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Polish socio-economic development

Polish socio-economic development is a research topic within Economics and Econometrics. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1953. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the knowledge-based economy, regional development, and innovation policies. It explores topics such as cluster initiatives, industrial restructuring, competitiveness, and the impact of globalization on regional economies. The papers also discuss strategies for sustainable development and the role of the European Union in fostering innovation and economic growth.

  • Innovation
  • Regional Development
  • Cluster Policies
  • Knowledge Economy
  • Competitiveness
  • Innovative Strategy
  • Industrial Restructuring
  • Globalization
  • Sustainable Development
  • European Union
Research works
17k
fractional, since 1953
In the world top 10%
1.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-56%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Poland
83% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Polish socio-economic development

Which countries lead Polish socio-economic development research?

By volume, Poland and Russia publish the most (800 and 28 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Poland 800 works
  2. 2 Russia 28 works
  3. 3 Czechia 26 works
  4. 4 Ukraine 26 works
  5. 5 United States 18 works
  6. 6 Italy 14 works
  7. 7 Slovakia 14 works
  8. 8 Hungary 13 works
  9. 9 Romania 13 works
  10. 10 Germany 9 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.

Poland: 83.2%Russia: 2.9%Czechia: 2.8%Ukraine: 2.7%6 others listed: 8.4%83%largest
Poland800 · 83.2%Russia28 · 2.9%Czechia26 · 2.8%Ukraine26 · 2.7%6 others listed81 · 8.4%

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

Which institutions lead Polish socio-economic development research?

By volume in 2022-now, Polish Academy of Sciences publishes the most Polish socio-economic development research, followed by University of Łódź and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Polish Academy of SciencesPoland 46 works
  2. 2 University of ŁódźPoland 37 works
  3. 3 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 34 works
  4. 4 Krakow University of EconomicsPoland 33 works
  5. 5 University of Warmia and Mazury in OlsztynPoland 27 works
  6. 6 University of WarsawPoland 26 works
  7. 7 University of SzczecinPoland 26 works
  8. 8 Maria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityPoland 24 works
  9. 9 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 23 works
  10. 10 Wroclaw University of Economics and BusinessPoland 22 works

Who are the leading researchers in Polish socio-economic development?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Polish socio-economic development include Maciej Banach, Michael E. Porter and Gary S. Becker.

  1. 1 Maciej Banach Poland 204k citations
  2. 2 Michael E. Porter United States 165k citations
  3. 3 Gary S. Becker United States 148k citations
  4. 4 Adam Torbicki Poland 134k citations
  5. 5 Anna Kaczmarska France 114k 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 Polish socio-economic development?

The most cited paper in Polish socio-economic development is "Deconstructing clusters: chaotic concept or policy panacea?" (Ron G. Martin, Peter Sunley, 2002), with 2,233 citations. Next come "Cluster life cycles--dimensions and rationales of cluster evolution" (664) and "Cross-Border Regions in Europe" (520).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Deconstructing clusters: chaotic concept or policy panacea? Ron G. Martin, Peter Sunley · Journal of Economic Geography 26 Dec 2002 2,233
2 Cluster life cycles--dimensions and rationales of cluster evolution Max-Peter Menzel, Dirk Fornahl · Industrial and Corporate Change 22 Jul 2009 664
3 Cross-Border Regions in Europe Markus Perkmann · European Urban and Regional Studies Apr 2003 520
4 City-ranking of European Medium-Sized Cities Rudolf Giffinger, Christian Fertner, Hans Kramar et al. 3 Dec 2008 413
5 Fertile Soil for Structural Funds?A Panel Data Analysis of the Conditional Effectiveness of European Cohesion Policy Sjef Ederveen, H.L.F. de Groot, Richard Nahuis · Kyklos Open access Feb 2006 413
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Polish socio-economic development research done?

The largest centres of Polish socio-economic development research in 2022-now are Warsaw (Poland), Krakow (Poland), Poznań (Poland) and Wrocław (Poland). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Olsztyn, Rzeszów and Szczecin.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 WarsawPoland 161 works
  2. 2 KrakowPoland 92 works
  3. 3 PoznańPoland 73 works
  4. 4 WrocławPoland 58 works
  5. 5 LublinPoland 46 works
  6. 6 ŁódźPoland 45 works
  7. 7 OlsztynPoland 38 works
  8. 8 SzczecinPoland 36 works
  9. 9 RzeszówPoland 29 works
  10. 10 KatowicePoland 27 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. OlsztynPL · 38.2 works161×
  2. RzeszówPL · 29.2 works110×
  3. SzczecinPL · 35.8 works104×
  4. WrocławPL · 57.6 works79×
  5. PoznańPL · 73.1 works76×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Polish socio-economic development than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Polish socio-economic development?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Warsaw, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn 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 9.9%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Warmia…University of WrocławAdam Mickiewicz Univ…University of Warsaw
above the meannear itbelow it

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.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of WarsawPoland 59.15.8%58.0×26 -51.7%
2Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 59.06.4%95.5×34 -44.6%
3University of Warmia and Mazury in OlsztynPoland 57.211.0%165.7×27 -41.5%
4University of WrocławPoland 53.210.9%120.2×22 -47.3%
5University of ŁódźPoland 52.75.1%147.5×37 -59.2%
6Krakow University of EconomicsPoland 51.27.9%600.9×33 -57.7%
7University of Life Sciences in PoznańPoland 50.912.9%134.5×12 -68.7%
8Silesian University of TechnologyPoland 48.817.5%49.0×11 -32.3%
9Maria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityPoland 46.510.3%137.8×24 -46.4%
10Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa w CiechanowiePoland 43.911.2%599.7×10 -52.4%

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 Polish socio-economic development, country by country

Is Polish socio-economic development research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 56% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2015.

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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 Polish socio-economic development as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0056% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Polish socio-economic development0.0034% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Polish socio-economic development 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 counting20%40%Polish socio-economic development10.2% in 2025200020102020

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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