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Contemporary Social and Educational Issues

Contemporary Social and Educational Issues is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 590 research works in it since 1996. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to the sociology of communication, power relations, and media studies. It includes discussions on the impact of technology on society, qualitative research methods in communication studies, and the influence of globalization on cultural dynamics. The papers also delve into the intersection of digital culture, social networks, and the evolving nature of communication in contemporary society.

  • Communication
  • Power Relations
  • Sociology
  • Media Studies
  • Social Networks
  • Cultural Studies
  • Technology and Society
  • Qualitative Research
  • Digital Culture
  • Globalization
Research works
590
fractional, since 1996
In the world top 10%
59
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+119%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Brazil
85% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Contemporary Social and Educational Issues

Which countries lead Contemporary Social and Educational Issues research?

By volume, Brazil and the United States publish the most (248 and 12 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Brazil 248 works
  2. 2 United States 12 works
  3. 3 Portugal 9 works
  4. 4 Mexico 5 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 4 works
  6. 6 Italy 3 works
  7. 7 Spain 3 works
  8. 8 Germany 3 works
  9. 9 France 3 works
  10. 10 ?? 3 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.

Brazil: 85.0%United States: 4.3%Portugal: 3.1%Mexico: 1.6%6 others listed: 6.0%85%largest
Brazil248 · 85.0%United States12 · 4.3%Portugal9 · 3.1%Mexico5 · 1.6%6 others listed18 · 6.0%

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

Which institutions lead Contemporary Social and Educational Issues research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Contemporary Social and Educational Issues research, followed by Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and Universidade do Estado do Amazonas.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 7 works
  2. 2 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 7 works
  3. 3 Universidade do Estado do AmazonasBrazil 7 works
  4. 4 CHDI FoundationUnited States 7 works
  5. 5 Universidade Federal do ParanáBrazil 6 works
  6. 6 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 5 works
  7. 7 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 5 works
  8. 8 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 4 works
  9. 9 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 4 works
  10. 10 Hospital Central da Polícia MilitarBrazil 4 works

What are the most cited papers in Contemporary Social and Educational Issues?

The most cited paper in Contemporary Social and Educational Issues is "A teoria do habitus em Pierre Bourdieu: uma leitura contemporânea" (Maria da Graça Jacintho Setton, 2002), with 187 citations. Next come "As mutações no mundo do trabalho na era da mundialização do capital" (184) and "Álcool, drogas e crime" (63).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A teoria do habitus em Pierre Bourdieu: uma leitura contemporânea Maria da Graça Jacintho Setton · Revista Brasileira de Educação Open access Aug 2002 187
2 As mutações no mundo do trabalho na era da mundialização do capital Ricardo Antunes, Giovanni Antonio Pinto Alves · Educação & Sociedade Open access Aug 2004 184
3 Álcool, drogas e crime Miguel Chalub, Lisieux Elaine de Borba Telles · Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry Open access Oct 2006 63
4 O campo da pesquisa qualitativa e o Método de Explicitação do Discurso Subjacente (MEDS) Ana Maria Nicolaci-da-Costa · Psicologia Reflexão e Crítica Open access 2007 57
5 As sutilezas das faces da violência nas práticas escolares de adolescentes Luíza Mitiko Yshiguro Camacho · Educação e Pesquisa Open access Jun 2001 50
All 101 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Contemporary Social and Educational Issues research done?

The largest centres of Contemporary Social and Educational Issues research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Belo Horizonte (Brazil) and Manaus (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rio de Janeiro.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 São PauloBrazil 28 works
  2. 2 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 24 works
  3. 3 Belo HorizonteBrazil 14 works
  4. 4 ManausBrazil 10 works
  5. 5 BrasíliaBrazil 8 works
  6. 6 CuritibaBrazil 8 works
  7. 7 Porto AlegreBrazil 7 works
  8. 8 BelémBrazil 7 works
  9. 9 New YorkUnited States 7 works
  10. 10 TeresinaBrazil 6 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Rio de JaneiroBR · 24.4 works28×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Contemporary Social and Educational Issues than the world average.

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Is Contemporary Social and Educational Issues research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 119% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Contemporary Social and Educational Issues.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Contemporary Social and Educational Issues as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00060% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Contemporary Social and Educational Issues over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Contemporary Social and Educational Issues9.1% in 20252020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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