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Gender, Violence, Rights in Latin America

Gender, Violence, Rights in Latin America is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 3.1k research works in it since 1958. 8.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the multifaceted dimensions of inequality, social justice, and historical perspectives in Latin America. It delves into entangled inequalities, transnational articulations, racism, colonial difference, and economic disparities, shedding light on the global interdependencies shaping the region's socio-economic landscape.

  • Inequality
  • Social Justice
  • Latin America
  • Entanglements
  • Historical Perspectives
  • Transnational Articulations
  • Racism
  • Colonial Difference
  • Economic Disparities
  • Global Interdependencies
Research works
3.1k
fractional, since 1958
In the world top 10%
270
per year above
Top-10% rate
8.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+55%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Gender, Violence, Rights in Latin America research?

By volume, Mexico and Colombia publish the most (232 and 91 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Mexico 232 works
  2. 2 Colombia 91 works
  3. 3 Spain 89 works
  4. 4 Ecuador 87 works
  5. 5 Peru 54 works
  6. 6 Argentina 48 works
  7. 7 Chile 45 works
  8. 8 Brazil 36 works
  9. 9 United States 29 works
  10. 10 Costa Rica 25 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.

Mexico: 31.5%Colombia: 12.3%Spain: 12.1%Ecuador: 11.8%6 others listed: 32.2%32%largest
Mexico232 · 31.5%Colombia91 · 12.3%Spain89 · 12.1%Ecuador87 · 11.8%6 others listed238 · 32.2%

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

Which institutions lead Gender, Violence, Rights in Latin America research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México publishes the most Gender, Violence, Rights in Latin America research, followed by Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes and Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo.

Who are the leading researchers in Gender, Violence, Rights in Latin America?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Gender, Violence, Rights in Latin America include Enrique Gracia.

  1. 1 Enrique Gracia Spain 120 citations

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

Where is Gender, Violence, Rights in Latin America research done?

The largest centres of Gender, Violence, Rights in Latin America research in 2022–2025 are Mexico City (Mexico), Bogotá (Colombia), Madrid (Spain) and Ambato (Ecuador). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ambato.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Mexico City Mexico 54 works
  2. 2 Bogotá Colombia 49 works
  3. 3 Madrid Spain 30 works
  4. 4 Ambato Ecuador 25 works
  5. 5 Lima Peru 24 works
  6. 6 Santiago Chile 22 works
  7. 7 Buenos Aires Argentina 20 works
  8. 8 San José Costa Rica 18 works
  9. 9 Quito Ecuador 15 works
  10. 10 Medellín Colombia 13 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AmbatoEC · 25.4 works74×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Gender, Violence, Rights in Latin America than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Gender, Violence, Rights in Latin America?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes 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%15%mean 4.85%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo: 10, 13.8%Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: 25, 4.8%Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes: 17, 7.9%Universidad de Guadalajara: 9, 10.9%Universidad de Costa Rica: 8, 1.4%Universidad Veracruzana: 10, 0.0%Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México: 10, 0.0%Universidad César Vallejo: 10, 0.0%Universidad Autónoma…Universidad de Guada…Universidad Regional…Universidad Nacional…
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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 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de HidalgoMexico 51.213.8%70.5×10 +150.0%
2 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 47.44.8%31.5×25 +94.0%
3 Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesEcuador 36.27.9%101.3×17
4 Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 31.510.9%35.9×9 +26.0%
5 Universidad de Costa RicaCosta Rica 23.31.4%54.0×8 +110.9%
6 Universidad VeracruzanaMexico 21.60.0%59.5×10 +144.9%
7 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de MéxicoMexico 18.80.0%76.9×10 +119.2%
8 Universidad César VallejoPeru 11.10.0%42.4×10

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, Violence, Rights in Latin America research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 55% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Gender, Violence, Rights in Latin America.

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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.

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.