Gyuris, Borbély, Kocsi: Global production networks & the geopolitics of science

Ferenc Gyuris and his Ph.D. students, Gyula Borbély and Viktor Attila Kocsi, investigate the international scientific literature on global production networks (GPNs) and the underlying geopolitical relations in academia in their article in the 3/2025 issue of the Hungarian Geographical Bulletin. In contrast with the firm Anglo-American dominance in human geography, the study reveals a primary European and a secondary East and Southeast Asian core in the community of scholars researching GPNs. However, a massive Anglo-American, especially British, hegemony still applies to the most influential and cited publishing platforms. 

The article "Global production networks: A geographical review of a research tradition" is available HERE.

The number of GPN publications by country according to author affiliations between 2000 and 2024. The map reveals a primary European and a secondary East and Southeast Asian core.

Source: Gyuris, Borbély & Kocsi 2025, Fig. 4, Page 310

The share of publications in journals with at least ten GPN publications by country between 2000 and 2024. The results indicate firm Anglo-American dominance of the leading academic journals (United Kingdom: 59.3%; USA: 15.0%).

Source: Gyuris, Borbély & Kocsi 2025, Fig. 10, Page 317

In his other study, Ferenc Gyuris compares the referencing patterns of two highly influential seminal books in geography, published in different epochs (1969 and 2024). His findings highlight the increasing international visibility and impact of scholars outside the Anglo-American world during the last half-century. Nonetheless, a significant Anglo-American hegemony still applies, and the academic contributions of scholars in some regions - especially Africa and Latin America - still receive little attention.

The article "Theory, explanation and references in geography: Comparing two seminal books by David Harvey and Henry Yeung" is available HERE.