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Diverse Cultural and Social Studies

Diverse Cultural and Social Studies is a research topic within Literature and Literary Theory. Science Explorer counts 2.9k research works in it since 1975. 9.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to semiotics, cultural studies, propaganda, media, art, ethnography, communication, sociology, language, and identity. It explores the use of signs and symbols in various cultural contexts, the impact of media on society, and the representation of identity through different forms of communication.

  • Semiotics
  • Cultural Studies
  • Propaganda
  • Media
  • Art
  • Ethnography
  • Communication
  • Sociology
  • Language
  • Identity
Research works
2.9k
fractional, since 1975
In the world top 10%
279
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+53%
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Largest producer
Türkiye
83% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Diverse Cultural and Social Studies

Which countries lead Diverse Cultural and Social Studies research?

By volume, Türkiye and Indonesia publish the most (1.1k and 37 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Türkiye 1.1k works
  2. 2 Indonesia 37 works
  3. 3 Germany 36 works
  4. 4 United States 31 works
  5. 5 ?? 29 works
  6. 6 Azerbaijan 29 works
  7. 7 India 23 works
  8. 8 Uzbekistan 18 works
  9. 9 Kazakhstan 15 works
  10. 10 China 10 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.

Türkiye: 82.7%Indonesia: 2.8%Germany: 2.7%United States: 2.4%6 others listed: 9.4%83%largest
Türkiye1,086 · 82.7%Indonesia37 · 2.8%Germany36 · 2.7%United States31 · 2.4%6 others listed123 · 9.4%

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

Which institutions lead Diverse Cultural and Social Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University publishes the most Diverse Cultural and Social Studies research, followed by Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi and Selçuk University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli UniversityTürkiye 44 works
  2. 2 Ankara Sosyal Bilimler ÜniversitesiTürkiye 29 works
  3. 3 Selçuk UniversityTürkiye 26 works
  4. 4 Hacettepe UniversityTürkiye 25 works
  5. 5 Sivas Cumhuriyet ÜniversitesiTürkiye 22 works
  6. 6 Marmara UniversityTürkiye 20 works
  7. 7 Dokuz Eylül UniversityTürkiye 20 works
  8. 8 Atatürk UniversityTürkiye 20 works
  9. 9 Ondokuz Mayıs UniversityTürkiye 20 works
  10. 10 Anadolu UniversityTürkiye 17 works

Who are the leading researchers in Diverse Cultural and Social Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Diverse Cultural and Social Studies include Aeilko Having Zwinderman and Bernd Weber.

  1. 1 Aeilko Having Zwinderman Netherlands 74k citations
  2. 2 Bernd Weber Germany 20k 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 Diverse Cultural and Social Studies?

The most cited paper in Diverse Cultural and Social Studies is "An Analysis of the Portrayal of Gender Roles in Turkish Television Advertisements" (Nimet Uray, Şebnem Burnaz, 2003), with 155 citations. Next come "Journalismus in Deutschland" (122) and "Zur Entstehung und Entwicklung zentraler Begriffe bei der pädagogischen Auseinandersetzung mit Medien" (86).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 An Analysis of the Portrayal of Gender Roles in Turkish Television Advertisements Nimet Uray, Şebnem Burnaz · Sex Roles 2003 155
2 Journalismus in Deutschland Nina Steindl, Corinna Lauerer, Thomas Hanitzsch · Publizistik 2 Oct 2017 122
3 Zur Entstehung und Entwicklung zentraler Begriffe bei der pädagogischen Auseinandersetzung mit Medien Gerhard Tulodziecki · MedienPädagogik Zeitschrift für Theorie und Praxis der Medienbildung Open access 11 Sep 2011 86
4 Journalismus in der Netzwerköffentlichkeit Christoph Neuberger Book chapterOpen access 2018 78
5 Transparenz im Journalismus Klaus Meier, Julius Reimer · Publizistik 12 Apr 2011 74
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Where is Diverse Cultural and Social Studies research done?

The largest centres of Diverse Cultural and Social Studies research in 2022-now are Istanbul (Türkiye), Ankara (Türkiye), Izmir (Türkiye) and Konya (Türkiye).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 IstanbulTürkiye 194 works
  2. 2 AnkaraTürkiye 160 works
  3. 3 IzmirTürkiye 51 works
  4. 4 KonyaTürkiye 40 works
  5. 5 EskişehirTürkiye 30 works
  6. 6 SamsunTürkiye 23 works
  7. 7 SivasTürkiye 22 works
  8. 8 ErzurumTürkiye 22 works
  9. 9 BakuAzerbaijan 21 works
  10. 10 AntalyaTürkiye 18 works
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Where is the best place to study Diverse Cultural and Social Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Atatürk University, Selçuk University and Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi score highest, combining citation 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%30%mean 16.91%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Atatürk UniversitySelçuk UniversityAkdeniz UniversityAnkara Sosyal Biliml…
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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.

Citation 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
1Atatürk UniversityTürkiye 67.325.0%46.2×20 +111.1%
2Selçuk UniversityTürkiye 57.919.4%68.7×26 +2.7%
3Ankara Sosyal Bilimler ÜniversitesiTürkiye 54.115.3%148.9×29 +5.6%
4Akdeniz UniversityTürkiye 51.416.5%59.2×17 +94.5%
5Kırıkkale UniversityTürkiye 51.423.2%53.9×8 +287.5%
6Anadolu UniversityTürkiye 49.814.1%114.3×18 +14.9%
7Karabük UniversityTürkiye 49.523.0%40.9×8 +51.0%
8Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli UniversityTürkiye 49.46.3%256.2×44 +165.5%
9Ondokuz Mayıs UniversityTürkiye 48.411.6%58.5×20 +128.5%
10İstanbul Gelişim ÜniversitesiTürkiye 47.714.7%130.5×13 +52.9%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Diverse Cultural and Social Studies, country by country

Is Diverse Cultural and Social Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 53% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Diverse Cultural and Social 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 Diverse Cultural and Social Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0062% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Diverse Cultural and Social 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%Diverse Cultural and Social Studies9.6% 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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