Philippine History and Culture
Philippine History and Culture is a research topic within Anthropology. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% 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%
- 2.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- -2% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
Philippines
27% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead Philippine History and Culture research?
By volume, the Philippines and the United States publish the most (612 and 582 works in 2022-now).
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Philippines
612 works
- 2
United States
582 works
- 3
United Kingdom
298 works
- 4
China
227 works
- 5
Spain
125 works
- 6
France
102 works
- 7
Germany
93 works
- 8
India
92 works
- 9
Australia
88 works
- 10
Canada
71 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Philippine History and Culture research?
By volume in 2022-now, 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-now
- 1
University of the Philippines DilimanPhilippines
64 works
- 2
Ateneo de Manila UniversityPhilippines
54 works
- 3
De La Salle UniversityPhilippines
50 works
- 4
University of Santo TomasPhilippines
35 works
- 5
Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance
29 works
- 6
University of OxfordUnited Kingdom
24 works
- 7
Film IndependentUnited States
22 works
- 8
Cebu Technological UniversityPhilippines
22 works
- 9
Mindanao State UniversityPhilippines
18 works
- 10
The University of SydneyAustralia
17 works
Who are the leading researchers in Philippine History and Culture?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Philippine History and Culture include George Davey Smith.
- 1
George Davey Smith
United Kingdom
435k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Philippine History and Culture research done?
The largest centres of Philippine History and Culture research in 2022-now are Manila (Philippines), Quezon City (Philippines), London (United Kingdom) and Cebu City (Philippines). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Quezon City and Cebu City.
Largest cities, 2022-now
- 1
ManilaPhilippines
139 works
- 2
Quezon CityPhilippines
137 works
- 3
LondonUnited Kingdom
63 works
- 4
Cebu CityPhilippines
39 works
- 5
MadridSpain
35 works
- 6
ParisFrance
34 works
- 7
New YorkUnited States
34 works
- 8
BeijingChina
34 works
- 9
Moscow
Russia
33 works
- 10
Los AngelesUnited States
32 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Quezon CityPH · 137.1 works162×
- Cebu CityPH · 38.9 works86×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Philippine History and Culture than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Philippine History and Culture?
Among universities, judged by research, De La Salle University, University of the Philippines Diliman and University College London 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.
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.
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 Philippine History and Culture, country by countryIs Philippine History and Culture research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021.
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 Philippine History and Culture as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.014% in 2024.
Fractional works of Philippine History and Culture 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.
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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