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Gender and Women's Rights

Gender and Women's Rights is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1955. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

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Research works: 17k
In the world top 10%: 1.7k
Top-10% rate: 9.8%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +85%
Largest producer: Indonesia

Gender and Women's Rights

Which countries lead Gender and Women's Rights research?

By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (7.9k and 291 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 Indonesia 7.9k works
2 ?? 291 works
3 Malaysia 162 works
4 United States 114 works
5 Pakistan 77 works
6 United Kingdom 75 works
7 India 74 works
8 Bangladesh 60 works
9 Türkiye 58 works
10 Nigeria 52 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.

Indonesia7,877 · 89.1%??291 · 3.3%Malaysia162 · 1.8%United States114 · 1.3%6 others listed395 · 4.5%

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

Which institutions lead Gender and Women's Rights research?

By volume in 2022-now, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu publishes the most Gender and Women's Rights research, followed by Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta and Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 380 works
2 Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University YogyakartaIndonesia 246 works
3 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 202 works
4 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 140 works
5 Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University BandungIndonesia 126 works
6 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 107 works
7 Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik IbrahimIndonesia 106 works
8 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 105 works
9 Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Intan LampungIndonesia 102 works
10 UIN Sunan Ampel SurabayaIndonesia 100 works

Who are the leading researchers in Gender and Women's Rights?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Gender and Women's Rights include Agus Sudaryanto.

1 Agus Sudaryanto Indonesia 54k 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 Women's Rights?

The most cited paper in Gender and Women's Rights is "Modes of Immigration Politics in Liberal Democratic States" (Gary P. Freeman, 1995), with 904 citations. Next come "Sexual Politics, Orientalism and Multicultural Citizenship in the Netherlands" (396) and "Patriarchy and Womens Subordination: A Theoretical Analysis" (384).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Modes of Immigration Politics in Liberal Democratic States Gary P. Freeman · International Migration Review	1995	904
2	Sexual Politics, Orientalism and Multicultural Citizenship in the Netherlands Paul Mepschen, Jan Willem Duyvendak, Evelien Tonkens · Sociology	Oct 2010	396
3	Patriarchy and Womens Subordination: A Theoretical Analysis Abeda Sultana · Arts Faculty Journal Open access	13 Dec 2012	384
4	Imperilled Muslim Women, Dangerous Muslim Men and Civilised Europeans: Legal and Social Responses to Forced Marriages Sherene H. Razack · Feminist Legal Studies	28 Sep 2004	373
5	MENYOROTI BUDAYA PATRIARKI DI INDONESIA Ade Irma Sakina, Dessy Hasanah Siti A. · Share Social Work Journal Open access	30 Jul 2017	293

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Where is Gender and Women's Rights research done?

The largest centres of Gender and Women's Rights research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), Yogyakarta (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia) and Surabaya (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Banjarmasin, Padang and Purwokerto.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 JakartaIndonesia 691 works
2 YogyakartaIndonesia 608 works
3 BandungIndonesia 524 works
4 SurabayaIndonesia 515 works
5 MedanIndonesia 505 works
6 BengkuluIndonesia 441 works
7 MakassarIndonesia 339 works
8 SemarangIndonesia 332 works
9 MalangIndonesia 308 works
10 Bandar LampungIndonesia 195 works

Where it is the local speciality

Banjarmasin24.3 works49×
Padang31.1 works37×
Purwokerto23.3 works36×
Tanjung PinangID · 30.2 works31×
Kartasura28.3 works29×
CiputatID · 81.4 works28×

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Gender and Women's Rights than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Gender and Women's Rights?

