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Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis

Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis is a research topic within Anthropology. Science Explorer counts 1.2k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of interdisciplinary social science research topics, including cultural analysis, ethnographic research, rural development, globalization, identity formation, community empowerment, religious studies, political discourse, and economic anthropology.

  • Social Science
  • Cultural Analysis
  • Ethnographic Research
  • Rural Development
  • Globalization
  • Identity Formation
  • Community Empowerment
  • Religious Studies
  • Political Discourse
  • Economic Anthropology
Research works
1.2k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
121
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+0%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
24% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis

Which countries lead Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis research?

By volume, Indonesia and Nigeria publish the most (27 and 26 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 27 works
  2. 2 Nigeria 26 works
  3. 3 United States 23 works
  4. 4 China 7 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 6 works
  6. 6 Germany 6 works
  7. 7 India 6 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 4 works
  9. 9 Brazil 4 works
  10. 10 Russia 4 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.

Indonesia: 23.8%Nigeria: 23.1%United States: 20.2%China: 5.8%6 others listed: 27.0%24%largest
Indonesia27 · 23.8%Nigeria26 · 23.1%United States23 · 20.2%China7 · 5.8%6 others listed30 · 27.0%

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

Which institutions lead Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, Obafemi Awolowo University publishes the most Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis research, followed by University of Uyo and The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Obafemi Awolowo UniversityNigeria 2 works
  2. 2 University of UyoNigeria 2 works
  3. 3 The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-EkitiNigeria 2 works
  4. 4 Universitas Muhammadiyah SidoarjoIndonesia 2 works
  5. 5 Ekiti State UniversityNigeria 2 works
  6. 6 Rivers State UniversityNigeria 1 works
  7. 7 Yunnan UniversityChina 1 works
  8. 8 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 1 works
  9. 9 Federal College of Education, KanoNigeria 1 works
  10. 10 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 1 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis include Yvonna S. Lincoln and Norman K. Denzin.

  1. 1 Yvonna S. Lincoln United States 148k citations
  2. 2 Norman K. Denzin United States 130k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis?

The most cited paper in Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis is "Theory in Anthropology since the Sixties" (Sherry B. Ortner, 1984), with 2,866 citations. Next come "Research methods in Anthropology: Qualitative and quantitative approaches" (2,560) and "Organizational Culture and Marketing: Defining the Research Agenda" (1,555).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Theory in Anthropology since the Sixties Sherry B. Ortner · Comparative Studies in Society and History 1984 2,866
2 Research methods in Anthropology: Qualitative and quantitative approaches Peter W. Van Arsdale · Evaluation Practice Dec 1996 2,560
3 Organizational Culture and Marketing: Defining the Research Agenda Rohit Deshpandé, Frederick E. Webster · Journal of Marketing 1989 1,555
4 Participant Observation as a Data Collection Method Barbara Kawulich · Forum: Qualitative Social Research (Freie Universität Berlin) Open access 3 Jul 2008 1,226
5 Efficient Cultures: Exploring the Relationship Between Culture and Organizational Performance Alan L. Wilkins, William G. Ouchi · Administrative Science Quarterly Sep 1983 1,197
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Where is Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis research in 2022-now are Ado-Ekiti (Nigeria), Uyo (Nigeria), Moscow (Russia) and São Paulo (Brazil).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 Ado-EkitiNigeria 4 works
  2. 2 UyoNigeria 3 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 3 works
  4. 4 São PauloBrazil 3 works
  5. 5 YogyakartaIndonesia 2 works
  6. 6 IlesaNigeria 2 works
  7. 7 NairobiKenya 2 works
  8. 8 JakartaIndonesia 2 works
  9. 9 BandungIndonesia 2 works
  10. 10 LondonUnited Kingdom 2 works
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Is Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00056% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis 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%Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis9.4% in 2025200020102020

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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