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Scientific Research and Philosophical Inquiry

Scientific Research and Philosophical Inquiry is a research topic within Information Systems. Science Explorer counts 9.8k research works in it since 1950. 6.9% 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 information science and technology development, including the impact of digital technology, foresight methods, knowledge management, big data, innovation, media, ontology, and semantic search. The papers explore the intersection of information science with various fields such as economics, education, neuroscience, sociology, and environmental studies.

  • Information Science
  • Technology
  • Foresight
  • Digital Economy
  • Knowledge Management
  • Big Data
  • Innovation
  • Media
  • Ontology
  • Semantic Search
Research works
9.8k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
681
per year above
Top-10% rate
6.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+157%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Scientific Research and Philosophical Inquiry research?

By volume, Russia and Ukraine publish the most (1.3k and 439 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Russia 1.3k works
  2. 2 Ukraine 439 works
  3. 3 United States 227 works
  4. 4 China 65 works
  5. 5 Germany 59 works
  6. 6 Poland 58 works
  7. 7 Uzbekistan 45 works
  8. 8 Kazakhstan 38 works
  9. 9 Belarus 35 works
  10. 10 Czechia 33 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.

Russia: 57.0%Ukraine: 18.9%United States: 9.8%China: 2.8%6 others listed: 11.5%57%largest
Russia1,325 · 57.0%Ukraine439 · 18.9%United States227 · 9.8%China65 · 2.8%6 others listed268 · 11.5%

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

Which institutions lead Scientific Research and Philosophical Inquiry research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Weatherford College publishes the most Scientific Research and Philosophical Inquiry research, followed by Lomonosov Moscow State University and Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 78 works
  2. 2 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 39 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 37 works
  4. 4 Russian State LibraryRussia 35 works
  5. 5 St Petersburg UniversityRussia 30 works
  6. 6 Moscow State UniversityTajikistan 26 works
  7. 7 National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia 26 works
  8. 8 Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivUkraine 24 works
  9. 9 Financial UniversityRussia 24 works
  10. 10 Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaRussia 21 works

Where is Scientific Research and Philosophical Inquiry research done?

The largest centres of Scientific Research and Philosophical Inquiry research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Kyiv (Ukraine), Saint Petersburg (Russia) and Weatherford (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Saratov.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 566 works
  2. 2 Kyiv Ukraine 190 works
  3. 3 Saint Petersburg Russia 143 works
  4. 4 Weatherford United States 78 works
  5. 5 Novosibirsk Russia 57 works
  6. 6 Kharkiv Ukraine 47 works
  7. 7 Yekaterinburg Russia 36 works
  8. 8 Samara Russia 35 works
  9. 9 Rostov-on-Don Russia 32 works
  10. 10 Kazan’ Russia 32 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SaratovRU · 27.9 works42×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Scientific Research and Philosophical Inquiry than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Scientific Research and Philosophical Inquiry?

Among universities, judged by research, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Moscow State University and Weatherford College 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.

0%10%20%mean 7.16%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Lviv Polytechnic National University: 16, 14.8%Moscow State University: 26, 4.2%Weatherford College: 78, 3.9%Financial University: 24, 9.0%Lomonosov Moscow State University: 39, 3.1%St Petersburg University: 30, 5.1%Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts: 14, 13.9%Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv: 24, 3.4%Southern Federal University: 14, 6.1%Peoples' Friendship University of Russia: 21, 8.1%Lviv Polytechnic Nat…Financial UniversityMoscow State Univers…Weatherford College
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Lviv Polytechnic National UniversityUkraine 69.314.8%21.1×16 +620.3%
2 Moscow State UniversityTajikistan 66.64.2%35.5×26 +436.0%
3 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 65.23.9%20.9×78 +172.3%
4 Financial UniversityRussia 63.59.0%37.6×24 +394.2%
5 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 62.33.1%16.2×39 +222.5%
6 St Petersburg UniversityRussia 60.55.1%22.3×30 +581.9%
7 Kyiv National University of Culture and ArtsUkraine 58.813.9%79.7×14 —
8 Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivUkraine 56.03.4%30.6×24 +439.7%
9 Southern Federal UniversityRussia 54.96.1%27.8×14 +832.9%
10 Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaRussia 54.58.1%23.9×21 +97.6%

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 Scientific Research and Philosophical Inquiry research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 157% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Scientific Research and Philosophical Inquiry.

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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.