Urban Development and Societal Issues

Urban Development and Societal Issues is a research topic within Urban Studies. Science Explorer counts 35k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the urban geography, social development, and territorial dynamics in Brazil, focusing on issues such as urbanization, social movements, sustainability, segregation, rural development, environmental justice, spatial planning, globalization, and public policy.

Urbanization
Social Movements
Territoriality
Sustainability
Segregation
Rural Development
Environmental Justice
Spatial Planning
Globalization
Public Policy

Research works: 35k
In the world top 10%: 3.4k
Top-10% rate: 9.8%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: -26%
Largest producer: Brazil

Urban Development and Societal Issues

Which countries lead Urban Development and Societal Issues research?

By volume, Brazil and the United States publish the most (6.8k and 241 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 Brazil 6.8k works
2 United States 241 works
3 Portugal 219 works
4 Spain 94 works
5 France 70 works
6 ?? 47 works
7 Argentina 39 works
8 United Kingdom 37 works
9 Mexico 36 works
10 Chile 33 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.

Brazil6,756 · 89.2%United States241 · 3.2%Portugal219 · 2.9%Spain94 · 1.2%6 others listed262 · 3.5%

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

Which institutions lead Urban Development and Societal Issues research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Urban Development and Societal Issues research, followed by Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and Universidade Federal do Pará.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 297 works
2 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 216 works
3 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 172 works
4 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 170 works
5 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 166 works
6 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 154 works
7 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 151 works
8 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 134 works
9 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 133 works
10 Universidade Federal de PernambucoBrazil 125 works

Who are the leading researchers in Urban Development and Societal Issues?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Urban Development and Societal Issues include Pierre Bourdıeu and Ulrich Beck.

1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
2 Ulrich Beck Germany 76k 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 Urban Development and Societal Issues?

The most cited paper in Urban Development and Societal Issues is "América Latina e o giro decolonial" (Luciana Ballestrin, 2013), with 551 citations. Next come "História Social da criança e da família" (449) and "O caracol e sua concha: ensaios sobre a nova morfologia do trabalho" (383).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	América Latina e o giro decolonial Luciana Ballestrin · Revista Brasileira de Ciência Política Open access	13 Jul 2013	551
2	História Social da criança e da família Lana Lage da Gama Lima · Revista de História Open access	7 Dec 1984	449
3	O caracol e sua concha: ensaios sobre a nova morfologia do trabalho Carla Vaz dos Santos Ribeiro · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) Open access	Jun 2006	383
4	Brasil, cidades: alternativas para a crise urbana Tomás Antônio Moreira · Pós Revista do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo da FAUUSP Open access	20 Dec 2002	376
5	O fim das certezas: tempo, caos e as leis da natureza Márcia J. H. M. Ferraz, Maria Helena Roxo Beltran · Interface - Comunicação Saúde Educação Open access	Feb 1999	375

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Where is Urban Development and Societal Issues research done?

The largest centres of Urban Development and Societal Issues research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Brasília (Brazil) and Belo Horizonte (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Marabá, Ijuí and Montes Claros.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 São PauloBrazil 963 works
2 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 670 works
3 BrasíliaBrazil 280 works
4 Belo HorizonteBrazil 251 works
5 BelémBrazil 246 works
6 RecifeBrazil 190 works
7 SalvadorBrazil 190 works
8 Porto AlegreBrazil 183 works
9 CuritibaBrazil 172 works
10 FlorianópolisBrazil 161 works

Where it is the local speciality

MarabáBR · 37.0 works130×
IjuíBR · 26.9 works92×
Montes ClarosBR · 57.9 works82×

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Urban Development and Societal Issues than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Urban Development and Societal Issues?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Brasil, Universidade de São Paulo and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 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.

