China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations
China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1950. 4.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the complex dynamics of ethnic relations, bilingual education, cultural identity, and separatism in China's autonomous regions of Xinjiang and Tibet. It delves into issues such as the exclusion of Uyghurs, language policies for ethnic minorities, economic development, and the challenges of integrating different ethnic groups within the Chinese state.
- Xinjiang
- Uyghur
- Tibet
- Bilingual Education
- Ethnic Minority
- Han Chinese
- Cultural Identity
- Language Policy
- Separatism
- Nationalism
- Research works
- 23k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 4.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -45% the tick is no change
Which countries lead China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (675 and 219 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 675 works
- 2 United States 219 works
- 3 United Kingdom 85 works
- 4 Russia 70 works
- 5 Türkiye 66 works
- 6 France 57 works
- 7 India 41 works
- 8 Germany 41 works
- 9 Australia 34 works
- 10 Japan 34 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 China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Minzu University of China publishes the most China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations research, followed by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Peking University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Minzu University of ChinaChina 30 works
- 2 Chinese Academy of Social SciencesChina 17 works
- 3 Peking UniversityChina 16 works
- 4 University of ChicagoUnited States 13 works
- 5 Kyrgyz State National UniversityKyrgyzstan 13 works
- 6 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 13 works
- 7 Zhejiang UniversityChina 11 works
- 8 National University of MongoliaMongolia 10 works
- 9 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 10 works
- 10 Yunnan UniversityChina 10 works
Who are the leading researchers in China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations?
The most-cited researchers publishing on China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations include Jin Li.
- 1 Jin Li China 1.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations research done?
The largest centres of China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Paris (France) and Chengdu (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bishkek, Ulaanbaatar and Kunming.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- BishkekKG · 26.7 works64×
- UlaanbaatarMN · 21.6 works40×
- KunmingCN · 20.1 works5.7×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations than the world average.
Where is the best place to study China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Chicago, Beijing Normal University and Minzu University of China 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 ChicagoUnited States | 70.4 | 12.9% | 9.8× | 14 | +94.1% |
| 2 | Beijing Normal UniversityChina | 63.0 | 17.1% | 11.2× | 13 | -85.0% |
| 3 | Minzu University of ChinaChina | 61.1 | 9.4% | 60.3× | 30 | -86.4% |
| 4 | East China Normal UniversityChina | 61.1 | 20.1% | 10.4× | 9 | -85.6% |
| 5 | King's College LondonUnited Kingdom | 55.7 | 18.0% | 6.6× | 8 | — |
| 6 | Yunnan UniversityChina | 53.7 | 14.6% | 15.6× | 10 | -92.9% |
| 7 | Kyrgyz State National UniversityKyrgyzstan | 48.5 | 6.7% | 131.1× | 13 | — |
| 8 | Xiamen UniversityChina | 44.2 | 16.2% | 7.1× | 9 | -78.0% |
| 9 | Renmin University of ChinaChina | 43.7 | 8.7% | 15.4× | 9 | -76.7% |
| 10 | Peking UniversityChina | 42.5 | 10.5% | 6.1× | 16 | -72.2% |
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 China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 45% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.
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.