Arts and Performance Studies
Arts and Performance Studies is a research topic within Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Science Explorer counts 9.1k research works in it since 1955. 9.8% 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 performance studies, including the intersection of theatre, ritual, and ethnography, the role of performance in education, the cultural and political implications of performance art, and the exploration of identity and pedagogy through performance. It also delves into the anthropological aspects of performance and its significance in shaping cultural practices.
- Performance
- Theatre
- Ritual
- Ethnography
- Education
- Art
- Identity
- Cultural Politics
- Pedagogy
- Anthropology
- Research works
- 9.1k fractional, since 1955
- In the world top 10%
- 890 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 9.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- -15% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
Brazil
86% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead Arts and Performance Studies research?
By volume, Brazil and Portugal publish the most (2.2k and 114 works in 2022-now).
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Brazil
2.2k works
- 2
Portugal
114 works
- 3
United States
72 works
- 4
Spain
34 works
- 5
France
33 works
- 6
Argentina
28 works
- 7
United Kingdom
26 works
- 8
Mexico
23 works
- 9
Chile
14 works
- 10
Italy
12 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Arts and Performance Studies research?
By volume in 2022-now, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Arts and Performance Studies research, followed by Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Universidade de São PauloBrazil
137 works
- 2
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil
84 works
- 3
Universidade do Estado de Santa CatarinaBrazil
84 works
- 4
Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil
83 works
- 5
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil
75 works
- 6
Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil
68 works
- 7
Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil
66 works
- 8
Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil
51 works
- 9
Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil
49 works
- 10
Universidade Federal da BahiaBrazil
48 works
Where is Arts and Performance Studies research done?
The largest centres of Arts and Performance Studies research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Florianópolis (Brazil) and Belo Horizonte (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Paranavaí, Florianópolis and Salvador.
Largest cities, 2022-now
- 1
São PauloBrazil
346 works
- 2
Rio de JaneiroBrazil
262 works
- 3
FlorianópolisBrazil
126 works
- 4
Belo HorizonteBrazil
98 works
- 5
Porto AlegreBrazil
96 works
- 6
SalvadorBrazil
90 works
- 7
CampinasBrazil
80 works
- 8
BrasíliaBrazil
75 works
- 9
CuritibaBrazil
54 works
- 10
LisbonPortugal
49 works
Where it is the local speciality
- ParanavaíBR · 26.2 works176×
- FlorianópolisBR · 125.5 works56×
- SalvadorBR · 89.6 works51×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Arts and Performance Studies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Arts and Performance Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Universidade de São Paulo and Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro 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.
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.
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 Arts and Performance Studies, country by countryIs Arts and Performance Studies research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 15% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025.
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 Arts and Performance Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0089% in 2024.
Fractional works of Arts and Performance 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.
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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