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Historical Studies in Latin America

Historical Studies in Latin America is a research topic within Demography. Science Explorer counts 21k 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 struggles for independence, constitutionalism, and cultural identity in the Hispanic world during the 18th and 19th centuries. It delves into the political power dynamics, religious influence, and social movements that shaped the colonial society and led to revolutionary changes.

  • Independence
  • Hispanic World
  • Revolution
  • Constitutionalism
  • Colonial Society
  • Political Power
  • Cultural Identity
  • Religious Influence
  • Social Movements
  • Historiography
Research works
21k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-19%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
26% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Historical Studies in Latin America

Which countries lead Historical Studies in Latin America research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (707 and 617 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 707 works
  2. 2 Mexico 617 works
  3. 3 Argentina 285 works
  4. 4 United States 265 works
  5. 5 Chile 238 works
  6. 6 Peru 189 works
  7. 7 France 139 works
  8. 8 Colombia 125 works
  9. 9 Brazil 85 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 48 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.

Spain: 26.2%Mexico: 22.9%Argentina: 10.6%United States: 9.8%6 others listed: 30.5%26%largest
Spain707 · 26.2%Mexico617 · 22.9%Argentina285 · 10.6%United States265 · 9.8%6 others listed824 · 30.5%

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

Which institutions lead Historical Studies in Latin America research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México publishes the most Historical Studies in Latin America research, followed by El Colegio de México and Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 161 works
  2. 2 El Colegio de MéxicoMexico 78 works
  3. 3 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 66 works
  4. 4 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 66 works
  5. 5 National University of San MarcosPeru 59 works
  6. 6 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 52 works
  7. 7 Pontificia Universidad Católica del PerúPeru 47 works
  8. 8 Universidad de SevillaSpain 47 works
  9. 9 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 36 works
  10. 10 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 36 works

Who are the leading researchers in Historical Studies in Latin America?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Historical Studies in Latin America include Pierre Bourdıeu, Alberto Arduan Ortiz and Noam Chomsky.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  2. 2 Alberto Arduan Ortiz Spain 219k citations
  3. 3 Noam Chomsky United States 141k 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 Historical Studies in Latin America?

The most cited paper in Historical Studies in Latin America is "Zapata and the Mexican Revolution." (Michael Cobas Meyer, John Womack, 1969), with 487 citations. Next come "Lords of All the World: Ideologies of Empire in Spain, Britain, and France, c. 1500-c. 1800" (395) and "Everyday Forms of State Formation: Revolution and the Negotiation of Rule in Modern Mexico" (322).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Zapata and the Mexican Revolution. Michael Cobas Meyer, John Womack · Hispanic American Historical Review Nov 1969 487
2 Lords of All the World: Ideologies of Empire in Spain, Britain, and France, c. 1500-c. 1800 Woodrow Borah · Hispanic American Historical Review Feb 1997 395
3 Everyday Forms of State Formation: Revolution and the Negotiation of Rule in Modern Mexico Claude A. Pomerleau · Hispanic American Historical Review Open access Feb 1997 322
4 Ambivalent Conquests: Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1517–1570 Nancy Marguerite Farriss · Hispanic American Historical Review Open access Nov 1988 291
5 Hybridity and Its Discontents: Considering Visual Culture in Colonial Spanish America* Carolyn S. Dean, Dana Leibsohn · Colonial Latin American Review Jun 2003 264
All 98 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Historical Studies in Latin America research done?

The largest centres of Historical Studies in Latin America research in 2022-now are Mexico City (Mexico), Madrid (Spain), Lima (Peru) and Santiago (Chile). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tlalpan, Morelia and Caracas.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mexico CityMexico 297 works
  2. 2 MadridSpain 227 works
  3. 3 LimaPeru 146 works
  4. 4 SantiagoChile 143 works
  5. 5 Buenos AiresArgentina 129 works
  6. 6 TlalpanMexico 78 works
  7. 7 SevilleSpain 75 works
  8. 8 BogotáColombia 58 works
  9. 9 ParisFrance 58 works
  10. 10 CaracasVenezuela 39 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TlalpanMX · 78.2 works244×
  2. MoreliaMX · 33.9 works68×
  3. CaracasVE · 38.7 works57×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad de Sevilla, Universitat Jaume I and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 12.27%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universitat Jaume IUniversidad de SevillaUniversidad Nacional…El Colegio de México
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation 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 de SevillaSpain 65.914.8%31.9×47 +7.8%
2Universitat Jaume ISpain 64.317.6%21.6×8 +72.9%
3Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 63.810.8%62.2×161 -4.6%
4El Colegio de MéxicoMexico 62.410.2%420.1×78 +14.8%
5Universitat de ValènciaSpain 62.411.7%17.9×25 +21.8%
6Universidad de HuelvaSpain 60.614.1%48.2×12 +84.0%
7Universidad de Santiago de ChileChile 59.811.9%45.5×15 -32.6%
8Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 59.58.1%28.9×66 +17.9%
9University of TarapacáChile 58.88.6%65.8×10 -0.0%
10Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain 57.214.9%22.1×33 -22.7%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Latin America, country by country

Is Historical Studies in Latin America research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021.

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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 Latin America as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.013% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Historical Studies in Latin America0.0099% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Historical Studies in Latin 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 Latin America9.5% 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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