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Latin American social science

Latin American social science is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 921 research works in it since 1969. 9.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the dynamics of social movements, cultural resistance, and citizenship education in various global contexts. It delves into topics such as political activism, identity politics, community engagement, and the impact of globalization on cultural change. The papers also address issues related to educational reform, gender studies, and youth empowerment within the framework of social movements.

  • Social Movements
  • Cultural Resistance
  • Citizenship Education
  • Globalization
  • Political Activism
  • Identity Politics
  • Community Engagement
  • Educational Reform
  • Gender Studies
  • Youth Empowerment
Research works
921
fractional, since 1969
In the world top 10%
89
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-23%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Brazil
36% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Latin American social science

Which countries lead Latin American social science research?

By volume, Brazil and Chile publish the most (71 and 33 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Brazil 71 works
  2. 2 Chile 33 works
  3. 3 Argentina 27 works
  4. 4 Spain 18 works
  5. 5 Mexico 11 works
  6. 6 France 9 works
  7. 7 Peru 9 works
  8. 8 Colombia 8 works
  9. 9 United States 8 works
  10. 10 Russia 6 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: 35.6%Chile: 16.2%Argentina: 13.6%Spain: 9.1%6 others listed: 25.4%36%largest
Brazil71 · 35.6%Chile33 · 16.2%Argentina27 · 13.6%Spain18 · 9.1%6 others listed51 · 25.4%

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

Which institutions lead Latin American social science research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Chile publishes the most Latin American social science research, followed by Universidad de Buenos Aires and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of ChileChile 6 works
  2. 2 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 6 works
  3. 3 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 4 works
  4. 4 Universidad Nacional de CórdobaArgentina 4 works
  5. 5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 3 works
  6. 6 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 3 works
  7. 7 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 3 works
  8. 8 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 3 works
  9. 9 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 3 works
  10. 10 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 3 works

What are the most cited papers in Latin American social science?

The most cited paper in Latin American social science is "Organization Studies and Epistemic Coloniality in Latin America: Thinking Otherness from the Margins" (Eduardo Ibarra‐Colado, 2006), with 481 citations. Next come "formal pragmatics and social criticism: the philosophy of language and the critique of ideology in habermas's theory of communicative action" (255) and "As mutações no mundo do trabalho na era da mundialização do capital" (184).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Organization Studies and Epistemic Coloniality in Latin America: Thinking Otherness from the Margins Eduardo Ibarra‐Colado · Organization 20 Jun 2006 481
2 formal pragmatics and social criticism: the philosophy of language and the critique of ideology in habermas's theory of communicative action James F. Bohman · Philosophy & Social Criticism Oct 1986 255
3 As mutações no mundo do trabalho na era da mundialização do capital Ricardo Antunes, Giovanni Antonio Pinto Alves · Educação & Sociedade Open access Aug 2004 184
4 Discurso aos eleitores de Bristol Edmund K. Burke · Revista de Sociologia e Política Open access Nov 2012 75
5 Hegemony and Anthropology Donald V. Kurtz · Critique of Anthropology Jun 1996 69
All 101 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Latin American social science research done?

The largest centres of Latin American social science research in 2022-now are Santiago (Chile), Buenos Aires (Argentina), São Paulo (Brazil) and Madrid (Spain).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 SantiagoChile 19 works
  2. 2 Buenos AiresArgentina 13 works
  3. 3 São PauloBrazil 10 works
  4. 4 MadridSpain 8 works
  5. 5 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 6 works
  6. 6 Mexico CityMexico 5 works
  7. 7 LimaPeru 5 works
  8. 8 Belo HorizonteBrazil 4 works
  9. 9 BogotáColombia 4 works
  10. 10 BrasíliaBrazil 4 works
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Is Latin American social science research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Latin American social science as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00065% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Latin American social science 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%Latin American social science9.9% in 20252020

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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