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Philippine History and Culture

Philippine History and Culture is a research topic within Anthropology. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1950. 16.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the complex history of Philippine nationalism, encompassing topics such as colonial legacies, political dynasties, identity formation, and the impact of globalization. It delves into the struggles for democracy, cultural representation, and the interplay between ethnicity and national identity.

  • Philippines
  • Nationalism
  • History
  • Political Dynasties
  • Colonialism
  • Identity
  • Democracy
  • Culture
  • Globalization
  • Ethnicity
Research works
20k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+7%
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Which countries lead Philippine History and Culture research?

By volume, the United States and the Philippines publish the most (536 and 500 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 536 works
  2. 2 Philippines 500 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 290 works
  4. 4 China 166 works
  5. 5 Spain 118 works
  6. 6 France 99 works
  7. 7 Germany 90 works
  8. 8 India 87 works
  9. 9 Australia 80 works
  10. 10 Canada 68 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.

United States: 26.3%Philippines: 24.6%United Kingdom: 14.3%China: 8.1%6 others listed: 26.7%26%largest
United States536 · 26.3%Philippines500 · 24.6%United Kingdom290 · 14.3%China166 · 8.1%6 others listed542 · 26.7%

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

Which institutions lead Philippine History and Culture research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of the Philippines Diliman publishes the most Philippine History and Culture research, followed by Ateneo de Manila University and De La Salle University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of the Philippines DilimanPhilippines 56 works
  2. 2 Ateneo de Manila UniversityPhilippines 50 works
  3. 3 De La Salle UniversityPhilippines 48 works
  4. 4 University of Santo TomasPhilippines 33 works
  5. 5 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 23 works
  6. 6 Film IndependentUnited States 21 works
  7. 7 The University of SydneyAustralia 17 works
  8. 8 Mindanao State UniversityPhilippines 15 works
  9. 9 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 14 works
  10. 10 University College DublinIreland 14 works

Where is Philippine History and Culture research done?

The largest centres of Philippine History and Culture research in 2022–2025 are Manila (Philippines), Quezon City (Philippines), London (United Kingdom) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Quezon City, Davao City and Manila.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Manila Philippines 127 works
  2. 2 Quezon City Philippines 124 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 62 works
  4. 4 Paris France 34 works
  5. 5 New York United States 33 works
  6. 6 Madrid Spain 33 works
  7. 7 Beijing China 33 works
  8. 8 Los Angeles United States 30 works
  9. 9 Moscow Russia 29 works
  10. 10 Dublin Ireland 28 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Quezon CityPH · 124.0 works165×
  2. Davao CityPH · 23.2 works74×
  3. ManilaPH · 127.5 works58×
  4. Cebu CityPH · 20.1 works57×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Philippine History and Culture than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Philippine History and Culture?

Among universities, judged by research, Ateneo de Manila University, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and University of Santo Tomas 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%20%40%mean 20.51%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Ateneo de Manila University: 50, 16.4%Universitat Pompeu Fabra: 12, 30.2%University of Santo Tomas: 33, 20.1%De La Salle University: 48, 14.1%University of the Philippines Diliman: 56, 19.0%Universiti Brunei Darussalam: 10, 26.5%Polytechnic University of the Philippines: 14, 27.9%University of the Philippines System: 14, 19.3%University of the Philippines Los Baños: 12, 17.5%University College Dublin: 14, 14.1%Universitat Pompeu F…University of Santo …Ateneo de Manila Uni…De La Salle University
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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 Ateneo de Manila UniversityPhilippines 73.216.4%340.6×50 +191.8%
2 Universitat Pompeu FabraSpain 72.030.2%25.2×12 +650.0%
3 University of Santo TomasPhilippines 71.420.1%169.9×33 +930.4%
4 De La Salle UniversityPhilippines 70.114.1%128.4×48 +211.8%
5 University of the Philippines DilimanPhilippines 69.319.0%192.7×56 +81.4%
6 Universiti Brunei DarussalamBrunei 66.926.5%31.1×10 +162.5%
7 Polytechnic University of the PhilippinesPhilippines 59.127.9%134.3×14 +71.4%
8 University of the Philippines SystemPhilippines 57.319.3%185.6×14 +108.0%
9 University of the Philippines Los BañosPhilippines 53.717.5%70.7×12 +89.2%
10 University College DublinIreland 53.114.1%11.7×14 +53.4%

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 Philippine History and Culture research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Philippine History and Culture.

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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.