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Social Issues and Sustainability

Social Issues and Sustainability is a research topic within Cultural Studies. Science Explorer counts 4.2k research works in it since 1969. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the complex dynamics of cultural appropriation, its impact on social justice, sustainability, ethnic identity, and intercultural relations. It delves into the power dynamics involved in cultural exchange, the influence of globalization, and the implications for community development and gender studies.

  • Cultural Appropriation
  • Social Justice
  • Sustainability
  • Ethnic Identity
  • Globalization
  • Community Development
  • Gender Studies
  • Colonialism
  • Intercultural Relations
  • Power Dynamics
Research works
4.2k
fractional, since 1969
In the world top 10%
413
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+16%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
19% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Social Issues and Sustainability

Which countries lead Social Issues and Sustainability research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (269 and 241 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 269 works
  2. 2 Mexico 241 works
  3. 3 Colombia 212 works
  4. 4 Ecuador 212 works
  5. 5 Chile 193 works
  6. 6 Peru 121 works
  7. 7 Argentina 95 works
  8. 8 United States 44 works
  9. 9 Brazil 38 works
  10. 10 Venezuela 25 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: 18.6%Mexico: 16.6%Colombia: 14.6%Ecuador: 14.6%6 others listed: 35.6%19%largest
Spain269 · 18.6%Mexico241 · 16.6%Colombia212 · 14.6%Ecuador212 · 14.6%6 others listed516 · 35.6%

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

Which institutions lead Social Issues and Sustainability research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad César Vallejo publishes the most Social Issues and Sustainability research, followed by Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas and University of Chile.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad César VallejoPeru 30 works
  2. 2 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 23 works
  3. 3 University of ChileChile 20 works
  4. 4 Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador 17 works
  5. 5 Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileChile 15 works
  6. 6 Universidad de PanamáPanama 14 works
  7. 7 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 14 works
  8. 8 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 14 works
  9. 9 University of GuayaquilEcuador 13 works
  10. 10 Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia 13 works

What are the most cited papers in Social Issues and Sustainability?

The most cited paper in Social Issues and Sustainability is "Community integration" (Ross Edward Mitchell, Donald G. Reid, 2001), with 326 citations. Next come "Buen vivir: Emergent discourse within or beyond sustainable development?" (194) and "La sustentabilidad o sostenibilidad: un concepto poderoso para la humanidad" (178).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Community integration Ross Edward Mitchell, Donald G. Reid · Annals of Tourism Research 2001 326
2 Buen vivir: Emergent discourse within or beyond sustainable development? Julien Vanhulst, Adrián E. Beling · Ecological Economics 21 Mar 2014 194
3 La sustentabilidad o sostenibilidad: un concepto poderoso para la humanidad Plinio Zarta Ávila · Tabula rasa Open access 2018 178
4 Degrowth Serge Latouche · Journal of Cleaner Production 11 Mar 2010 168
5 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
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Where is Social Issues and Sustainability research done?

The largest centres of Social Issues and Sustainability research in 2022-now are Bogotá (Colombia), Santiago (Chile), Mexico City (Mexico) and Madrid (Spain).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BogotáColombia 93 works
  2. 2 SantiagoChile 82 works
  3. 3 Mexico CityMexico 54 works
  4. 4 MadridSpain 52 works
  5. 5 LimaPeru 42 works
  6. 6 GuayaquilEcuador 39 works
  7. 7 Buenos AiresArgentina 37 works
  8. 8 TrujilloPeru 35 works
  9. 9 MedellínColombia 27 works
  10. 10 BarcelonaSpain 26 works
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Where is the best place to study Social Issues and Sustainability?

Among universities, judged by research, Universitat de Barcelona, Universitat de València and University of Concepción 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%mean 13.75%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universitat de Valèn…Universitat de Barce…University of Concep…Pontificia Universid…
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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.

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
1Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 74.014.9%12.5×14 +103.4%
2Universitat de ValènciaSpain 72.922.2%14.5×11 +33.1%
3University of ConcepciónChile 65.612.5%64.3×13 +20.0%
4Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileChile 61.07.5%33.7×15 +28.3%
5Universidad César VallejoPeru 60.47.9%77.4×30 +376.8%
6Universidad Estatal del Sur de ManabiEcuador 59.320.6%73.6×9 +267.3%
7University of GuayaquilEcuador 57.014.2%58.9×13 +78.0%
8Catholic University of the MauleChile 55.811.9%94.6×9 +80.8%
9University of ChileChile 54.710.5%40.2×20 -31.1%
10Universidad de GranadaSpain 54.315.3%10.6×8 +43.4%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Social Issues and Sustainability, country by country

Is Social Issues and Sustainability research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Social Issues and Sustainability.

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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 Social Issues and Sustainability as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0057% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Social Issues and Sustainability0.0063% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Social Issues and Sustainability 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%Social Issues and Sustainability10.0% 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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