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Research, Science, and Academia

Research, Science, and Academia is a research topic within Information Systems and Management. Science Explorer counts 9.3k research works in it since 1950. 9.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to science policy, innovation management, research administration, technology transfer, and the role of higher education in fostering economic development. It explores the importance of basic research, grant writing, and interdisciplinary research in knowledge creation and highlights the challenges and opportunities in these areas. The cluster also delves into the impact of digital information technology on improving the competitiveness of high-tech enterprises and the influence of human activity on climate in the Arctic.

  • Science Policy
  • Innovation Management
  • Research Administration
  • Technology Transfer
  • Basic Research
  • Economic Development
  • Higher Education
  • Grant Writing
  • Knowledge Creation
  • Interdisciplinary Research
Research works
9.3k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
898
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-11%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
56% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Research, Science, and Academia

Which countries lead Research, Science, and Academia research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (258 and 47 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 258 works
  2. 2 China 47 works
  3. 3 Russia 41 works
  4. 4 Canada 25 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 23 works
  6. 6 India 21 works
  7. 7 Australia 14 works
  8. 8 Sweden 12 works
  9. 9 Germany 12 works
  10. 10 France 10 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.

United States: 55.8%China: 10.1%Russia: 8.8%Canada: 5.5%6 others listed: 19.7%56%largest
United States258 · 55.8%China47 · 10.1%Russia41 · 8.8%Canada25 · 5.5%6 others listed91 · 19.7%

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

Which institutions lead Research, Science, and Academia research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Research, Science, and Academia research, followed by Texas A&M University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 11 works
  2. 2 Texas A&M UniversityUnited States 4 works
  3. 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 4 works
  4. 4 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 3 works
  5. 5 Kazan State Agrarian UniversityRussia 3 works
  6. 6 University of FloridaUnited States 3 works
  7. 7 University of VirginiaUnited States 3 works
  8. 8 Stanford UniversityUnited States 3 works
  9. 9 Andrews UniversityUnited States 3 works
  10. 10 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics NetworkUnited Kingdom 3 works

Who are the leading researchers in Research, Science, and Academia?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Research, Science, and Academia include Michael E. Porter.

  1. 1 Michael E. Porter United States 165k 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 Research, Science, and Academia?

The most cited paper in Research, Science, and Academia is "Boundary Organizations in Environmental Policy and Science: An Introduction" (David H. Guston, 2001), with 1,473 citations. Next come "American universities and technical advance in industry" (1,439) and "Science and Engineering Indicators—1989" (981).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Boundary Organizations in Environmental Policy and Science: An Introduction David H. Guston · Science Technology & Human Values Oct 2001 1,473
2 American universities and technical advance in industry Nathan S. Rosenberg, Richard R. Nelson · Research Policy May 1994 1,439
3 Science and Engineering Indicators—1989 BM Strauss · Journal of Testing and Evaluation Mar 1991 981
4 The Linear Model of Innovation Benoı̂t Godin · Science Technology & Human Values 27 Oct 2006 859
5 ‘Technology transfer’ and the research university: a search for the boundaries of university-industry collaboration Yong S. Lee · Research Policy Sep 1996 602
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Where is Research, Science, and Academia research done?

The largest centres of Research, Science, and Academia research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Washington D.C. (United States), London (United Kingdom) and Los Angeles (United States).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 18 works
  2. 2 Washington D.C.United States 14 works
  3. 3 LondonUnited Kingdom 7 works
  4. 4 Los AngelesUnited States 7 works
  5. 5 BeijingChina 6 works
  6. 6 New YorkUnited States 6 works
  7. 7 OttawaCanada 6 works
  8. 8 TorontoCanada 5 works
  9. 9 Saint PetersburgRussia 5 works
  10. 10 BostonUnited States 4 works
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Is Research, Science, and Academia research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2011.

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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 Research, Science, and Academia as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0030% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Research, Science, and Academia 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.

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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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