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Socioeconomic Development in Asia

Socioeconomic Development in Asia is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1951. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of multiculturalism, authoritarianism, and social control in Singapore. It delves into the country's education policy, state intervention, and the impact of globalization on cultural identity and social cohesion.

  • Singapore
  • multiculturalism
  • authoritarianism
  • education policy
  • globalization
  • citizenship education
  • ethnic diversity
  • state intervention
  • cultural identity
  • social cohesion
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+7%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Singapore
16% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Socioeconomic Development in Asia

Which countries lead Socioeconomic Development in Asia research?

By volume, Singapore and China publish the most (254 and 228 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Singapore 254 works
  2. 2 China 228 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 213 works
  4. 4 Malaysia 205 works
  5. 5 United States 200 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 148 works
  7. 7 India 113 works
  8. 8 Australia 99 works
  9. 9 Japan 69 works
  10. 10 Thailand 51 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.

Singapore: 16.1%China: 14.4%Indonesia: 13.5%Malaysia: 13.0%6 others listed: 43.0%16%largest
Singapore254 · 16.1%China228 · 14.4%Indonesia213 · 13.5%Malaysia205 · 13.0%6 others listed681 · 43.0%

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

Which institutions lead Socioeconomic Development in Asia research?

By volume in 2022-now, National University of Singapore publishes the most Socioeconomic Development in Asia research, followed by Nanyang Technological University and University of Malaya.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 National University of SingaporeSingapore 98 works
  2. 2 Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 89 works
  3. 3 University of MalayaMalaysia 27 works
  4. 4 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 25 works
  5. 5 University of Hong KongChina 21 works
  6. 6 Universiti Brunei DarussalamBrunei 20 works
  7. 7 National University of MalaysiaMalaysia 19 works
  8. 8 Universiti Sains MalaysiaMalaysia 18 works
  9. 9 Chinese University of Hong KongChina 17 works
  10. 10 Singapore Management UniversitySingapore 15 works

Who are the leading researchers in Socioeconomic Development in Asia?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Socioeconomic Development in Asia include Christopher D. Manning and Nicholas John White.

  1. 1 Christopher D. Manning United States 179k citations
  2. 2 Nicholas John White Thailand 138k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Socioeconomic Development in Asia?

The most cited paper in Socioeconomic Development in Asia is "Place as Historically Contingent Process: Structuration and the Time-Geography of Becoming Places" (Allan R. Pred, 1984), with 1,008 citations. Next come "Visibility labour: Engaging with Influencers’ fashion brands and #OOTD advertorial campaigns on Instagram" (898) and "Migration Infrastructure" (816).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Place as Historically Contingent Process: Structuration and the Time-Geography of Becoming Places Allan R. Pred · Annals of the Association of American Geographers Mar 1984 1,008
2 Visibility labour: Engaging with Influencers’ fashion brands and #OOTD advertorial campaigns on Instagram Crystal Abidin · Media International Australia 29 Aug 2016 898
3 Migration Infrastructure Biao Xiang, Johan A. Lindquist · International Migration Review Sep 2014 816
4 Systemic Vulnerability and the Origins of Developmental States: Northeast and Southeast Asia in Comparative Perspective Richard F. Doner, Bryan K. Ritchie, Dan Slater · International Organization Apr 2005 714
5 Speculative Urbanism and the Making of the Next World City Michael R. Goldman · International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Dec 2010 621
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Socioeconomic Development in Asia research done?

The largest centres of Socioeconomic Development in Asia research in 2022-now are Singapore (Singapore), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Hong Kong (China) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bandar Seri Begawan, Singapore and Shah Alam.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 SingaporeSingapore 252 works
  2. 2 Kuala LumpurMalaysia 72 works
  3. 3 Hong KongChina 47 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 42 works
  5. 5 BangkokThailand 31 works
  6. 6 JakartaIndonesia 29 works
  7. 7 TokyoJapan 28 works
  8. 8 Shah AlamMalaysia 28 works
  9. 9 YogyakartaIndonesia 25 works
  10. 10 MacaoChina 24 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Bandar Seri BegawanBN · 23.1 works63×
  2. SingaporeSG · 252.1 works37×
  3. Shah AlamMY · 27.5 works15×
  4. Kuala LumpurMY · 71.7 works15×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Socioeconomic Development in Asia than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Socioeconomic Development in Asia?

Among universities, judged by research, National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University and King's College London 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.

0%10%20%mean 13.49%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →King's College LondonNational University …Universiti Brunei Da…Nanyang Technologica…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1National University of SingaporeSingapore 71.812.4%45.3×98 -15.4%
2Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 68.410.7%61.4×89 -14.4%
3King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 60.521.7%7.0×11 +3.5%
4Universiti Brunei DarussalamBrunei 54.111.8%103.4×20 +20.5%
5University of Hong KongChina 52.610.1%12.6×21 -12.7%
6University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 47.410.7%3.7×10 +20.1%
7Chinese University of Hong KongChina 47.18.7%13.0×17 +1.8%
8City University of Hong KongChina 46.217.7%8.0×8 -42.0%
9Education University of Hong KongChina 46.016.0%39.0×10 -17.3%
10Singapore Management UniversitySingapore 44.315.1%80.3×16 -30.1%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Socioeconomic Development in Asia, country by country

Is Socioeconomic Development in Asia research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Socioeconomic Development in Asia.

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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 Socioeconomic Development in Asia as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0094% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Socioeconomic Development in Asia0.0088% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Socioeconomic Development in Asia over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Socioeconomic Development in Asia10.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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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