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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. 8.6% 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%
785
per year above
Top-10% rate
8.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+56%
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Which countries lead Arts and Performance Studies research?

By volume, Brazil and Portugal publish the most (1.9k and 98 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 1.9k works
  2. 2 Portugal 98 works
  3. 3 United States 58 works
  4. 4 France 31 works
  5. 5 Spain 27 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 24 works
  7. 7 Argentina 23 works
  8. 8 Mexico 17 works
  9. 9 Chile 13 works
  10. 10 Italy 11 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.

Brazil: 86.4%Portugal: 4.4%United States: 2.6%France: 1.4%6 others listed: 5.2%86%largest
Brazil1,920 · 86.4%Portugal98 · 4.4%United States58 · 2.6%France31 · 1.4%6 others listed115 · 5.2%

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

Which institutions lead Arts and Performance Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Arts and Performance Studies research, followed by Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 108 works
  2. 2 Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina Brazil 78 works
  3. 3 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Brazil 74 works
  4. 4 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Brazil 69 works
  5. 5 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) Brazil 68 works
  6. 6 Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Brazil 60 works
  7. 7 Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Brazil 57 works
  8. 8 Universidade de Brasília Brazil 44 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Brazil 43 works
  10. 10 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) Brazil 41 works

Where is Arts and Performance Studies research done?

The largest centres of Arts and Performance Studies research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 302 works
  2. 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 230 works
  3. 3 Florianópolis Brazil 114 works
  4. 4 Belo Horizonte Brazil 85 works
  5. 5 Porto Alegre Brazil 80 works
  6. 6 Salvador Brazil 76 works
  7. 7 Campinas Brazil 73 works
  8. 8 Brasília Brazil 65 works
  9. 9 Curitiba Brazil 48 works
  10. 10 Lisbon Portugal 39 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ParanavaíBR · 24.1 works182×
  2. FlorianópolisBR · 114.1 works56×
  3. SalvadorBR · 75.6 works48×
  4. PelotasBR · 29.7 works45×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Arts and Performance Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Arts and Performance Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) and Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto 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 12.65%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina: 78, 10.9%Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP): 68, 12.5%Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto: 16, 21.5%Universidade de Brasília: 44, 15.3%Federal University of São João del-Rei: 12, 16.7%Universidade Federal do Ceará: 19, 12.2%Universidade Estadual do Paraná: 24, 11.1%Universidade de São Paulo: 108, 8.5%Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: 74, 8.5%Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais: 60, 9.3%Universidade Federal…Universidade de Bras…Universidade Estadua…Universidade do Esta…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina Brazil 71.910.9%210.1×78 +223.5%
2Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) Brazil 71.412.5%41.5×68 +147.9%
3Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto Brazil 70.221.5%52.9×16 +123.7%
4Universidade de Brasília Brazil 69.115.3%35.7×44 +116.3%
5Federal University of São João del-Rei Brazil 66.416.7%62.5×12 +1057.8%
6Universidade Federal do Ceará Brazil 64.012.2%20.1×19 +228.9%
7Universidade Estadual do Paraná Brazil 62.811.1%181.7×24 +298.9%
8Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 62.78.5%28.3×108 +55.1%
9Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Brazil 62.38.5%44.7×74 +109.4%
10Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Brazil 61.79.3%37.8×60 +109.5%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Arts and Performance Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 56% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Arts and Performance Studies.

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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.