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Legal and cultural studies analysis

Legal and cultural studies analysis is a research topic within Anthropology. Science Explorer counts 1.4k research works in it since 1951. 10.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores entangled histories, global migrations, maritime communities, and the complex interactions between different cultures and societies. It delves into topics such as colonialism, identity formation, postcolonial studies, legal pluralism, ethnic diversity, and transnationalism.

  • Entangled Histories
  • Global Migration
  • Maritime Communities
  • Cultural Exchange
  • Colonialism
  • Identity Formation
  • Postcolonial Studies
  • Legal Pluralism
  • Ethnic Diversity
  • Transnationalism
Research works
1.4k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
143
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+38%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
30% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Legal and cultural studies analysis

Which countries lead Legal and cultural studies analysis research?

By volume, India and the United States publish the most (105 and 73 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 105 works
  2. 2 United States 73 works
  3. 3 France 50 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 45 works
  5. 5 China 15 works
  6. 6 Canada 13 works
  7. 7 Germany 12 works
  8. 8 Indonesia 12 works
  9. 9 Belgium 11 works
  10. 10 Pakistan 11 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.

India: 30.3%United States: 20.9%France: 14.4%United Kingdom: 12.8%6 others listed: 21.6%30%largest
India105 · 30.3%United States73 · 20.9%France50 · 14.4%United Kingdom45 · 12.8%6 others listed75 · 21.6%

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

Which institutions lead Legal and cultural studies analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Legal and cultural studies analysis research, followed by Amity University and Human Growth Foundation.

Who are the leading researchers in Legal and cultural studies analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Legal and cultural studies analysis include David Hume.

  1. 1 David Hume Australia 107k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Legal and cultural studies analysis?

The most cited paper in Legal and cultural studies analysis is "The Class Consciousness of Frequent Travelers: Toward a Critique of Actually Existing Cosmopolitanism" (Craig Jackson Calhoun, 2002), with 638 citations. Next come "Parameters of a national biography" (319) and "After Orientalism: Culture, Criticism, and Politics in the Third World" (267).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Class Consciousness of Frequent Travelers: Toward a Critique of Actually Existing Cosmopolitanism Craig Jackson Calhoun · South Atlantic Quarterly Oct 2002 638
2 Parameters of a national biography Felix Berensköetter · European Journal of International Relations Open access 16 Oct 2012 319
3 After Orientalism: Culture, Criticism, and Politics in the Third World Rosalind O’Hanlon, David Washbrook · Comparative Studies in Society and History 1992 267
4 POSSIBILITY AND CONSTRAINT: AFRICAN INDEPENDENCE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Frederick Cooper · The Journal of African History Jul 2008 230
5 Searching for "Voices": Feminism, Anthropology, and the Global Debate over Female Genital Operations Christine J. Walley · Cultural Anthropology Open access Aug 1997 201
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Where is Legal and cultural studies analysis research done?

The largest centres of Legal and cultural studies analysis research in 2022-now are Paris (France), New Delhi (India), London (United Kingdom) and New York (United States).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 ParisFrance 19 works
  2. 2 New DelhiIndia 12 works
  3. 3 LondonUnited Kingdom 12 works
  4. 4 New YorkUnited States 10 works
  5. 5 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates 7 works
  6. 6 PuneIndia 5 works
  7. 7 SonīpatIndia 5 works
  8. 8 MumbaiIndia 4 works
  9. 9 BengaluruIndia 4 works
  10. 10 MontrealCanada 4 works
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Is Legal and cultural studies analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Legal and cultural studies analysis.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Legal and cultural studies analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Legal and cultural studies analysis 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.

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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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