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Basque language and culture studies

Basque language and culture studies is a research topic within Cultural Studies. Science Explorer counts 2.9k research works in it since 1950. 12.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on various aspects of Basque nationalism, including the history of ETA, the Basque diaspora, identity, terrorism, language, culture, and gender. It also delves into the literature and history of the Basque people, providing a comprehensive exploration of Basque nationalism and culture.

  • Basque Nationalism
  • ETA
  • Basque Diaspora
  • Identity
  • Terrorism
  • Language
  • Culture
  • History
  • Gender
  • Literature
Research works
2.9k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
375
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+34%
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Which countries lead Basque language and culture studies research?

By volume, Spain and France publish the most (349 and 49 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Spain 349 works
  2. 2 France 49 works
  3. 3 United States 40 works
  4. 4 Mexico 14 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 13 works
  6. 6 Italy 9 works
  7. 7 Argentina 7 works
  8. 8 Chile 7 works
  9. 9 Germany 7 works
  10. 10 Russia 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.

Spain: 69.5%France: 9.7%United States: 8.0%Mexico: 2.9%6 others listed: 9.9%69%largest
Spain349 · 69.5%France49 · 9.7%United States40 · 8.0%Mexico14 · 2.9%6 others listed50 · 9.9%

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

Which institutions lead Basque language and culture studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of the Basque Country publishes the most Basque language and culture studies research, followed by Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Basque Government.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of the Basque CountrySpain 155 works
  2. 2 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 15 works
  3. 3 Basque GovernmentSpain 15 works
  4. 4 Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA)Spain 13 works
  5. 5 Universidad de SalamancaSpain 9 works
  6. 6 Universidad de DeustoSpain 8 works
  7. 7 Clinica Universidad de NavarraSpain 6 works
  8. 8 Mondragon UnibertsitateaSpain 6 works
  9. 9 Universidad de SevillaSpain 5 works
  10. 10 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 5 works

Who are the leading researchers in Basque language and culture studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Basque language and culture studies include Eneko Agirre.

  1. 1 Eneko Agirre Spain 799 citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Basque language and culture studies research done?

The largest centres of Basque language and culture studies research in 2022–2025 are Leioa (Spain), Madrid (Spain), Pamplona (Spain) and Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Leioa, Pamplona and Madrid.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Leioa Spain 155 works
  2. 2 Madrid Spain 38 works
  3. 3 Pamplona Spain 24 works
  4. 4 Vitoria-Gasteiz Spain 15 works
  5. 5 Bilbao Spain 11 works
  6. 6 Barcelona Spain 10 works
  7. 7 Salamanca Spain 9 works
  8. 8 Paris France 9 works
  9. 9 Mexico City Mexico 7 works
  10. 10 Seville Spain 7 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LeioaES · 155.1 works619×
  2. PamplonaES · 24.5 works97×
  3. MadridES · 37.8 works14×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Basque language and culture studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Basque language and culture studies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of the Basque Country, Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA) and Universidad de Salamanca 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 10.84%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of the Basque Country: 155, 12.2%Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA): 13, 18.6%Universidad de Salamanca: 9, 7.4%Universidad Complutense de Madrid: 15, 10.0%Universidad de Deusto: 8, 6.0%Universidad Pública …University of the Ba…Universidad Complute…Universidad de Salam…
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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 the Basque CountrySpain 54.312.2%650.8×155 +134.6%
2 Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA)Spain 41.318.6%286.8×13 +19.2%
3 Universidad de SalamancaSpain 29.47.4%53.8×9 +380.0%
4 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 18.210.0%36.9×15 +8.8%
5 Universidad de DeustoSpain 9.96.0%217.4×8 +25.6%

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 Basque language and culture studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Basque language and culture 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.