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Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education

Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education is a research topic within Cultural Studies. Science Explorer counts 7.5k research works in it since 1951. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of intercultural education, indigenous knowledge systems, and cultural variation in learning practices. It delves into the sociocultural perspective of learning by observing and pitching in, particularly focusing on Mayan children and their participation in community endeavors. The papers also discuss the role of collaborative work, cultural practices, and the connection to sustainable development goals.

  • Intercultural Education
  • Indigenous Knowledge Systems
  • Cultural Variation
  • Learning by Observing
  • Community Endeavors
  • Mayan Children
  • Sociocultural Perspective
  • Cultural Practices
  • Collaborative Work
  • Sustainable Development Goals
Research works
7.5k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
739
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-8%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Mexico
43% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education

Which countries lead Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education research?

By volume, Mexico and the United States publish the most (591 and 168 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mexico 591 works
  2. 2 United States 168 works
  3. 3 Colombia 96 works
  4. 4 Ecuador 95 works
  5. 5 Brazil 89 works
  6. 6 Spain 86 works
  7. 7 Argentina 85 works
  8. 8 Chile 85 works
  9. 9 Peru 71 works
  10. 10 ?? 21 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.

Mexico: 42.6%United States: 12.1%Colombia: 7.0%Ecuador: 6.8%6 others listed: 31.5%43%largest
Mexico591 · 42.6%United States168 · 12.1%Colombia96 · 7.0%Ecuador95 · 6.8%6 others listed437 · 31.5%

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

Which institutions lead Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México publishes the most Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education research, followed by Universidad Veracruzana and National Pedagogic University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 65 works
  2. 2 Universidad VeracruzanaMexico 28 works
  3. 3 National Pedagogic UniversityMexico 25 works
  4. 4 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de HidalgoMexico 22 works
  5. 5 Universidad Autónoma MetropolitanaMexico 22 works
  6. 6 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 20 works
  7. 7 Centro de Investigación y Estudios Superiores en Antropología SocialMexico 20 works
  8. 8 Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 19 works
  9. 9 National Institute of Anthropology and HistoryMexico 19 works
  10. 10 Universidad Católica de TemucoChile 18 works

Who are the leading researchers in Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education include Charles Michael Gibson and Russell A. Mittermeier.

  1. 1 Charles Michael Gibson United States 65k citations
  2. 2 Russell A. Mittermeier United States 60k 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 Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education?

The most cited paper in Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education is "Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language among the Western Apache." (Richard J. Parmentier, 1997), with 1,922 citations. Next come "Voluntary and Involuntary Minorities: A Cultural‐Ecological Theory of School Performance with Some Implications for Education" (1,273) and "Firsthand Learning Through Intent Participation" (932).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language among the Western Apache. Richard J. Parmentier · Journal of Linguistic Anthropology Jun 1997 1,922
2 Voluntary and Involuntary Minorities: A Cultural‐Ecological Theory of School Performance with Some Implications for Education John U. Ogbu, Herbert D. Simons · Anthropology & Education Quarterly Jun 1998 1,273
3 Firsthand Learning Through Intent Participation Barbara Rogoff, Ruth Paradise, Rebeca Mejía‐Arauz et al. · Annual Review of Psychology ReviewOpen access 23 Dec 2002 932
4 Developing understanding of the idea of communities of learners Barbara Rogoff · Mind Culture and Activity Open access Sep 1994 921
5 Guided Participation in Cultural Activity by Toddlers and Caregivers Barbara Rogoff, Jayanthi J. Mistry, Artïn Göncü et al. · Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development 1993 894
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Where is Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education research done?

The largest centres of Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education research in 2022-now are Mexico City (Mexico), Bogotá (Colombia), Xalapa (Mexico) and Madrid (Spain). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Temuco and Pachuca.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mexico CityMexico 207 works
  2. 2 BogotáColombia 36 works
  3. 3 XalapaMexico 34 works
  4. 4 MadridSpain 34 works
  5. 5 LimaPeru 32 works
  6. 6 Buenos AiresArgentina 32 works
  7. 7 TemucoChile 25 works
  8. 8 SantiagoChile 25 works
  9. 9 Puebla CityMexico 24 works
  10. 10 PachucaMexico 23 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TemucoCL · 25.2 works80×
  2. PachucaMX · 22.6 works78×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo 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 9.52%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad Católica…Universidad Veracruz…Universidad Autónoma…Universidad Nacional…
above the meannear itbelow it

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 Católica de TemucoChile 71.519.8%255.0×18 +87.8%
2Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 43.16.3%46.6×65 -27.7%
3Universidad Autónoma del Estado de HidalgoMexico 33.78.6%94.2×22 +69.0%
4Universidad VeracruzanaMexico 33.69.1%104.6×28 -32.7%
5Autonomous University of YucatánMexico 33.211.7%157.8×13 +98.3%
6Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de PueblaMexico 32.27.7%74.9×17 +26.5%
7National Pedagogic UniversityMexico 31.27.0%258.0×25 -35.1%
8Ibero American UniversityMexico 31.214.0%79.4×8 -44.8%
9Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 26.85.2%45.9×19 +8.9%
10Benito Juárez Autonomous University of OaxacaMexico 26.75.8%388.6×9 +53.5%

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 Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education, country by country

Is Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025.

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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 Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0063% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education0.0070% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education 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%Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education9.8% 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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