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Regional Development and Environment

Regional Development and Environment is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers various aspects of the rural revitalization strategy in China, including agricultural development, economic growth, ecological protection, regional planning, social support, elderly care, sustainable development, innovation management, and community governance.

  • Rural Revitalization
  • Agricultural Development
  • Economic Growth
  • Ecological Protection
  • Regional Planning
  • Social Support
  • Elderly Care
  • Sustainable Development
  • Innovation Management
  • Community Governance
Research works
20k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+147%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
84% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Regional Development and Environment

Which countries lead Regional Development and Environment research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (5.8k and 377 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 5.8k works
  2. 2 United States 377 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 174 works
  4. 4 Japan 119 works
  5. 5 Vietnam 93 works
  6. 6 ?? 88 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 86 works
  8. 8 Malaysia 72 works
  9. 9 India 48 works
  10. 10 Germany 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.

China: 83.9%United States: 5.5%Indonesia: 2.5%Japan: 1.7%6 others listed: 6.3%84%largest
China5,761 · 83.9%United States377 · 5.5%Indonesia174 · 2.5%Japan119 · 1.7%6 others listed435 · 6.3%

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

Which institutions lead Regional Development and Environment research?

By volume in 2022-now, Human Growth Foundation publishes the most Regional Development and Environment research, followed by Anhui University of Finance and Economics and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Human Growth FoundationUnited States 183 works
  2. 2 Anhui University of Finance and EconomicsChina 160 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 81 works
  4. 4 Sichuan UniversityChina 45 works
  5. 5 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 41 works
  6. 6 Harbin University of CommerceChina 40 works
  7. 7 Guangxi Normal UniversityChina 39 works
  8. 8 State Grid Corporation of China (China)China 39 works
  9. 9 Chinese Academy of Social SciencesChina 38 works
  10. 10 Southwest Minzu UniversityChina 37 works

Who are the leading researchers in Regional Development and Environment?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Regional Development and Environment include Jun Wang, Xiaogang Wang and Peter John Barnes.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  3. 3 Peter John Barnes United Kingdom 225k citations
  4. 4 Lei Jiang China 214k 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 Regional Development and Environment?

The most cited paper in Regional Development and Environment is "Expert Knowledge Based Valuation Method of Ecosystem Services in China" (Chen Cao, 2008), with 702 citations. Next come "Ecosystem services by paddy fields as substitutes of natural wetlands in Japan" (323) and "Changes of Land Use and of Ecosystem Service Values in Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China" (232).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Expert Knowledge Based Valuation Method of Ecosystem Services in China Chen Cao · 自然资源学报 2008 702
2 Ecosystem services by paddy fields as substitutes of natural wetlands in Japan Yosihiro Natuhara · Ecological Engineering 23 May 2012 323
3 Changes of Land Use and of Ecosystem Service Values in Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China Zongming Wang, Bai Zhang, Shuqing Zhang et al. · Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 2006 232
4 The Integration of New-Type Urbanization and Rural Revitalization Strategies in China: Origin, Reality and Future Trends Mingxing Chen, Yuan Zhou, Xinrong Huang et al. · Land Open access 18 Feb 2021 200
5 Protection and Construction of the National Ecological Security Shelter Zone on Tibetan Plateau Yili Zhang 2012 200
All 98 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Regional Development and Environment research done?

The largest centres of Regional Development and Environment research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Chengdu (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bengbu, Zhoushan and Xining.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 894 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 302 works
  3. 3 ChengduChina 239 works
  4. 4 WuhanChina 232 works
  5. 5 NanjingChina 217 works
  6. 6 GuangzhouChina 213 works
  7. 7 Xi'anChina 204 works
  8. 8 New YorkUnited States 189 works
  9. 9 BengbuChina 161 works
  10. 10 JinanChina 152 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BengbuCN · 160.9 works90×
  2. ZhoushanCN · 33.1 works24×
  3. XiningCN · 31.3 works15×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Regional Development and Environment than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Regional Development and Environment?

Among universities, judged by research, Beijing Language and Culture University, Anhui University of Finance and Economics and Beijing Normal 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.

0%50%100%mean 25.42%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Beijing Language and…Beijing Forestry Uni…Beijing Normal Unive…Anhui University of …
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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
1Beijing Language and Culture UniversityChina 71.486.0%32.7×23 +2202.8%
2Anhui University of Finance and EconomicsChina 52.84.9%190.9×160 +2006.6%
3Beijing Normal UniversityChina 47.015.1%8.4×41 +50.7%
4Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 43.021.2%15.0×26 +154.8%
5Macau University of Science and TechnologyChina 42.04.3%16.8×22 +348.1%
6China Agricultural UniversityChina 41.017.1%6.6×23 +249.8%
7Jiangxi Agricultural UniversityChina 40.940.8%16.5×12 +308.6%
8Nanjing Normal UniversityChina 40.728.9%7.1×16 +35.8%
9Renmin University of ChinaChina 40.621.7%10.9×22 +125.8%
10Hohai UniversityChina 40.014.2%7.5×27 +142.7%

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 Regional Development and Environment, country by country

Is Regional Development and Environment research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 147% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Regional Development and Environment.

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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 Regional Development and Environment as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.049% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Regional Development and Environment0.038% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Regional Development and Environment 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 counting5%10%15%Regional Development and Environment11.4% 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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