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Afro-Latin American Studies

Afro-Latin American Studies is a research topic within Cultural Studies. Science Explorer counts 972 research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of multiculturalism, identity, and colonialism in the Americas, focusing on literature, cultural studies, urbanization, and social theory. It delves into the complexities of ethnic diversity, nationalism, and historiography within the context of the region's rich and diverse cultural heritage.

  • Multiculturalism
  • Identity
  • Colonialism
  • Literature
  • Cultural Studies
  • Urbanization
  • Social Theory
  • Ethnic Diversity
  • Nationalism
  • Historiography
Research works
972
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
99
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+132%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Colombia
25% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Afro-Latin American Studies

Which countries lead Afro-Latin American Studies research?

By volume, Colombia and Mexico publish the most (94 and 65 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Colombia 94 works
  2. 2 Mexico 65 works
  3. 3 Spain 60 works
  4. 4 United States 40 works
  5. 5 Argentina 39 works
  6. 6 Peru 23 works
  7. 7 Brazil 19 works
  8. 8 France 18 works
  9. 9 Chile 15 works
  10. 10 Ecuador 13 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.

Colombia: 24.5%Mexico: 16.9%Spain: 15.5%United States: 10.3%6 others listed: 32.8%25%largest
Colombia94 · 24.5%Mexico65 · 16.9%Spain60 · 15.5%United States40 · 10.3%6 others listed126 · 32.8%

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

Which institutions lead Afro-Latin American Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Nacional de Colombia publishes the most Afro-Latin American Studies research, followed by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Universidad de Antioquia.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia 16 works
  2. 2 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 14 works
  3. 3 Universidad de AntioquiaColombia 9 works
  4. 4 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 8 works
  5. 5 National University of San MarcosPeru 7 works
  6. 6 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 7 works
  7. 7 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 7 works
  8. 8 Pontificia Universidad JaverianaColombia 6 works
  9. 9 Universidad Autónoma MetropolitanaMexico 5 works
  10. 10 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 5 works

What are the most cited papers in Afro-Latin American Studies?

The most cited paper in Afro-Latin American Studies is "The People and the King: The Comunero Revolution in Colombia, 1781" (George A. Brubaker, 1979), with 141 citations. Next come "La opción de-colonial: desprendimiento y apertura. Un manifiesto y un caso" (134) and "Muddied Waters: Race, Region, and Local History in Colombia, 1846–1948" (123).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The People and the King: The Comunero Revolution in Colombia, 1781 George A. Brubaker · Hispanic American Historical Review Open access May 1979 141
2 La opción de-colonial: desprendimiento y apertura. Un manifiesto y un caso Walter D. Mignolo · Tabula rasa Open access 30 Jun 2008 134
3 Muddied Waters: Race, Region, and Local History in Colombia, 1846–1948 Rebecca A. Earle · Hispanic American Historical Review Nov 2004 123
4 1910 Mexico City: Space and Nation in the City of theCentenario Mauricio Tenorio Trillo · Journal of Latin American Studies Feb 1996 122
5 Strong Amerind/White Sex Bias and a Possible Sephardic Contribution among the Founders of a Population in Northwest Colombia Luis G. Carvajal‐Carmona, Iván Darío Soto‐Calderón, Nicolas Pineda et al. · The American Journal of Human Genetics Nov 2000 110
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Where is Afro-Latin American Studies research done?

The largest centres of Afro-Latin American Studies research in 2022-now are Bogotá (Colombia), Mexico City (Mexico), Madrid (Spain) and Lima (Peru). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bogotá, Mexico City and Madrid.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BogotáColombia 44 works
  2. 2 Mexico CityMexico 30 works
  3. 3 MadridSpain 26 works
  4. 4 LimaPeru 16 works
  5. 5 Buenos AiresArgentina 15 works
  6. 6 MedellínColombia 15 works
  7. 7 Santiago de CaliColombia 9 works
  8. 8 SantiagoChile 7 works
  9. 9 San JoséCosta Rica 7 works
  10. 10 CaracasVenezuela 6 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BogotáCO · 44.2 works56×
  2. Mexico CityMX · 29.8 works21×
  3. MadridES · 25.5 works11×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Afro-Latin American Studies than the world average.

See Afro-Latin American Studies on the map

Where is the best place to study Afro-Latin American Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Universidad de Antioquia and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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
1Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia 63.611.6%115.0×16 +145.1%
2Universidad de AntioquiaColombia 59.018.7%91.5×9 +76.1%
3Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 31.28.5%33.8×14 +271.4%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Afro-Latin American Studies, country by country

Is Afro-Latin American Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 132% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Afro-Latin American Studies.

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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 Afro-Latin American Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00071% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Afro-Latin American Studies0.0033% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Afro-Latin American Studies 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%Afro-Latin American Studies9.6% in 20252020

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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