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Cultural and Religious Practices in Indonesia

Cultural and Religious Practices in Indonesia is a research topic within Cultural Studies. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1961. 19.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of religion and culture in Southeast Asia, with a focus on Islam Nusantara, local wisdom, cultural syncretism, traditional practices, community empowerment, religious rituals, indigenous knowledge, social conflict resolution, ethnic diversity, and environmental conservation.

  • Islam Nusantara
  • Local Wisdom
  • Cultural Syncretism
  • Traditional Practices
  • Community Empowerment
  • Religious Rituals
  • Indigenous Knowledge
  • Social Conflict Resolution
  • Ethnic Diversity
  • Environmental Conservation
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1961
In the world top 10%
2.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+226%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Cultural and Religious Practices in Indonesia research?

By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (5.5k and 239 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 5.5k works
  2. 2 ?? 239 works
  3. 3 Malaysia 123 works
  4. 4 United States 53 works
  5. 5 India 26 works
  6. 6 Bangladesh 21 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 19 works
  8. 8 Pakistan 17 works
  9. 9 Thailand 14 works
  10. 10 Australia 13 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: 91.4%??: 4.0%Malaysia: 2.0%United States: 0.9%6 others listed: 1.8%91%largest
Indonesia5,533 · 91.4%??239 · 4.0%Malaysia123 · 2.0%United States53 · 0.9%6 others listed108 · 1.8%

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

Which institutions lead Cultural and Religious Practices in Indonesia research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu publishes the most Cultural and Religious Practices in Indonesia research, followed by Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta and Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara.

Where is Cultural and Religious Practices in Indonesia research done?

The largest centres of Cultural and Religious Practices in Indonesia research in 2022–2025 are Yogyakarta (Indonesia), Bengkulu (Indonesia), Medan (Indonesia) and Jakarta (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Padangpanjang, Bantul and Padang.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Yogyakarta Indonesia 452 works
  2. 2 Bengkulu Indonesia 382 works
  3. 3 Medan Indonesia 367 works
  4. 4 Jakarta Indonesia 343 works
  5. 5 Bandung Indonesia 342 works
  6. 6 Surabaya Indonesia 275 works
  7. 7 Malang Indonesia 251 works
  8. 8 Makassar Indonesia 245 works
  9. 9 Semarang Indonesia 220 works
  10. 10 Denpasar Indonesia 191 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PadangpanjangID · 43.6 works160×
  2. BantulID · 32.6 works87×
  3. Padang36.3 works61×
  4. Banjarmasin20.6 works60×
  5. Purwokerto21.6 works50×
  6. CiputatID · 84.3 works42×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cultural and Religious Practices in Indonesia than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Cultural and Religious Practices in Indonesia?

Among universities, judged by research, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu, Indonesia University of Education and Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta 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 20.68%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu: 355, 14.7%Indonesia University of Education: 94, 20.6%Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta: 178, 14.3%Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung: 89, 19.8%Universitas Sumatera Utara: 60, 22.5%State University of Semarang: 67, 21.0%Universitas Gadjah Mada: 93, 15.7%Tadulako University: 14, 40.8%Padjadjaran University: 46, 25.1%Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara: 165, 12.3%Indonesia University…Sunan Gunung Djati S…Institut Agama Islam…Sunan Kalijaga State…
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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 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 69.014.7%42.3×355 +461.3%
2 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 66.020.6%15.9×94 +973.1%
3 Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University YogyakartaIndonesia 65.314.3%60.6×178 +345.9%
4 Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University BandungIndonesia 65.219.8%42.2×89 +601.6%
5 Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 65.022.5%15.4×60 +753.8%
6 State University of SemarangIndonesia 64.621.0%14.8×67 +199.8%
7 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 64.015.7%17.1×93 +268.4%
8 Tadulako UniversityIndonesia 63.840.8%8.3×14 +575.0%
9 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 63.525.1%9.3×46 +1170.0%
10 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 62.912.3%27.6×165 +1090.1%

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 Religious Practices in Indonesia research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 226% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Cultural and Religious Practices in Indonesia.

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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.