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Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender

Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 39k research works in it since 1950. 10.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of reform, family law, and democratic progress in North African and Middle Eastern countries, with a focus on the impact of Islam, gender dynamics, social change, and migration. It delves into the complexities of political Islam, the role of religion in society, and the challenges and advancements in promoting democracy within these regions.

  • Reform
  • Family Law
  • Democracy
  • Islam
  • Gender
  • Social Change
  • Migration
  • Religion
  • North Africa
  • Political Islam
Research works
39k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-21%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
France
64% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender

Which countries lead Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender research?

By volume, France and the United States publish the most (3.7k and 397 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 France 3.7k works
  2. 2 United States 397 works
  3. 3 Canada 312 works
  4. 4 Morocco 290 works
  5. 5 Algeria 215 works
  6. 6 ?? 192 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 186 works
  8. 8 Switzerland 177 works
  9. 9 Belgium 166 works
  10. 10 Spain 101 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.

France: 64.5%United States: 6.9%Canada: 5.4%Morocco: 5.1%6 others listed: 18.1%64%largest
France3,691 · 64.5%United States397 · 6.9%Canada312 · 5.4%Morocco290 · 5.1%6 others listed1,037 · 18.1%

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

Which institutions lead Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender research, followed by Université de Lyon and Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 1.1k works
  2. 2 Université de LyonFrance 133 works
  3. 3 Institut d'Etudes Politiques de ParisFrance 108 works
  4. 4 Université Lille Nord de FranceFrance 91 works
  5. 5 École des hautes études en sciences socialesFrance 89 works
  6. 6 Université Paris CitéFrance 86 works
  7. 7 Université de LorraineFrance 86 works
  8. 8 Université Paris NanterreFrance 84 works
  9. 9 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneFrance 83 works
  10. 10 Aix-Marseille UniversitéFrance 67 works

Who are the leading researchers in Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender include Pierre Bourdıeu, Michel Foucault and François Alla.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  2. 2 Michel Foucault France 208k citations
  3. 3 François Alla France 169k citations
  4. 4 Marc Humbert France 161k citations
  5. 5 Noam Chomsky United States 141k 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 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender?

The most cited paper in Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender is "Outline of a Theory of Practice" (Pierre Bourdıeu, 2007), with 5,556 citations. Next come "Strategy and Structure:" (3,529) and "the romance of resistance: tracing transformations of power through Bedouin women" (2,329).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Outline of a Theory of Practice Pierre Bourdıeu Book chapterOpen access 6 Dec 2007 5,556
2 Strategy and Structure: Lynn Harold Vogel, Irma Patterson · Administration in Social Work 18 Jul 1986 3,529
3 the romance of resistance: tracing transformations of power through Bedouin women Lila Abu‐Lughod · American Ethnologist Feb 1990 2,329
4 Groupes réductifs Armand Borel, Jacques Tits · Publications mathématiques de l IHÉS 7 Dec 1965 831
5 Political Action: Mass Participation in Five Western Democracies, by Samuel H. Barnes and Max Kaase Roberta S. Sigel · Political Science Quarterly 1980 739
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Where is Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender research done?

The largest centres of Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender research in 2022-now are Paris (France), Lyon (France), Lille (France) and Nanterre (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Aubervilliers and Nanterre.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 ParisFrance 1.3k works
  2. 2 LyonFrance 224 works
  3. 3 LilleFrance 140 works
  4. 4 NanterreFrance 131 works
  5. 5 MontrealCanada 126 works
  6. 6 MarseilleFrance 113 works
  7. 7 StrasbourgFrance 103 works
  8. 8 ToulouseFrance 102 works
  9. 9 NantesFrance 80 works
  10. 10 BrusselsBelgium 78 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AubervilliersFR · 54.5 works152×
  2. NanterreFR · 131.5 works70×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender?

Among universities, judged by research, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Université Lille Nord de France and Université Libre de Bruxelles score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 16.05%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Université du Québec…Université Libre de …Université de LyonUniversité Lille Nor…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Université du Québec à ChicoutimiCanada 62.947.3%29.0×9 +11.8%
2Université Lille Nord de FranceFrance 55.85.9%37.5×91 +33.3%
3Université Libre de BruxellesBelgium 55.816.2%18.1×34 +12.8%
4Université de LyonFrance 53.56.0%35.2×133 -6.8%
5Université Paris CitéFrance 51.210.0%19.5×86 -28.3%
6Université de LorraineFrance 51.13.3%38.4×86 +28.0%
7Universidad de GranadaSpain 51.119.0%4.7×16 +32.5%
8University of LausanneSwitzerland 50.714.3%10.1×27 -7.1%
9King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 49.228.3%1.7×9 +118.7%
10Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneFrance 48.210.2%86.0×83 -36.0%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender, country by country

Is Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.031% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender0.020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender 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.

still counting5%10%15%Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender9.8% in 2025200020102020

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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