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Top Cultural Studies Research Institutions

Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 232 ranked institutions.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia · Bengkulu 100.0 15.0% 738 496#18
2 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia · Bandung 87.3 19.1% 519 382#32
3 Institut Seni Indonesia DenpasarIndonesia · Denpasar 79.8 16.9% 438 334#46
4 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia · Surakarta 74.5 16.3% 375 294#16
5 State University of MalangIndonesia · Malang 70.5 22.5% 340 362#50
6 State University of SemarangIndonesia · Semarang 67.1 17.5% 398 265#62
7 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia · Surabaya 64.3 18.4% 420 265#67
8 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia · Yogyakarta 61.8 14.9% 337 240#55
9 University of IndonesiaIndonesia · Depok 59.7 14.8% 323 276#88
10 State University of PadangIndonesia · Padang 57.7 11.6% 542 247#96
11 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia · Yogyakarta 56.0 16.9% 262 173#42
12 State University of MakassarIndonesia · Makassar 54.4 12.7% 306 189—
13 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia · Medan 52.9 14.6% 413 381—
14 Tanjungpura UniversityIndonesia · Pontianak 51.5 19.7% 181 140—
15 Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University BandungIndonesia · Bandung 50.3 19.3% 197 156#81
16 Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University YogyakartaIndonesia · Yogyakarta 49.1 15.9% 323 227—
17 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia · Bandung 48.0 15.4% 261 198#98
18 Manado State UniversityIndonesia · Kelurahan Tounsaru 46.9 17.3% 113 137—
19 Hasanuddin UniversityIndonesia · Makassar 45.9 16.2% 195 132—
20 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 45.0 22.4% 113 135#7
21 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 44.1 18.2% 106 189#4
22 Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia · Medan 43.2 18.7% 244 153—
23 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 42.4 24.7% 85 170#1
24 Binus UniversityIndonesia · Jakarta 41.7 18.2% 148 167—
25 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 40.9 16.3% 130 174#11
26 Jambi UniversityIndonesia · Jambi City 40.2 18.3% 203 139—
27 State University of JakartaIndonesia · Jakarta 39.5 15.7% 207 142—
28 Institut Seni Indonesia SurakartaIndonesia · Surakarta 38.8 10.8% 376 136—
29 The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin 38.2 18.9% 85 177#5
30 University of BrawijayaIndonesia · Malang 37.6 15.7% 192 175—
31 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico · Mexico City 37.0 11.2% 254 124#78
32 Lambung Mangkurat UniversityIndonesia · Banjarmasin 36.4 14.2% 144 161—
33 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 35.8 21.5% 104 152#40
34 Telkom UniversityIndonesia · Bandung 35.3 14.7% 178 105—
35 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina · Buenos Aires 34.7 12.9% 297 151#97
36 Institut Seni Indonesia YogyakartaIndonesia · Bantul 34.2 11.1% 314 141—
37 University of MataramIndonesia · Mataram 33.7 18.1% 184 123—
38 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia · Semarang 33.2 19.9% 172 149#69
39 National Research and Innovation AgencyIndonesia · Jakarta 32.7 23.5% 85 109—
40 Institut Seni Indonesia PadangpanjangIndonesia · Padangpanjang 32.3 10.4% 311 107—
41 Institut Sains dan Teknologi Terpadu SurabayaIndonesia · Surabaya 31.8 18.1% 139 85—
42 University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 31.4 20.5% 70 154#12
43 University of the Basque CountrySpain · Leioa 30.9 12.9% 237 106#64
44 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 30.5 27.0% 83 199#3
45 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain · Barcelona 30.1 20.0% 127 116#60
46 Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University JakartaIndonesia · Ciputat 29.7 14.9% 178 119—
47 Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 29.3 17.1% 69 191#17
48 Universidad Católica de TemucoChile · Temuco 28.9 31.5% 77 103#87
49 Universidad de SevillaSpain · Seville 28.5 18.7% 142 118#99
50 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia · Surabaya 28.2 17.5% 162 116—
51 Universitas Pendidikan GaneshaIndonesia · Singaraja 27.8 14.6% 199 117—
52 Weatherford CollegeUnited States · Weatherford 27.5 10.3% 279 56—
53 Institut Seni Budaya Indonesia BandungIndonesia · Bandung 27.1 19.0% 190 99—
54 Universidad de GranadaSpain · Granada 26.8 16.8% 141 95#95
55 State University of MedanIndonesia · Medan 26.4 9.4% 324 111—
56 Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileChile · Santiago 26.1 18.4% 151 121—
57 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 25.8 16.3% 106 165#10
