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Society, Economy, and Ethics Research

Society, Economy, and Ethics Research is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 390 research works in it since 1991. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the societal impacts of risk, modernization, and globalization, with a focus on ethics, cultural studies, neoliberalism, urban education, corporate responsibility, identity politics, social justice, and economic philosophy.

  • Ethics
  • Globalization
  • Cultural Studies
  • Neoliberalism
  • Societal Change
  • Urban Education
  • Corporate Responsibility
  • Identity Politics
  • Social Justice
  • Economic Philosophy
Research works
390
fractional, since 1991
In the world top 10%
40
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+118%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
France
70% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Society, Economy, and Ethics Research

Which countries lead Society, Economy, and Ethics Research research?

By volume, France and ?? publish the most (102 and 13 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 France 102 works
  2. 2 ?? 13 works
  3. 3 Canada 6 works
  4. 4 Belgium 5 works
  5. 5 Morocco 4 works
  6. 6 United States 4 works
  7. 7 Poland 4 works
  8. 8 Austria 3 works
  9. 9 Spain 2 works
  10. 10 Brazil 2 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.

France: 70.0%??: 8.9%Canada: 4.4%Belgium: 3.3%6 others listed: 13.4%70%largest
France102 · 70.0%??13 · 8.9%Canada6 · 4.4%Belgium5 · 3.3%6 others listed19 · 13.4%

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

Which institutions lead Society, Economy, and Ethics Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Society, Economy, and Ethics Research research, followed by Université de Lyon and Université de Lorraine.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 22 works
  2. 2 Université de LyonFrance 5 works
  3. 3 Université de LorraineFrance 5 works
  4. 4 Université Lille Nord de FranceFrance 4 works
  5. 5 Université Paris-Panthéon-AssasFrance 3 works
  6. 6 Université Paris-SaclayFrance 3 works
  7. 7 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneFrance 3 works
  8. 8 FH KärntenAustria 3 works
  9. 9 Sorbonne UniversitéFrance 3 works
  10. 10 Université Paris Sciences et LettresFrance 2 works

What are the most cited papers in Society, Economy, and Ethics Research?

The most cited paper in Society, Economy, and Ethics Research is "L'esprit d'ingénieur : pensée calculatoire et éthique économique" (François Vatin, 2008), with 82 citations. Next come "Pour un structuralisme des passions" (82) and "Vers une pratique de systèmes autonomes" (79).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 L'esprit d'ingénieur : pensée calculatoire et éthique économique François Vatin · Revue Française de Socio-Économie Open access 15 Apr 2008 82
2 Pour un structuralisme des passions Frédéric Lordon · Tracés Open access 2013 82
3 Vers une pratique de systèmes autonomes Paul Bourgine, Francisco J. Varela · HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Conference paper 1992 79
4 La responsabilité sociale de l'entreprise comme « représentation » de l'économie et du droit Franck Cochoy · Droit et société Open access Mar 2007 54
5 Le marketing comme moyen de légitimation des entreprises dans une perspective de développement durable Patrick Gabriel · Décisions Marketing 2003 51
All 105 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Society, Economy, and Ethics Research research done?

The largest centres of Society, Economy, and Ethics Research research in 2022-now are Paris (France), Lille (France), Lyon (France) and Rennes (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Paris.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 ParisFrance 30 works
  2. 2 LilleFrance 6 works
  3. 3 LyonFrance 5 works
  4. 4 RennesFrance 3 works
  5. 5 NancyFrance 3 works
  6. 6 Le HavreFrance 3 works
  7. 7 Spittal an der DrauAustria 3 works
  8. 8 Lyon 3 works
  9. 9 ToulouseFrance 3 works
  10. 10 MontpellierFrance 2 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ParisFR · 29.6 works22×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Society, Economy, and Ethics Research than the world average.

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Is Society, Economy, and Ethics Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 118% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Society, Economy, and Ethics Research.

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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 Society, Economy, and Ethics Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00052% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Society, Economy, and Ethics Research over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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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