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Australian Indigenous Culture and History

Australian Indigenous Culture and History is a research topic within Anthropology. Science Explorer counts 5.9k research works in it since 1950. 14.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores Australian Indigenous languages, including their grammatical properties, cultural significance, and influence on other languages. It delves into topics such as Aboriginal astronomy, ethnobotany, kinship systems, traditional knowledge, and the impact of language contact on these indigenous languages.

  • Australian Indigenous Languages
  • Aboriginal Astronomy
  • Language Contact
  • Cultural Continuity
  • Ethnobotany
  • Kinship
  • Traditional Knowledge
  • Astronomical Traditions
  • Substrate Features
  • Placenames
Research works
5.9k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
858
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-60%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Australian Indigenous Culture and History research?

By volume, Australia and the United States publish the most (219 and 98 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Australia 219 works
  2. 2 United States 98 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 41 works
  4. 4 France 16 works
  5. 5 Canada 14 works
  6. 6 New Zealand 12 works
  7. 7 Germany 11 works
  8. 8 India 8 works
  9. 9 Japan 8 works
  10. 10 Spain 7 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.

Australia: 50.5%United States: 22.5%United Kingdom: 9.4%France: 3.8%6 others listed: 13.7%51%largest
Australia219 · 50.5%United States98 · 22.5%United Kingdom41 · 9.4%France16 · 3.8%6 others listed60 · 13.7%

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

Which institutions lead Australian Indigenous Culture and History research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Geoscience Australia publishes the most Australian Indigenous Culture and History research, followed by Carter Center and Australian National University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Geoscience AustraliaAustralia 36 works
  2. 2 Carter CenterUnited States 36 works
  3. 3 Australian National UniversityAustralia 24 works
  4. 4 The University of MelbourneAustralia 14 works
  5. 5 The University of Western AustraliaAustralia 9 works
  6. 6 The University of QueenslandAustralia 9 works
  7. 7 UNSW SydneyAustralia 7 works
  8. 8 University of TasmaniaAustralia 7 works
  9. 9 The University of SydneyAustralia 6 works
  10. 10 Monash UniversityAustralia 5 works

Where is Australian Indigenous Culture and History research done?

The largest centres of Australian Indigenous Culture and History research in 2022–2025 are Canberra (Australia), Atlanta (United States), Sydney (Australia) and Melbourne (Australia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Canberra, Atlanta and Sydney.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Canberra Australia 66 works
  2. 2 Atlanta United States 36 works
  3. 3 Sydney Australia 30 works
  4. 4 Melbourne Australia 29 works
  5. 5 Brisbane Australia 16 works
  6. 6 Perth Australia 12 works
  7. 7 Adelaide Australia 9 works
  8. 8 Paris France 9 works
  9. 9 London United Kingdom 9 works
  10. 10 Hobart Australia 7 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CanberraAU · 66.1 works100×
  2. AtlantaUS · 36.3 works34×
  3. SydneyAU · 30.0 works19×
  4. MelbourneAU · 29.3 works17×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Australian Indigenous Culture and History than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Australian Indigenous Culture and History?

Among universities, judged by research, The University of Queensland, Australian National University and The University of Melbourne 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 27.675%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →The University of Queensland: 9, 30.9%Australian National University: 24, 29.5%The University of Melbourne: 14, 25.6%The University of Western Australia: 9, 24.7%The University of Qu…Australian National …The University of Me…The University of We…
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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 The University of QueenslandAustralia 47.030.9%22.7×9 +28.5%
2 Australian National UniversityAustralia 45.429.5%104.3×24 -33.3%
3 The University of MelbourneAustralia 31.625.6%30.4×14 -45.0%
4 The University of Western AustraliaAustralia 28.224.7%48.3×9 -41.3%

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 Australian Indigenous Culture and History research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 60% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2014. The fastest-growing topics are Australian Indigenous Culture and History.

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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.