Health, Education, and Cultural Studies
Health, Education, and Cultural Studies is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 3.3k research works in it since 1950. 5.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics in the social sciences and humanities, including democracy, public policy, healthcare, environmental conservation, economic development, labor rights, and cultural studies. It encompasses research on Latin America, with a particular focus on countries like Nicaragua and Brazil. The papers reflect a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the complex social, political, and economic dynamics in the region.
- Social Sciences
- Humanities
- Latin America
- Democracy
- Public Policy
- Healthcare
- Environmental Conservation
- Economic Development
- Labor Rights
- Cultural Studies
- Research works
- 3.3k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 187 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 5.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +34% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Health, Education, and Cultural Studies research?
By volume, Brazil and Portugal publish the most (731 and 56 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Brazil 731 works
- 2 Portugal 56 works
- 3 United States 52 works
- 4 Spain 40 works
- 5 Mexico 27 works
- 6 Argentina 14 works
- 7 United Kingdom 14 works
- 8 Colombia 13 works
- 9 France 11 works
- 10 Chile 11 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Health, Education, and Cultural Studies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro publishes the most Health, Education, and Cultural Studies research, followed by Universidade de São Paulo and Universidade Federal Fluminense.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 21 works
- 2 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 21 works
- 3 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 19 works
- 4 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 19 works
- 5 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 18 works
- 6 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 16 works
- 7 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 16 works
- 8 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 15 works
- 9 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 15 works
- 10 Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São PauloBrazil 13 works
Where is Health, Education, and Cultural Studies research done?
The largest centres of Health, Education, and Cultural Studies research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Brasília (Brazil) and Belo Horizonte (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rio de Janeiro and Brasília.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 São Paulo Brazil 103 works
- 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 81 works
- 3 Brasília Brazil 33 works
- 4 Belo Horizonte Brazil 31 works
- 5 Lisbon Portugal 29 works
- 6 Porto Alegre Brazil 25 works
- 7 Curitiba Brazil 23 works
- 8 Florianópolis Brazil 21 works
- 9 Niterói Brazil 19 works
- 10 Campinas Brazil 19 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Rio de JaneiroBR · 80.8 works25×
- BrasíliaBR · 32.8 works23×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Health, Education, and Cultural Studies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Health, Education, and Cultural Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade de Brasília and Universidade Federal do Ceará 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universidade de São PauloBrazil | 47.4 | 6.1% | 11.5× | 21 | +46.4% |
| 2 | Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil | 44.0 | 7.7% | 32.6× | 19 | -3.0% |
| 3 | Universidade Federal do CearáBrazil | 40.9 | 10.7% | 18.7× | 8 | +88.9% |
| 4 | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil | 35.2 | 3.8% | 21.0× | 16 | +83.1% |
| 5 | Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil | 34.9 | 1.6% | 20.0× | 15 | +290.3% |
| 6 | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil | 34.4 | 3.2% | 19.8× | 16 | +91.2% |
| 7 | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil | 32.3 | 8.0% | 11.8× | 10 | -16.3% |
| 8 | Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São PauloBrazil | 30.0 | 5.1% | 61.8× | 13 | +57.1% |
| 9 | Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil | 29.9 | 0.0% | 38.8× | 19 | +131.8% |
| 10 | University of CoimbraPortugal | 28.3 | 2.1% | 18.2× | 8 | +283.9% |
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 Health, Education, and Cultural Studies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 34% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Health, Education, and Cultural Studies.
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.