Regional Development at the European Level: A Bibliometric Analysis from 2019 to 2023.

Regional development is a strategic objective at the European level that aims to eliminate disparities between different regions. The purpose of the paper is to document the interest in this objective using the research methodology by developing a bibliometric analysis, a quantitative research method, in the form of an inventory of the publishing activities specific to the field studied. The data analysed are from the Web of Science platform and refer to scientific works, books, and documentation in specialized journals. The query resulted in a number of 984 scientific documents containing the English acronym "regional development". June 4, 2023, the query was applied to publications from the last 5 years, published in European countries with research fields (Business Economics, Educational Research of Education, Management Science of Operational Research). The results confirm the growth of scientific interest in the field of regional development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]