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Cuban History and Society

Cuban History and Society is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of race, politics, healthcare, and identity in Cuba, covering topics such as the impact of revolution, gender dynamics, economic challenges, and cultural developments. It delves into the complexities of Cuban society and its historical, social, and political dimensions.

  • Cuba
  • race
  • politics
  • healthcare
  • identity
  • revolution
  • gender
  • economy
  • migration
  • culture
Research works
15k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-23%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
42% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Cuban History and Society

Which countries lead Cuban History and Society research?

By volume, the United States and Spain publish the most (607 and 168 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 607 works
  2. 2 Spain 168 works
  3. 3 Brazil 125 works
  4. 4 Cuba 124 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 114 works
  6. 6 Mexico 98 works
  7. 7 France 65 works
  8. 8 Canada 57 works
  9. 9 Argentina 47 works
  10. 10 Russia 38 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.

United States: 42.1%Spain: 11.6%Brazil: 8.7%Cuba: 8.6%6 others listed: 29.0%42%largest
United States607 · 42.1%Spain168 · 11.6%Brazil125 · 8.7%Cuba124 · 8.6%6 others listed418 · 29.0%

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

Which institutions lead Cuban History and Society research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Havana publishes the most Cuban History and Society research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of HavanaCuba 43 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 30 works
  3. 3 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 23 works
  4. 4 City University of New YorkUnited States 17 works
  5. 5 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 17 works
  6. 6 Universidad de Costa RicaCosta Rica 17 works
  7. 7 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 17 works
  8. 8 Florida International UniversityUnited States 13 works
  9. 9 Universidad de OrienteCuba 12 works
  10. 10 Film IndependentUnited States 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cuban History and Society?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cuban History and Society include Carlos D. Bustamante.

  1. 1 Carlos D. Bustamante United States 129k 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 Cuban History and Society?

The most cited paper in Cuban History and Society is "Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis" (David F. Long, Graham T. Allison, 1972), with 1,725 citations. Next come "Decolonizing Post-Colonial Studies and Paradigms of Political-Economy: Transmodernity, Decolonial Thinking, and Global Coloniality" (1,125) and "Human Parvovirus B19" (798).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis David F. Long, Graham T. Allison · Journal of American History Jun 1972 1,725
2 Decolonizing Post-Colonial Studies and Paradigms of Political-Economy: Transmodernity, Decolonial Thinking, and Global Coloniality Ramón Grosfoguel · TRANSMODERNITY Journal of Peripheral Cultural Production of the Luso-Hispanic World Open access 13 May 2011 1,125
3 Human Parvovirus B19 Erik Deichmann Heegaard, Kevin Brown · Clinical Microbiology Reviews Open access Jul 2002 798
4 A Nation for All: Race, Inequality, and Politics in Twentieth-Century Cuba Aline Helg · Hispanic American Historical Review May 2002 690
5 Queer Globalizations Citizenship and the Afterlife of Colonialism Arnaldo Manuel Cruz-Malavé, Martin F. Manalansan 2002 667
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Cuban History and Society research done?

The largest centres of Cuban History and Society research in 2022-now are Havana (Cuba), Madrid (Spain), Mexico City (Mexico) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Havana and San José.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 HavanaCuba 73 works
  2. 2 MadridSpain 63 works
  3. 3 Mexico CityMexico 48 works
  4. 4 New YorkUnited States 32 works
  5. 5 ParisFrance 31 works
  6. 6 LondonUnited Kingdom 27 works
  7. 7 MoscowRussia 26 works
  8. 8 San JoséCosta Rica 24 works
  9. 9 Buenos AiresArgentina 24 works
  10. 10 São PauloBrazil 21 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. HavanaCU · 72.5 works172×
  2. San JoséCR · 24.1 works33×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cuban History and Society than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Cuban History and Society?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Havana, University of Toronto and Universidad de Panamá score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 11.7%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad de PanamáUniversity of TorontoFlorida Internationa…University of Havana
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of HavanaCuba 64.611.0%480.5×43 -67.8%
2University of TorontoCanada 64.215.9%3.2×11 +71.4%
3Universidad de PanamáPanama 58.723.2%52.4×9 +126.5%
4Florida International UniversityUnited States 52.413.9%26.2×13 -26.6%
5City University of New YorkUnited States 47.46.4%19.1×17 -36.3%
6Ibero American UniversityMexico 47.018.0%72.8×9 -33.2%
7University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 44.21.0%4.8×10 +260.3%
8Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 42.27.4%10.3×17 +0.5%
9The University of Texas at AustinUnited States 41.913.1%6.1×8 -15.3%
10Universidad de OrienteCuba 32.77.1%401.8×12 -33.2%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Cuban History and Society, country by country

Is Cuban History and Society research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2018.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Cuban History and Society as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0090% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Cuban History and Society0.0069% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cuban History and Society 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%Cuban History and Society9.9% 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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