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Latvian Academy of Culture

In research, Latvian Academy of Culture stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,597 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,560 of 6,365 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#1,922 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Urban Studies — Urban Studies is 44.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,609
of 28,054 · #29,014 all time
Rank in Latvia
#9
of 33
Research works
566
▲ 78% vs 2013–17
Citations
421
0.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Latvian Academy of Culture known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #6,597 of 10,521 11.6%215 #9787
Social SciencesField #4,560 of 6,365 13.1%113 #8053
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,922 of 1,998 11.0%69 #2739

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Latvian Academy of Culture sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#9,787 #6,597
  2. Social Sciences#8,053 #4,560
  3. Arts and Humanities#2,739 #1,922
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Latvian Academy of Culture specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Urban Studies takes 44.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Urban StudiesSubfield · 30.2 works45×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.61× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 9.84× its world share, 69 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.79× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.30× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.87× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.64× its world share, 112 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 9.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Latvian Academy of Culture?

Ranked on the composite score, Stefan Iversen, Lis Norup and Per Stounbjerg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Latvian Academy of Culture.

  1. 1 Stefan Iversen Latvia · #200,818 worldwide 77 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Lis Norup Latvia · #857,575 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Per Stounbjerg Latvia · #871,404 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Dan Ringgaard Latvia · #1,109,573 worldwide 4 citations · 79 works
  5. 5 Stefan Kjerkegaard Latvia · #1,131,025 worldwide 2 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Carsten Stage Latvia · #1,239,220 worldwide 29 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Camilla Møhring Reestorff Latvia · #1,337,888 worldwide 7 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Dorthe Refslund Christensen Latvia · #1,382,128 worldwide 18 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Lasse Gammelgaard Latvia · #1,566,978 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Latvian Academy of Culture

Which keywords describe research at Latvian Academy of Culture?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Urban Development, Social Capital, Economic Impact, Entrepreneurship, Cultural Policy, Arts and Culture, Creative Economy and Globalization.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Urban Development25▲ 28×4 topics
  2. Globalization24▲ 4.9×29 topics
  3. Social Capital23▲ 18×2 topics
  4. Economic Impact22▲ 16×4 topics
  5. Entrepreneurship22▲ 23×3 topics
  6. Cultural Policy21▲ 212×2 topics
  7. Arts and Culture21▲ 240×1 topic
  8. Creative Economy21▲ 240×1 topic
  9. Education18▲ 4.4×27 topics
  10. Identity15▲ 8.3×19 topics
  11. Literature14▲ 11×20 topics
  12. Cultural History13▲ 42×4 topics
  13. Cultural Heritage12▲ 9.3×10 topics
  14. Social Sciences12▲ 36×2 topics
  15. International Relations11▲ 19×7 topics
  16. European Integration11▲ 76×4 topics
  17. Cultural Studies10▲ 11×10 topics
  18. Pedagogy10▲ 8.0×11 topics
  19. Religion10▲ 8.3×8 topics
  20. Diplomacy10▲ 41×2 topics
  21. Cultural Diversity9▲ 17×6 topics
  22. Linguistics9▲ 23×3 topics
  23. Discourse Analysis9▲ 14×4 topics
  24. Language9▲ 15×7 topics
  25. Cultural Identity9▲ 6.8×10 topics
  26. Eastern Europe9▲ 63×2 topics
  27. Embodiment8▲ 19×6 topics
  28. European Union8▲ 15×5 topics
  29. Cultural Integration8▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Lexicography8▲ 37×4 topics
  31. Migration8▲ 10×6 topics
  32. Cold War8▲ 53×3 topics
  33. Archaeology8▲ 24×3 topics
  34. Soviet Union8▲ 55×2 topics
  35. Australia7▲ 180×1 topic
  36. Etymology7▲ 61×2 topics
  37. Historical Phonology7▲ 61×2 topics
  38. Postcolonial Theory7▲ 114×1 topic
  39. Folklore7▲ 56×2 topics
  40. Literary Analysis7▲ 152×2 topics

Which research topics does Latvian Academy of Culture publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cultural Industries and Urban Development, Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics, Linguistics and language evolution and European Linguistics and Anthropology.

Cultural Industries and …21Cultural Industries and Urban Development: 21 fractional worksHistorical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics: 7 fractional worksLinguistics and language evolution: 7 fractional worksEuropean Linguistics and…6European Linguistics and Anthropology: 6 fractional worksCinema and Media Studies: 6 fractional worksSocial and Educational Sciences: 6 fractional worksHistorical and Archaeolo…6Historical and Archaeological Studies: 6 fractional worksEuropean Cultural and Na…5European Cultural and National Identity: 5 fractional worksLanguage, Metaphor, and …5Language, Metaphor, and Cognition: 5 fractional worksPublic Spaces through Art5Public Spaces through Art: 5 fractional works
Urban StudiesPolitical Science and International RelationsLanguage and LinguisticsAnthropology5 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 21 works
  2. 2 Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 7 works
  3. 3 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 7 works
  4. 4 European Linguistics and Anthropology Anthropology 6 works
  5. 5 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  6. 6 Social and Educational Sciences Education 6 works
  7. 7 Historical and Archaeological Studies History 6 works
  8. 8 European Cultural and National Identity Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  9. 9 Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 5 works
  10. 10 Public Spaces through Art Urban Studies 5 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 available47.1%not open52.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.7%domestic only69.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Latvian Academy of Culture's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 78% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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