Regional Development and Policy
Regional Development and Policy is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 28k research works in it since 1950. 27.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the impact of European Union Cohesion Policy, Smart Specialization, and Structural Funds on regional development and convergence within the European Union. It delves into the role of institutions, innovation policies, and territorial capital in shaping regional growth and addresses the challenges and opportunities for implementing smart specialization strategies in less-developed regions.
- Smart Specialization
- European Union Cohesion Policy
- Regional Growth
- Institutional Quality
- Structural Funds
- Innovation Policy
- Territorial Capital
- Administrative Capacity
- Knowledge Economy
- Regional Disparities
- Research works
- 28k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 7.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 27.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -8% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Regional Development and Policy research?
By volume, Italy and the United States publish the most (287 and 277 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Italy 287 works
- 2 United States 277 works
- 3 Poland 264 works
- 4 Romania 232 works
- 5 Hungary 227 works
- 6 United Kingdom 212 works
- 7 Russia 212 works
- 8 France 171 works
- 9 Germany 155 works
- 10 Spain 146 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 Regional Development and Policy research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Bucharest University of Economic Studies publishes the most Regional Development and Policy research, followed by Ludovika University of Public Service and Babeș-Bolyai University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Bucharest University of Economic StudiesRomania 54 works
- 2 Ludovika University of Public ServiceHungary 30 works
- 3 Babeș-Bolyai UniversityRomania 23 works
- 4 Bratislava University of Economics and BusinessSlovakia 22 works
- 5 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 21 works
- 6 Corvinus University of BudapestHungary 21 works
- 7 University of PecsHungary 20 works
- 8 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 20 works
- 9 Alexandru Ioan Cuza UniversityRomania 19 works
- 10 University of WarsawPoland 16 works
Who are the leading researchers in Regional Development and Policy?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Regional Development and Policy include Joseph E. Stiglitz, Michael E. Porter and David B. Audretsch.
- 1 Joseph E. Stiglitz United States 7.4k citations
- 2 Michael E. Porter United States 4.7k citations
- 3 David B. Audretsch United States 3.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Regional Development and Policy research done?
The largest centres of Regional Development and Policy research in 2022–2025 are Budapest (Hungary), Bucharest (Romania), Moscow (Russia) and Rome (Italy). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Pécs and Chisinau.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- PécsHU · 32.5 works39×
- ChisinauMD · 31.5 works24×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Regional Development and Policy than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Regional Development and Policy?
Among universities, judged by research, Corvinus University of Budapest, Bucharest University of Economic Studies and University of Pecs 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 table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corvinus University of BudapestHungary | 60.4 | 33.9% | 55.3× | 21 | +131.5% |
| 2 | Bucharest University of Economic StudiesRomania | 59.1 | 22.2% | 81.5× | 54 | +55.3% |
| 3 | University of PecsHungary | 58.0 | 44.3% | 25.6× | 20 | +35.9% |
| 4 | Bratislava University of Economics and BusinessSlovakia | 57.7 | 34.3% | 137.6× | 22 | +73.4% |
| 5 | Ludovika University of Public ServiceHungary | 57.3 | 11.5% | 68.9× | 30 | +443.8% |
| 6 | Babeș-Bolyai UniversityRomania | 56.2 | 29.3% | 24.1× | 23 | +77.4% |
| 7 | Cardiff UniversityUnited Kingdom | 54.3 | 80.8% | 6.7× | 11 | -7.1% |
| 8 | London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom | 54.0 | 46.2% | 13.4× | 12 | -7.2% |
| 9 | Politecnico di MilanoItaly | 52.4 | 50.4% | 7.6× | 21 | +12.5% |
| 10 | Budapest University of Economics and BusinessHungary | 51.9 | 42.6% | 61.5× | 9 | +108.5% |
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 Regional Development and Policy research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 8% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2017. The fastest-growing topics are Regional Development and Policy.
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.