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Socio-economic Development and Sustainability

Socio-economic Development and Sustainability is a research topic within Economics and Econometrics. Science Explorer counts 2.1k research works in it since 1962. 19.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of sustainable development, economic growth, and information and communication technologies in the context of European countries. It delves into topics such as energy efficiency, entrepreneurship, innovation, and the knowledge economy, with a focus on regional development and social policy.

  • Sustainable Development
  • Economic Growth
  • Information and Communication Technologies
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Global Economy
  • Innovation
  • Knowledge Economy
  • Regional Development
  • Social Policy
Research works
2.1k
fractional, since 1962
In the world top 10%
414
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+37%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Socio-economic Development and Sustainability research?

By volume, Ukraine and Poland publish the most (87 and 61 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ukraine 87 works
  2. 2 Poland 61 works
  3. 3 Lithuania 46 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 30 works
  5. 5 Romania 30 works
  6. 6 United States 19 works
  7. 7 Russia 17 works
  8. 8 China 14 works
  9. 9 Albania 14 works
  10. 10 Latvia 14 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.

Ukraine: 26.2%Poland: 18.2%Lithuania: 13.8%Türkiye: 9.1%6 others listed: 32.7%26%largest
Ukraine87 · 26.2%Poland61 · 18.2%Lithuania46 · 13.8%Türkiye30 · 9.1%6 others listed109 · 32.7%

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

Which institutions lead Socio-economic Development and Sustainability research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Vilnius University publishes the most Socio-economic Development and Sustainability research, followed by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University and Bucharest University of Economic Studies.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Vilnius University Lithuania 8 works
  2. 2 Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Lithuania 8 works
  3. 3 Bucharest University of Economic Studies Romania 6 works
  4. 4 Human Growth Foundation United States 5 works
  5. 5 Vytautas Magnus University Lithuania 4 works
  6. 6 Kaunas University of Technology Lithuania 4 works
  7. 7 Odessa National Maritime University Ukraine 4 works
  8. 8 University of Szczecin Poland 3 works
  9. 9 Krakow University of Economics Poland 3 works
  10. 10 Kauno kolegija Higher Education Institution Lithuania 3 works

Who are the leading researchers in Socio-economic Development and Sustainability?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Socio-economic Development and Sustainability include Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas, Dalia Štreimikienė and Wadim Striełkowski.

  1. 1 Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas 2k citations
  2. 2 Dalia Štreimikienė 677 citations
  3. 3 Wadim Striełkowski 293 citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Socio-economic Development and Sustainability research done?

The largest centres of Socio-economic Development and Sustainability research in 2022–2025 are Kyiv (Ukraine), Vilnius (Lithuania), Bucharest (Romania) and Kaunas (Lithuania). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Vilnius and Kyiv.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Kyiv Ukraine 28 works
  2. 2 Vilnius Lithuania 26 works
  3. 3 Bucharest Romania 14 works
  4. 4 Kaunas Lithuania 13 works
  5. 5 Warsaw Poland 11 works
  6. 6 Kharkiv Ukraine 10 works
  7. 7 Tirana Albania 10 works
  8. 8 Odesa Ukraine 9 works
  9. 9 Lviv Ukraine 9 works
  10. 10 Riga Latvia 7 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. VilniusLT · 25.5 works94×
  2. KyivUA · 27.8 works21×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Socio-economic Development and Sustainability than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Socio-economic Development and Sustainability?

Among universities, judged by research, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University and Vilnius University 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.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Lithuania 40.09.6%172.4×8 -15.1%
2Vilnius University Lithuania 35.04.0%75.3×8 -9.9%

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 Socio-economic Development and Sustainability research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Socio-economic Development and Sustainability.

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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.