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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. 9.6% 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%
2.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+31%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
93% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Cultural and Artistic Studies

Which countries lead Cultural and Artistic Studies research?

By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (11k and 258 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 11k works
  2. 2 ?? 258 works
  3. 3 Malaysia 195 works
  4. 4 United States 90 works
  5. 5 China 69 works
  6. 6 India 62 works
  7. 7 Thailand 49 works
  8. 8 Russia 32 works
  9. 9 Japan 27 works
  10. 10 Canada 25 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: 93.3%??: 2.2%Malaysia: 1.6%United States: 0.8%6 others listed: 2.2%93%largest
Indonesia11k · 93.3%??258 · 2.2%Malaysia195 · 1.6%United States90 · 0.8%6 others listed264 · 2.2%

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

Which institutions lead Cultural and Artistic Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Institut Seni Indonesia Denpasar publishes the most Cultural and Artistic Studies research, followed by State University of Padang and Institut Seni Indonesia Surakarta.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Institut Seni Indonesia DenpasarIndonesia 408 works
  2. 2 State University of PadangIndonesia 351 works
  3. 3 Institut Seni Indonesia SurakartaIndonesia 346 works
  4. 4 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 280 works
  5. 5 Institut Seni Indonesia YogyakartaIndonesia 280 works
  6. 6 State University of SemarangIndonesia 272 works
  7. 7 Institut Seni Indonesia PadangpanjangIndonesia 267 works
  8. 8 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 266 works
  9. 9 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 212 works
  10. 10 State University of MalangIndonesia 198 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cultural and Artistic Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cultural and Artistic Studies include Clifford Geertz and Michael Thomas Alexander.

  1. 1 Clifford Geertz United States 72k citations
  2. 2 Michael Thomas Alexander France 46k 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 Cultural and Artistic Studies?

The most cited paper in Cultural and Artistic Studies is "UPAYA MELESTARIKAN BUDAYA INDONESIA DI ERA GLOBALISASI" (Hildgardis M.I Nahak, 2019), with 326 citations. Next come "The Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic: How are the Future Tourist Behavior?" (250) and "Bahasa Sebagai Cermin Kebudayaan" (214).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 UPAYA MELESTARIKAN BUDAYA INDONESIA DI ERA GLOBALISASI Hildgardis M.I Nahak · Jurnal Sosiologi Nusantara Open access 25 Jun 2019 326
2 The Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic: How are the Future Tourist Behavior? Suci Sandi Wachyuni, Dewi Ayu Kusumaningrum · Journal of Education Society and Behavioural Science Open access 6 Jun 2020 250
3 Bahasa Sebagai Cermin Kebudayaan Rina Devianty · Repository UIN Sumatera Utara (UIN Sumatera Utara) Open access 30 Dec 2017 214
4 Art in Indonesia : Continuities and Change. William Watson · Pacific Affairs Sep 1968 208
5 Local Wisdom for Sustainable Development of Rural Tourism, Case on Kalibiru and Lopati Village, Province of Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta Vincentia Reni Vitasurya · Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences Conference paperOpen access 2016 192
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Where is Cultural and Artistic Studies research done?

The largest centres of Cultural and Artistic Studies research in 2022-now 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-now

  1. 1 BandungIndonesia 1.1k works
  2. 2 JakartaIndonesia 940 works
  3. 3 DenpasarIndonesia 763 works
  4. 4 SurabayaIndonesia 699 works
  5. 5 SurakartaIndonesia 633 works
  6. 6 YogyakartaIndonesia 581 works
  7. 7 SemarangIndonesia 569 works
  8. 8 MedanIndonesia 515 works
  9. 9 MalangIndonesia 436 works
  10. 10 PadangIndonesia 433 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PadangpanjangID · 266.7 works528×
  2. BantulID · 280.3 works412×
  3. EndeID · 28.3 works50×
  4. DenpasarID · 762.6 works44×
  5. SurakartaID · 632.8 works29×
  6. SingarajaID · 128.3 works24×
  7. Kelurahan TounsaruID · 66.1 works24×
  8. CiamisID · 29.9 works21×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cultural and Artistic Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Cultural and Artistic Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, State University of Malang, State University of Semarang and Institut Seni Indonesia Denpasar 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%20%40%mean 13.83%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →State University of …State University of …Indonesia University…Institut Seni Indone…
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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.

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
1State University of MalangIndonesia 59.516.4%20.3×198 +50.9%
2State University of SemarangIndonesia 58.212.4%35.0×272 +41.4%
3Institut Seni Indonesia DenpasarIndonesia 58.18.7%566.0×408 +147.1%
4Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 57.710.9%27.5×280 +103.5%
5Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 55.910.5%34.6×266 +51.0%
6Institut Agama Kristen Negeri Palangka Raya 55.541.9%60.3×9 -
7State University of PadangIndonesia 54.86.5%31.8×350 +74.0%
8Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 53.99.4%12.9×186 +101.8%
9Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 51.611.5%15.4×152 +7.5%
10Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 49.910.1%23.3×136 +11.4%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Cultural and Artistic Studies, country by country

Is Cultural and Artistic Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Cultural and Artistic Studies.

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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 Cultural and Artistic Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.048% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Cultural and Artistic Studies0.044% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cultural and Artistic Studies 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%Cultural and Artistic Studies9.6% in 202520102020

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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