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Migration, Health, Geopolitics, Historical Geography

Migration, Health, Geopolitics, Historical Geography is a research topic within Demography. Science Explorer counts 3.8k research works in it since 1951. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the formation of borders, dynamics of migration, and the intersection of identity, health, and territoriality. It delves into the historical, geopolitical, and social aspects of border studies, emphasizing the impact on ethnic categorizations, vulnerability, and census practices.

  • Borders
  • Migration
  • Identity
  • Health
  • Territoriality
  • Ethnicity
  • Geopolitics
  • Censuses
  • Vulnerability
  • History
Research works
3.8k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
387
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+34%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Migration, Health, Geopolitics, Historical Geography research?

By volume, Mexico and France publish the most (208 and 143 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Mexico 208 works
  2. 2 France 143 works
  3. 3 United States 133 works
  4. 4 Spain 65 works
  5. 5 Argentina 25 works
  6. 6 Canada 23 works
  7. 7 Chile 20 works
  8. 8 Colombia 18 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 17 works
  10. 10 Brazil 14 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.

Mexico: 31.3%France: 21.4%United States: 20.0%Spain: 9.7%6 others listed: 17.6%31%largest
Mexico208 · 31.3%France143 · 21.4%United States133 · 20.0%Spain65 · 9.7%6 others listed117 · 17.6%

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

Which institutions lead Migration, Health, Geopolitics, Historical Geography research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México publishes the most Migration, Health, Geopolitics, Historical Geography research, followed by El Colegio de la Frontera Norte and El Colegio de México.

Where is Migration, Health, Geopolitics, Historical Geography research done?

The largest centres of Migration, Health, Geopolitics, Historical Geography research in 2022–2025 are Mexico City (Mexico), Paris (France), Madrid (Spain) and Toulouse (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Mexico City.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Mexico City Mexico 64 works
  2. 2 Paris France 38 works
  3. 3 Madrid Spain 24 works
  4. 4 Toulouse France 16 works
  5. 5 Tijuana Mexico 16 works
  6. 6 Tlalpan Mexico 12 works
  7. 7 Santiago Chile 11 works
  8. 8 Bogotá Colombia 11 works
  9. 9 Nanterre France 10 works
  10. 10 Campeche Mexico 9 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Mexico CityMX · 64.3 works28×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Migration, Health, Geopolitics, Historical Geography than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Migration, Health, Geopolitics, Historical Geography?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, El Colegio de México and Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León 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.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 40.23.5%43.5×31 +62.0%
2 El Colegio de MéxicoMexico 38.113.6%206.8×11 +43.7%
3 Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo LeónMexico 25.86.1%52.0×8

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 Migration, Health, Geopolitics, Historical Geography research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Migration, Health, Geopolitics, Historical Geography.

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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.