Caribbean history, culture, and politics
Caribbean history, culture, and politics is a research topic within Cultural Studies. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1950. 19.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the cultural, social, and political dynamics in the Caribbean region, focusing on topics such as identity, nationalism, globalization, dancehall culture, gender, and postcolonialism. It delves into the complexities of Caribbean societies, their historical roots, and contemporary challenges.
- Caribbean
- Culture
- Identity
- Politics
- Globalization
- Dancehall
- Nationalism
- Gender
- Postcolonialism
- Race
- Research works
- 10k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 19.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +3% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Caribbean history, culture, and politics research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (519 and 176 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 519 works
- 2 United Kingdom 176 works
- 3 Canada 85 works
- 4 Brazil 57 works
- 5 Australia 46 works
- 6 India 46 works
- 7 Trinidad and Tobago 45 works
- 8 France 39 works
- 9 Germany 30 works
- 10 Netherlands 29 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Caribbean history, culture, and politics research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of the West Indies publishes the most Caribbean history, culture, and politics research, followed by University of Toronto and University College London.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of the West IndiesTrinidad and Tobago 36 works
- 2 University of TorontoCanada 23 works
- 3 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 17 works
- 4 University of the West Indies SystemJamaica 14 works
- 5 University of GuyanaGuyana 14 works
- 6 University of ChicagoUnited States 13 works
- 7 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 10 works
- 8 Film IndependentUnited States 9 works
- 9 University of the West IndiesJamaica 9 works
- 10 The University of Texas at AustinUnited States 8 works
Where is Caribbean history, culture, and politics research done?
The largest centres of Caribbean history, culture, and politics research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Saint Augustine (Trinidad and Tobago), Toronto (Canada) and Kingston (Jamaica). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Saint Augustine, Kingston and Toronto.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 London United Kingdom 55 works
- 2 Saint Augustine Trinidad and Tobago 36 works
- 3 Toronto Canada 34 works
- 4 Kingston Jamaica 29 works
- 5 New York United States 28 works
- 6 Washington D.C. United States 21 works
- 7 Chicago United States 20 works
- 8 Los Angeles United States 17 works
- 9 Melbourne Australia 15 works
- 10 Georgetown Guyana 14 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Saint AugustineTT · 35.7 works391×
- KingstonJM · 28.5 works354×
- TorontoCA · 33.6 works7.2×
- ChicagoUS · 20.3 works5.8×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Caribbean history, culture, and politics than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Caribbean history, culture, and politics?
Among universities, judged by research, University of the West Indies, University of the West Indies and University College London 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of the West IndiesTrinidad and Tobago | 80.7 | 15.2% | 390.7× | 36 | +163.6% |
| 2 | University of the West IndiesJamaica | 63.2 | 12.9% | 433.1× | 9 | +182.4% |
| 3 | University College LondonUnited Kingdom | 57.5 | 8.1% | 9.1× | 17 | +90.1% |
| 4 | University of the West Indies SystemJamaica | 57.5 | 13.8% | 384.9× | 14 | -30.2% |
| 5 | University of TorontoCanada | 56.9 | 4.4% | 11.6× | 23 | +40.7% |
| 6 | University of GuyanaGuyana | 55.4 | 17.7% | 463.8× | 14 | -41.7% |
| 7 | University of ChicagoUnited States | 51.3 | 10.4% | 11.5× | 13 | +57.5% |
| 8 | University of the West IndiesBahamas | 50.4 | 20.2% | 1067.8× | 8 | -51.6% |
| 9 | University of OxfordUnited Kingdom | 47.7 | 28.8% | 5.6× | 10 | +21.3% |
| 10 | University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom | 35.0 | 21.8% | 5.4× | 8 | +0.5% |
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 Caribbean history, culture, and politics research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 3% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Caribbean history, culture, and politics.
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.