Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy is a research topic within Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1953. 27.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the measurement and evaluation of sustainable development, covering topics such as sustainability indicators, environmental sustainability, genuine progress indicator, economic growth, natural capital, weak and strong sustainability, global genuine progress, ecological economics, inclusive wealth, and sustainability assessment.
- Sustainability Indicators
- Environmental Sustainability
- Genuine Progress Indicator
- Economic Growth
- Natural Capital
- Weak and Strong Sustainability
- Global Genuine Progress
- Ecological Economics
- Inclusive Wealth
- Sustainability Assessment
- Research works
- 20k fractional, since 1953
- In the world top 10%
- 5.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 27.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +15% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy research?
By volume, the United States and India publish the most (455 and 404 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 455 works
- 2 India 404 works
- 3 United Kingdom 274 works
- 4 China 272 works
- 5 Italy 204 works
- 6 Indonesia 199 works
- 7 Brazil 180 works
- 8 Nigeria 160 works
- 9 Germany 143 works
- 10 Russia 122 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Oxford publishes the most Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy research, followed by Bucharest University of Economic Studies and Sapienza University of Rome.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 24 works
- 2 Bucharest University of Economic StudiesRomania 22 works
- 3 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 22 works
- 4 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 15 works
- 5 University of DelhiIndia 14 works
- 6 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 13 works
- 7 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 13 works
- 8 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 12 works
- 9 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 11 works
- 10 Christ UniversityIndia 11 works
Who are the leading researchers in Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy include Joseph E. Stiglitz, İbrahim Dinçer and Michael E. Porter.
- 1 Joseph E. Stiglitz United States 7.4k citations
- 2 İbrahim Dinçer Canada 5.9k citations
- 3 Michael E. Porter United States 4.7k citations
- 4 Johan Rockström Germany 3.9k citations
- 5 Stephen Polasky United States 3.8k citations
- 6 W. Neil Adger United Kingdom 3.7k citations
- 7 Carl Folke Sweden 3.2k citations
- 8 Robert Costanza Australia 3.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy research done?
The largest centres of Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Moscow (Russia) and Rome (Italy). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bucharest.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- BucharestRO · 39.0 works5.6×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy?
Among universities, judged by research, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Christ University and University of Johannesburg 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bucharest University of Economic StudiesRomania | 72.3 | 32.6% | 28.4× | 22 | +14.7% |
| 2 | Christ UniversityIndia | 58.2 | 40.9% | 7.0× | 11 | — |
| 3 | University of JohannesburgSouth Africa | 56.3 | 36.8% | 4.6× | 13 | — |
| 4 | Bern University of Applied SciencesSwitzerland | 56.3 | 18.9% | 27.9× | 10 | — |
| 5 | Sapienza University of RomeItaly | 56.2 | 23.3% | 4.3× | 22 | +71.5% |
| 6 | University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom | 53.7 | 33.8% | 3.0× | 15 | +18.2% |
| 7 | University College LondonUnited Kingdom | 52.6 | 38.9% | 2.2× | 13 | +8.6% |
| 8 | University of LeedsUnited Kingdom | 52.4 | 41.7% | 3.7× | 9 | +37.3% |
| 9 | University of DelhiIndia | 51.8 | 19.4% | 5.9× | 14 | +128.2% |
| 10 | Colorado State UniversityUnited States | 50.8 | 33.0% | 5.8× | 10 | +59.1% |
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 Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy.
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.