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Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography

Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the complex dynamics of conflict, state building, and ethnic tensions in Myanmar, with a particular focus on the Rohingya crisis, refugee issues, ethnic identity, and the impact of sanctions. It delves into the challenges of political transition, human rights abuses, and the role of Buddhist nationalism in shaping the socio-political landscape.

  • Myanmar
  • conflict
  • state building
  • Rohingya
  • refugees
  • ethnicity
  • Buddhist nationalism
  • human rights
  • sanctions
  • political transition
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+17%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
21% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography

Which countries lead Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (467 and 386 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 467 works
  2. 2 India 386 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 320 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 235 works
  5. 5 Bangladesh 170 works
  6. 6 Australia 166 works
  7. 7 China 149 works
  8. 8 Thailand 118 works
  9. 9 Japan 104 works
  10. 10 Germany 91 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: 21.2%India: 17.5%Indonesia: 14.5%United Kingdom: 10.6%6 others listed: 36.2%21%largest
United States467 · 21.2%India386 · 17.5%Indonesia320 · 14.5%United Kingdom235 · 10.6%6 others listed799 · 36.2%

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

Which institutions lead Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography research, followed by University of Dhaka and University of Oxford.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 32 works
  2. 2 University of DhakaBangladesh 30 works
  3. 3 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 25 works
  4. 4 National University of SingaporeSingapore 24 works
  5. 5 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 24 works
  6. 6 Australian National UniversityAustralia 24 works
  7. 7 Chiang Mai UniversityThailand 20 works
  8. 8 University of ChittagongBangladesh 19 works
  9. 9 National University of MalaysiaMalaysia 18 works
  10. 10 Chulalongkorn UniversityThailand 18 works

Who are the leading researchers in Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography include Christopher D. Manning, André M. N. Renzaho and Joseph E. Stiglitz.

  1. 1 Christopher D. Manning United States 179k citations
  2. 2 André M. N. Renzaho Australia 168k citations
  3. 3 Joseph E. Stiglitz United States 167k citations
  4. 4 Noam Chomsky United States 141k citations
  5. 5 Nicholas John White Thailand 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 Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography?

The most cited paper in Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography is "How Ideas Spread: Whose Norms Matter? Norm Localization and Institutional Change in Asian Regionalism" (Amitav Acharya, 2004), with 2,329 citations. Next come "Ethnic Groups in Conflict" (1,844) and "Speechless Emissaries: Refugees, Humanitarianism, and Dehistoricization" (1,675).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 How Ideas Spread: Whose Norms Matter? Norm Localization and Institutional Change in Asian Regionalism Amitav Acharya · International Organization Open access Apr 2004 2,329
2 Ethnic Groups in Conflict J. A. Laponce · Pacific Affairs Sep 1986 1,844
3 Speechless Emissaries: Refugees, Humanitarianism, and Dehistoricization Liisa H. Malkki · Cultural Anthropology Open access Aug 1996 1,675
4 Refugees and Exile: From "Refugee Studies" to the National Order of Things Liisa H. Malkki · Annual Review of Anthropology Oct 1995 1,650
5 State Repression and Political Order Christian Davenport · Annual Review of Political Science Review 4 May 2007 1,572
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography research done?

The largest centres of Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography research in 2022-now are Dhaka (Bangladesh), Bangkok (Thailand), London (United Kingdom) and New Delhi (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Yangon, Chittagong and Colombo.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 DhakaBangladesh 114 works
  2. 2 BangkokThailand 68 works
  3. 3 LondonUnited Kingdom 65 works
  4. 4 New DelhiIndia 53 works
  5. 5 Kuala LumpurMalaysia 45 works
  6. 6 ParisFrance 44 works
  7. 7 SingaporeSingapore 43 works
  8. 8 TokyoJapan 42 works
  9. 9 JakartaIndonesia 39 works
  10. 10 SydneyAustralia 36 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. YangonMM · 23.7 works67×
  2. ChittagongBD · 26.0 works22×
  3. ColomboLK · 33.2 works20×
  4. Chiang MaiTH · 25.4 works19×
  5. DhakaBD · 114.3 works15×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Dhaka, University of Hong Kong and Deakin University 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%20%40%mean 21.29%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Hong K…Deakin UniversityUniversity of DhakaAustralian National …
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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
1University of DhakaBangladesh 75.917.3%29.0×30 +90.2%
2University of Hong KongChina 68.732.0%4.0×11 +60.1%
3Deakin UniversityAustralia 63.626.8%10.7×14 +11.3%
4Australian National UniversityAustralia 61.217.1%16.3×24 -23.2%
5University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 59.814.1%6.1×25 -16.4%
6University of ChittagongBangladesh 59.111.5%58.5×19 +123.2%
7Chiang Mai UniversityThailand 56.110.5%22.9×20 +64.8%
8Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 56.033.5%5.4×12 -40.5%
9London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom 55.640.2%12.3×8 -35.7%
10National University of SingaporeSingapore 55.09.9%7.1×24 -21.5%

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 Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography, country by country

Is Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography.

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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 Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.016% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography 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%Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography10.5% 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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