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Political Dynamics in Latin America

Political Dynamics in Latin America is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 9.2k research works in it since 1950. 7.1% 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 political science, including electoral processes, democracy, human rights, political parties, electoral governance, public policy, social movements, constitutionalism, transparency, and international law.

  • Elections
  • Democracy
  • Human Rights
  • Political Parties
  • Electoral Governance
  • Public Policy
  • Social Movements
  • Constitutionalism
  • Transparency
  • International Law
Research works
9.2k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
651
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+28%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Political Dynamics in Latin America research?

By volume, Mexico and Spain publish the most (595 and 272 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Mexico 595 works
  2. 2 Spain 272 works
  3. 3 Argentina 115 works
  4. 4 Brazil 114 works
  5. 5 Colombia 103 works
  6. 6 Ecuador 64 works
  7. 7 United States 61 works
  8. 8 Peru 58 works
  9. 9 Chile 49 works
  10. 10 Costa Rica 39 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.

Mexico: 40.5%Spain: 18.5%Argentina: 7.8%Brazil: 7.7%6 others listed: 25.5%40%largest
Mexico595 · 40.5%Spain272 · 18.5%Argentina115 · 7.8%Brazil114 · 7.7%6 others listed374 · 25.5%

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

Which institutions lead Political Dynamics in Latin America research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México publishes the most Political Dynamics in Latin America research, followed by Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana and Universidad de Guadalajara.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 107 works
  2. 2 Universidad Autónoma MetropolitanaMexico 39 works
  3. 3 Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 36 works
  4. 4 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 32 works
  5. 5 Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo LeónMexico 27 works
  6. 6 Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de PueblaMexico 24 works
  7. 7 El Colegio de MéxicoMexico 23 works
  8. 8 Universidad de GuanajuatoMexico 23 works
  9. 9 Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón CañasEl Salvador 20 works
  10. 10 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de MéxicoMexico 19 works

Where is Political Dynamics in Latin America research done?

The largest centres of Political Dynamics in Latin America research in 2022–2025 are Mexico City (Mexico), Madrid (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Bogotá (Colombia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in San Salvador, Tlalpan and Toluca.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Mexico City Mexico 215 works
  2. 2 Madrid Spain 109 works
  3. 3 Buenos Aires Argentina 54 works
  4. 4 Bogotá Colombia 48 works
  5. 5 Guadalajara Mexico 44 works
  6. 6 Lima Peru 36 works
  7. 7 Santiago Chile 33 works
  8. 8 Toluca Mexico 33 works
  9. 9 San José Costa Rica 31 works
  10. 10 San Nicolás de los Garza Mexico 27 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. San SalvadorSV · 26.2 works145×
  2. TlalpanMX · 23.8 works131×
  3. TolucaMX · 32.7 works106×
  4. Guanajuato CityMX · 23.0 works88×
  5. San Nicolás de los GarzaMX · 26.7 works77×
  6. GuadalajaraMX · 44.2 works70×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Political Dynamics in Latin America than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Political Dynamics in Latin America?

Among universities, judged by research, Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León and Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana 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%10%20%30%mean 13.58%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales: 11, 28.3%Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León: 27, 16.3%Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana: 39, 16.3%Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: 107, 6.1%Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla: 24, 7.1%Universidad de la República de Uruguay: 11, 11.0%Universidad de Guanajuato: 23, 8.0%Universidad Rey Juan Carlos: 10, 17.1%Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero: 9, 17.3%Universidad de Guadalajara: 36, 8.3%Centro de Estudios P…Universidad Autónoma…Universidad Autónoma…Universidad Nacional…
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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 Centro de Estudios Políticos y ConstitucionalesSpain 71.928.3%186.8×11 +51.5%
2 Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo LeónMexico 69.016.3%77.1×27 +343.1%
3 Universidad Autónoma MetropolitanaMexico 59.216.3%114.7×39 +24.4%
4 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 58.56.1%68.9×107 +24.8%
5 Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de PueblaMexico 58.17.1%89.8×24 +266.4%
6 Universidad de la República de UruguayUruguay 57.211.0%29.2×11 +122.2%
7 Universidad de GuanajuatoMexico 57.08.0%98.3×23 +160.9%
8 Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 55.017.1%23.2×10 +78.6%
9 Universidad Autónoma de GuerreroMexico 51.917.3%94.6×9 +48.3%
10 Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 50.28.3%73.1×36 +16.4%

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 Political Dynamics in Latin America research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Political Dynamics in Latin America.

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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.