Gender and Feminist Studies

Gender and Feminist Studies is a research topic within Gender Studies. Science Explorer counts 8.6k research works in it since 1960. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores a wide range of topics related to gender studies, including gender identity, sexuality, feminism, masculinity, family dynamics, and social inequality. It encompasses feminist perspectives, queer theory, and the impact of sexism on various aspects of society.

Gender
Sexuality
Feminism
Masculinity
Social Inequality
Queer Theory
Family Dynamics
Feminist Perspectives
Gender Identity
Sexism

Research works: 8.6k
In the world top 10%: 850
Top-10% rate: 9.9%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +11%
Largest producer: Spain

Gender and Feminist Studies

Which countries lead Gender and Feminist Studies research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (717 and 495 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 Spain 717 works
2 Mexico 495 works
3 Argentina 320 works
4 Colombia 178 works
5 Chile 137 works
6 Brazil 94 works
7 United States 89 works
8 Peru 82 works
9 Ecuador 75 works
10 Costa Rica 34 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.

Spain717 · 32.3%Mexico495 · 22.3%Argentina320 · 14.4%Colombia178 · 8.0%6 others listed512 · 23.0%

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

Which institutions lead Gender and Feminist Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas publishes the most Gender and Feminist Studies research, followed by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 72 works
2 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 69 works
3 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 53 works
4 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 49 works
5 Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina 39 works
6 Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 38 works
7 University of the Basque CountrySpain 34 works
8 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 33 works
9 Universidad de GranadaSpain 32 works
10 Universidad de SevillaSpain 26 works

Who are the leading researchers in Gender and Feminist Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Gender and Feminist Studies include Pierre Bourdıeu, Michel Foucault and Judith Butler.

1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
2 Michel Foucault France 208k citations
3 Judith Butler United States 116k citations
4 Sigmund Freud Brazil 97k citations
5 Alice H. Eagly United States 83k 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 Gender and Feminist Studies?

The most cited paper in Gender and Feminist Studies is "Colonialidad y género" (María Lugones, 2008), with 919 citations. Next come "La dominación masculina" (466) and "Evaluar el bullying y el cyberbullying validación española del EBIP-Q y del ECIP-Q" (315).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Colonialidad y género María Lugones · Tabula rasa Open access	30 Dec 2008	919
2	La dominación masculina Pierre Bourdıeu · Revista de Estudios de Género La Ventana Open access	1996	466
3	Evaluar el bullying y el cyberbullying validación española del EBIP-Q y del ECIP-Q Rosario Ortega Ruiz, Rosario Del Rey, José A. Casas · Psicologí a Educativa Open access	16 Mar 2016	315
4	The myth of sameness among Latino men and their machismo. José B. Torres, V. Scott H. Solberg, Aaron H. Carlstrom · American Journal of Orthopsychiatry	2002	250
5	El género : una categoría útil para el análisis histórico Joan Wallach Scott · Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja)	1990	244

All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Gender and Feminist Studies research done?

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

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 Mexico CityMexico 154 works
2 MadridSpain 152 works
3 Buenos AiresArgentina 127 works
4 BogotáColombia 80 works
5 SantiagoChile 78 works
6 LimaPeru 49 works
7 BarcelonaSpain 48 works
8 GuadalajaraMexico 41 works
9 La PlataArgentina 41 works
10 ValenciaSpain 38 works

Where it is the local speciality

La PlataAR · 40.6 works65×

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Gender and Feminist Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Gender and Feminist Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of the Basque Country, Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Universidad de Oviedo 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.

