Geography of Knowledge Production in European Urban Studies

Autor: Paweł Swianiewicz, Maria Niedziółka
Jazyk: German<br />English<br />Polish
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Studia Litteraria et Historica, Iss 12 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2299-7571
DOI: 10.11649/slh.2984
Popis: The production of scientific knowledge in urban studies is not evenly distributed. Studies produced in some academic centres are cited more frequently than others and have a larger impact on the academic community. This article traces the spatial concentration of urban studies in European countries over the last decade. On a theoretical level, it refers to the theory of dependent development, distinguishing areas of global core, periphery and semi-periphery, and applying this theory to the production of academic knowledge. Based on the bibliometric data of articles from selected renowned international journals, the article constructs a synthetic index of the centrality of academic knowledge production in urban studies, developed in the academic centres of individual countries. In particular, it draws attention to the peripheral or semi-peripheral position of almost all Central and Eastern European countries.
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