Sharing Economy and Platforms
Sharing Economy and Platforms is a research topic within Marketing. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1952. 30.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the impact of the sharing economy on consumption, focusing on collaborative consumption, peer-to-peer accommodation, sustainability, trust and reputation, access-based consumption, digital platforms, consumer behavior, hospitality industry, and regulation. It examines the motivations, implications, challenges, and opportunities associated with the sharing economy in various sectors.
- Sharing Economy
- Collaborative Consumption
- Peer-to-Peer Accommodation
- Sustainability
- Trust and Reputation
- Access-Based Consumption
- Digital Platforms
- Consumer Behavior
- Hospitality Industry
- Regulation
- Research works
- 17k fractional, since 1952
- In the world top 10%
- 5.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 30.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +149% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Sharing Economy and Platforms research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (924 and 720 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 924 works
- 2 United States 720 works
- 3 India 380 works
- 4 United Kingdom 314 works
- 5 Germany 244 works
- 6 Spain 240 works
- 7 Indonesia 203 works
- 8 Italy 203 works
- 9 France 172 works
- 10 Australia 163 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 Sharing Economy and Platforms research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Hong Kong Polytechnic University publishes the most Sharing Economy and Platforms research, followed by Binus University and The University of Sydney.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 28 works
- 2 Binus UniversityIndonesia 20 works
- 3 The University of SydneyAustralia 19 works
- 4 Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina 17 works
- 5 Tongji UniversityChina 17 works
- 6 Tsinghua UniversityChina 16 works
- 7 Symbiosis International UniversityIndia 16 works
- 8 University of Hong KongHong Kong 16 works
- 9 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 14 works
- 10 The University of QueenslandAustralia 14 works
Who are the leading researchers in Sharing Economy and Platforms?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Sharing Economy and Platforms include Mark D. Griffiths and C. Michael Hall.
- 1 Mark D. Griffiths United Kingdom 3.3k citations
- 2 C. Michael Hall New Zealand 2.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Sharing Economy and Platforms research done?
The largest centres of Sharing Economy and Platforms research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), London (United Kingdom) and Hong Kong (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Macao.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- MacaoCN · 31.3 works6.6×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Sharing Economy and Platforms than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Sharing Economy and Platforms?
Among universities, judged by research, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, University of Surrey and University of Amsterdam 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 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong | 68.8 | 39.5% | 5.5× | 28 | +88.1% |
| 2 | University of SurreyUnited Kingdom | 65.3 | 56.9% | 6.0× | 9 | +333.9% |
| 3 | University of AmsterdamNetherlands | 65.0 | 60.4% | 3.8× | 12 | +404.8% |
| 4 | University of MacauMacau | 64.9 | 53.6% | 5.8× | 11 | +125.1% |
| 5 | Universitat Oberta de CatalunyaSpain | 63.5 | 31.0% | 26.0× | 12 | +520.9% |
| 6 | University of AveiroPortugal | 59.8 | 33.8% | 7.0× | 13 | +426.7% |
| 7 | University of Hong KongHong Kong | 58.3 | 36.5% | 3.1× | 16 | +213.9% |
| 8 | The University of SydneyAustralia | 57.8 | 36.2% | 3.4× | 20 | +228.4% |
| 9 | Copenhagen Business SchoolDenmark | 55.2 | 31.0% | 10.4× | 10 | +109.1% |
| 10 | University of OxfordUnited Kingdom | 55.0 | 55.7% | 1.5× | 11 | +942.0% |
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 Sharing Economy and Platforms research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 149% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Sharing Economy and Platforms.
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.