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Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia

Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 7.6k research works in it since 1955. 9.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the armed conflict in Colombia, including topics such as forced displacement, transitional justice, psychosocial impact, and the role of the private sector in peace processes. It also delves into the dynamics of paramilitarism, human rights violations, and the peace process in Colombia.

  • Armed Conflict
  • Colombia
  • Peace Process
  • Forced Displacement
  • Transitional Justice
  • Paramilitarism
  • Psychosocial Impact
  • Human Rights
  • Reparations
  • Political Violence
Research works
7.6k
fractional, since 1955
In the world top 10%
717
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+47%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia research?

By volume, Colombia and Mexico publish the most (641 and 205 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Colombia 641 works
  2. 2 Mexico 205 works
  3. 3 Spain 201 works
  4. 4 Argentina 118 works
  5. 5 United States 89 works
  6. 6 Peru 79 works
  7. 7 Ecuador 64 works
  8. 8 Chile 52 works
  9. 9 Brazil 42 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 26 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.

Colombia: 42.3%Mexico: 13.5%Spain: 13.2%Argentina: 7.8%6 others listed: 23.2%42%largest
Colombia641 · 42.3%Mexico205 · 13.5%Spain201 · 13.2%Argentina118 · 7.8%6 others listed351 · 23.2%

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

Which institutions lead Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Escuela Superior de Guerra publishes the most Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia research, followed by Universidad Nacional de Colombia and Universidad de Antioquia.

Who are the leading researchers in Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia include Noam Chomsky.

  1. 1 Noam Chomsky United States 3.7k citations

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

Where is Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia research done?

The largest centres of Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia research in 2022–2025 are Bogotá (Colombia), Medellín (Colombia), Madrid (Spain) and Mexico City (Mexico). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Manizales, Bogotá and Medellín.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Bogotá Colombia 360 works
  2. 2 Medellín Colombia 96 works
  3. 3 Madrid Spain 80 works
  4. 4 Mexico City Mexico 75 works
  5. 5 Buenos Aires Argentina 54 works
  6. 6 Lima Peru 47 works
  7. 7 Santiago Chile 33 works
  8. 8 Santiago de Cali Colombia 27 works
  9. 9 Manizales Colombia 25 works
  10. 10 Quito Ecuador 22 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ManizalesCO · 25.4 works147×
  2. BogotáCO · 360.0 works122×
  3. MedellínCO · 96.3 works95×
  4. Santiago de CaliCO · 27.4 works55×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia?

Among universities, judged by research, Escuela Superior de Guerra, Universidad de Los Andes and Catholic University of Colombia 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 15.93%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Escuela Superior de Guerra: 53, 18.7%Universidad de Los Andes: 11, 33.8%Catholic University of Colombia: 10, 29.3%Universidad Nacional de Colombia: 50, 6.6%Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios: 14, 14.3%Universidad del Rosario: 20, 12.3%Universidad Libre de Colombia: 14, 10.3%Military University Nueva Granada: 19, 8.2%Universidad de Los Andes: 14, 12.2%Escuela Superior de Administración Pública: 8, 13.6%Universidad de Los A…Catholic University …Escuela Superior de …Universidad Nacional…
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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 Escuela Superior de GuerraColombia 55.218.7%1405.8×53 +365.0%
2 Universidad de Los AndesColombia 49.933.8%64.2×11 +87.6%
3 Catholic University of ColombiaColombia 39.329.3%322.9×10 +84.3%
4 Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia 36.56.6%86.3×50 +63.5%
5 Corporación Universitaria Minuto de DiosColombia 35.914.3%118.0×14 +626.7%
6 Universidad del RosarioColombia 35.112.3%173.8×20 +80.4%
7 Universidad Libre de ColombiaColombia 34.210.3%151.4×14 +196.1%
8 Military University Nueva GranadaColombia 32.78.2%219.3×19 +156.2%
9 Universidad de Los AndesBolivia 31.812.2%137.0×14 +46.8%
10 Escuela Superior de Administración PúblicaColombia 31.013.6%485.6×8 +594.4%

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 Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia.

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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.