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Social and Economic Development in India

Social and Economic Development in India is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the impact of decentralization, economic reforms, and social policies on Kerala, India. It delves into issues such as gender bias, agricultural distress, rural livelihoods, and community empowerment. The cluster also discusses the implications for sustainable development and the overall economy of the region.

  • Decentralization
  • Kerala
  • India
  • Sustainable Development
  • Economic Reforms
  • Gender Bias
  • Agricultural Livelihoods
  • Social Security
  • Rural Economy
  • Community Empowerment
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+56%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
77% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Social and Economic Development in India

Which countries lead Social and Economic Development in India research?

By volume, India and the United States publish the most (2.5k and 295 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 2.5k works
  2. 2 United States 295 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 108 works
  4. 4 Pakistan 88 works
  5. 5 Australia 73 works
  6. 6 Bangladesh 71 works
  7. 7 Nepal 33 works
  8. 8 Canada 33 works
  9. 9 France 28 works
  10. 10 China 27 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.

India: 76.7%United States: 9.1%United Kingdom: 3.3%Pakistan: 2.7%6 others listed: 8.2%77%largest
India2,488 · 76.7%United States295 · 9.1%United Kingdom108 · 3.3%Pakistan88 · 2.7%6 others listed265 · 8.2%

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

Which institutions lead Social and Economic Development in India research?

By volume in 2022-now, G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce College publishes the most Social and Economic Development in India research, followed by University of Delhi and Government of Western Australia.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce CollegeIndia 59 works
  2. 2 University of DelhiIndia 51 works
  3. 3 Government of Western AustraliaAustralia 42 works
  4. 4 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 39 works
  5. 5 University of CalicutIndia 35 works
  6. 6 Christ UniversityIndia 34 works
  7. 7 Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityIndia 34 works
  8. 8 University of KeralaIndia 29 works
  9. 9 Kerala Agricultural UniversityIndia 26 works
  10. 10 Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia 23 works

Who are the leading researchers in Social and Economic Development in India?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Social and Economic Development in India include George Davey Smith, Lalit Dandona and Paul M. Thompson.

  1. 1 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
  2. 2 Lalit Dandona United States 268k citations
  3. 3 Paul M. Thompson United States 196k citations
  4. 4 Элинор Остром United States 149k citations
  5. 5 Kewal Krishan India 138k 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 Social and Economic Development in India?

The most cited paper in Social and Economic Development in India is "Resources, Agency, Achievements: Reflections on the Measurement of Women's Empowerment" (Naila Kabeer, 1999), with 4,863 citations. Next come "The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life." (4,044) and "The Digital Provide: Information (Technology), Market Performance, and Welfare in the South Indian Fisheries Sector" (1,876).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Resources, Agency, Achievements: Reflections on the Measurement of Women's Empowerment Naila Kabeer · Development and Change Jul 1999 4,863
2 The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life. Samuel H. Preston, Richard J. Herrnstein, Charles A. Murray · Population and Development Review Sep 1995 4,044
3 The Digital Provide: Information (Technology), Market Performance, and Welfare in the South Indian Fisheries Sector Robert T. Jensen · The Quarterly Journal of Economics 30 Jul 2007 1,876
4 Rural credit programs and women's empowerment in Bangladesh Syed Hashemi, Sidney Ruth Schuler, Ann P. Riley · World Development Apr 1996 1,349
5 The Measurement of Multidimensional Poverty Françoìs Bourguignon, Satya Ranjan Chakravarty · The Journal of Economic Inequality Apr 2003 1,287
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Social and Economic Development in India research done?

The largest centres of Social and Economic Development in India research in 2022-now are New Delhi (India), Bengaluru (India), Thiruvananthapuram (India) and Kolkata (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Thrissur and Akola.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 New DelhiIndia 204 works
  2. 2 BengaluruIndia 123 works
  3. 3 ThiruvananthapuramIndia 82 works
  4. 4 KolkataIndia 80 works
  5. 5 HyderabadIndia 78 works
  6. 6 MumbaiIndia 72 works
  7. 7 AkolaIndia 62 works
  8. 8 PuneIndia 58 works
  9. 9 ChennaiIndia 52 works
  10. 10 CanberraAustralia 48 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ThrissurIN · 37.1 works59×
  2. AkolaIN · 62.0 works57×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Social and Economic Development in India than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Social and Economic Development in India?

Among universities, judged by research, Christ University, G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce College and University of Delhi 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%20%40%mean 15.5%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Indian Institute of …Christ UniversityUniversity of DelhiG.S. Science, Arts A…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Christ UniversityIndia 55.015.0%31.9×34 +237.4%
2G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce CollegeIndia 54.13.9%114.5×59 +729.8%
3University of DelhiIndia 53.04.6%24.4×51 +25.6%
4Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurIndia 49.846.6%5.2×8 -10.3%
5Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia 47.818.1%11.2×18 +41.5%
6Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia 47.113.0%9.8×23 +44.7%
7University of KeralaIndia 46.98.3%65.6×29 +34.7%
8Manipal Academy of Higher EducationIndia 46.230.6%4.6×10 +122.8%
9University of CalicutIndia 45.33.6%68.8×35 +69.6%
10Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityIndia 42.411.3%57.7×34 -15.8%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Social and Economic Development in India, country by country

Is Social and Economic Development in India research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 56% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Social and Economic Development in India.

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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 Social and Economic Development in India as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.013% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Social and Economic Development in India 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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