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Historical Studies in Central America

Historical Studies in Central America is a research topic within History. Science Explorer counts 2.6k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% 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 related to the history, culture, and development of Central America and the Caribbean. It includes studies on indigenous peoples, colonial history, financial management in the public sector, cultural practices, geography, ethnography, and archaeology.

  • Central America
  • Caribbean
  • indigenous peoples
  • financial management
  • colonial history
  • cultural practices
  • public sector
  • geography
  • ethnography
  • archaeology
Research works
2.6k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
268
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+113%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
30% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Historical Studies in Central America

Which countries lead Historical Studies in Central America research?

By volume, the United States and Mexico publish the most (147 and 69 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 147 works
  2. 2 Mexico 69 works
  3. 3 Nigeria 64 works
  4. 4 Spain 52 works
  5. 5 Costa Rica 43 works
  6. 6 Ecuador 26 works
  7. 7 France 25 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 23 works
  9. 9 Colombia 20 works
  10. 10 Italy 19 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: 30.2%Mexico: 14.1%Nigeria: 13.1%Spain: 10.6%6 others listed: 32.1%30%largest
United States147 · 30.2%Mexico69 · 14.1%Nigeria64 · 13.1%Spain52 · 10.6%6 others listed156 · 32.1%

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

Which institutions lead Historical Studies in Central America research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad de Costa Rica publishes the most Historical Studies in Central America research, followed by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad de Costa RicaCosta Rica 24 works
  2. 2 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 14 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 11 works
  4. 4 Universidad NacionalCosta Rica 8 works
  5. 5 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 7 works
  6. 6 American Society of GenealogistsUnited States 7 works
  7. 7 National Autonomous University of NicaraguaNicaragua 7 works
  8. 8 El Colegio de MéxicoMexico 6 works
  9. 9 Universidad de PanamáPanama 5 works
  10. 10 Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia 5 works

What are the most cited papers in Historical Studies in Central America?

The most cited paper in Historical Studies in Central America is "Management control systems and strategy: A critical review" (Kim Langfield‐Smith, 1997), with 1,370 citations. Next come "The Tainos: Rise and Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus." (319) and "culture, genuine and spurious: the politics of Indianness in the Vaupés, Colombia" (306).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Management control systems and strategy: A critical review Kim Langfield‐Smith · Accounting Organizations and Society Feb 1997 1,370
2 The Tainos: Rise and Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus. Jalil Sued-Badillo, Ĭrving Rouse · The American Historical Review Feb 1994 319
3 culture, genuine and spurious: the politics of Indianness in the Vaupés, Colombia Jean E. Jackson · American Ethnologist Feb 1995 306
4 Mediating Conflict in Central America Paul E. Wehr, John Paul Lederach · Journal of Peace Research Feb 1991 217
5 Todos somos indígenas: Towards a New Language of National Political Identity Andrew Canessa · Bulletin of Latin American Research 9 Mar 2006 210
All 101 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Historical Studies in Central America research done?

The largest centres of Historical Studies in Central America research in 2022-now are San José (Costa Rica), Mexico City (Mexico), Madrid (Spain) and Bogotá (Colombia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in San José.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 San JoséCosta Rica 28 works
  2. 2 Mexico CityMexico 27 works
  3. 3 MadridSpain 20 works
  4. 4 BogotáColombia 12 works
  5. 5 NairobiKenya 12 works
  6. 6 New YorkUnited States 9 works
  7. 7 LimaPeru 9 works
  8. 8 ManaguaNicaragua 9 works
  9. 9 HerediaCosta Rica 9 works
  10. 10 San SalvadorEl Salvador 8 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. San JoséCR · 28.4 works87×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Historical Studies in Central America than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Historical Studies in Central America?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Universidad de Costa Rica 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
1Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 50.05.6%18.7×14 +251.0%
2Universidad de Costa RicaCosta Rica 40.77.5%174.9×24 -17.1%

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 Historical Studies in Central America, country by country

Is Historical Studies in Central America research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 113% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Historical Studies in Central 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Historical Studies in Central America as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Historical Studies in Central America0.0053% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Historical Studies in Central America 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%Historical Studies in Central America9.3% 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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