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Caribbean and African Literature and Culture

Caribbean and African Literature and Culture is a research topic within Religious studies. Science Explorer counts 7.1k research works in it since 1950. 12.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the cultural, historical, and sociopolitical aspects of Haiti and the broader Caribbean region. It delves into topics such as colonialism, race, diaspora, Vodou, postcolonial literature, and identity in the context of Haitian and Caribbean history and society.

  • Haiti
  • Caribbean
  • Colonialism
  • Race
  • Diaspora
  • Vodou
  • Postcolonialism
  • Literature
  • Identity
  • Sociopolitical
Research works
7.1k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
912
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+19%
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Which countries lead Caribbean and African Literature and Culture research?

By volume, France and the United States publish the most (476 and 267 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 France 476 works
  2. 2 United States 267 works
  3. 3 Brazil 75 works
  4. 4 Canada 75 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 69 works
  6. 6 Spain 41 works
  7. 7 Belgium 32 works
  8. 8 Italy 27 works
  9. 9 ?? 25 works
  10. 10 Germany 25 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.

France: 42.8%United States: 24.0%Brazil: 6.7%Canada: 6.7%6 others listed: 19.7%43%largest
France476 · 42.8%United States267 · 24.0%Brazil75 · 6.7%Canada75 · 6.7%6 others listed219 · 19.7%

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

Which institutions lead Caribbean and African Literature and Culture research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Université Paris Nanterre publishes the most Caribbean and African Literature and Culture research, followed by Université Sorbonne Nouvelle and Les Afriques dans le Monde.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Université Paris NanterreFrance 19 works
  2. 2 Université Sorbonne NouvelleFrance 13 works
  3. 3 Les Afriques dans le MondeFrance 13 works
  4. 4 Université Toulouse - Jean JaurèsFrance 11 works
  5. 5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 11 works
  6. 6 Université Bordeaux MontaigneFrance 11 works
  7. 7 Université Paris 8France 10 works
  8. 8 Université Rennes 2France 10 works
  9. 9 Université Grenoble AlpesFrance 9 works
  10. 10 Sorbonne UniversitéFrance 8 works

Where is Caribbean and African Literature and Culture research done?

The largest centres of Caribbean and African Literature and Culture research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Nanterre (France), Toulouse (France) and Montreal (Canada). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nanterre.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Paris France 151 works
  2. 2 Nanterre France 24 works
  3. 3 Toulouse France 23 works
  4. 4 Montreal Canada 21 works
  5. 5 Lyon France 19 works
  6. 6 Strasbourg France 17 works
  7. 7 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 16 works
  8. 8 New York United States 15 works
  9. 9 London United Kingdom 14 works
  10. 10 Pessac France 14 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NanterreFR · 23.7 works55×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Caribbean and African Literature and Culture than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Caribbean and African Literature and Culture?

Among universities, judged by research, Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès, Université Paris Nanterre and Université Rennes 2 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 7.06667%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès: 11, 14.8%Université Paris Nanterre: 19, 9.2%Université Rennes 2: 10, 13.8%Université Bordeaux Montaigne: 11, 9.2%Université Sorbonne Nouvelle: 13, 6.1%Sorbonne Université: 8, 2.4%Université Paris 8: 10, 2.7%Université Grenoble Alpes: 8, 0.0%Université de Lille: 8, 5.4%Université Toulouse …Université Rennes 2Université Paris Nan…Université Bordeaux …
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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 Université Toulouse - Jean JaurèsFrance 79.314.8%61.8×11 +138.7%
2 Université Paris NanterreFrance 70.49.2%64.4×19 +27.0%
3 Université Rennes 2France 57.713.8%77.3×10 -40.8%
4 Université Bordeaux MontaigneFrance 53.19.2%116.6×11 -8.5%
5 Université Sorbonne NouvelleFrance 52.16.1%74.3×13 -9.8%
6 Sorbonne UniversitéFrance 46.52.4%11.9×8 +54.2%
7 Université Paris 8France 46.42.7%58.2×10 +53.3%
8 Université Grenoble AlpesFrance 44.30.0%18.2×8 +102.9%
9 Université de LilleFrance 40.45.4%17.7×8 -44.4%

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 Caribbean and African Literature and Culture research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Caribbean and African Literature and Culture.

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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.