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New Zealand Economic and Social Studies

New Zealand Economic and Social Studies is a research topic within Economics and Econometrics. Science Explorer counts 3.2k research works in it since 1950. 18.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the economic and environmental dynamics of New Zealand, covering topics such as income distribution, regional dynamics, land use, climate change, agricultural emissions, and the housing market. It explores the intersection of economic policies, environmental sustainability, and social welfare within the context of New Zealand's economy.

  • New Zealand
  • economy
  • environmental policy
  • regional dynamics
  • income distribution
  • land use
  • climate change
  • agricultural emissions
  • housing market
  • labour productivity
Research works
3.2k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
579
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-30%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead New Zealand Economic and Social Studies research?

By volume, New Zealand and the United States publish the most (90 and 43 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 New Zealand 90 works
  2. 2 United States 43 works
  3. 3 Australia 38 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 13 works
  5. 5 Japan 8 works
  6. 6 India 6 works
  7. 7 China 6 works
  8. 8 France 5 works
  9. 9 Canada 5 works
  10. 10 Germany 3 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.

New Zealand: 41.4%United States: 20.0%Australia: 17.5%United Kingdom: 5.8%6 others listed: 15.4%41%largest
New Zealand90 · 41.4%United States43 · 20.0%Australia38 · 17.5%United Kingdom13 · 5.8%6 others listed33 · 15.4%

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

Which institutions lead New Zealand Economic and Social Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Victoria University of Wellington publishes the most New Zealand Economic and Social Studies research, followed by University of Auckland and University of Otago.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Victoria University of WellingtonNew Zealand 21 works
  2. 2 University of AucklandNew Zealand 16 works
  3. 3 University of OtagoNew Zealand 10 works
  4. 4 Auckland University of TechnologyNew Zealand 9 works
  5. 5 Massey UniversityNew Zealand 8 works
  6. 6 University of WaikatoNew Zealand 6 works
  7. 7 Australian National UniversityAustralia 5 works
  8. 8 Tokyo University of Foreign StudiesJapan 4 works
  9. 9 Film IndependentUnited States 4 works
  10. 10 The University of MelbourneAustralia 3 works

Where is New Zealand Economic and Social Studies research done?

The largest centres of New Zealand Economic and Social Studies research in 2022–2025 are Auckland (New Zealand), Wellington (New Zealand), Melbourne (Australia) and Dunedin (New Zealand). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wellington and Auckland.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Auckland New Zealand 31 works
  2. 2 Wellington New Zealand 25 works
  3. 3 Melbourne Australia 11 works
  4. 4 Dunedin New Zealand 10 works
  5. 5 Palmerston North New Zealand 8 works
  6. 6 Hamilton New Zealand 8 works
  7. 7 Canberra Australia 7 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Japan 7 works
  9. 9 Sydney Australia 5 works
  10. 10 Los Angeles United States 4 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WellingtonNZ · 25.2 works280×
  2. AucklandNZ · 30.8 works139×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in New Zealand Economic and Social Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study New Zealand Economic and Social Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Victoria University of Wellington, University of Auckland and University of Otago 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 9.6%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Victoria University of Wellington: 21, 9.6%University of Auckland: 16, 10.5%University of Otago: 10, 15.8%Auckland University of Technology: 9, 2.5%University of OtagoUniversity of AucklandVictoria University …Auckland University …
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Victoria University of WellingtonNew Zealand 51.09.6%431.0×21 +38.2%
2 University of AucklandNew Zealand 47.910.5%132.0×16 +11.4%
3 University of OtagoNew Zealand 32.615.8%140.0×10 -6.0%
4 Auckland University of TechnologyNew Zealand 15.82.5%213.6×9 +31.7%

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 New Zealand Economic and Social Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026.

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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.

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.