Regional resilience and development
Regional resilience and development is a research topic within Economics and Econometrics. Science Explorer counts 7.5k research works in it since 1954. 36.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the concepts, determinants, and measurements of regional economic resilience in response to recessionary shocks, economic crises, and industrial transformations. It delves into the factors such as adaptation, economic structure, industrial diversity, innovation districts, and territorial capital that contribute to the resilience of regional economies. The cluster also examines the impact of socioeconomic performance on the ability of regions to withstand and recover from economic challenges.
- Regional Economic Resilience
- Recessionary Shocks
- Adaptation
- Economic Structure
- Regional Employment
- Economic Crisis
- Industrial Diversity
- Territorial Capital
- Innovation Districts
- Socioeconomic Performance
- Research works
- 7.5k fractional, since 1954
- In the world top 10%
- 2.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 36.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +113% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Regional resilience and development research?
By volume, China and Italy publish the most (662 and 228 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 662 works
- 2 Italy 228 works
- 3 United States 201 works
- 4 United Kingdom 144 works
- 5 Russia 122 works
- 6 France 87 works
- 7 Germany 85 works
- 8 Romania 79 works
- 9 Spain 78 works
- 10 Türkiye 74 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.
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Which institutions lead Regional resilience and development research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Politecnico di Milano publishes the most Regional resilience and development research, followed by Bucharest University of Economic Studies and Sapienza University of Rome.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Politecnico di Milano Italy 22 works
- 2 Bucharest University of Economic Studies Romania 21 works
- 3 Sapienza University of Rome Italy 16 works
- 4 Politecnico di Torino Italy 10 works
- 5 Peking University China 9 works
- 6 Babeș-Bolyai University Romania 9 works
- 7 Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Romania 9 works
- 8 Romanian Academy Romania 9 works
- 9 Human Growth Foundation United States 9 works
- 10 Lund University Sweden 9 works
Who are the leading researchers in Regional resilience and development?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Regional resilience and development include Peter Nijkamp.
- 1 Peter Nijkamp 2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Regional resilience and development research done?
The largest centres of Regional resilience and development research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Rome (Italy) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bucharest and Milan.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- BucharestRO · 41.5 works10×
- MilanIT · 35.4 works4.6×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Regional resilience and development than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Regional resilience and development?
Among universities, judged by research, Politecnico di Torino, Politecnico di Milano and Bucharest University of Economic Studies 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 | Politecnico di Torino Italy | 73.9 | 66.8% | 8.1× | 10 | +602.8% |
| 2 | Politecnico di Milano Italy | 72.9 | 46.2% | 12.0× | 22 | +95.1% |
| 3 | Bucharest University of Economic Studies Romania | 66.5 | 27.8% | 47.1× | 21 | +196.4% |
| 4 | Sapienza University of Rome Italy | 55.9 | 34.3% | 5.7× | 16 | +458.9% |
| 5 | Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Romania | 53.0 | 45.2% | 23.7× | 9 | — |
| 6 | Lund University Sweden | 52.4 | 63.1% | 6.0× | 9 | +62.7% |
| 7 | London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom | 49.4 | 37.9% | 14.6× | 9 | +65.6% |
| 8 | University of Palermo Italy | 47.3 | 35.9% | 9.4× | 8 | — |
| 9 | Babeș-Bolyai University Romania | 45.1 | 27.0% | 14.9× | 9 | — |
| 10 | Peking University China | 34.4 | 50.7% | 2.3× | 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 Regional resilience and development research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 113% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Regional resilience and development.
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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.