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Extractivism and Socioeconomic Issues

Extractivism and Socioeconomic Issues is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 1.3k research works in it since 1970. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of social inequities, global capitalism, and their impact on various aspects of society including health, education, environment, and cultural identity. It delves into topics such as inequality, extractivism, neoliberalism, social movements, public health responses to crises, environmental conflicts, educational equity, and the influence of globalization.

  • Inequality
  • Extractivism
  • Neoliberalism
  • Social Movements
  • Globalization
  • Public Health
  • Environmental Conflict
  • Educational Equity
  • Crisis Response
  • Cultural Identity
Research works
1.3k
fractional, since 1970
In the world top 10%
126
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+33%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
24% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Extractivism and Socioeconomic Issues

Which countries lead Extractivism and Socioeconomic Issues research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (125 and 102 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 125 works
  2. 2 Mexico 102 works
  3. 3 Argentina 83 works
  4. 4 Colombia 50 works
  5. 5 United States 40 works
  6. 6 Chile 30 works
  7. 7 Peru 30 works
  8. 8 Ecuador 23 works
  9. 9 Brazil 15 works
  10. 10 Bolivia 14 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: 24.4%Mexico: 20.0%Argentina: 16.2%Colombia: 9.8%6 others listed: 29.5%24%largest
Spain125 · 24.4%Mexico102 · 20.0%Argentina83 · 16.2%Colombia50 · 9.8%6 others listed151 · 29.5%

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

Which institutions lead Extractivism and Socioeconomic Issues research?

By volume in 2022-now, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas publishes the most Extractivism and Socioeconomic Issues research, followed by CHDI Foundation and Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 21 works
  2. 2 CHDI FoundationUnited States 20 works
  3. 3 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 18 works
  4. 4 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 15 works
  5. 5 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 11 works
  6. 6 Universidad Autónoma MetropolitanaMexico 9 works
  7. 7 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 8 works
  8. 8 Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 7 works
  9. 9 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 7 works
  10. 10 Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas "Francisco García Salinas"Mexico 7 works

What are the most cited papers in Extractivism and Socioeconomic Issues?

The most cited paper in Extractivism and Socioeconomic Issues is "Feminismos territoriales en América Latina: defensas de la vida frente a los extractivismos" (Astrid Ulloa, 2016), with 182 citations. Next come "Governmental extractivism in Colombia: Legislation, securitization and the local settings of mining control" (108) and "Three Decades of Neoliberalism in Mexico" (78).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Feminismos territoriales en América Latina: defensas de la vida frente a los extractivismos Astrid Ulloa · Nómadas Open access 2016 182
2 Governmental extractivism in Colombia: Legislation, securitization and the local settings of mining control Irene Vélez‐Torres · Political Geography 2014 108
3 Three Decades of Neoliberalism in Mexico Äsa Cristina Laurell · International Journal of Health Services 26 Mar 2015 78
4 Sujeto Académico Neoliberal: Cuantificado, Digitalizado y Bibliometrificado Geo Saura, Antonio Bolívar Botía · REICE Revista Iberoamericana sobre Calidad Eficacia y Cambio en Educación Open access 29 Sep 2019 60
5 Inequidades sociales en la progresión de la COVID-19 en población mexicana Luis Ortiz-Hernández, Miguel A. Pérez-Sastre · Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública Open access 21 Sep 2020 58
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Where is Extractivism and Socioeconomic Issues research done?

The largest centres of Extractivism and Socioeconomic Issues research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Mexico City (Mexico) and Bogotá (Colombia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Buenos Aires.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 46 works
  2. 2 Buenos AiresArgentina 35 works
  3. 3 Mexico CityMexico 34 works
  4. 4 BogotáColombia 25 works
  5. 5 New YorkUnited States 21 works
  6. 6 SantiagoChile 17 works
  7. 7 LimaPeru 16 works
  8. 8 BarcelonaSpain 13 works
  9. 9 QuitoEcuador 9 works
  10. 10 San JoséCosta Rica 9 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Buenos AiresAR · 34.6 works32×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Extractivism and Socioeconomic Issues than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Extractivism and Socioeconomic Issues?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Universidad de Buenos Aires 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%5%10%mean 8.75%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad de Bueno…Universidad Nacional…Universidad Complute…Universidad Autónoma…
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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
1Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 65.39.1%29.1×15 +37.7%
2Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 61.411.6%55.3×11 -26.4%
3Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 58.09.1%40.1×18 +50.4%
4Universidad Autónoma MetropolitanaMexico 10.05.2%80.9×9 +56.7%

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 Extractivism and Socioeconomic Issues, country by country

Is Extractivism and Socioeconomic Issues research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Extractivism and Socioeconomic Issues.

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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 Extractivism and Socioeconomic Issues as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Extractivism and Socioeconomic Issues 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%Extractivism and Socioeconomic Issues10.1% 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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