58 University of ChileChile · Santiago 25.5 22.5% 124 130#53
59 Udayana UniversityIndonesia · Denpasar 25.1 11.3% 235 120—
60 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 24.8 19.0% 83 76#51
61 Lampung UniversityIndonesia · Bandar Lampung 24.5 15.6% 147 94—
62 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain · Madrid 24.2 11.1% 227 110#68
63 University of WarwickUnited Kingdom · Coventry 23.9 22.0% 62 91#38
64 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College 23.6 21.4% 67 108#56
65 Jakarta Theological SeminaryIndonesia · Jakarta 23.4 19.7% 85 49—
66 Tarumanagara UniversityIndonesia · Jakarta 23.1 12.1% 224 116—
67 Universitas Ahmad DahlanIndonesia · Yogyakarta 22.8 18.0% 121 109—
68 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina · Buenos Aires 22.5 10.1% 276 95#91
69 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 22.3 21.1% 66 128#61
70 Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Intan LampungIndonesia · Bandar Lampung 22.0 14.3% 165 88—
71 University of MalayaMalaysia · Kuala Lumpur 21.7 20.4% 64 72—
72 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom · Manchester 21.5 22.7% 75 90#26
73 University of BelgradeSerbia · Belgrade 21.2 18.5% 95 56—
74 Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 21.0 20.4% 65 140#15
75 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 20.7 13.9% 123 116#59
76 Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli SelatanIndonesia · Padangsidempuan 20.5 14.4% 146 92—
77 Universitas Islam Negeri Palangka RayaIndonesia · Palangkaraya 20.2 21.1% 69 92—
78 Universitas Hindu IndonesiaIndonesia · Denpasar 20.0 12.4% 182 105—
79 Universitas JemberIndonesia · Jember 19.8 13.7% 142 91—
80 University of Hong KongHong Kong · Pok Fu Lam 19.5 19.8% 62 100—
81 North Sumatra Islamic UniversityIndonesia · Medan 19.3 26.5% 67 67—
82 Kazan Federal UniversityRussia · Kazan’ 19.1 12.3% 147 61—
83 University of HelsinkiFinland · Helsinki 18.9 23.9% 62 121—
84 Arizona State UniversityUnited States · Tempe 18.7 18.7% 68 88#30
85 Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina · La Plata 18.4 12.8% 144 73—
86 Bandung Islamic UniversityIndonesia · Bandung 18.2 11.2% 160 108—
87 Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaRussia · Moscow 18.0 17.1% 119 94—
88 Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-RaniryIndonesia · Banda Aceh 17.8 17.6% 94 211—
89 New York UniversityUnited States · New York 17.6 12.7% 90 115#34
90 Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain · Cerdanyola del Vallès 17.4 17.9% 104 99#54
91 Universitas Widya Gama MalangIndonesia · Malang 17.2 27.7% 70 59—
92 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia · Moscow 17.0 10.3% 186 85—
93 Universitas Patria ArthaIndonesia · Makassar 16.8 11.7% 150 88—
94 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia · Moscow 16.6 11.4% 142 79—
95 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley 16.4 14.7% 84 214#2
96 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana 16.2 19.2% 60 76#13
97 UIN Sunan Ampel SurabayaIndonesia · Surabaya 16.0 13.2% 156 70—
98 Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia · Bandung 15.8 14.9% 145 88—
99 University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 15.6 17.4% 86 70#8
100 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland · Krakow 15.5 9.2% 148 54—

institutions ranked worldwide in Cultural Studies (232). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.

How spread out this pool is

Every row above on one axis — one tick each, right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.

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Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 738 works
  2. 2 State University of PadangIndonesia 542 works
  3. 3 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 519 works
  4. 4 Institut Seni Indonesia DenpasarIndonesia 439 works
  5. 5 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 421 works
  6. 6 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 413 works
  7. 7 State University of SemarangIndonesia 399 works
  8. 8 Institut Seni Indonesia SurakartaIndonesia 376 works
  9. 9 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 375 works
  10. 10 State University of MalangIndonesia 340 works
  11. 11 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 337 works
  12. 12 State University of MedanIndonesia 324 works
  13. 13 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 323 works
  14. 14 Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University YogyakartaIndonesia 323 works
  15. 15 Institut Seni Indonesia YogyakartaIndonesia 314 works

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