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Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

Racial and Ethnic Identity Research is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 46.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the impact of racial discrimination on health outcomes, focusing on topics such as acculturation, ethnic identity, structural racism, mental health, and the experiences of immigrant youth. It also delves into implicit bias in healthcare, socialization practices, and the implications for clinical practice.

  • Racial Discrimination
  • Health Inequities
  • Acculturation
  • Ethnic Identity
  • Structural Racism
  • Mental Health
  • Immigrant Youth
  • Implicit Bias
  • Socialization Practices
  • Clinical Practice
Research works
16k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
46.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+65%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Racial and Ethnic Identity Research research?

By volume, the United States and Canada publish the most (3k and 217 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 3k works
  2. 2 Canada 217 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 156 works
  4. 4 Germany 96 works
  5. 5 Australia 82 works
  6. 6 China 54 works
  7. 7 Netherlands 44 works
  8. 8 South Korea 35 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 34 works
  10. 10 Spain 32 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: 79.9%Canada: 5.8%United Kingdom: 4.2%Germany: 2.6%6 others listed: 7.5%80%largest
United States2,990 · 79.9%Canada217 · 5.8%United Kingdom156 · 4.2%Germany96 · 2.6%6 others listed281 · 7.5%

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

Which institutions lead Racial and Ethnic Identity Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Racial and Ethnic Identity Research research, followed by University of Michigan and The University of Texas at Austin.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 112 works
  2. 2 University of MichiganUnited States 42 works
  3. 3 The University of Texas at AustinUnited States 41 works
  4. 4 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States 41 works
  5. 5 Arizona State UniversityUnited States 35 works
  6. 6 New York UniversityUnited States 35 works
  7. 7 Columbia UniversityUnited States 33 works
  8. 8 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 32 works
  9. 9 Yale UniversityUnited States 32 works
  10. 10 University of Maryland, College ParkUnited States 31 works

Who are the leading researchers in Racial and Ethnic Identity Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Racial and Ethnic Identity Research include Susan T. Fiske and Bruce G. Link.

  1. 1 Susan T. Fiske United States 3k citations
  2. 2 Bruce G. Link United States 2.7k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Racial and Ethnic Identity Research research done?

The largest centres of Racial and Ethnic Identity Research research in 2022–2025 are New York (United States), Chapel Hill (United States), Los Angeles (United States) and Boston (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Chapel Hill, College Park and Tempe.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 New York United States 163 works
  2. 2 Chapel Hill United States 114 works
  3. 3 Los Angeles United States 96 works
  4. 4 Boston United States 92 works
  5. 5 Chicago United States 78 works
  6. 6 Baltimore United States 65 works
  7. 7 Washington D.C. United States 60 works
  8. 8 Atlanta United States 58 works
  9. 9 London United Kingdom 50 works
  10. 10 Toronto Canada 47 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Chapel HillUS · 113.6 works16×
  2. College ParkUS · 31.0 works13×
  3. TempeUS · 35.5 works13×
  4. RichmondUS · 25.1 works12×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Racial and Ethnic Identity Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Racial and Ethnic Identity Research?

Among universities, judged by research, University of California, Riverside, University of California, Los Angeles and New York University 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%25%50%75%mean 43.04%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of California, Riverside: 12, 47.5%University of California, Los Angeles: 41, 48.5%New York University: 35, 52.4%Columbia University: 33, 47.2%University of Maryland, College Park: 31, 47.4%University of Ottawa: 14, 69.3%University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 112, 12.1%University of Houston: 18, 29.3%Boston University: 20, 40.6%The University of Texas at Austin: 41, 36.1%New York UniversityUniversity of Califo…University of Califo…Columbia 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 University of California, RiversideUnited States 65.247.5%10.3×12 +233.3%
2 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States 64.648.5%11.1×41 +38.3%
3 New York UniversityUnited States 64.252.4%11.0×35 +14.4%
4 Columbia UniversityUnited States 62.347.2%10.1×33 +22.5%
5 University of Maryland, College ParkUnited States 61.547.4%14.3×31 +30.2%
6 University of OttawaCanada 60.869.3%6.9×14 +39.4%
7 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 59.612.1%16.5×112 +194.4%
8 University of HoustonUnited States 59.029.3%13.8×18 +182.8%
9 Boston UniversityUnited States 58.540.6%10.5×20 +77.6%
10 The University of Texas at AustinUnited States 57.736.1%12.4×41 +48.3%

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 Racial and Ethnic Identity Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 65% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Racial and Ethnic Identity Research.

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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.