Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation
Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1956. 11.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the concept of digital sovereignty, focusing on its implications in transition economies such as Hungary and Iran. It covers a wide range of topics including information security, legal regulation of digital assets, communication regimes, artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, and the impact on national security in the context of globalization.
- Digital Sovereignty
- Transition Economy
- Information Security
- Legal Regulation
- Antibiotic Resistance
- Communication Regimes
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cryptocurrency
- National Security
- Globalization
- Research works
- 14k fractional, since 1956
- In the world top 10%
- 1.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 11.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +357% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation research?
By volume, Russia and Ukraine publish the most (3.1k and 564 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Russia 3.1k works
- 2 Ukraine 564 works
- 3 United States 383 works
- 4 Kazakhstan 211 works
- 5 Türkiye 130 works
- 6 Poland 123 works
- 7 Azerbaijan 113 works
- 8 Uzbekistan 108 works
- 9 Germany 98 works
- 10 China 94 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 Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Kutafin Moscow State Law University publishes the most Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation research, followed by Moscow State Institute of International Relations and Financial University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Kutafin Moscow State Law UniversityRussia 110 works
- 2 Moscow State Institute of International RelationsRussia 102 works
- 3 Financial UniversityRussia 101 works
- 4 The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public AdministrationRussia 85 works
- 5 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 85 works
- 6 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 78 works
- 7 St Petersburg UniversityRussia 71 works
- 8 Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaRussia 68 works
- 9 National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia 66 works
- 10 Moscow State UniversityTajikistan 66 works
Where is Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation research done?
The largest centres of Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Kyiv (Ukraine) and Kazan’ (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Makhachkala and Grozny.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Moscow Russia 1.5k works
- 2 Saint Petersburg Russia 246 works
- 3 Kyiv Ukraine 207 works
- 4 Kazan’ Russia 99 works
- 5 Baku Azerbaijan 98 works
- 6 Almaty Kazakhstan 89 works
- 7 Tashkent Uzbekistan 86 works
- 8 Weatherford United States 85 works
- 9 Kharkiv Ukraine 75 works
- 10 New York United States 75 works
Where it is the local speciality
- MakhachkalaRU · 30.7 works58×
- GroznyRU · 20.5 works50×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation?
Among universities, judged by research, Moscow State University, Moscow State Institute of International Relations and Lomonosov Moscow State University 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 | Moscow State UniversityTajikistan | 80.4 | 17.8% | 42.1× | 66 | +566.6% |
| 2 | Moscow State Institute of International RelationsRussia | 72.8 | 15.9% | 100.4× | 102 | +250.1% |
| 3 | Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia | 72.0 | 13.4% | 15.6× | 78 | +414.1% |
| 4 | Financial UniversityRussia | 71.9 | 14.9% | 76.3× | 101 | +861.0% |
| 5 | St Petersburg UniversityRussia | 70.5 | 15.4% | 25.4× | 71 | +699.9% |
| 6 | Volgograd State UniversityRussia | 66.0 | 18.5% | 94.5× | 33 | +1356.2% |
| 7 | Kutafin Moscow State Law UniversityRussia | 65.7 | 18.3% | 206.3× | 110 | — |
| 8 | Al-Farabi Kazakh National UniversityKazakhstan | 65.4 | 12.4% | 36.5× | 40 | +950.0% |
| 9 | Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivUkraine | 65.3 | 15.0% | 22.8× | 37 | +1304.0% |
| 10 | Sevastopol National Technical UniversityUkraine | 64.8 | 37.4% | 64.2× | 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 Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 357% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation.
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.