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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. 9.5% 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%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+2%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Cuban History and Society research?

By volume, the United States and Spain publish the most (555 and 153 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 555 works
  2. 2 Spain 153 works
  3. 3 Brazil 120 works
  4. 4 Cuba 112 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 105 works
  6. 6 Mexico 93 works
  7. 7 France 57 works
  8. 8 Canada 55 works
  9. 9 Argentina 44 works
  10. 10 Russia 37 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: 41.7%Spain: 11.5%Brazil: 9.0%Cuba: 8.4%6 others listed: 29.4%42%largest
United States555 · 41.7%Spain153 · 11.5%Brazil120 · 9.0%Cuba112 · 8.4%6 others listed390 · 29.4%

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

Which institutions lead Cuban History and Society research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Havana publishes the most Cuban History and Society research, followed by Universidad de Costa Rica and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of HavanaCuba 39 works
  2. 2 Universidad de Costa RicaCosta Rica 17 works
  3. 3 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 16 works
  4. 4 Instituto de HistoriaSpain 11 works
  5. 5 Florida International UniversityUnited States 11 works
  6. 6 Film IndependentUnited States 11 works
  7. 7 University of TorontoCanada 11 works
  8. 8 Universidad de OrienteCuba 10 works
  9. 9 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 9 works
  10. 10 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 9 works

Where is Cuban History and Society research done?

The largest centres of Cuban History and Society research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Havana Cuba 65 works
  2. 2 Madrid Spain 56 works
  3. 3 Mexico City Mexico 46 works
  4. 4 New York United States 29 works
  5. 5 Moscow Russia 26 works
  6. 6 London United Kingdom 25 works
  7. 7 Paris France 24 works
  8. 8 San José Costa Rica 24 works
  9. 9 Buenos Aires Argentina 22 works
  10. 10 São Paulo Brazil 21 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. HavanaCU · 65.2 works168×
  2. San JoséCR · 23.8 works36×
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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, Universidad de Panamá and University of Toronto 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%5%10%15%mean 6.35%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Havana: 39, 5.1%Universidad de Panamá: 9, 13.2%University of Toronto: 11, 12.4%Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: 16, 6.2%Ibero American University: 8, 3.0%Universidad de Oriente: 10, 0.0%Florida International University: 11, 4.6%Universidad de Buenos Aires: 8, 5.9%Universidad de Costa Rica: 17, 2.7%The University of Texas at Austin: 8, 10.4%Universidad de PanamáUniversity of TorontoUniversidad Nacional…University of Havana
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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 University of HavanaCuba 77.05.1%416.9×39 +128.2%
2 Universidad de PanamáPanama 58.413.2%48.3×9 -47.4%
3 University of TorontoCanada 55.512.4%4.5×11 +417.8%
4 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 55.16.2%9.8×16 +6.4%
5 Ibero American UniversityMexico 53.63.0%65.7×8 +510.8%
6 Universidad de OrienteCuba 51.50.0%321.6×10 +436.8%
7 Florida International UniversityUnited States 50.04.6%22.2×11 +52.6%
8 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 49.75.9%12.8×8 +48.9%
9 Universidad de Costa RicaCosta Rica 48.82.7%52.3×17 +3.8%
10 The University of Texas at AustinUnited States 40.510.4%5.7×8 +79.4%

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 Cuban History and Society research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2018. The fastest-growing topics are Cuban History and Society.

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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.