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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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Universidade BrasilBrazil	71.3	22.4%	38.2×	27	+83.2%
2	Universidade de São PauloBrazil	63.5	14.1%	22.1×	297	-19.8%
3	Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil	58.0	11.2%	42.4×	216	-14.7%
4	Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil	56.5	12.5%	65.3×	172	-17.5%
5	Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil	54.6	13.0%	40.6×	154	-26.1%
6	Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil	54.4	13.8%	42.5×	134	-36.1%
7	Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil	53.5	12.1%	27.2×	133	-14.0%
8	Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil	52.4	11.6%	31.0×	170	-27.0%
9	Universidade Federal da ParaíbaBrazil	51.4	7.7%	37.5×	99	+7.8%
10	Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil	50.3	10.4%	23.2×	115	-44.8%
11	Universidade Federal do Oeste do ParáBrazil	50.2	15.7%	48.6×	16	-10.1%
12	Universidade Estadual de Santa CruzBrazil	49.6	13.9%	50.8×	27	+44.3%
13	Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil	49.5	8.9%	54.0×	166	-22.4%
14	Universidade Estadual do CearáBrazil	49.4	11.0%	46.5×	53	+16.1%
15	Universidade Federal do AmazonasBrazil	49.1	11.8%	39.3×	56	+9.0%
16	Universidade Federal do ABCBrazil	48.7	15.0%	30.4×	30	-30.6%
17	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil	48.6	8.5%	29.2×	151	-37.1%
18	Fundação Getulio VargasBrazil	48.3	21.1%	19.9×	15	-41.7%
19	Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil	47.6	10.8%	25.4×	111	-27.0%
20	Universidade Federal da BahiaBrazil	47.2	8.3%	37.5×	72	-10.4%
21	Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de JaneiroBrazil	47.2	12.8%	64.2×	58	-35.3%
22	Universidade Federal do CearáBrazil	47.1	12.4%	26.4×	77	-27.0%
23	Universidad San PedroPeru	46.6	7.4%	54.7×	17	+43.5%
24	Universidade Federal de São CarlosBrazil	46.1	12.8%	24.5×	63	-22.2%
25	Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do SulBrazil	45.6	10.2%	101.2×	27	+17.9%
26	Universidade Federal de PernambucoBrazil	45.3	8.7%	37.8×	124	-22.2%
27	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteBrazil	45.3	8.3%	40.9×	102	-17.8%
28	Universidade Federal de São PauloBrazil	45.2	9.4%	17.6×	51	-8.1%
29	Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia do Norte de Minas GeraisBrazil	44.6	20.9%	66.2×	11	-39.2%
30	Universidade Federal do ParanáBrazil	44.0	8.5%	24.9×	83	-19.2%
31	Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do SulBrazil	44.0	13.9%	42.4×	10	+0.6%
32	Universidade SalvadorBrazil	43.8	6.8%	61.7×	19	+17.7%
33	Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do ParáBrazil	43.5	11.9%	143.1×	37	-11.9%
34	Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBrazil	42.9	9.1%	25.4×	71	-15.1%
35	Universidade Estadual do Oeste do ParanáBrazil	42.6	10.7%	37.0×	43	-12.0%
36	Pontifícia Universidade Católica do ParanáBrazil	42.2	11.6%	27.9×	25	-33.9%
37	Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São PauloBrazil	41.9	12.6%	35.0×	46	-32.0%
38	Universidade Federal de RondôniaBrazil	41.2	10.4%	67.0×	42	-9.2%
39	University of CoimbraPortugal	40.6	5.7%	9.4×	30	+10.8%
40	Universidade Federal do Espírito SantoBrazil	40.5	8.1%	31.5×	64	-34.1%
41	University of AlgarvePortugal	40.2	12.7%	11.8×	8	+16.8%
42	Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e MucuriBrazil	39.7	16.5%	27.4×	16	-21.4%
43	UnichristusBrazil	39.0	12.4%	33.5×	9	+140.0%
44	Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do SulBrazil	38.9	16.9%	29.1×	9	+2.8%
45	Universidade do ContestadoBrazil	36.9	9.2%	47.9×	10	+53.7%
46	Universidade Nove de JulhoBrazil	36.3	16.3%	23.9×	12	-21.3%
47	Eduardo Mondlane UniversityMozambique	36.0	4.1%	44.1×	9	+156.5%
48	Universidade do Vale do ItajaíBrazil	35.6	18.0%	24.8×	11	-45.7%
49	University of LisbonPortugal	34.1	9.3%	4.8×	25	-24.4%
50	Centro Universitário Belas Artes de São PauloBrazil	34.0	5.5%	121.1×	13	+39.6%
51	Universidade Federal do Triângulo MineiroBrazil	33.9	5.9%	21.1×	12	+31.3%
52	Urbana UniversityUnited States	33.3	7.5%	81.5×	17	-23.5%
53	Centro Universitário de Várzea GrandeBrazil	32.6	4.3%	207.0×	18	+295.1%
54	Centro Universitário da CidadeBrazil	30.7	1.4%	128.3×	14	-1.2%
55	Universidade do TocantinsBrazil	30.6	3.2%	50.5×	10	+39.4%
56	Universitario Francisco de AsísUruguay	27.1	4.9%	24.6×	12	-31.8%
57	Escola da CidadeBrazil	21.7	1.6%	69.7×	12	-35.5%
58	Universidade do PortoPortugal	14.9	5.9%	2.9×	12	-23.4%

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 Urban Development and Societal Issues, country by country

Is Urban Development and Societal Issues research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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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 Urban Development and Societal Issues as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.035% in 2024.

Fractional works of Urban Development and Societal Issues 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.

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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Which countries lead Urban Development and Societal Issues research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Urban Development and Societal Issues research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Urban Development and Societal Issues?

What are the most cited papers in Urban Development and Societal Issues?

Where is Urban Development and Societal Issues research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Urban Development and Societal Issues?

Is Urban Development and Societal Issues research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion