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Latin American Literature Analysis

Latin American Literature Analysis is a research topic within Literature and Literary Theory. Science Explorer counts 4.6k research works in it since 1953. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores various aspects of Latin American literature, including the fantastic genre, autofiction, microrrelato, cultural identity, gender conflicts, postcolonialism, narrative theory, literary criticism, and social movements. The papers delve into the rich and diverse literary traditions of Latin America and analyze the intersection of literature with cultural, social, and political contexts.

  • Latin American literature
  • fantastic genre
  • autofiction
  • microrrelato
  • cultural identity
  • gender conflicts
  • postcolonialism
  • narrative theory
  • literary criticism
  • social movements
Research works
4.6k
fractional, since 1953
In the world top 10%
452
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+30%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Latin American Literature Analysis research?

By volume, Spain and Argentina publish the most (232 and 152 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Spain 232 works
  2. 2 Argentina 152 works
  3. 3 Mexico 124 works
  4. 4 Brazil 110 works
  5. 5 United States 75 works
  6. 6 France 59 works
  7. 7 Peru 51 works
  8. 8 Chile 44 works
  9. 9 Colombia 36 works
  10. 10 Italy 32 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: 25.4%Argentina: 16.6%Mexico: 13.5%Brazil: 12.0%6 others listed: 32.4%25%largest
Spain232 · 25.4%Argentina152 · 16.6%Mexico124 · 13.5%Brazil110 · 12.0%6 others listed297 · 32.4%

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

Which institutions lead Latin American Literature Analysis research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad de Buenos Aires publishes the most Latin American Literature Analysis research, followed by Universidad Complutense de Madrid and National University of San Marcos.

Where is Latin American Literature Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Latin American Literature Analysis research in 2022–2025 are Buenos Aires (Argentina), Madrid (Spain), Lima (Peru) and Mexico City (Mexico). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Buenos Aires and Lima.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Buenos Aires Argentina 72 works
  2. 2 Madrid Spain 54 works
  3. 3 Lima Peru 44 works
  4. 4 Mexico City Mexico 43 works
  5. 5 Santiago Chile 23 works
  6. 6 São Paulo Brazil 23 works
  7. 7 Salamanca Spain 14 works
  8. 8 La Plata Argentina 14 works
  9. 9 Barcelona Spain 14 works
  10. 10 Paris France 14 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Buenos AiresAR · 71.7 works36×
  2. LimaPE · 44.3 works32×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Latin American Literature Analysis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Latin American Literature Analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad de Alcalá and Universidad de Granada 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 12.34%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidad de Buenos Aires: 33, 13.9%Universidad de Alcalá: 10, 17.4%Universidad de Granada: 13, 18.2%Universidad Complutense de Madrid: 22, 11.5%Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México: 10, 23.7%Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: 19, 10.3%Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: 10, 12.2%Universitat de Barcelona: 9, 7.7%Universidad Nacional de La Plata: 13, 5.1%National University of San Marcos: 20, 3.4%Universidad de GranadaUniversidad de AlcaláUniversidad de Bueno…Universidad Complute…
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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 Buenos AiresArgentina 54.613.9%82.8×33 +164.2%
2 Universidad de AlcaláSpain 46.017.4%52.0×10 +366.7%
3 Universidad de GranadaSpain 36.818.2%23.7×13 +0.9%
4 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 33.711.5%28.6×22 +23.8%
5 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de MéxicoMexico 33.023.7%63.0×10 +12.5%
6 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 31.010.3%19.8×19 +17.2%
7 Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 27.912.2%21.9×10 +10.9%
8 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 27.77.7%15.4×9 +103.6%
9 Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina 24.75.1%65.3×13 +98.9%
10 National University of San MarcosPeru 23.13.4%78.3×20 +75.0%

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 Latin American Literature Analysis research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Latin American Literature Analysis.

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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.