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Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies

Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 3.3k research works in it since 1978. 14.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics including biopolitics, global governance, migration, crisis management, postcolonialism, education reform, literature and migration, government information laws, COVID-19 response, and social exclusion. The papers delve into the analysis of power dynamics, policy implications, and societal impacts on a global scale.

  • Biopolitics
  • Global Governance
  • Migration
  • Crisis Management
  • Postcolonialism
  • Education Reform
  • Literature and Migration
  • Government Information Laws
  • COVID-19 Response
  • Social Exclusion
Research works
3.3k
fractional, since 1978
In the world top 10%
473
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+215%
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Which countries lead Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies research?

By volume, Uzbekistan and the United States publish the most (217 and 150 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Uzbekistan 217 works
  2. 2 United States 150 works
  3. 3 Turkmenistan 61 works
  4. 4 Sweden 49 works
  5. 5 Germany 47 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 42 works
  7. 7 Azerbaijan 38 works
  8. 8 Mexico 37 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 36 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 25 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.

Uzbekistan: 30.9%United States: 21.4%Turkmenistan: 8.6%Sweden: 6.9%6 others listed: 32.1%31%largest
Uzbekistan217 · 30.9%United States150 · 21.4%Turkmenistan61 · 8.6%Sweden49 · 6.9%6 others listed225 · 32.1%

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

Which institutions lead Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Turkmen State Pedagogical Institute named Seidnazar Seydi publishes the most Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies research, followed by IQ Samhällsbyggnad and National Pedagogic University.

Where is Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies research done?

The largest centres of Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies research in 2022–2025 are Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Turkmenabat (Turkmenistan), Stockholm (Sweden) and Samarkand (Uzbekistan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Turkmenabat.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Tashkent Uzbekistan 101 works
  2. 2 Turkmenabat Turkmenistan 60 works
  3. 3 Stockholm Sweden 47 works
  4. 4 Samarkand Uzbekistan 46 works
  5. 5 Mexico City Mexico 29 works
  6. 6 Baku Azerbaijan 26 works
  7. 7 Istanbul Türkiye 21 works
  8. 8 Namangan Uzbekistan 18 works
  9. 9 Leeds United Kingdom 17 works
  10. 10 Madrid Spain 14 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TurkmenabatTM · 60.2 works1625×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Tajik National University, National Pedagogic University and Urgench State University 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%50%100%mean 37.24%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Tajik National University: 8, 84.0%National Pedagogic University: 28, 37.3%Urgench State University: 8, 50.0%Samarkand State University named after Sharof Rashidov: 27, 14.8%Navoi State University: 11, 47.0%Academy of Public Administration: 8, 40.8%Tashkent State University of Economics: 9, 38.7%Namangan State University: 14, 24.4%Tashkent State University of Law: 22, 8.3%Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages: 10, 27.1%Tajik National Unive…Urgench State Univer…National Pedagogic U…Samarkand State Univ…
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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 Tajik National UniversityTajikistan 40.984.0%592.4×8
2 National Pedagogic UniversityMexico 35.937.3%415.5×28
3 Urgench State UniversityUzbekistan 27.750.0%139.3×8
4 Samarkand State University named after Sharof RashidovUzbekistan 26.114.8%251.6×27
5 Navoi State UniversityUzbekistan 25.947.0%335.0×11
6 Academy of Public AdministrationAzerbaijan 25.240.8%509.4×8
7 Tashkent State University of EconomicsUzbekistan 24.338.7%79.5×9
8 Namangan State UniversityUzbekistan 21.624.4%293.6×14
9 Tashkent State University of LawUzbekistan 19.68.3%244.3×22
10 Samarkand State Institute of Foreign LanguagesUzbekistan 18.027.1%262.4×10

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 Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 215% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies.

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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.