Political and Social Issues
Political and Social Issues is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 19k research works in it since 1950. 7.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
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- Tunisian Revolution
- Global Development Goals
- Social Movements
- Territorial Dynamics
- Digital Innovation
- Democratic Transition
- Rural Development
- Media and Communication
- Political Economy
- Social Sustainability
- Research works
- 19k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 7.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +14% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Political and Social Issues research?
By volume, France and Germany publish the most (1.5k and 172 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 France 1.5k works
- 2 Germany 172 works
- 3 United States 155 works
- 4 Canada 107 works
- 5 Algeria 85 works
- 6 Morocco 80 works
- 7 United Kingdom 77 works
- 8 ?? 76 works
- 9 Brazil 62 works
- 10 Belgium 59 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 Political and Social Issues research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Political and Social Issues research, followed by Université Paris Nanterre and Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 47 works
- 2 Université Paris NanterreFrance 40 works
- 3 Institut d'Etudes Politiques de ParisFrance 38 works
- 4 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneFrance 36 works
- 5 École des hautes études en sciences socialesFrance 35 works
- 6 Sorbonne UniversitéFrance 27 works
- 7 Aix-Marseille UniversitéFrance 26 works
- 8 Université de LilleFrance 25 works
- 9 Université de LorraineFrance 25 works
- 10 Université Paris 8France 24 works
Who are the leading researchers in Political and Social Issues?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Political and Social Issues include Pierre Bourdıeu, Pierre Legendre and Stanley Hoffmann.
- 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 10k citations
- 2 Pierre Legendre Canada 3.5k citations
- 3 Stanley Hoffmann United States 2.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Political and Social Issues research done?
The largest centres of Political and Social Issues research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Lyon (France), Nanterre (France) and Montreal (Canada). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nanterre.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- NanterreFR · 56.6 works69×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Political and Social Issues than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Political and Social Issues?
Among universities, judged by research, Aix-Marseille Université, Université Paris Nanterre and Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas 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 table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aix-Marseille UniversitéFrance | 71.2 | 8.9% | 32.2× | 26 | +46.9% |
| 2 | Université Paris NanterreFrance | 64.9 | 6.3% | 70.9× | 40 | +42.0% |
| 3 | Université Paris-Panthéon-AssasFrance | 64.6 | 7.5% | 155.2× | 19 | +105.3% |
| 4 | Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneFrance | 63.0 | 5.0% | 82.3× | 36 | +48.6% |
| 5 | Université de LilleFrance | 62.9 | 5.8% | 28.2× | 25 | +60.3% |
| 6 | Université Paris CitéFrance | 62.1 | 7.2% | 14.9× | 17 | +21.3% |
| 7 | Sorbonne UniversitéFrance | 61.0 | 2.4% | 20.0× | 26 | +97.2% |
| 8 | University of LausanneSwitzerland | 60.0 | 7.8% | 12.7× | 12 | +29.1% |
| 9 | Université Paris 8France | 58.3 | 5.9% | 73.0× | 24 | +15.4% |
| 10 | Université Grenoble AlpesFrance | 57.8 | 2.7% | 26.5× | 24 | +83.2% |
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 Political and Social Issues research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Political and Social Issues.
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.