Science Explorer Interactive view Map

Socio-political and Technological Issues

Socio-political and Technological Issues is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 665 research works in it since 1952. 10.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of global challenges and inequalities in the modern world, including topics such as globalization, inequality, public health, social justice, human rights, migration, economic policy, environmental sustainability, crisis management, and democracy. The papers discuss various issues related to these topics from different perspectives and provide insights into the complexities of addressing these challenges on a global scale.

  • Globalization
  • Inequality
  • Public Health
  • Social Justice
  • Human Rights
  • Migration
  • Economic Policy
  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Crisis Management
  • Democracy
Research works
665
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
72
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+189%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Socio-political and Technological Issues research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (63 and 15 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 63 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 15 works
  3. 3 India 11 works
  4. 4 Australia 8 works
  5. 5 Germany 8 works
  6. 6 Russia 7 works
  7. 7 Poland 7 works
  8. 8 Indonesia 6 works
  9. 9 Spain 6 works
  10. 10 China 5 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.

United States: 46.5%United Kingdom: 11.2%India: 8.2%Australia: 6.1%6 others listed: 27.9%47%largest
United States63 · 46.5%United Kingdom15 · 11.2%India11 · 8.2%Australia8 · 6.1%6 others listed38 · 27.9%

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

Which institutions lead Socio-political and Technological Issues research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Chicago publishes the most Socio-political and Technological Issues research, followed by Ludovika University of Public Service and Georgetown University.

Where is Socio-political and Technological Issues research done?

The largest centres of Socio-political and Technological Issues research in 2022–2025 are Washington D.C. (United States), Moscow (Russia), Budapest (Hungary) and Chicago (United States).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Washington D.C. United States 7 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 5 works
  3. 3 Budapest Hungary 4 works
  4. 4 Chicago United States 3 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 3 works
  6. 6 Sydney Australia 2 works
  7. 7 Cambridge United Kingdom 2 works
  8. 8 Copenhagen Denmark 2 works
  9. 9 New York United States 2 works
  10. 10 Madrid Spain 2 works
See Socio-political and Technological Issues on the map

Is Socio-political and Technological Issues research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 189% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Socio-political and Technological Issues.

19801990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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.