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. 5.9% 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%
- 1.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 5.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +24% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Social and Economic Solidarity research?
By volume, Brazil and Portugal publish the most (4.6k and 180 works in 2022–2025).
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.
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Which institutions lead Social and Economic Solidarity research?
By volume in 2022–2025, 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, 2022–2025
- 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 143 works
- 2 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 140 works
- 3 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 117 works
- 4 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 112 works
- 5 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 105 works
- 6 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 92 works
- 7 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 92 works
- 8 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 89 works
- 9 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 88 works
- 10 Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São PauloBrazil 76 works
Who are the leading researchers in Social and Economic Solidarity?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Social and Economic Solidarity include Carlos Fiolhais.
- 1 Carlos Fiolhais Portugal 3.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Social and Economic Solidarity research done?
The largest centres of Social and Economic Solidarity research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025
- 1 São Paulo Brazil 643 works
- 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 499 works
- 3 Belo Horizonte Brazil 200 works
- 4 Brasília Brazil 173 works
- 5 Porto Alegre Brazil 141 works
- 6 Curitiba Brazil 139 works
- 7 Florianópolis Brazil 125 works
- 8 Fortaleza Brazil 117 works
- 9 Salvador Brazil 114 works
- 10 Niterói Brazil 113 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Santa Cruz do SulBR · 21.5 works70×
- São LeopoldoBR · 34.2 works49×
- SeropédicaBR · 35.9 works48×
- Montes ClarosBR · 24.2 works46×
- NiteróiBR · 112.9 works42×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Social and Economic Solidarity than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Social and Economic Solidarity?
Among universities, judged by research, Instituto Federal do Paraná, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco 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.
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 | Instituto Federal do ParanáBrazil | 71.0 | 10.7% | 42.2× | 10 | +555.6% |
| 2 | Universidade Federal do Vale do São FranciscoBrazil | 69.0 | 10.0% | 27.0× | 10 | +624.5% |
| 3 | Fundação Getulio VargasBrazil | 66.2 | 9.2% | 65.4× | 36 | +19.6% |
| 4 | Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil | 63.3 | 4.1% | 33.3× | 140 | +49.5% |
| 5 | Universidade Federal do ABCBrazil | 63.1 | 5.3% | 26.5× | 22 | +710.3% |
| 6 | Universidade BrasilBrazil | 62.5 | 11.1% | 24.8× | 15 | -10.4% |
| 7 | Universidade de São PauloBrazil | 62.3 | 3.8% | 14.9× | 143 | +28.3% |
| 8 | Universidade Federal do ParanáBrazil | 61.6 | 6.1% | 22.4× | 63 | +30.1% |
| 9 | Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do SulBrazil | 60.7 | 3.8% | 25.1× | 32 | +238.1% |
| 10 | Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil | 60.6 | 2.4% | 24.2× | 54 | +274.2% |
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 Social and Economic Solidarity research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Social and Economic Solidarity.
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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.