Indigenous Studies and Ecology
Indigenous Studies and Ecology is a research topic within General Health Professions. Science Explorer counts 22k research works in it since 1950. 19.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the health, well-being, and resilience of Arctic Indigenous Peoples, focusing on the impacts of climate change, traditional ecological knowledge, food security, and the nutrition transition. It highlights the vulnerability of communities such as the Inuit and Sami to environmental and social changes, and the importance of integrating traditional knowledge with scientific research for effective adaptation strategies.
- Arctic Indigenous Peoples
- climate change
- traditional knowledge
- food security
- nutrition transition
- community-based monitoring
- vulnerability
- Inuit
- Sami
- ecological knowledge
- Research works
- 22k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 4.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 19.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +33% the tick is no change
This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.
Which countries lead Indigenous Studies and Ecology research?
By volume, the United States and Canada publish the most (792 and 623 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 792 works
- 2 Canada 623 works
- 3 Russia 513 works
- 4 Australia 250 works
- 5 France 158 works
- 6 United Kingdom 147 works
- 7 Norway 146 works
- 8 China 130 works
- 9 Finland 98 works
- 10 Denmark 90 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 Indigenous Studies and Ecology research?
By volume in 2022–2025, North-Eastern Federal University publishes the most Indigenous Studies and Ecology research, followed by Université Laval and University of British Columbia.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 North-Eastern Federal UniversityRussia 34 works
- 2 Université LavalCanada 33 works
- 3 University of British ColumbiaCanada 32 works
- 4 UiT The Arctic University of NorwayNorway 28 works
- 5 University of TorontoCanada 24 works
- 6 University of Alaska FairbanksUnited States 23 works
- 7 University of HelsinkiFinland 23 works
- 8 University of CopenhagenDenmark 22 works
- 9 University of LaplandFinland 22 works
- 10 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 21 works
Who are the leading researchers in Indigenous Studies and Ecology?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Indigenous Studies and Ecology include Carolyn Ellis and F. Stuart Chapin.
- 1 Carolyn Ellis United States 6.2k citations
- 2 F. Stuart Chapin United States 2.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Indigenous Studies and Ecology research done?
The largest centres of Indigenous Studies and Ecology research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Yakutsk (Russia), Ottawa (Canada) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rovaniemi, Yakutsk and Fairbanks.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- RovaniemiFI · 21.6 works165×
- YakutskRU · 69.7 works135×
- FairbanksUS · 24.0 works112×
- TromsøNO · 40.6 works48×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Indigenous Studies and Ecology than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Indigenous Studies and Ecology?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Lapland, University of Oulu and University of Victoria 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 | University of LaplandFinland | 80.0 | 37.3% | 166.6× | 22 | +88.3% |
| 2 | University of OuluFinland | 79.4 | 32.1% | 17.6× | 16 | +135.0% |
| 3 | University of VictoriaCanada | 75.6 | 34.4% | 17.5× | 14 | +93.4% |
| 4 | UiT The Arctic University of NorwayNorway | 71.2 | 17.5% | 49.6× | 28 | +60.4% |
| 5 | Simon Fraser UniversityCanada | 71.0 | 23.3% | 12.4× | 13 | +212.9% |
| 6 | North-Eastern Federal UniversityRussia | 67.3 | 8.6% | 113.8× | 34 | +260.9% |
| 7 | University of SaskatchewanCanada | 67.1 | 23.3% | 18.3× | 20 | +44.2% |
| 8 | Dalhousie UniversityCanada | 66.8 | 22.4% | 13.0× | 17 | +92.7% |
| 9 | Umeå UniversitySweden | 66.3 | 33.4% | 14.2× | 12 | -14.1% |
| 10 | University of HelsinkiFinland | 65.9 | 14.6% | 10.8× | 23 | +93.0% |
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 Indigenous Studies and Ecology research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 33% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Indigenous Studies and Ecology.
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.