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Globalization and Cultural Identity

Globalization and Cultural Identity is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 8.9k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the multifaceted impacts of globalization on society, encompassing discussions on cultural identity, sustainability, economic integration, social movements, and international relations. It delves into the challenges and opportunities presented by globalization across various domains such as education, market ideology, and transnational interactions.

  • Globalization
  • Identity
  • Cultural
  • Sustainability
  • Economic Integration
  • Social Movements
  • International Relations
  • Education
  • Market Ideology
  • Transnational
Research works
8.9k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
889
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-6%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
23% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Globalization and Cultural Identity

Which countries lead Globalization and Cultural Identity research?

By volume, the United States and Indonesia publish the most (134 and 75 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 134 works
  2. 2 Indonesia 75 works
  3. 3 China 63 works
  4. 4 Russia 57 works
  5. 5 India 56 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 55 works
  7. 7 Brazil 48 works
  8. 8 Romania 36 works
  9. 9 Nigeria 36 works
  10. 10 Pakistan 33 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: 22.6%Indonesia: 12.6%China: 10.7%Russia: 9.7%6 others listed: 44.5%23%largest
United States134 · 22.6%Indonesia75 · 12.6%China63 · 10.7%Russia57 · 9.7%6 others listed263 · 44.5%

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

Which institutions lead Globalization and Cultural Identity research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universitatea de Medicină, Farmacie, Științe și Tehnologie „George Emil Palade” din Târgu Mureș publishes the most Globalization and Cultural Identity research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universitatea de Medicină, Farmacie, Științe și Tehnologie „George Emil Palade” din Târgu MureșRomania 13 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 7 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 6 works
  4. 4 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 6 works
  5. 5 Babeș-Bolyai UniversityRomania 6 works
  6. 6 National University of UzbekistanUzbekistan 5 works
  7. 7 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 4 works
  8. 8 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 4 works
  9. 9 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 4 works
  10. 10 Goethe University FrankfurtGermany 4 works

Who are the leading researchers in Globalization and Cultural Identity?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Globalization and Cultural Identity include Pierre Bourdıeu, Joseph E. Stiglitz and Noam Chomsky.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  2. 2 Joseph E. Stiglitz United States 167k citations
  3. 3 Noam Chomsky United States 141k citations
  4. 4 Norman K. Denzin United States 130k citations
  5. 5 Anthony Giddens United States 121k citations
  6. 6 Paul DiMaggio United States 120k citations
  7. 7 Amartya Kumar Sen United States 117k 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 Globalization and Cultural Identity?

The most cited paper in Globalization and Cultural Identity is "Modernization and Postmodernization: Cultural, Economic, and Political Change in 43 Societies" (Francis Fukuyama, Ronald Inglehart, 1997), with 4,848 citations. Next come "Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection" (3,151) and "Public Diplomacy and Soft Power" (2,001).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Modernization and Postmodernization: Cultural, Economic, and Political Change in 43 Societies Francis Fukuyama, Ronald Inglehart · Foreign Affairs 1997 4,848
2 Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection Anna Tsing · Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) 28 Nov 2004 3,151
3 Public Diplomacy and Soft Power Joseph S. Nye · The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Open access 13 Feb 2008 2,001
4 Power and interdependence Robert O. Keohane, Joseph S. Nye · Survival Jul 1973 1,928
5 Globalization: social theory and global culture Nicholas Rengger · International Affairs Jul 1993 1,653
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Where is Globalization and Cultural Identity research done?

The largest centres of Globalization and Cultural Identity research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom) and Târgu Mureş (Romania).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 27 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 20 works
  3. 3 LondonUnited Kingdom 15 works
  4. 4 Târgu MureşRomania 14 works
  5. 5 New YorkUnited States 13 works
  6. 6 KyivUkraine 12 works
  7. 7 JakartaIndonesia 11 works
  8. 8 TashkentUzbekistan 10 works
  9. 9 MelbourneAustralia 10 works
  10. 10 YogyakartaIndonesia 9 works
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Where is the best place to study Globalization and Cultural Identity?

Among universities, judged by research, Universitatea de Medicină, Farmacie, Științe și Tehnologie „George Emil Palade” din Târgu Mureș 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.

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
1Universitatea de Medicină, Farmacie, Științe și Tehnologie „George Emil Palade” din Târgu MureșRomania 5.00.0%176.6×13 0.0%

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 Globalization and Cultural Identity, country by country

Is Globalization and Cultural Identity research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2010.

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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 Globalization and Cultural Identity as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0047% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Globalization and Cultural Identity0.0048% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Globalization and Cultural Identity 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%Globalization and Cultural Identity10.4% in 2025200020102020

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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