Latin American Urban Studies
Latin American Urban Studies is a research topic within Urban Studies. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1951. 12.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the phenomenon of urban segregation, residential fragmentation, and social inequality within the context of Latin American cities. It explores the impact of globalization, housing policies, and socio-spatial dynamics on the formation of gated communities, urban sprawl, and the division of metropolitan areas.
- Segregation
- Residential
- Urbanization
- Latin America
- Social Inequality
- Metropolitan Areas
- Housing
- Globalization
- Socio-spatial
- Fragmentation
- Research works
- 18k fractional, since 1951
- In the world top 10%
- 2.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 12.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +37% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Latin American Urban Studies research?
By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (788 and 690 works in 2022–2025).
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Latin American Urban Studies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas publishes the most Latin American Urban Studies research, followed by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 110 works
- 2 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 88 works
- 3 Universidad Politécnica de MadridSpain 81 works
- 4 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 77 works
- 5 Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileChile 65 works
- 6 Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia 59 works
- 7 Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 50 works
- 8 Universidad Autónoma MetropolitanaMexico 47 works
- 9 Universidad Nacional de CórdobaArgentina 45 works
- 10 Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina 44 works
Where is Latin American Urban Studies research done?
The largest centres of Latin American Urban Studies research in 2022–2025 are Madrid (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Mexico City (Mexico) and Santiago (Chile). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Corrientes, San Miguel de Tucumán and Mar del Plata.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Madrid Spain 244 works
- 2 Buenos Aires Argentina 242 works
- 3 Mexico City Mexico 227 works
- 4 Santiago Chile 192 works
- 5 Bogotá Colombia 183 works
- 6 Lima Peru 118 works
- 7 Barcelona Spain 95 works
- 8 Quito Ecuador 62 works
- 9 Córdoba Argentina 58 works
- 10 Valencia Spain 54 works
Where it is the local speciality
- CorrientesAR · 22.4 works106×
- San Miguel de TucumánAR · 32.0 works70×
- Mar del PlataAR · 26.2 works66×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Latin American Urban Studies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Latin American Urban Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, University of the Americas, Universitat Politècnica de València and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 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 the AmericasChile | 70.3 | 47.4% | 82.4× | 9 | — |
| 2 | Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaSpain | 65.0 | 14.4% | 26.3× | 36 | +210.6% |
| 3 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileChile | 63.6 | 13.7% | 53.1× | 65 | +101.6% |
| 4 | Pontificia Universidad Católica del PerúPeru | 63.3 | 16.0% | 55.9× | 32 | +254.1% |
| 5 | University of ConcepciónChile | 60.8 | 16.5% | 40.4× | 22 | +146.4% |
| 6 | Universidad de la República de UruguayUruguay | 59.8 | 12.8% | 34.8× | 31 | +128.7% |
| 7 | Universidad Politécnica de MadridSpain | 59.6 | 12.4% | 65.5× | 81 | +29.6% |
| 8 | Universidad de ZaragozaSpain | 59.5 | 13.0% | 28.0× | 40 | +131.3% |
| 9 | Universidad Nacional de CórdobaArgentina | 59.3 | 9.2% | 70.4× | 45 | +161.8% |
| 10 | Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina | 59.0 | 9.8% | 50.2× | 76 | +81.4% |
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 Urban Studies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 37% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Latin American Urban Studies.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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