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Social and Economic Solidarity

Social and Economic Solidarity is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the concepts of solidarity economy, social management, reciprocity, and autogestão, focusing on topics such as cooperatives, community development, ethical values, and qualitative research. It delves into the theoretical and practical aspects of building a more socially responsible and sustainable economic system.

  • Solidarity Economy
  • Social Management
  • Reciprocity
  • Autogestão
  • Economia Solidária
  • Cooperatives
  • Community Development
  • Ethical Values
  • Qualitative Research
  • Cultural Analysis
Research works
27k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-13%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Brazil
84% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Social and Economic Solidarity

Which countries lead Social and Economic Solidarity research?

By volume, Brazil and Portugal publish the most (4.8k and 188 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Brazil 4.8k works
  2. 2 Portugal 188 works
  3. 3 United States 173 works
  4. 4 Spain 118 works
  5. 5 France 116 works
  6. 6 Argentina 108 works
  7. 7 Mexico 65 works
  8. 8 ?? 40 works
  9. 9 Colombia 37 works
  10. 10 Mozambique 35 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.

Brazil: 84.4%Portugal: 3.3%United States: 3.1%Spain: 2.1%6 others listed: 7.1%84%largest
Brazil4,756 · 84.4%Portugal188 · 3.3%United States173 · 3.1%Spain118 · 2.1%6 others listed401 · 7.1%

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

Which institutions lead Social and Economic Solidarity research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Social and Economic Solidarity research, followed by Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 176 works
  2. 2 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 142 works
  3. 3 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 121 works
  4. 4 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 116 works
  5. 5 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 107 works
  6. 6 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 96 works
  7. 7 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 96 works
  8. 8 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 94 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 93 works
  10. 10 Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São PauloBrazil 77 works

Who are the leading researchers in Social and Economic Solidarity?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Social and Economic Solidarity include Pierre Bourdıeu, Michel Foucault and Bruno Latour.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  2. 2 Michel Foucault France 208k citations
  3. 3 Bruno Latour France 129k citations
  4. 4 Anthony Giddens United States 121k citations
  5. 5 Paul DiMaggio United States 120k citations
  6. 6 Walter W. Powell United States 116k 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 Solidarity?

The most cited paper in Social and Economic Solidarity is "Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment" (Neide Mayumi Osada, Maria Conceição da Costa, 2008), with 1,303 citations. Next come "Organizations: rational, natural, and open systems" (1,173) and "COLONIALIDADE: O LADO MAIS ESCURO DA MODERNIDADE" (884).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment Neide Mayumi Osada, Maria Conceição da Costa · Americanae (AECID Library) Open access Jul 2008 1,303
2 Organizations: rational, natural, and open systems Clóvis L. Machado-da-Silva · Revista de Administração Contemporânea Open access Jun 2003 1,173
3 COLONIALIDADE: O LADO MAIS ESCURO DA MODERNIDADE Walter D. Mignolo · Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais Open access 2017 884
4 Participatory Budgeting in Europe: Potentials and Challenges Yves Sintomer, Carsten Herzberg, Anja Röcke · International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Mar 2008 648
5 INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION AND STATUS MOBILITY: THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF THE FIELD OF FINANCE. Michael D. Lounsbury · Academy of Management Journal Feb 2002 634
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Where is Social and Economic Solidarity research done?

The largest centres of Social and Economic Solidarity research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Belo Horizonte (Brazil) and Brasília (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Santa Cruz do Sul, São Leopoldo and Seropédica.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 São PauloBrazil 663 works
  2. 2 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 513 works
  3. 3 Belo HorizonteBrazil 207 works
  4. 4 BrasíliaBrazil 181 works
  5. 5 CuritibaBrazil 144 works
  6. 6 Porto AlegreBrazil 142 works
  7. 7 FlorianópolisBrazil 126 works
  8. 8 FortalezaBrazil 121 works
  9. 9 SalvadorBrazil 117 works
  10. 10 NiteróiBrazil 116 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Santa Cruz do SulBR · 21.7 works73×
  2. São LeopoldoBR · 36.1 works53×
  3. SeropédicaBR · 36.1 works47×
  4. Montes ClarosBR · 24.9 works46×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Social and Economic Solidarity than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Social and Economic Solidarity?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Brasil, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and Fundação Getulio Vargas 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%30%mean 13.49%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidade BrasilFundação Getulio Var…Universidade Federal…Universidade do Esta…
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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
1Universidade BrasilBrazil 67.528.4%28.0×15 +91.6%
2Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 60.712.6%36.4×142 -1.5%
3Fundação Getulio VargasBrazil 60.221.1%71.3×41 +3.1%
4Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 60.19.1%51.4×121 +20.1%
5Universidade de São PauloBrazil 58.69.3%17.1×176 -11.6%
6Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 54.215.7%24.8×93 -27.0%
7Universidade Federal de São PauloBrazil 52.29.5%18.7×41 +19.6%
8Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 50.610.7%33.2×96 -25.3%
9Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 49.79.5%47.9×116 -16.0%
10Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 48.89.0%26.9×107 -31.6%

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 Solidarity, country by country

Is Social and Economic Solidarity research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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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 Solidarity as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.032% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Social and Economic Solidarity0.020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Social and Economic Solidarity 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.

still counting5%10%15%Social and Economic Solidarity9.7% in 2025200020102020

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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