Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics
Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1950. 10.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the complex dynamics and challenges surrounding de facto states, focusing on issues such as state-building, sovereignty, ethnic conflict, international recognition, and diplomatic engagement. The papers delve into the sustainability and future of unrecognized quasi-states, shedding light on post-Soviet conflicts and the intricacies of nation-building in these contexts.
- De Facto States
- Unrecognized Quasi-States
- State-Building
- Sovereignty
- Ethnic Conflict
- International Recognition
- Secession
- Diplomatic Engagement
- Post-Soviet Conflicts
- Nation-Building
- Research works
- 11k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +46% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
United States
19% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics research?
By volume, the United States and Russia publish the most (298 and 202 works in 2022-now).
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
United States
298 works
- 2
Russia
202 works
- 3
United Kingdom
190 works
- 4
Türkiye
178 works
- 5
Georgia
142 works
- 6
France
140 works
- 7
Poland
135 works
- 8
Ukraine
100 works
- 9
Azerbaijan
97 works
- 10
Iraq
94 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 Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics research?
By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics research, followed by Tbilisi State University and Yerevan State University.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Russian Academy of SciencesRussia
59 works
- 2
Tbilisi State UniversityGeorgia
34 works
- 3
Yerevan State University
Armenia
30 works
- 4
University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom
26 works
- 5
Salahaddin University-ErbilIraq
23 works
- 6
Baku State UniversityAzerbaijan
23 works
- 7
Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance
22 works
- 8
Moscow State Institute of International RelationsRussia
19 works
- 9
University of WarsawPoland
18 works
- 10
Moldova State University
Moldova
18 works
Who are the leading researchers in Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics include Martin McKee, Noam Chomsky and Francis Fukuyama.
- 1
Martin McKee
United Kingdom
270k citations
- 2
Noam Chomsky
United States
141k citations
- 3
Francis Fukuyama
United States
110k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics research done?
The largest centres of Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Tbilisi (Georgia), Baku (Azerbaijan) and Yerevan (Armenia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tbilisi, Yerevan and Pristina.
Largest cities, 2022-now
Where it is the local speciality
- TbilisiGE · 103.8 works92×
- YerevanAM · 80.4 works65×
- PristinaXK · 20.3 works43×
- BakuAZ · 86.5 works39×
- ChisinauMD · 32.7 works34×
- ErbilIQ · 36.0 works31×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Birmingham, Dublin City University and Tbilisi State University 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 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 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 Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics, country by countryIs Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 46% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics.
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Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.
Fractional works of Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics 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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