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Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition

Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 5.5k research works in it since 1951. 18.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the economic and political transition in post-communist countries, particularly in Eastern Europe and China. It covers topics such as post-communist transition, economic recession, market economy, institutional economics, societal resilience, globalization, agricultural development, financial system stability, innovation systems, and European integration.

  • Post-Communist Transition
  • Economic Recession
  • Market Economy
  • Institutional Economics
  • Societal Resilience
  • Globalization
  • Agricultural Development
  • Financial System Stability
  • Innovation Systems
  • European Integration
Research works
5.5k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
982
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+20%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition research?

By volume, Poland and France publish the most (151 and 101 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Poland 151 works
  2. 2 France 101 works
  3. 3 United States 77 works
  4. 4 Hungary 61 works
  5. 5 Russia 53 works
  6. 6 China 41 works
  7. 7 Germany 39 works
  8. 8 Romania 34 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 34 works
  10. 10 Ukraine 24 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: 24.6%France: 16.4%United States: 12.6%Hungary: 9.9%6 others listed: 36.6%25%largest
Poland151 · 24.6%France101 · 16.4%United States77 · 12.6%Hungary61 · 9.9%6 others listed224 · 36.6%

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

Which institutions lead Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Warsaw publishes the most Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition research, followed by Ludovika University of Public Service and Jagiellonian University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of WarsawPoland 16 works
  2. 2 Ludovika University of Public ServiceHungary 12 works
  3. 3 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 11 works
  4. 4 University of CanberraAustralia 9 works
  5. 5 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 9 works
  6. 6 Corvinus University of BudapestHungary 7 works
  7. 7 University of ŁódźPoland 7 works
  8. 8 Kozminski UniversityPoland 7 works
  9. 9 University of BucharestRomania 7 works
  10. 10 University of LatviaLatvia 7 works

Where is Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition research done?

The largest centres of Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition research in 2022–2025 are Warsaw (Poland), Budapest (Hungary), Paris (France) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Budapest and Warsaw.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Warsaw Poland 59 works
  2. 2 Budapest Hungary 43 works
  3. 3 Paris France 41 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 27 works
  5. 5 Beijing China 22 works
  6. 6 Krakow Poland 19 works
  7. 7 Bucharest Romania 17 works
  8. 8 Riga Latvia 15 works
  9. 9 London United Kingdom 13 works
  10. 10 Poznań Poland 13 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BudapestHU · 42.5 works24×
  2. WarsawPL · 58.8 works22×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Warsaw, Jagiellonian University and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań 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 10.2%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Warsaw: 16, 16.8%Jagiellonian University: 11, 17.8%Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań: 9, 9.5%Ludovika University of Public Service: 12, 6.9%University of Canberra: 9, 0.0%Jagiellonian Univers…University of WarsawAdam Mickiewicz Univ…Ludovika 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 University of WarsawPoland 53.716.8%34.5×16 +92.9%
2 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 52.517.8%19.1×11 +153.6%
3 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 34.29.5%24.6×9 +245.8%
4 Ludovika University of Public ServiceHungary 28.56.9%122.0×12 —
5 University of CanberraAustralia 16.80.0%65.0×9 —

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 Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition.

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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.