Rural development and sustainability
Rural development and sustainability is a research topic within General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1950. 30.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the multifaceted aspects of rural development, agricultural change, and the evolving landscapes of rural areas. It delves into topics such as social innovation, neo-endogenous development, rural resilience, counterurbanization, gender identity in farming, multifunctional agriculture, rural gentrification, and community empowerment.
- Rural Development
- Agricultural Change
- Social Innovation
- Neo-Endogenous Development
- Rural Resilience
- Counterurbanization
- Gender Identity
- Multifunctional Agriculture
- Rural Gentrification
- Community Empowerment
- Research works
- 20k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 30.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +4% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Rural development and sustainability research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (651 and 267 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 651 works
- 2 United States 267 works
- 3 United Kingdom 255 works
- 4 Spain 174 works
- 5 Australia 154 works
- 6 Italy 131 works
- 7 Germany 113 works
- 8 France 96 works
- 9 Canada 91 works
- 10 Japan 90 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 Rural development and sustainability research?
By volume in 2022–2025, James Hutton Institute publishes the most Rural development and sustainability research, followed by Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research and Newcastle University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 James Hutton InstituteUnited Kingdom 17 works
- 2 Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources ResearchChina 15 works
- 3 Newcastle UniversityUnited Kingdom 14 works
- 4 University of GuelphCanada 14 works
- 5 Aalborg UniversityDenmark 13 works
- 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 13 works
- 7 Peking UniversityChina 12 works
- 8 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 12 works
- 9 The University of MelbourneAustralia 12 works
- 10 Southwest UniversityChina 11 works
Who are the leading researchers in Rural development and sustainability?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Rural development and sustainability include W. Neil Adger.
- 1 W. Neil Adger United Kingdom 3.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Rural development and sustainability research done?
The largest centres of Rural development and sustainability research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Melbourne (Australia) and Wuhan (China).
Where is the best place to study Rural development and sustainability?
Among universities, judged by research, Umeå University, Newcastle University and University of Guelph 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 | Umeå UniversitySweden | 75.9 | 66.5% | 14.8× | 10 | +100.4% |
| 2 | Newcastle UniversityUnited Kingdom | 63.7 | 37.0% | 12.1× | 14 | +3.7% |
| 3 | University of GuelphCanada | 63.1 | 20.3% | 16.2× | 14 | +271.0% |
| 4 | Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands | 58.9 | 46.1% | 9.8× | 11 | -35.2% |
| 5 | Beijing Normal UniversityChina | 53.6 | 61.2% | 5.0× | 10 | +77.5% |
| 6 | Southwest UniversityChina | 51.8 | 55.3% | 6.9× | 11 | -11.1% |
| 7 | Northwest Normal UniversityChina | 48.5 | 43.2% | 14.5× | 10 | -44.3% |
| 8 | Aalborg UniversityDenmark | 46.1 | 15.9% | 8.7× | 13 | +10.6% |
| 9 | Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain | 45.4 | 23.0% | 8.7× | 11 | +33.1% |
| 10 | Universidad de ZaragozaSpain | 41.8 | 43.4% | 7.8× | 9 | -21.8% |
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 Rural development and sustainability research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Rural development and sustainability.
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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.