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Nationalism and Cultural Identity

Nationalism and Cultural Identity is a research topic within Geography, Planning and Development. Science Explorer counts 3.1k research works in it since 1955. 9.9% 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 related to regional development, national identity, and sustainable tourism. It includes discussions on territorial governance, community empowerment, cultural heritage, and environmental governance. The papers also explore innovation in education and the role of bibliometric review in understanding these areas.

  • Regional Development
  • National Identity
  • Tourism
  • Territorial Governance
  • Cultural Heritage
  • Community Empowerment
  • Sustainable Development
  • Bibliometric Review
  • Innovation in Education
  • Environmental Governance
Research works
3.1k
fractional, since 1955
In the world top 10%
302
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-1%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
37% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Nationalism and Cultural Identity

Which countries lead Nationalism and Cultural Identity research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (272 and 161 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 272 works
  2. 2 Mexico 161 works
  3. 3 Ecuador 68 works
  4. 4 Colombia 46 works
  5. 5 United States 39 works
  6. 6 Peru 36 works
  7. 7 Argentina 34 works
  8. 8 Chile 28 works
  9. 9 Costa Rica 26 works
  10. 10 Brazil 23 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.

Spain: 37.1%Mexico: 22.0%Ecuador: 9.2%Colombia: 6.2%6 others listed: 25.4%37%largest
Spain272 · 37.1%Mexico161 · 22.0%Ecuador68 · 9.2%Colombia46 · 6.2%6 others listed186 · 25.4%

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

Which institutions lead Nationalism and Cultural Identity research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Complutense de Madrid publishes the most Nationalism and Cultural Identity research, followed by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Universidad de Costa Rica.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 18 works
  2. 2 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 13 works
  3. 3 Universidad de Costa RicaCosta Rica 13 works
  4. 4 University of the Basque CountrySpain 11 works
  5. 5 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 11 works
  6. 6 Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 11 works
  7. 7 University of AlicanteSpain 10 works
  8. 8 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 10 works
  9. 9 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de MéxicoMexico 10 works
  10. 10 Universidad de SevillaSpain 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Nationalism and Cultural Identity?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Nationalism and Cultural Identity include Michael J. Keating.

  1. 1 Michael J. Keating United States 97k 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 Nationalism and Cultural Identity?

The most cited paper in Nationalism and Cultural Identity is "Garcia Canclini N. Culturas híbridas. Estrategias para entrar y salir de la modernidad. México, GRIJALBO-CONACULTA, 1990" (Raúl Nieto Calleja, 1991), with 493 citations. Next come "Turismo comunitario en Ecuador.: Comprendiendo el community-based tourism desde la comunidad" (134) and "Ecotourism, sustainable development, and conservation education: Development of a tour guide training program in Tortuguero, Costa Rica" (123).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Garcia Canclini N. Culturas híbridas. Estrategias para entrar y salir de la modernidad. México, GRIJALBO-CONACULTA, 1990 Raúl Nieto Calleja · Alteridades Open access 1991 493
2 Turismo comunitario en Ecuador.: Comprendiendo el community-based tourism desde la comunidad Estebán Ruiz Ballesteros, Macarena Hernández Ramírez, Agustín Coca Pérez et al. · PASOS Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural Open access 2008 134
3 Ecotourism, sustainable development, and conservation education: Development of a tour guide training program in Tortuguero, Costa Rica Susan Kay Jacobson, Rafael Azevedo Robles · Environmental Management Nov 1992 123
4 Tourism cluster competitiveness and sustainability: proposal for a systemic model to measure the impact of tourism on local development Siéglinde Kindl da Cunha, João Carlos da Cunha · BAR - Brazilian Administration Review Open access Dec 2005 111
5 Multiple identities in decentralized Spain: The case of Catalonia Luis Moreno, Ana Arriba González de Durana, Araceli Serrano Pascual · Regional & Federal Studies Open access Sep 1998 103
All 101 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Nationalism and Cultural Identity research done?

The largest centres of Nationalism and Cultural Identity research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Mexico City (Mexico), Barcelona (Spain) and San José (Costa Rica).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 61 works
  2. 2 Mexico CityMexico 39 works
  3. 3 BarcelonaSpain 19 works
  4. 4 San JoséCosta Rica 18 works
  5. 5 LimaPeru 15 works
  6. 6 BogotáColombia 14 works
  7. 7 SevilleSpain 14 works
  8. 8 Buenos AiresArgentina 13 works
  9. 9 GuayaquilEcuador 13 works
  10. 10 ValenciaSpain 12 works
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Where is the best place to study Nationalism and Cultural Identity?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México and Universitat de València 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%10%20%mean 9.52%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad Autónoma…Universitat de Valèn…Universidad Nacional…Universidad Complute…
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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
1Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 43.86.2%27.6×18 -15.5%
2Universidad Autónoma del Estado de MéxicoMexico 42.318.6%85.9×10 -58.4%
3Universitat de ValènciaSpain 38.214.5%26.4×11 +21.0%
4Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 34.18.1%18.1×13 -13.9%
5University of AlicanteSpain 29.98.6%47.7×10 +0.8%
6Universidad de Costa RicaCosta Rica 29.85.7%93.3×13 +119.7%
7Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 28.610.0%17.9×10 -19.3%
8Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 24.37.5%22.3×11 -18.3%
9University of the Basque CountrySpain 23.58.1%31.9×11 -37.7%
10Universidad de SevillaSpain 22.57.9%21.5×9 +72.5%

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 Nationalism and Cultural Identity, country by country

Is Nationalism and Cultural Identity research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025.

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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 Nationalism and Cultural Identity as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0026% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Nationalism and Cultural Identity0.0043% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Nationalism and Cultural Identity 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%Nationalism and Cultural Identity9.6% in 202520102020

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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