Cultural and Artistic Studies
Cultural and Artistic Studies is a research topic within Cultural Studies. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1962. 18.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the cultural diversity, traditional practices, and heritage preservation in various regions, with a focus on Indonesian culture. It encompasses topics such as traditional markets, local wisdom, traditional architecture, intercultural education, ethnic dance, and multicultural education. The papers delve into the influence of globalization on local cultures and the efforts to sustain and promote traditional values.
- Cultural Diversity
- Traditional Markets
- Local Wisdom
- Indonesian Culture
- Traditional Architecture
- Intercultural Education
- Ethnic Dance
- Local Heritage Preservation
- Multicultural Education
- Folklore Representation
- Research works
- 25k fractional, since 1962
- In the world top 10%
- 4.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 18.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +275% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Cultural and Artistic Studies research?
By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (10k and 241 works in 2022–2025).
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Cultural and Artistic Studies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Institut Seni Indonesia Denpasar publishes the most Cultural and Artistic Studies research, followed by Institut Seni Indonesia Surakarta and State University of Padang.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Institut Seni Indonesia DenpasarIndonesia 403 works
- 2 Institut Seni Indonesia SurakartaIndonesia 333 works
- 3 State University of PadangIndonesia 328 works
- 4 Institut Seni Indonesia YogyakartaIndonesia 272 works
- 5 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 264 works
- 6 Institut Seni Indonesia PadangpanjangIndonesia 257 works
- 7 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 246 works
- 8 State University of SemarangIndonesia 236 works
- 9 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 203 works
- 10 State University of MalangIndonesia 188 works
Where is Cultural and Artistic Studies research done?
The largest centres of Cultural and Artistic Studies research in 2022–2025 are Bandung (Indonesia), Jakarta (Indonesia), Denpasar (Indonesia) and Surabaya (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Padangpanjang, Bantul and Ende.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Bandung Indonesia 1k works
- 2 Jakarta Indonesia 875 works
- 3 Denpasar Indonesia 727 works
- 4 Surabaya Indonesia 639 works
- 5 Surakarta Indonesia 603 works
- 6 Yogyakarta Indonesia 541 works
- 7 Semarang Indonesia 511 works
- 8 Medan Indonesia 477 works
- 9 Malang Indonesia 408 works
- 10 Padang Indonesia 406 works
Where it is the local speciality
- PadangpanjangID · 257.1 works519×
- BantulID · 272.1 works401×
- EndeID · 27.9 works49×
- DenpasarID · 727.1 works43×
- SurakartaID · 603.3 works28×
- SingarajaID · 116.1 works23×
- Kelurahan TounsaruID · 58.7 works22×
- Palembang57.1 works20×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cultural and Artistic Studies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Cultural and Artistic Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, State University of Malang, Institut Seni Indonesia Denpasar and Universitas Negeri Surabaya 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State University of MalangIndonesia | 74.8 | 23.9% | 18.2× | 188 | +656.0% |
| 2 | Institut Seni Indonesia DenpasarIndonesia | 72.9 | 17.0% | 531.0× | 403 | +2894.2% |
| 3 | Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia | 72.5 | 19.4% | 30.3× | 246 | +584.3% |
| 4 | State University of SemarangIndonesia | 71.9 | 18.8% | 28.8× | 236 | +313.2% |
| 5 | Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia | 70.8 | 16.7% | 24.5× | 264 | +721.4% |
| 6 | Universitas Widya Gama MalangIndonesia | 70.4 | 34.4% | 22.6× | 19 | +216.7% |
| 7 | Universitas PGRI MadiunIndonesia | 69.5 | 37.1% | 10.1× | 11 | +332.1% |
| 8 | Maranatha Christian UniversityIndonesia | 69.2 | 26.9% | 40.6× | 45 | +991.2% |
| 9 | State University of PadangIndonesia | 68.4 | 12.1% | 28.2× | 328 | +694.4% |
| 10 | Institut Seni Budaya Indonesia BandungIndonesia | 68.4 | 17.7% | 203.6× | 153 | +299.4% |
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 Cultural and Artistic Studies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 275% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Cultural and Artistic Studies.
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.