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Regional Development and Innovation

Regional Development and Innovation is a research topic within Development. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the challenges and opportunities of rural territorial development in the context of globalization. It covers topics such as local economic growth, sustainable agriculture, community participation, knowledge management, and the impact of globalization on rural areas. The papers also discuss the role of industrial clusters, social capital, and regional competitiveness in shaping rural development.

  • Rural Development
  • Territorial Innovation
  • Local Economic Growth
  • Globalization Impact
  • Sustainable Agriculture
  • Community Participation
  • Knowledge Management
  • Industrial Clusters
  • Social Capital
  • Regional Competitiveness
Research works
20k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-10%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Mexico
27% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Regional Development and Innovation

Which countries lead Regional Development and Innovation research?

By volume, Mexico and Colombia publish the most (804 and 429 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mexico 804 works
  2. 2 Colombia 429 works
  3. 3 Spain 419 works
  4. 4 Argentina 407 works
  5. 5 Ecuador 344 works
  6. 6 Peru 194 works
  7. 7 Chile 146 works
  8. 8 United States 110 works
  9. 9 Brazil 103 works
  10. 10 Costa Rica 70 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.

Mexico: 26.6%Colombia: 14.2%Spain: 13.9%Argentina: 13.4%6 others listed: 32.0%27%largest
Mexico804 · 26.6%Colombia429 · 14.2%Spain419 · 13.9%Argentina407 · 13.4%6 others listed967 · 32.0%

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

Which institutions lead Regional Development and Innovation research?

By volume in 2022-now, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas publishes the most Regional Development and Innovation research, followed by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Universidad de Guadalajara.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 105 works
  2. 2 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 68 works
  3. 3 Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 50 works
  4. 4 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de MéxicoMexico 49 works
  5. 5 Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia 39 works
  6. 6 Tecnológico Nacional de MéxicoMexico 35 works
  7. 7 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 34 works
  8. 8 Colegio de PostgraduadosMexico 33 works
  9. 9 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de HidalgoMexico 31 works
  10. 10 Universidad Autónoma MetropolitanaMexico 30 works

Who are the leading researchers in Regional Development and Innovation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Regional Development and Innovation include Joseph E. Stiglitz, Michael E. Porter and Carlos Manuel Duarte.

  1. 1 Joseph E. Stiglitz United States 167k citations
  2. 2 Michael E. Porter United States 165k citations
  3. 3 Carlos Manuel Duarte Saudi Arabia 152k citations
  4. 4 Francisco Herrera Spain 141k citations
  5. 5 David J. Teece United States 130k citations
  6. 6 Douglass C. North United States 115k 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 Innovation?

The most cited paper in Regional Development and Innovation is "Proximity and Localization" (André Torre, Alain Rallet, 2005), with 1,427 citations. Next come "The Basin of Mexico: Ecological Processes in the Evolution of a Civilization" (753) and "Nutritional Value and Use of the Andean Crops Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) and Kañiwa (Chenopodium pallidicaule)" (645).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Proximity and Localization André Torre, Alain Rallet · Regional Studies 14 Jan 2005 1,427
2 The Basin of Mexico: Ecological Processes in the Evolution of a Civilization Stephen B. Brush · Hispanic American Historical Review Open access May 1981 753
3 Nutritional Value and Use of the Andean Crops Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) and Kañiwa (Chenopodium pallidicaule) Ritva Repo‐Carrasco‐Valencia, Carmen Rosa Aguirre Espinoza, Sven‐Erik Jacobsen · Food Reviews International 5 Jan 2003 645
4 How to Promote Clusters: Policy Experiences from Latin America Tilman Altenburg, Jörg Meyer‐Stamer · World Development Sep 1999 504
5 Globalization and Land-Use Transitions in Latin America H. Ricardo Grau, Mitchell Aide · Ecology and Society Open access 2008 435
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Where is Regional Development and Innovation research done?

The largest centres of Regional Development and Innovation research in 2022-now are Mexico City (Mexico), Bogotá (Colombia), Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Madrid (Spain).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mexico CityMexico 194 works
  2. 2 BogotáColombia 179 works
  3. 3 Buenos AiresArgentina 148 works
  4. 4 MadridSpain 123 works
  5. 5 LimaPeru 83 works
  6. 6 SantiagoChile 68 works
  7. 7 GuadalajaraMexico 53 works
  8. 8 TolucaMexico 52 works
  9. 9 MedellínColombia 51 works
  10. 10 GuayaquilEcuador 47 works
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Where is the best place to study Regional Development and Innovation?

Among universities, judged by research, Escuela Superior Politécnica Agropecuaria de Manabí Manuel Félix López, Universidad de Extremadura and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 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.

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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
1Escuela Superior Politécnica Agropecuaria de Manabí Manuel Félix LópezEcuador 69.828.5%207.4×15 +586.2%
2Universidad de ExtremaduraSpain 64.222.4%17.2×10 +39.7%
3Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileChile 61.311.6%23.1×22 -2.0%
4Universidad Nacional de ChimborazoEcuador 60.226.6%40.3×10 +147.7%
5Colegio de PostgraduadosMexico 60.117.9%83.1×33 +0.8%
6Universidad Técnica Estatal de QuevedoEcuador 59.417.0%88.0×19 +363.5%
7Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 58.812.0%22.8×68 -22.5%
8Universidad Autónoma del Estado de MéxicoMexico 57.811.5%108.2×49 -0.7%
9Universidad Técnica de ManabíEcuador 57.118.2%33.0×14 +37.7%
10Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaSpain 56.624.4%17.1×9 +38.6%

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 Innovation, country by country

Is Regional Development and Innovation research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024.

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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 Innovation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.020% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Regional Development and Innovation0.014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Regional Development and Innovation 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 Innovation10.3% 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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