Local Economic Development and Planning
Local Economic Development and Planning is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 4.6k research works in it since 1954. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the various aspects of local economic development (LED) in South Africa, including policies, regional and urban initiatives, sustainable development, employment strategies, and community-based approaches. It also explores the challenges and opportunities for LED in both rural and urban settings, with a particular emphasis on the South African context.
- South Africa
- local economic development
- policy
- regional
- urban
- sustainable development
- rural
- employment
- community-based
- spatial development
- Research works
- 4.6k fractional, since 1954
- In the world top 10%
- 469 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +43% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
Indonesia
51% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead Local Economic Development and Planning research?
By volume, Indonesia and South Africa publish the most (604 and 293 works in 2022-now).
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Indonesia
604 works
- 2
South Africa
293 works
- 3
Nigeria
67 works
- 4
United States
56 works
- 5
China
36 works
- 6
Germany
34 works
- 7
Brazil
29 works
- 8
United Kingdom
27 works
- 9
Philippines
25 works
- 10
Malaysia
22 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 Local Economic Development and Planning research?
By volume in 2022-now, University of Johannesburg publishes the most Local Economic Development and Planning research, followed by University of Brawijaya and Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
University of JohannesburgSouth Africa
37 works
- 2
University of BrawijayaIndonesia
26 works
- 3
Institute for Peace Research and Security PolicyGermany
25 works
- 4
University of the WitwatersrandSouth Africa
22 works
- 5
Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia
20 works
- 6
University of KwaZulu-NatalSouth Africa
20 works
- 7
University of South AfricaSouth Africa
19 works
- 8
University of VendaSouth Africa
19 works
- 9
Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia
19 works
- 10
University of PretoriaSouth Africa
18 works
Who are the leading researchers in Local Economic Development and Planning?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Local Economic Development and Planning include David Bruce Audretsch.
- 1
David Bruce Audretsch
United States
77k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Local Economic Development and Planning research done?
The largest centres of Local Economic Development and Planning research in 2022-now are Johannesburg (South Africa), Pretoria (South Africa), Jakarta (Indonesia) and Malang (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Durban.
Largest cities, 2022-now
- 1
JohannesburgSouth Africa
62 works
- 2
PretoriaSouth Africa
52 works
- 3
JakartaIndonesia
47 works
- 4
MalangIndonesia
47 works
- 5
SurabayaIndonesia
38 works
- 6
DurbanSouth Africa
37 works
- 7
BandungIndonesia
36 works
- 8
SemarangIndonesia
34 works
- 9
YogyakartaIndonesia
34 works
- 10
MakassarIndonesia
32 works
Where it is the local speciality
- DurbanZA · 36.8 works43×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Local Economic Development and Planning than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Local Economic Development and Planning?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Johannesburg, University of Venda and University of the Witwatersrand 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 first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
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 Local Economic Development and Planning, country by countryIs Local Economic Development and Planning research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 43% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Local Economic Development and Planning.
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 Local Economic Development and Planning as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0054% in 2024.
Fractional works of Local Economic Development and Planning 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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