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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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	University of the Basque CountrySpain	74.2	16.6%	33.8×	34	+55.8%
2	Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain	70.5	15.1%	28.5×	53	+9.5%
3	Universidad de OviedoSpain	69.6	23.4%	27.5×	14	+22.9%
4	Universidad de SevillaSpain	69.2	15.6%	22.1×	26	+37.4%
5	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico	68.7	11.1%	33.2×	69	+26.8%
6	Universidad de GranadaSpain	66.9	12.8%	27.4×	32	+9.3%
7	Universitat de ValènciaSpain	65.0	16.0%	28.6×	33	-6.2%
8	Universidad de ValladolidSpain	61.9	15.6%	23.7×	15	+63.7%
9	Universidad de JaénSpain	61.4	24.0%	29.1×	9	+53.3%
10	University of AlicanteSpain	60.1	26.5%	20.3×	12	-30.3%
11	Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain	57.7	10.9%	16.0×	22	+0.6%
12	University of Castilla-La ManchaSpain	57.3	18.7%	20.3×	12	+32.8%
13	Universidad de La RiojaSpain	57.3	24.4%	56.1×	9	+284.3%
14	Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileChile	57.0	18.1%	13.9×	9	+53.9%
15	Universidad de MurciaSpain	55.8	12.0%	27.5×	18	+78.2%
16	Universitat de BarcelonaSpain	55.1	10.3%	15.1×	24	+1.2%
17	Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico	54.4	6.5%	60.6×	38	+116.3%
18	Universidad de CádizSpain	51.7	14.0%	38.3×	16	+25.6%
19	Universidade de VigoSpain	51.7	23.3%	18.6×	10	-42.0%
20	Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain	50.8	6.5%	31.7×	17	+64.5%
21	Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'ElxSpain	50.8	20.6%	37.1×	8	-
22	Universidad de SalamancaSpain	50.7	5.8%	28.0×	20	+81.0%
23	Universidad de ZaragozaSpain	50.5	11.0%	20.7×	19	+76.1%
24	Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina	49.4	6.8%	57.9×	49	-27.8%
25	Universidad Autónoma MetropolitanaMexico	47.5	9.6%	43.9×	19	+15.7%
26	Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaSpain	47.5	9.4%	46.6×	18	+225.1%
27	Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSpain	47.1	19.9%	21.7×	14	-11.6%
28	Universidad Autónoma del Estado de HidalgoMexico	46.6	12.8%	46.6×	17	+19.8%
29	Universidad de La LagunaSpain	46.0	16.7%	27.1×	12	-14.0%
30	Universidad de AntioquiaColombia	45.7	13.3%	29.5×	15	+9.5%
31	Universitat Jaume ISpain	45.4	18.8%	36.6×	12	-36.5%
32	Universidad de MálagaSpain	44.3	6.1%	21.0×	14	+60.8%
33	Pontificia Universidad JaverianaColombia	43.7	9.3%	38.0×	12	+178.5%
34	University of ChileChile	41.7	11.3%	23.8×	18	-25.1%
35	Universidad de la República de UruguayUruguay	41.1	7.8%	24.4×	13	-6.4%
36	Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo LeónMexico	40.8	7.5%	24.9×	11	+44.2%
37	National University of San MarcosPeru	40.1	9.1%	22.8×	12	+126.3%
38	Ibero American UniversityMexico	39.9	8.6%	72.6×	11	+17.5%
39	Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia	39.5	9.4%	17.8×	13	-14.6%
40	Universidad de ColimaMexico	39.4	9.2%	91.4×	9	+69.7%
41	Universidad Carlos III de MadridSpain	38.9	6.5%	19.1×	9	+39.0%
42	Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina	36.6	1.7%	96.0×	39	-41.4%
43	Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain	25.0	7.3%	9.8×	12	-31.7%

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 Gender and Feminist Studies, country by country

Is Gender and Feminist Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Gender and Feminist 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 Gender and Feminist Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0096% in 2024.

Fractional works of Gender and Feminist 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.

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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Which countries lead Gender and Feminist Studies research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Gender and Feminist Studies research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Gender and Feminist Studies?

What are the most cited papers in Gender and Feminist Studies?

Where is Gender and Feminist Studies research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Gender and Feminist Studies?

Is Gender and Feminist Studies research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion