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African history and culture analysis

African history and culture analysis is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1950. 10.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the complex historical, political, and social dynamics between Ethiopia and Eritrea, including topics such as conflict, religion, society, migration, and efforts towards peace. It delves into the intertwined histories and contemporary issues of these neighboring countries in the Horn of Africa.

  • Ethiopia
  • Eritrea
  • society
  • conflict
  • religion
  • history
  • politics
  • culture
  • migration
  • peace
Research works
20k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+0%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
25% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
African history and culture analysis

Which countries lead African history and culture analysis research?

By volume, the United States and Ethiopia publish the most (483 and 385 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 483 works
  2. 2 Ethiopia 385 works
  3. 3 France 270 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 196 works
  5. 5 Germany 192 works
  6. 6 Italy 100 works
  7. 7 Nigeria 92 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 85 works
  9. 9 South Africa 79 works
  10. 10 Canada 74 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 24.7%Ethiopia: 19.7%France: 13.8%United Kingdom: 10.0%6 others listed: 31.8%25%largest
United States483 · 24.7%Ethiopia385 · 19.7%France270 · 13.8%United Kingdom196 · 10.0%6 others listed622 · 31.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead African history and culture analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most African history and culture analysis research, followed by Addis Ababa University and Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 115 works
  2. 2 Addis Ababa UniversityEthiopia 84 works
  3. 3 Institute for Peace Research and Security PolicyGermany 53 works
  4. 4 Bahir Dar UniversityEthiopia 49 works
  5. 5 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 24 works
  6. 6 Universität HamburgGermany 20 works
  7. 7 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 19 works
  8. 8 Hawassa UniversityEthiopia 16 works
  9. 9 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 16 works
  10. 10 University of GondarEthiopia 15 works

Who are the leading researchers in African history and culture analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on African history and culture analysis include Robert B. Jackson, Noam Chomsky and Ronald W. Davis.

  1. 1 Robert B. Jackson United States 149k citations
  2. 2 Noam Chomsky United States 141k citations
  3. 3 Ronald W. Davis United States 138k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in African history and culture analysis?

The most cited paper in African history and culture analysis is "Putting Hierarchy in Its Place" (Arjun Appadurai, 1988), with 1,029 citations. Next come "Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia" (759) and "Mapping and interpreting cultural differences around the world" (739).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Putting Hierarchy in Its Place Arjun Appadurai · Cultural Anthropology Open access Feb 1988 1,029
2 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Asnake Kefale Book chapter 2020 759
3 Mapping and interpreting cultural differences around the world Shalom H. Schwartz Book chapter 2004 739
4 Rethinking Colonial Categories: European Communities and the Boundaries of Rule Ann Laura Stoler · Comparative Studies in Society and History 1989 679
5 Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea Inga Hedberg Book chapter 1996 667
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is African history and culture analysis research done?

The largest centres of African history and culture analysis research in 2022-now are Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Paris (France), Hamburg (Germany) and Bahir Dar (Ethiopia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bahir Dar, Dire Dawa and Addis Ababa.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 Addis AbabaEthiopia 130 works
  2. 2 ParisFrance 123 works
  3. 3 HamburgGermany 75 works
  4. 4 Bahir DarEthiopia 51 works
  5. 5 LondonUnited Kingdom 48 works
  6. 6 MoscowRussia 45 works
  7. 7 NairobiKenya 32 works
  8. 8 New YorkUnited States 27 works
  9. 9 Dire DawaEthiopia 25 works
  10. 10 PretoriaSouth Africa 22 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Bahir DarET · 51.1 works97×
  2. Dire DawaET · 24.8 works82×
  3. Addis AbabaET · 129.9 works61×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in African history and culture analysis than the world average.

See African history and culture analysis on the map

Where is the best place to study African history and culture analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, Addis Ababa University, Bahir Dar University and Hawassa University score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 20.22%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Bahir Dar UniversityWoldia UniversityHawassa UniversityAddis Ababa University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Addis Ababa UniversityEthiopia 83.718.6%131.3×84 +38.2%
2Bahir Dar UniversityEthiopia 79.424.0%123.2×49 +18.5%
3Hawassa UniversityEthiopia 65.820.0%62.1×16 +116.3%
4Woldia UniversityEthiopia 58.423.8%120.4×11 +46.8%
5Debre Markos UniversityEthiopia 56.631.4%88.9×14 -23.7%
6Makerere UniversityUganda 55.511.7%24.1×12 +92.4%
7University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 55.39.2%5.8×19 +92.9%
8Kotebe University of EducationEthiopia 54.320.1%261.4×10 +176.1%
9Bule Hora UniversityEthiopia 53.329.4%107.5×10 -24.8%
10Hebrew University of JerusalemIsrael 51.214.0%9.2×13 +7.4%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in African history and culture analysis, country by country

Is African history and culture analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are African history and culture analysis.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is African history and culture analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.016% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%African history and culture analysis0.013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of African history and culture analysis over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%African history and culture analysis9.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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