Social Sciences and Governance
Social Sciences and Governance is a research topic within Urban Studies. Science Explorer counts 45k research works in it since 1950. 8.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the role of social innovation in territorial development, focusing on topics such as economic development, territorial governance, solidarity economy, community engagement, and institutionalization. It delves into the impact of cooperatives, local development initiatives, participative evaluation, and the promotion of citizenship within the context of social innovation. The papers also discuss the challenges and opportunities for fostering social innovation to address various societal and economic issues at the local level.
- Social Innovation
- Economic Development
- Territorial Governance
- Solidarity Economy
- Community Engagement
- Institutionalization
- Cooperatives
- Local Development
- Participative Evaluation
- Citizenship
- Research works
- 45k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 8.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +24% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Social Sciences and Governance research?
By volume, France and Canada publish the most (4.8k and 792 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 France 4.8k works
- 2 Canada 792 works
- 3 ?? 330 works
- 4 United States 271 works
- 5 Morocco 203 works
- 6 Belgium 181 works
- 7 Switzerland 121 works
- 8 United Kingdom 104 works
- 9 Spain 63 works
- 10 Italy 56 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 Social Sciences and Governance research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Université de Lille publishes the most Social Sciences and Governance research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université du Québec à Montréal.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Université de Lille France 140 works
- 2 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France 114 works
- 3 Université du Québec à Montréal Canada 105 works
- 4 Université Paris Nanterre France 99 works
- 5 Université Laval Canada 89 works
- 6 Université de Montréal Canada 74 works
- 7 Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris France 69 works
- 8 Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers France 68 works
- 9 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne France 67 works
- 10 Université de Poitiers France 62 works
Who are the leading researchers in Social Sciences and Governance?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Social Sciences and Governance include Pierre Bourdıeu, Henri Guitton and Michel Foucault.
- 1 Pierre Bourdıeu 10k citations
- 2 Henri Guitton 6.9k citations
- 3 Michel Foucault 4.6k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Social Sciences and Governance research done?
The largest centres of Social Sciences and Governance research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Lyon (France), Montreal (Canada) and Lille (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nancy, Guyancourt and Sophia Antipolis.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Nancy46.3 works127×
- GuyancourtFR · 30.1 works125×
- Sophia AntipolisFR · 31.9 works114×
- Montpellier26.0 works106×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Social Sciences and Governance than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Social Sciences and Governance?
Among universities, judged by research, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Université Paris-Saclay and Université de Lille 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 | Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers France | 59.8 | 9.2% | 160.1× | 68 | +73.8% |
| 2 | Université Paris-Saclay France | 58.8 | 2.6% | 11.8× | 33 | +521.9% |
| 3 | Université de Lille France | 58.5 | 1.6% | 59.3× | 140 | +83.8% |
| 4 | UCLouvain Belgium | 58.2 | 12.6% | 13.9× | 26 | +81.7% |
| 5 | Université Grenoble Alpes France | 57.9 | 2.5% | 21.2× | 50 | +159.6% |
| 6 | Université Paris Nanterre France | 56.5 | 5.6% | 65.9× | 99 | +69.3% |
| 7 | Université de Montréal Canada | 55.2 | 7.6% | 24.6× | 74 | +4.2% |
| 8 | Université Paris Cité France | 55.2 | 7.7% | 17.1× | 52 | +22.3% |
| 9 | Université Ibn Zohr Morocco | 55.1 | 5.1% | 22.1× | 23 | +745.8% |
| 10 | Montpellier Business School France | 55.0 | 11.6% | 85.0× | 9 | +128.4% |
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 Sciences and Governance research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Social Sciences and Governance.
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.