Among universities, judged by research, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu, Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung and Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Intan Lampung 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	Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia	70.1	11.5%	34.0×	380	+95.6%
2	Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University BandungIndonesia	69.2	14.7%	44.8×	126	+155.8%
3	Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Intan LampungIndonesia	67.2	15.3%	35.3×	102	+190.0%
4	Al-Azhar UniversityIndonesia	66.5	18.4%	17.3×	25	+248.9%
5	Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University YogyakartaIndonesia	66.3	11.1%	62.9×	246	+77.8%
6	Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic UniversityBrunei	65.9	23.7%	58.0×	9	-
7	Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia	64.9	13.4%	10.9×	86	+221.3%
8	Islamic UniversityBangladesh	64.0	13.6%	24.7×	32	+140.3%
9	University of MalayaMalaysia	63.0	28.3%	3.6×	16	+10.2%
10	Siliwangi UniversityIndonesia	61.6	22.5%	8.9×	15	+98.8%
11	Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University JakartaIndonesia	61.1	11.7%	30.7×	81	+36.5%
12	Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia	60.7	10.6%	15.0×	105	+30.3%
13	Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik IbrahimIndonesia	60.4	11.8%	38.0×	106	+80.1%
14	Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia	59.5	10.4%	14.0×	107	+39.2%
15	Walisongo State Islamic UniversityIndonesia	59.5	12.2%	34.0×	45	+83.9%
16	Universitas Muhammadiyah JemberIndonesia	59.4	17.2%	14.1×	35	+103.9%
17	University of IndonesiaIndonesia	58.3	8.7%	14.9×	140	+51.0%
18	Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia	57.8	7.9%	25.3×	202	+581.1%
19	National University of MalaysiaMalaysia	57.4	21.3%	4.2×	22	+88.6%
20	IAIN KudusIndonesia	57.3	15.2%	33.4×	28	+86.5%
21	Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia	57.2	11.3%	14.4×	86	+169.8%
22	UIN Sunan Ampel SurabayaIndonesia	56.8	10.2%	39.5×	100	+127.6%
23	Universitas Swadaya Gunung JatiIndonesia	56.8	17.6%	18.4×	19	+603.6%
24	Universitas Muslim IndonesiaIndonesia	56.6	18.2%	10.9×	27	+10.8%
25	State University of SemarangIndonesia	56.4	9.9%	13.8×	83	+65.6%
26	Universitas Islam Negeri Profesor Kiai Haji Saifuddin Zuhri Purwokerto	56.2	18.5%	43.2×	22	-
27	Universitas Islam Negeri Imam Bonjol Padang	55.7	14.5%	39.2×	31	+147.7%
28	Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Syarif Kasim RiauIndonesia	55.5	9.8%	35.4×	84	+297.6%
29	University of PattimuraIndonesia	55.5	12.6%	14.2×	43	+189.2%
30	Bandung Islamic UniversityIndonesia	54.8	12.6%	22.0×	77	+66.2%
31	Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia	54.4	11.6%	12.8×	58	+92.8%
32	Muhammadiyah University of SurakartaIndonesia	54.3	10.1%	10.1×	48	+231.9%
33	Islamic University of IndonesiaIndonesia	54.3	11.9%	15.8×	42	+203.9%
34	UIN Raden Mas Said Surakarta	54.3	11.0%	32.2×	28	+83.1%
35	Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran JakartaIndonesia	54.1	10.1%	31.2×	62	+521.2%
36	Tanjungpura UniversityIndonesia	53.8	13.9%	7.8×	30	+530.4%
37	Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia	53.7	10.3%	10.6×	79	+14.8%
38	Pelita Harapan UniversityIndonesia	53.6	14.6%	11.3×	27	+166.5%
39	Jambi UniversityIndonesia	53.5	10.5%	12.4×	66	+120.9%
40	Universitas Muhammadiyah MalangIndonesia	53.4	11.8%	13.9×	36	+19.4%
41	IPB UniversityIndonesia	52.8	17.2%	3.8×	17	+63.5%
42	Universitas Widya Gama MalangIndonesia	52.4	18.0%	19.2×	12	+290.5%
43	University of Islamic StudiesPakistan	48.0	12.9%	29.4×	8	+58.1%
44	Universiti Sains Islam MalaysiaMalaysia	44.6	12.5%	13.0×	12	+140.6%
45	Sultan Zainal Abidin UniversityMalaysia	41.8	9.1%	12.8×	11	+142.1%
46	International Islamic University MalaysiaMalaysia	40.9	8.4%	8.4×	17	+47.1%
47	Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia	37.4	13.3%	2.0×	12	+57.9%

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 Women's Rights, country by country

Is Gender and Women's Rights research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 85% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Gender and Women's Rights.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Gender and Women's Rights as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.040% in 2024.

Fractional works of Gender and Women's Rights 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 Women's Rights research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Gender and Women's Rights research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Gender and Women's Rights?

What are the most cited papers in Gender and Women's Rights?

Where is Gender and Women's Rights research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Gender and Women's Rights?

Is Gender and Women's Rights research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

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