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Night-time city culture

Night-time city culture is a research topic within Urban Studies. Science Explorer counts 2.3k research works in it since 1951. 22.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the dynamics of urban nightlife, including the development, regulation, and impact of nighttime activities in city spaces. It delves into topics such as the night-time economy, urban governance, safety concerns, and the cultural infrastructure of nightlife. The papers also discuss the revitalization and fragmentation of evening and night-time city areas.

  • Night-time Economy
  • Urban Space
  • City Development
  • Nightlife Regulation
  • Youthful Nightlife
  • Urban Governance
  • Cultural Infrastructure
  • Sociability
  • Safety Concerns
  • City Revitalization
Research works
2.3k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
511
per year above
Top-10% rate
22.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+72%
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Which countries lead Night-time city culture research?

By volume, Russia and China publish the most (102 and 62 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Russia 102 works
  2. 2 China 62 works
  3. 3 United States 56 works
  4. 4 France 51 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 43 works
  6. 6 Canada 21 works
  7. 7 Brazil 21 works
  8. 8 Germany 19 works
  9. 9 Ukraine 16 works
  10. 10 Australia 14 works

How concentrated that is

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Russia: 25.3%China: 15.3%United States: 13.8%France: 12.6%6 others listed: 33.1%25%largest
Russia102 · 25.3%China62 · 15.3%United States56 · 13.8%France51 · 12.6%6 others listed134 · 33.1%

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

Which institutions lead Night-time city culture research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University College Cork publishes the most Night-time city culture research, followed by University College London and The University of Melbourne.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University College CorkIreland 5 works
  2. 2 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 4 works
  3. 3 The University of MelbourneAustralia 3 works
  4. 4 Ural Federal UniversityRussia 3 works
  5. 5 Universidade Nova de LisboaPortugal 3 works
  6. 6 Coventry UniversityUnited Kingdom 3 works
  7. 7 St Petersburg UniversityRussia 3 works
  8. 8 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 3 works
  9. 9 Iscte – Instituto Universitário de LisboaPortugal 3 works
  10. 10 University of YorkUnited Kingdom 3 works

Where is Night-time city culture research done?

The largest centres of Night-time city culture research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Paris (France), Beijing (China) and Lisbon (Portugal). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Moscow.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 23 works
  2. 2 Paris France 18 works
  3. 3 Beijing China 13 works
  4. 4 Lisbon Portugal 11 works
  5. 5 Saint Petersburg Russia 10 works
  6. 6 London United Kingdom 10 works
  7. 7 Prague Czechia 8 works
  8. 8 Montreal Canada 7 works
  9. 9 Yekaterinburg Russia 7 works
  10. 10 Budapest Hungary 6 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MoscowRU · 22.9 works3.6×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Night-time city culture than the world average.

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Is Night-time city culture research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 72% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Night-time city culture.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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