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Sociology, Governance, and Technology

Sociology, Governance, and Technology is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 676 research works in it since 1970. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to discourse analysis, qualitative and quantitative research methods in social sciences, civilian control, democracy quality, human rights, and societal complexity. It also explores the application of these methods in various contexts such as innovation support systems, climate cycles, education, and public administration.

  • Discourse Analysis
  • Social Sciences
  • Qualitative Research
  • Quantitative Research
  • Critical Discourse
  • Civilian Control
  • Democracy Quality
  • Human Rights
  • Knowledge Discovery
  • Societal Complexity
Research works
676
fractional, since 1970
In the world top 10%
67
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-2%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
20% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Sociology, Governance, and Technology

Which countries lead Sociology, Governance, and Technology research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (29 and 27 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 29 works
  2. 2 Mexico 27 works
  3. 3 Colombia 16 works
  4. 4 Brazil 16 works
  5. 5 Argentina 14 works
  6. 6 Chile 14 works
  7. 7 United States 11 works
  8. 8 Ecuador 8 works
  9. 9 Peru 6 works
  10. 10 Venezuela 4 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.

Spain: 19.9%Mexico: 19.0%Colombia: 11.3%Brazil: 10.7%6 others listed: 39.1%20%largest
Spain29 · 19.9%Mexico27 · 19.0%Colombia16 · 11.3%Brazil16 · 10.7%6 others listed57 · 39.1%

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

Which institutions lead Sociology, Governance, and Technology research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México publishes the most Sociology, Governance, and Technology research, followed by CHDI Foundation and Escuela Superior de Guerra.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 4 works
  2. 2 CHDI FoundationUnited States 3 works
  3. 3 Escuela Superior de GuerraColombia 3 works
  4. 4 Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 3 works
  5. 5 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 3 works
  6. 6 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 3 works
  7. 7 Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 2 works
  8. 8 Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo LeónMexico 2 works
  9. 9 Universidad VeracruzanaMexico 2 works
  10. 10 Arturo Prat UniversityChile 2 works

Who are the leading researchers in Sociology, Governance, and Technology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Sociology, Governance, and Technology include Niklas Luhmann.

  1. 1 Niklas Luhmann Germany 61k 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 Sociology, Governance, and Technology?

The most cited paper in Sociology, Governance, and Technology is "Autopoiesis, la unidad de una diferencia: Luhmann y Maturana" (Darío Rodríguez M., Javier Torres N., 2003), with 66 citations. Next come "El análisis crítico del discurso como herramienta de investigación psicosocial del mundo del trabajo: discusiones desde América Latina" (65) and "Social sciences and society in Chile: institutionalization, breakdown and rebirth" (60).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Autopoiesis, la unidad de una diferencia: Luhmann y Maturana Darío Rodríguez M., Javier Torres N. · Sociologias Open access 2003 66
2 El análisis crítico del discurso como herramienta de investigación psicosocial del mundo del trabajo: discusiones desde América Latina Antonio Stecher · Universitas Psychologica Open access 27 Feb 2010 65
3 Social sciences and society in Chile: institutionalization, breakdown and rebirth Manuel Antonio Garretón · Social Science Information 18 May 2005 60
4 Systemist International Relations Patrick James · International Studies Quarterly 22 Nov 2019 46
5 Análisis de la implementación de programas de gestión del conocimientoen las empresas chilenas Darío Liberona, Manuel Ruíz · Estudios Gerenciales Open access 15 May 2013 44
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Where is Sociology, Governance, and Technology research done?

The largest centres of Sociology, Governance, and Technology research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Bogotá (Colombia), Mexico City (Mexico) and Santiago (Chile).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 11 works
  2. 2 BogotáColombia 9 works
  3. 3 Mexico CityMexico 9 works
  4. 4 SantiagoChile 8 works
  5. 5 Buenos AiresArgentina 7 works
  6. 6 São PauloBrazil 5 works
  7. 7 New YorkUnited States 4 works
  8. 8 BarcelonaSpain 4 works
  9. 9 LimaPeru 3 works
  10. 10 GuadalajaraMexico 3 works
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Is Sociology, Governance, and Technology research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Sociology, Governance, and Technology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00062% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Sociology, Governance, and Technology 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%Sociology, Governance, and Technology10.8% in 202520102020

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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