Political Systems and Governance
Political Systems and Governance is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the dynamics of intergovernmental relations, decentralization, and territorial politics within multinational federations. It delves into topics such as national identity, secessionism, collaborative federalism, constitutional change, and the political implications of devolution. The focus is on understanding the complexities and challenges of governance in diverse and multi-level political systems.
- Intergovernmental Relations
- Multinational Federations
- Decentralization
- National Identity
- Secessionism
- Constitutional Change
- Collaborative Federalism
- Territorial Politics
- Devolution
- Political Dynamics
- Research works
- 15k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- -12% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
United Kingdom
19% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead Political Systems and Governance research?
By volume, the United Kingdom and the United States publish the most (276 and 273 works in 2022-now).
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
United Kingdom
276 works
- 2
United States
273 works
- 3
Germany
191 works
- 4
Spain
158 works
- 5
Canada
144 works
- 6
France
120 works
- 7
Australia
97 works
- 8
Italy
92 works
- 9
Belgium
69 works
- 10
Russia
47 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 Systems and Governance research?
By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Political Systems and Governance research, followed by Cardiff University and University of Edinburgh.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance
28 works
- 2
Cardiff UniversityUnited Kingdom
21 works
- 3
University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom
20 works
- 4
Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain
17 works
- 5
University of TorontoCanada
13 works
- 6
The University of MelbourneAustralia
13 works
- 7
Russian Academy of SciencesRussia
12 works
- 8
University of OttawaCanada
12 works
- 9
University of CanberraAustralia
12 works
- 10
University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom
12 works
Who are the leading researchers in Political Systems and Governance?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Political Systems and Governance include Элинор Остром.
- 1
Элинор Остром
United States
149k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Political Systems and Governance research done?
The largest centres of Political Systems and Governance research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Paris (France), Moscow (Russia) and Barcelona (Spain). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Cardiff, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Largest cities, 2022-now
Where it is the local speciality
- CardiffGB · 23.3 works21×
- EdinburghGB · 22.9 works9.3×
- GlasgowGB · 20.2 works9.1×
- BrusselsBE · 25.4 works9.0×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Political Systems and Governance than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Political Systems and Governance?
Among universities, judged by research, Leiden University, European University Institute and University of Edinburgh score highest, combining citation 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 citation 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 Political Systems and Governance, country by countryIs Political Systems and Governance research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 12% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.
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 Political Systems and Governance as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0075% in 2024.
Fractional works of Political Systems and Governance 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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