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History and Politics in Latin America

History and Politics in Latin America is a research topic within Demography. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1950. 7.2% 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, society, and economy of Colombia. It includes discussions on violence, land issues, political conflicts, agricultural development, educational reforms, and the impact of globalization on the country. The papers provide insights into the historical and contemporary challenges faced by Colombia.

  • Colombia
  • history
  • society
  • violence
  • economy
  • politics
  • land
  • conflict
  • agriculture
  • education
Research works
15k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+3%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead History and Politics in Latin America research?

By volume, Colombia and Argentina publish the most (665 and 242 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Colombia 665 works
  2. 2 Argentina 242 works
  3. 3 Spain 227 works
  4. 4 Mexico 204 works
  5. 5 United States 143 works
  6. 6 Peru 97 works
  7. 7 Chile 80 works
  8. 8 France 58 works
  9. 9 Brazil 48 works
  10. 10 Ecuador 39 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.

Colombia: 36.9%Argentina: 13.4%Spain: 12.6%Mexico: 11.3%6 others listed: 25.8%37%largest
Colombia665 · 36.9%Argentina242 · 13.4%Spain227 · 12.6%Mexico204 · 11.3%6 others listed465 · 25.8%

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

Which institutions lead History and Politics in Latin America research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad Nacional de Colombia publishes the most History and Politics in Latin America research, followed by Universidad de Antioquia and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas.

Who are the leading researchers in History and Politics in Latin America?

The most-cited researchers publishing on History and Politics in Latin America include John Lynch.

  1. 1 John Lynch United States 3.2k citations

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

Where is History and Politics in Latin America research done?

The largest centres of History and Politics in Latin America research in 2022–2025 are Bogotá (Colombia), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Medellín (Colombia) and Madrid (Spain). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tlalpan, Cartagena and Tunja.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Bogotá Colombia 342 works
  2. 2 Buenos Aires Argentina 108 works
  3. 3 Medellín Colombia 92 works
  4. 4 Madrid Spain 86 works
  5. 5 Mexico City Mexico 86 works
  6. 6 Lima Peru 72 works
  7. 7 Santiago de Cali Colombia 43 works
  8. 8 Santiago Chile 42 works
  9. 9 Seville Spain 31 works
  10. 10 Tlalpan Mexico 30 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TlalpanMX · 29.8 works133×
  2. CartagenaCO · 26.7 works116×
  3. TunjaCO · 23.8 works98×
  4. ManizalesCO · 20.2 works98×
  5. BogotáCO · 342.4 works96×
  6. La PazBO · 27.0 works76×
  7. MedellínCO · 92.0 works76×
  8. BucaramangaCO · 21.5 works73×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in History and Politics in Latin America than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study History and Politics in Latin America?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad de Los Andes, Escuela Superior de Guerra and Universidad del Atlántico 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%10%20%mean 10.84%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidad de Los Andes: 22, 17.0%Escuela Superior de Guerra: 25, 12.0%Universidad del Atlántico: 11, 13.5%Universidad de la República de Uruguay: 8, 9.9%Universidad de Los Andes: 22, 9.6%University of Tolima: 8, 14.3%Universidad Nacional de Colombia: 86, 4.6%Universidad de Sevilla: 20, 8.4%Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú: 16, 10.8%Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: 8, 8.3%Universidad de Los A…Universidad del Atlá…Escuela Superior de …Universidad de la Re…
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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 de Los AndesColombia 76.817.0%110.0×22 +18.9%
2 Escuela Superior de GuerraColombia 73.412.0%560.3×25 +487.1%
3 Universidad del AtlánticoMexico 71.713.5%233.6×11 +167.9%
4 Universidad de la República de UruguayUruguay 64.69.9%18.8×8 +168.1%
5 Universidad de Los AndesBolivia 64.49.6%168.9×22 +21.8%
6 University of TolimaColombia 63.614.3%140.3×8 +89.3%
7 Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia 60.24.6%122.4×86 -4.6%
8 Universidad de SevillaSpain 57.38.4%19.0×20 +35.0%
9 Pontificia Universidad Católica del PerúPeru 55.410.8%54.6×16 -17.9%
10 Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileChile 55.28.3%12.8×8 +89.8%

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 History and Politics in Latin America research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2017. The fastest-growing topics are History and Politics 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.