Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies
Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies is a research topic within Philosophy. Science Explorer counts 42k research works in it since 1950. 6.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the concept of cultural identity in the context of post-modernity, globalization, and multiculturalism. It delves into various disciplines such as media studies, anthropology, and sociology to analyze the impact of identity politics, colonialism, and social resilience on cultural identities.
- Cultural Identity
- Post-Modernity
- Globalization
- Multiculturalism
- Media Studies
- Anthropology
- Social Resilience
- Identity Politics
- Colonialism
- Cultural Studies
- Research works
- 42k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 6.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +19% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies research?
By volume, Brazil and Portugal publish the most (6.5k and 319 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Brazil 6.5k works
- 2 Portugal 319 works
- 3 United States 181 works
- 4 Spain 91 works
- 5 France 77 works
- 6 Mexico 53 works
- 7 Chile 38 works
- 8 United Kingdom 37 works
- 9 Germany 33 works
- 10 Belgium 32 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies research, followed by Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 292 works
- 2 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 198 works
- 3 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 188 works
- 4 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 187 works
- 5 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 177 works
- 6 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 152 works
- 7 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 150 works
- 8 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 122 works
- 9 Universidade Federal de PernambucoBrazil 120 works
- 10 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 108 works
Who are the leading researchers in Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies include Carlos Fiolhais.
- 1 Carlos Fiolhais Portugal 3.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies research done?
The largest centres of Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Belo Horizonte (Brazil) and Porto Alegre (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Novo Hamburgo, Paranavaí and Providencia.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 São Paulo Brazil 986 works
- 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 640 works
- 3 Belo Horizonte Brazil 280 works
- 4 Porto Alegre Brazil 262 works
- 5 Florianópolis Brazil 193 works
- 6 Recife Brazil 187 works
- 7 Salvador Brazil 185 works
- 8 Curitiba Brazil 183 works
- 9 Niterói Brazil 177 works
- 10 Brasília Brazil 176 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Novo HamburgoBR · 37.1 works104×
- ParanavaíBR · 30.8 works70×
- ProvidenciaCL · 27.3 works61×
- São Bernardo do CampoBR · 20.1 works60×
- TubarãoBR · 22.4 works54×
- Santa Cruz do SulBR · 21.2 works52×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, Centro Universitário Belas Artes de São Paulo, Universidade Federal da Paraíba and Universidade Federal do ABC 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 | Centro Universitário Belas Artes de São PauloBrazil | 70.9 | 21.4% | 109.6× | 13 | +124.9% |
| 2 | Universidade Federal da ParaíbaBrazil | 69.2 | 10.2% | 32.9× | 96 | +248.8% |
| 3 | Universidade Federal do ABCBrazil | 68.2 | 16.6% | 12.0× | 13 | +200.6% |
| 4 | Universidade Federal do Espírito SantoBrazil | 65.6 | 10.2% | 33.8× | 76 | +156.8% |
| 5 | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil | 64.8 | 9.8% | 19.8× | 108 | +109.7% |
| 6 | Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil | 64.8 | 7.7% | 27.1× | 79 | +200.9% |
| 7 | Universidade Federal do AmapáBrazil | 64.6 | 15.3% | 27.8× | 12 | +212.4% |
| 8 | Universidade do Estado de Santa CatarinaBrazil | 64.5 | 9.6% | 40.5× | 50 | +202.4% |
| 9 | Universidade de São PauloBrazil | 64.3 | 8.0% | 23.2× | 292 | +42.6% |
| 10 | Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do SulBrazil | 63.4 | 9.1% | 36.6× | 61 | +168.8% |
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, Media, and Literary Studies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 19% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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