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Migration, Racism, and Human Rights

Migration, Racism, and Human Rights is a research topic within Health. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1950. 4.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of international migration and public health, focusing on the impact of migration on healthcare access, social integration, and mental health. It delves into refugee law, migrant communities, and the influence of socioeconomic factors on the health outcomes of migrants. The papers also discuss the challenges posed by humanitarian crises and the role of public policy in addressing these issues.

  • International Migration
  • Healthcare Access
  • Refugee Law
  • Social Integration
  • Migrant Communities
  • Globalization
  • Public Policy
  • Mental Health
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Humanitarian Crisis
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
581
per year above
Top-10% rate
4.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+53%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Migration, Racism, and Human Rights research?

By volume, Brazil and Portugal publish the most (2.8k and 148 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 2.8k works
  2. 2 Portugal 148 works
  3. 3 United States 127 works
  4. 4 Spain 94 works
  5. 5 France 60 works
  6. 6 Mexico 59 works
  7. 7 Chile 55 works
  8. 8 Argentina 44 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 32 works
  10. 10 Italy 29 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: 81.1%Portugal: 4.3%United States: 3.7%Spain: 2.8%6 others listed: 8.1%81%largest
Brazil2,782 · 81.1%Portugal148 · 4.3%United States127 · 3.7%Spain94 · 2.8%6 others listed278 · 8.1%

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

Which institutions lead Migration, Racism, and Human Rights research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Migration, Racism, and Human Rights research, followed by Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 84 works
  2. 2 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 78 works
  3. 3 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 74 works
  4. 4 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 57 works
  5. 5 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 57 works
  6. 6 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 56 works
  7. 7 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 51 works
  8. 8 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 49 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 46 works
  10. 10 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 45 works

Where is Migration, Racism, and Human Rights research done?

The largest centres of Migration, Racism, and Human Rights research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Belo Horizonte (Brazil) and Brasília (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Boa Vista, Macapá and Dourados.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 391 works
  2. 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 311 works
  3. 3 Belo Horizonte Brazil 107 works
  4. 4 Brasília Brazil 98 works
  5. 5 Florianópolis Brazil 82 works
  6. 6 Lisbon Portugal 80 works
  7. 7 Porto Alegre Brazil 78 works
  8. 8 Salvador Brazil 67 works
  9. 9 Curitiba Brazil 65 works
  10. 10 Recife Brazil 62 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Boa VistaBR · 27.8 works125×
  2. MacapáBR · 20.8 works76×
  3. DouradosBR · 21.4 works48×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Migration, Racism, and Human Rights than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Migration, Racism, and Human Rights?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Federal de Roraima, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 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%5%10%mean 3.99%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidade Federal de Roraima: 18, 9.9%Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina: 57, 3.7%Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: 74, 2.8%Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul: 57, 2.7%Universidade de Brasília: 56, 4.1%Universidade Federal de São Carlos: 30, 2.2%Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa: 9, 5.0%Universidade de São Paulo: 84, 2.3%Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP): 46, 2.9%Universidade Federal de Alagoas: 17, 4.3%Universidade Federal…Universidade Federal…Universidade Federal…Universidade Federal…
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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 Universidade Federal de RoraimaBrazil 76.29.9%118.6×18 +155.9%
2 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 68.23.7%25.8×57 +157.1%
3 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 63.92.8%27.4×74 +98.2%
4 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 62.82.7%22.4×57 +112.3%
5 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 62.64.1%27.9×56 +62.8%
6 Universidade Federal de São CarlosBrazil 62.62.2%21.8×30 +315.0%
7 Iscte – Instituto Universitário de LisboaPortugal 62.65.0%28.2×9 +251.1%
8 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 62.42.3%13.6×84 +53.5%
9 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 62.32.9%17.0×46 +116.6%
10 Universidade Federal de AlagoasBrazil 61.54.3%23.3×17 +607.7%

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, Racism, and Human Rights research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 53% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Migration, Racism, and Human Rights.

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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.