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Argentine historical studies

Argentine historical studies is a research topic within Cultural Studies. Science Explorer counts 6.1k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to the cultural and social history of Argentina, including the role of intellectuals, political movements like Peronism, gender dynamics, economic developments, and public health initiatives. It provides a comprehensive view of the historical, cultural, and social forces that have shaped Argentina.

  • Argentina
  • Cultural
  • Social
  • History
  • Intellectuals
  • Politics
  • Peronism
  • Gender
  • Economy
  • Public Health
Research works
6.1k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
602
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-26%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Argentina
69% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Argentine historical studies

Which countries lead Argentine historical studies research?

By volume, Argentina and Spain publish the most (722 and 77 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Argentina 722 works
  2. 2 Spain 77 works
  3. 3 Mexico 48 works
  4. 4 United States 44 works
  5. 5 Chile 38 works
  6. 6 Peru 35 works
  7. 7 Brazil 30 works
  8. 8 France 25 works
  9. 9 Uruguay 17 works
  10. 10 Colombia 14 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.

Argentina: 68.7%Spain: 7.3%Mexico: 4.6%United States: 4.2%6 others listed: 15.3%69%largest
Argentina722 · 68.7%Spain77 · 7.3%Mexico48 · 4.6%United States44 · 4.2%6 others listed161 · 15.3%

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

Which institutions lead Argentine historical studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas publishes the most Argentine historical studies research, followed by Universidad de Buenos Aires and Universidad Nacional de La Plata.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 204 works
  2. 2 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 94 works
  3. 3 Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina 55 works
  4. 4 National University of RosarioArgentina 37 works
  5. 5 Universidad Nacional de CórdobaArgentina 32 works
  6. 6 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 27 works
  7. 7 National University of QuilmesArgentina 26 works
  8. 8 Universidad Nacional de San MartínPeru 22 works
  9. 9 National University of Mar del PlataArgentina 19 works
  10. 10 National University of General San MartínArgentina 18 works

Who are the leading researchers in Argentine historical studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Argentine historical studies include Charles Robert Darwin, John G Lynch and Jonathan C. Brown.

  1. 1 Charles Robert Darwin Indonesia 87k citations
  2. 2 John G Lynch United States 36k citations
  3. 3 Jonathan C. Brown United Kingdom 35k citations
  4. 4 John William Lynch Australia 34k 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 Argentine historical studies?

The most cited paper in Argentine historical studies is "Peronismo y cultura de izquierda" (Silvana Staltari, 2012), with 151 citations. Next come "Frontier Expansion and Peasant Protest in Colombia, 1850-1936." (146) and "Historia de la Familia en la Argentina Moderna (1870-2000)" (134).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Peronismo y cultura de izquierda Silvana Staltari · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) Open access Dec 2012 151
2 Frontier Expansion and Peasant Protest in Colombia, 1850-1936. Marco Palacios, Catherine C. LeGrand · Hispanic American Historical Review May 1987 146
3 Historia de la Familia en la Argentina Moderna (1870-2000) María Esther Folco · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) Dec 2005 134
4 Historia del agro argentino: Desde la Conquista hasta fines del siglo XX Osvaldo Fabián Graciano · Mundo Agrario Open access Dec 2001 134
5 The Charismatic Bond: Political Behavior in Time of Crisis. Richard J. Walter, Douglas Madsen, Peter G. Snow · Hispanic American Historical Review Aug 1992 119
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Argentine historical studies research done?

The largest centres of Argentine historical studies research in 2022-now are Buenos Aires (Argentina), La Plata (Argentina), Madrid (Spain) and Córdoba (Argentina). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bernal, Tarapoto and San Miguel de Tucumán.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 Buenos AiresArgentina 316 works
  2. 2 La PlataArgentina 59 works
  3. 3 MadridSpain 45 works
  4. 4 CórdobaArgentina 39 works
  5. 5 RosarioArgentina 38 works
  6. 6 San Miguel de TucumánArgentina 34 works
  7. 7 BernalArgentina 26 works
  8. 8 SantiagoChile 26 works
  9. 9 TarapotoPeru 22 works
  10. 10 Mexico CityMexico 21 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BernalAR · 26.1 works743×
  2. TarapotoPE · 22.4 works443×
  3. San Miguel de TucumánAR · 33.6 works268×
  4. RosarioAR · 38.0 works265×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Argentine historical studies than the world average.

See Argentine historical studies on the map

Where is the best place to study Argentine historical studies?

Among universities, judged by research, National University of General San Martín, National University of Tucumán and Universidad de Buenos Aires 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.

0%10%20%mean 12.24%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →National University …National University …National University …Universidad de Bueno…
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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.

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
1National University of General San MartínArgentina 71.110.8%429.7×18 +23.0%
2National University of TucumánArgentina 60.123.0%373.8×14 -41.4%
3Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 59.08.1%242.2×94 -42.4%
4National University of RosarioArgentina 54.515.5%417.5×37 -37.7%
5Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina 49.49.2%295.6×55 -27.7%
6Universidad Nacional de San MartínPeru 47.911.5%495.8×22 -13.7%
7National University of General SarmientoArgentina 47.214.0%769.6×17 -35.7%
8National University of QuilmesArgentina 42.98.5%804.3×26 -37.6%
9National University of LujánArgentina 38.613.4%734.4×10 -28.8%
10Universidad de la República de UruguayUruguay 38.18.4%48.5×12 -2.7%

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 Argentine historical studies, country by country

Is Argentine historical studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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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 Argentine historical studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0034% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Argentine historical studies0.0050% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Argentine historical 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%Argentine historical studies9.7% 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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