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Indigenous Studies in Latin America

Indigenous Studies in Latin America is a research topic within Cultural Studies. Science Explorer counts 3.7k 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 covers a wide range of interdisciplinary topics, including indigenous knowledge, globalization, social justice, colonialism, ethnic identity, public health, cultural citizenship, urban development, environmental sustainability, and historiography. The papers explore the intersections of various social sciences and humanities disciplines to address complex issues in a global context.

  • Indigenous Knowledge
  • Globalization
  • Social Justice
  • Colonialism
  • Ethnic Identity
  • Public Health
  • Cultural Citizenship
  • Urban Development
  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Historiography
Research works
3.7k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
364
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+22%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Brazil
76% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Indigenous Studies in Latin America

Which countries lead Indigenous Studies in Latin America research?

By volume, Brazil and Argentina publish the most (933 and 58 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Brazil 933 works
  2. 2 Argentina 58 works
  3. 3 United States 54 works
  4. 4 Portugal 49 works
  5. 5 Spain 35 works
  6. 6 Mexico 24 works
  7. 7 France 24 works
  8. 8 Mozambique 21 works
  9. 9 Paraguay 19 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 15 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.

Brazil: 75.8%Argentina: 4.7%United States: 4.4%Portugal: 4.0%6 others listed: 11.2%76%largest
Brazil933 · 75.8%Argentina58 · 4.7%United States54 · 4.4%Portugal49 · 4.0%6 others listed137 · 11.2%

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

Which institutions lead Indigenous Studies in Latin America research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Indigenous Studies in Latin America research, followed by Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and Universidade Federal do Pará.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 39 works
  2. 2 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 35 works
  3. 3 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 29 works
  4. 4 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 29 works
  5. 5 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 28 works
  6. 6 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 23 works
  7. 7 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 22 works
  8. 8 Universidade Federal do AmazonasBrazil 22 works
  9. 9 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 19 works
  10. 10 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 17 works

What are the most cited papers in Indigenous Studies in Latin America?

The most cited paper in Indigenous Studies in Latin America is "Os pronomes cosmológicos e o perspectivismo ameríndio" (Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, 1996), with 582 citations. Next come "Body paint, feathers, and vcrs: aesthetics and authenticity in Amazonian activism" (437) and "Trazendo as coisas de volta à vida: emaranhados criativos num mundo de materiais" (404).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Os pronomes cosmológicos e o perspectivismo ameríndio Eduardo Viveiros de Castro · Mana Open access Oct 1996 582
2 Body paint, feathers, and vcrs: aesthetics and authenticity in Amazonian activism Beth Ann Conklin · American Ethnologist Nov 1997 437
3 Trazendo as coisas de volta à vida: emaranhados criativos num mundo de materiais Tim Ingold · Horizontes Antropológicos Open access Jun 2012 404
4 Para além do Pensamento Abissal: Das linhas globais a uma ecologia de saberes Boaventura de Sousa Santos · Revista crítica de ciências sociais/Revista crítica de ciências sociais Open access 2007 313
5 Red Gold: The Conquest of the Brazilian Indians A. J. R. Russell‐Wood, John Hemming · The American Historical Review Jun 1979 272
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Where is Indigenous Studies in Latin America research done?

The largest centres of Indigenous Studies in Latin America research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Belém (Brazil) and Brasília (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Manaus.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 São PauloBrazil 114 works
  2. 2 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 81 works
  3. 3 BelémBrazil 44 works
  4. 4 BrasíliaBrazil 42 works
  5. 5 ManausBrazil 33 works
  6. 6 FlorianópolisBrazil 32 works
  7. 7 LisbonPortugal 30 works
  8. 8 SalvadorBrazil 29 works
  9. 9 Porto AlegreBrazil 28 works
  10. 10 NiteróiBrazil 28 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ManausBR · 32.8 works55×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Universidade de São Paulo and Universidade de Brasília 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 13.05%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidade Federal…Universidade de Bras…Universidade Federal…Universidade de São …
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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
1Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 82.68.8%38.9×35 +59.0%
2Universidade de São PauloBrazil 74.57.6%16.3×38 +18.5%
3Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 69.09.7%43.0×29 +30.0%
4Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteBrazil 68.819.4%27.8×12 +137.2%
5Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 68.511.8%62.8×29 +33.2%
6University of CoimbraPortugal 67.415.8%15.5×9 +41.8%
7Universidade Federal do AmazonasBrazil 64.311.5%85.7×22 +30.0%
8Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 61.214.5%20.0×17 -36.8%
9Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 59.713.3%31.5×17 +15.2%
10University of LisbonPortugal 59.518.1%9.6×9 +101.7%

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 Indigenous Studies in Latin America, country by country

Is Indigenous Studies in Latin America research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Indigenous Studies 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Indigenous Studies in Latin America as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0040% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Indigenous Studies in Latin America0.0078% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Indigenous 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%Indigenous Studies in Latin America9.5% in 202520102020

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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