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International Centre for Ethnic Studies

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Research works
24
▲ 63% vs 2018-21
Citations
189
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
International Centre for Ethnic Studies

Not ranked overall: International Centre for Ethnic Studies is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does International Centre for Ethnic Studies work in?

In all years, 94% of research at International Centre for Ethnic Studies is in Social Sciences, 5% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (85%), Arts and Humanities (7%), Nursing (3%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 23 fractional works · 94.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 85.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 46.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 13.8% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 7.9% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 7.0% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKInternationalCentre for Ethni…24fractional works, all years
Life Sciences0%Physical Sciences0%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences94%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 10 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2085.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities27.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    5. Psychology00.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Nursing12.5%
    2. Health Professions12.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.5%
    1. Environmental Science00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Environmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsNursing: 20.45× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 6.65× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 20.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing20.45×1 works
  2. Social Sciences6.65×5 works
  3. Decision Sciences0.81×0 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×0 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.38×0 works
  6. Health Professions0.30×0 works
  7. Environmental Science0.14×0 works

What are the most cited papers from International Centre for Ethnic Studies?

The most cited paper from International Centre for Ethnic Studies is "Bodies, Shrines, and Roads: violence, (im)mobility and displacement in Sri Lanka" (Jennifer Hyndman, Malathi de Alwis, 2004), with 116 citations. Next come "Reinventing international law: Women's rights as human rights in the international community†" (40) and "Urban Resettlement in Colombo from a Wellbeing Perspective: Does Development-Forced Resettlement Lead to Improved Wellbeing?" (35).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Bodies, Shrines, and Roads: violence, (im)mobility and displacement in Sri Lanka Jennifer Hyndman, Malathi de Alwis · Gender Place & Culture Open access Dec 2004 116
2 Reinventing international law: Women's rights as human rights in the international community† Radhika Coomaraswamy · Commonwealth Law Bulletin Jul 1997 40
3 Urban Resettlement in Colombo from a Wellbeing Perspective: Does Development-Forced Resettlement Lead to Improved Wellbeing? Dhammika Herath, Rajith Weligamage Don Lakshman, Anoji Ekanayake · Journal of Refugee Studies 30 Jan 2017 35
4 Sexuality and Women's Rights in Armed Conflict in Sri Lanka Yasmin Tambiah · Reproductive Health Matters 2004 27
5 The economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Sri Lankan migrants in Qatar Anoji Ekanayake, Kopalapillai Amirthalingam · Comparative Migration Studies Open access 29 Aug 2021 23
All 39 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at International Centre for Ethnic Studies?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Conflict, Ethnicity, Colonialism, Democracy, Political Transition, Refugees and Myanmar.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 29 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 29 words, with their numbers
  1. Human Rights9▲ 43×10 topics
  2. Conflict7▲ 179×4 topics
  3. Ethnicity6▲ 86×4 topics
  4. Colonialism5▲ 39×5 topics
  5. Democracy4▲ 43×4 topics
  6. Political Transition3▲ 275×2 topics
  7. Refugees3▲ 135×2 topics
  8. Globalization3▲ 6.7×11 topics
  9. Myanmar3▲ 963×1 topic
  10. state building3▲ 963×1 topic
  11. Economic Development3▲ 17×3 topics
  12. Laos2▲ 578×1 topic
  13. Thailand2▲ 578×1 topic
  14. Federalism2▲ 86×1 topic
  15. Kashmir2▲ 599×1 topic
  16. Global Governance2▲ 40×3 topics
  17. Identity2▲ 9.0×4 topics
  18. Culture1▲ 11×3 topics
  19. Gender Inequality1▲ 43×3 topics
  20. History1▲ 7.0×3 topics
  21. Peacebuilding1▲ 98×3 topics
  22. War Crimes1▲ 125×2 topics
  23. Policy Makers1▲ 258×1 topic
  24. Women1▲ 258×1 topic
  25. Afghanistan1▲ 213×1 topic
  26. Criminal Law1▲ 47×1 topic
  27. European Union1▲ 17×1 topic
  28. Pakistan1▲ 213×1 topic
  29. Security Council1▲ 66×2 topics

Which research topics does International Centre for Ethnic Studies publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography, Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Anthropological Studies and Insights.

Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography: 1 fractional worksSoutheast Asian Sociopolitical Studies: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…1Child Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksAnthropological Studies …0Anthropological Studies and Insights: 0 fractional worksVietnamese History and Culture Studies: 0 fractional worksCriminal Law and Evidence: 0 fractional worksJudicial and Constitutio…0Judicial and Constitutional Studies: 0 fractional worksLegal principles and applications: 0 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 0 fractional worksWater Governance and Infrastructure: 0 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsNutrition and DieteticsAnthropologySociology and Political Science1 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  2. 2 Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  4. 4 Anthropological Studies and Insights Anthropology 0 works
  5. 5 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Criminal Law and Evidence Law 0 works
  7. 7 Judicial and Constitutional Studies Law 0 works
  8. 8 Legal principles and applications Law 0 works
  9. 9 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  10. 10 Water Governance and Infrastructure Political Science and International Relations 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available21.6%not open78.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.1%domestic only74.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has International Centre for Ethnic Studies's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 63% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is International Centre for Ethnic Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000028% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%International Centre for Ethnic Studies0.000014% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of International Centre for Ethnic Studies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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