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Gender Politics and Representation

Gender Politics and Representation is a research topic within Gender Studies. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1950. 25.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the representation and impact of women in political decision-making, including studies on gender quotas, feminist theory, voting behavior, and the intersectionality of gender with other social categories. It also delves into the concept of descriptive representation and its effects on policy outcomes, as well as the global governance of gender issues.

  • Women
  • Policy Makers
  • Gender Mainstreaming
  • Political Representation
  • Quotas
  • Feminist Theory
  • Voting Behavior
  • Intersectionality
  • Descriptive Representation
  • Global Governance
Research works
20k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
25.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+48%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Gender Politics and Representation research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1.1k and 448 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.1k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 448 works
  3. 3 India 276 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 205 works
  5. 5 Germany 205 works
  6. 6 Canada 182 works
  7. 7 Australia 168 works
  8. 8 Brazil 152 works
  9. 9 Spain 147 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 124 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.

United States: 37.0%United Kingdom: 14.8%India: 9.1%Indonesia: 6.8%6 others listed: 32.3%37%largest
United States1,118 · 37.0%United Kingdom448 · 14.8%India276 · 9.1%Indonesia205 · 6.8%6 others listed978 · 32.3%

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Which institutions lead Gender Politics and Representation research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy publishes the most Gender Politics and Representation research, followed by Australian National University and University of Gothenburg.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Institute for Peace Research and Security PolicyGermany 29 works
  2. 2 Australian National UniversityAustralia 24 works
  3. 3 University of GothenburgSweden 21 works
  4. 4 University of TorontoCanada 20 works
  5. 5 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 20 works
  6. 6 University of OttawaCanada 20 works
  7. 7 Uppsala UniversitySweden 19 works
  8. 8 London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom 19 works
  9. 9 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 19 works
  10. 10 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 18 works

Who are the leading researchers in Gender Politics and Representation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Gender Politics and Representation include Patrícia Hill Collins and Joan Acker.

  1. 1 Patrícia Hill Collins United States 4.5k citations
  2. 2 Joan Acker United States 1.6k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Gender Politics and Representation research done?

The largest centres of Gender Politics and Representation research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Washington D.C. (United States) and New Delhi (India).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 110 works
  2. 2 New York United States 55 works
  3. 3 Washington D.C. United States 53 works
  4. 4 New Delhi India 48 works
  5. 5 Melbourne Australia 41 works
  6. 6 Istanbul Türkiye 40 works
  7. 7 Paris France 37 works
  8. 8 Hamburg Germany 36 works
  9. 9 Madrid Spain 36 works
  10. 10 Toronto Canada 36 works
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Where is the best place to study Gender Politics and Representation?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Gothenburg, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and University of Amsterdam 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%20%40%60%mean 41.81%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Gothenburg: 21, 54.4%Universitat Pompeu Fabra: 12, 50.6%University of Amsterdam: 18, 47.3%Australian National University: 24, 25.5%London School of Economics and Political Science: 19, 39.6%Uppsala University: 19, 45.2%University of Bergen: 10, 47.7%University of Bath: 14, 30.0%Royal Holloway University of London: 8, 35.6%University of Antwerp: 11, 42.2%University of Gothen…Universitat Pompeu F…University of Amster…Australian National …
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of GothenburgSweden 87.654.4%11.6×21 +131.0%
2 Universitat Pompeu FabraSpain 76.150.6%15.9×12 +145.5%
3 University of AmsterdamNetherlands 74.647.3%7.2×18 +161.0%
4 Australian National UniversityAustralia 71.025.5%10.4×24 +116.8%
5 London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom 69.639.6%17.0×19 +22.4%
6 Uppsala UniversitySweden 66.845.2%7.9×19 +1.6%
7 University of BergenNorway 65.347.7%8.3×10 +86.0%
8 University of BathUnited Kingdom 61.830.0%12.4×14 —
9 Royal Holloway University of LondonUnited Kingdom 60.935.6%14.5×8 +149.4%
10 University of AntwerpBelgium 58.842.2%8.1×11 +23.1%

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 Gender Politics and Representation research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Gender Politics and Representation.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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