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Cultural and Social Dynamics

Cultural and Social Dynamics is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 2.3k research works in it since 1961. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the nutritional and ecological aspects of Mauritia flexuosa, a carotene-rich palm fruit from Latin America. It delves into topics such as ecological management, sustainability, participatory action research, and cultural action. The cluster also discusses the territorial struggles and community-based learning associated with the cultivation and utilization of this Amazon palm fruit.

  • Mauritia Flexuosa
  • Amazon Palm Fruit
  • Ecological Management
  • Latin American Social Science
  • Participatory Action Research
  • Sustainability
  • Cultural Action
  • Territorial Struggles
  • Carotene-rich Fruit
  • Community-based Learning
Research works
2.3k
fractional, since 1961
In the world top 10%
223
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+30%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
28% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Cultural and Social Dynamics

Which countries lead Cultural and Social Dynamics research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (273 and 189 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 273 works
  2. 2 Mexico 189 works
  3. 3 Argentina 139 works
  4. 4 Colombia 102 works
  5. 5 Chile 74 works
  6. 6 United States 66 works
  7. 7 Peru 49 works
  8. 8 Ecuador 31 works
  9. 9 Brazil 24 works
  10. 10 Costa Rica 21 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.

Spain: 28.2%Mexico: 19.5%Argentina: 14.4%Colombia: 10.5%6 others listed: 27.4%28%largest
Spain273 · 28.2%Mexico189 · 19.5%Argentina139 · 14.4%Colombia102 · 10.5%6 others listed266 · 27.4%

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

Which institutions lead Cultural and Social Dynamics research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México publishes the most Cultural and Social Dynamics research, followed by Universidad de Buenos Aires and Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 28 works
  2. 2 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 27 works
  3. 3 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 27 works
  4. 4 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 24 works
  5. 5 CHDI FoundationUnited States 22 works
  6. 6 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 15 works
  7. 7 Universidad Autónoma MetropolitanaMexico 14 works
  8. 8 Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia 13 works
  9. 9 Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina 13 works
  10. 10 Universidad de GranadaSpain 12 works

What are the most cited papers in Cultural and Social Dynamics?

The most cited paper in Cultural and Social Dynamics is "Cultura e identidad obrera, Colombia 1910-1945" (Orlando Fals Borda, 1992), with 89 citations. Next come "La caída de los muros del conocimiento en la sociedad digital y las pedagogías emergentes" (67) and "Passive, Silent and Revolutionary: The ‘Arab Spring’ Revisited" (61).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cultura e identidad obrera, Colombia 1910-1945 Orlando Fals Borda · Análisis Político Open access May 1992 89
2 La caída de los muros del conocimiento en la sociedad digital y las pedagogías emergentes Begoña Gros Salvat · Education in the Knowledge Society (EKS) Open access 27 Mar 2015 67
3 Passive, Silent and Revolutionary: The ‘Arab Spring’ Revisited Billie Jeanne Brownlee, Maziyar Ghiabi · Middle East Critique Open access 20 May 2016 61
4 Lo que pliega la colecta: conocimientos, científicos y especímenes para otras ciencias posibles Santiago Martínez Medina · Antípoda Revista de Antropología y Arqueología Open access Oct 2020 58
5 Decolonial options and artistic/aestheSic entanglements: An interview with Walter Mignolo Rubén Gaztambide‐Fernández · Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society 18 May 2014 57
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Where is Cultural and Social Dynamics research done?

The largest centres of Cultural and Social Dynamics research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Mexico City (Mexico), Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Bogotá (Colombia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 95 works
  2. 2 Mexico CityMexico 73 works
  3. 3 Buenos AiresArgentina 61 works
  4. 4 BogotáColombia 56 works
  5. 5 SantiagoChile 43 works
  6. 6 LimaPeru 32 works
  7. 7 New YorkUnited States 25 works
  8. 8 BarcelonaSpain 20 works
  9. 9 San JoséCosta Rica 19 works
  10. 10 MedellínColombia 18 works
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Where is the best place to study Cultural and Social Dynamics?

Among universities, judged by research, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universitat de València and Universidad Complutense de Madrid 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%10%20%mean 12.09%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universitat Autònoma…Universitat de Valèn…Universidad Complute…Universidad de Bueno…
above the meannear itbelow it

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
1Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 60.720.2%14.4×9 +70.0%
2Universitat de ValènciaSpain 59.517.6%22.2×11 +77.6%
3Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 58.410.5%33.0×27 +109.0%
4Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 55.35.4%72.4×27 +16.6%
5Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia 53.513.6%41.7×14 +185.4%
6Universidad de GranadaSpain 50.212.9%23.6×12 +9.3%
7Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 49.15.9%30.4×28 +5.8%
8Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaSpain 48.017.1%62.4×11 +198.1%
9Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina 45.08.9%71.3×13 +15.7%
10Universidad de MálagaSpain 41.58.8%37.8×11 +92.1%

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 Social Dynamics, country by country

Is Cultural and Social Dynamics research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Cultural and Social Dynamics.

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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 Social Dynamics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0022% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Cultural and Social Dynamics0.0056% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cultural and Social Dynamics 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 Social Dynamics9.4% in 20252020

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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