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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. 20.9% 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%
3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+45%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (445 and 366 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 445 works
  2. 2 India 366 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 307 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 221 works
  5. 5 Australia 158 works
  6. 6 Bangladesh 155 works
  7. 7 China 110 works
  8. 8 Thailand 99 works
  9. 9 Japan 99 works
  10. 10 Germany 87 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: 21.7%India: 17.9%Indonesia: 15.0%United Kingdom: 10.8%6 others listed: 34.6%22%largest
United States445 · 21.7%India366 · 17.9%Indonesia307 · 15.0%United Kingdom221 · 10.8%6 others listed708 · 34.6%

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

Which institutions lead Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Dhaka publishes the most Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography research, followed by Australian National University and National University of Singapore.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of DhakaBangladesh 28 works
  2. 2 Australian National UniversityAustralia 23 works
  3. 3 National University of SingaporeSingapore 23 works
  4. 4 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 18 works
  5. 5 Chiang Mai UniversityThailand 18 works
  6. 6 National University of MalaysiaMalaysia 18 works
  7. 7 University of ChittagongBangladesh 17 works
  8. 8 The University of MelbourneAustralia 16 works
  9. 9 University of DelhiIndia 16 works
  10. 10 Chulalongkorn UniversityThailand 16 works

Where is Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography research done?

The largest centres of Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography research in 2022–2025 are Dhaka (Bangladesh), London (United Kingdom), Bangkok (Thailand) 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 Chiang Mai.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Dhaka Bangladesh 106 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 60 works
  3. 3 Bangkok Thailand 55 works
  4. 4 New Delhi India 52 works
  5. 5 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 44 works
  6. 6 Paris France 44 works
  7. 7 Singapore Singapore 41 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Japan 40 works
  9. 9 Jakarta Indonesia 38 works
  10. 10 Sydney Australia 34 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. YangonMM · 22.7 works74×
  2. ChittagongBD · 22.3 works20×
  3. Chiang MaiTH · 22.4 works18×
  4. ColomboLK · 25.4 works17×
  5. DhakaBD · 105.8 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 Chittagong and Chiang Mai 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%60%mean 33.9%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Dhaka: 28, 41.0%University of Chittagong: 17, 36.7%Chiang Mai University: 18, 41.3%Mahidol University: 14, 33.4%Australian National University: 23, 31.4%Deakin University: 13, 49.1%National University of Malaysia: 18, 20.3%Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta: 11, 32.7%Thammasat University: 10, 27.7%National University of Singapore: 23, 25.4%Chiang Mai UniversityUniversity of DhakaUniversity of Chitta…Mahidol University
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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
1 University of DhakaBangladesh 87.541.0%39.7×28 +745.2%
2 University of ChittagongBangladesh 78.936.7%78.4×17 +241.7%
3 Chiang Mai UniversityThailand 77.741.3%18.8×18 +149.7%
4 Mahidol UniversityThailand 72.433.4%14.3×14 +192.0%
5 Australian National UniversityAustralia 69.531.4%15.3×23 +21.6%
6 Deakin UniversityAustralia 68.449.1%9.2×13 +27.9%
7 National University of MalaysiaMalaysia 66.320.3%9.6×18 +692.3%
8 Muhammadiyah University of YogyakartaIndonesia 64.632.7%10.8×11 +193.7%
9 Thammasat UniversityThailand 61.127.7%19.2×10 +174.2%
10 National University of SingaporeSingapore 60.125.4%7.7×23 +2.5%

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 Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 45% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.