 6 South Africa 28 works
  7. 7 Denmark 22 works
  8. 8 ?? 18 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 13 works
  10. 10 China 11 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: 69.6%Nigeria: 5.6%United States: 5.1%India: 4.9%6 others listed: 14.8%70%largest
Indonesia589 · 69.6%Nigeria48 · 5.6%United States43 · 5.1%India42 · 4.9%6 others listed125 · 14.8%

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

Which institutions lead Interdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universitas Patria Artha publishes the most Interdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics research, followed by Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidoarjo and University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa Timur.

Who are the leading researchers in Interdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Interdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics include Niklas Luhmann.

  1. 1 Niklas Luhmann Germany 61k 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 Interdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics?

The most cited paper in Interdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics is "Reassembling the social an introduction to actor-network-theory" (Bruno Latour, 2005), with 1,953 citations. Next come "INFLUENCES OF THE VIRTUAL OFFICE ON ASPECTS OF WORK AND WORK/LIFE BALANCE" (514) and "Hope Against Hype - Accountability in Biopasts, Presents and Futures" (479).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Reassembling the social an introduction to actor-network-theory Bruno Latour 2005 1,953
2 INFLUENCES OF THE VIRTUAL OFFICE ON ASPECTS OF WORK AND WORK/LIFE BALANCE E. Jeffrey Hill, Brent C. Miller, Sara P. Weiner et al. · Personnel Psychology Open access Sep 1998 514
3 Hope Against Hype - Accountability in Biopasts, Presents and Futures N. Derek Brown · Science & Technology Studies Open access 2003 479
4 Quality of work life: perspectives and directions David A. Nadler, Edward E. Lawler · Organizational Dynamics Dec 1983 345
5 Effect of work motivation and job satisfaction on employee performance: Mediating role of employee engagement Setyo Riyanto, Endri Endri, Novita Herlisha · Problems and Perspectives in Management Open access 20 Aug 2021 331
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Where is Interdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics research done?

The largest centres of Interdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), Makassar (Indonesia), Surabaya (Indonesia) and Medan (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Makassar and Bogor.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 JakartaIndonesia 79 works
  2. 2 MakassarIndonesia 46 works
  3. 3 SurabayaIndonesia 44 works
  4. 4 MedanIndonesia 38 works
  5. 5 BandungIndonesia 37 works
  6. 6 SemarangIndonesia 32 works
  7. 7 BogorIndonesia 20 works
  8. 8 YogyakartaIndonesia 19 works
  9. 9 DenpasarIndonesia 17 works
  10. 10 SidoarjoIndonesia 17 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MakassarID · 46.3 works14×
  2. BogorID · 20.0 works13×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Interdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Interdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics?

Among universities, judged by research, Universitas Patria Artha, University of Indonesia and Universitas Swadaya Gunung Jati 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%mean 9.03%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Indone…Universitas Mahasara…Universitas Swadaya …Universitas Patria A…
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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.

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.

Universities only. The score blends 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 Interdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics, country by country

Is Interdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 231% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Interdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics.

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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 Interdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Interdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics0.0068% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Interdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics 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%Interdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics10.1% 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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