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Social Movements and Cultural Identity

Social Movements and Cultural Identity is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 530 research works in it since 1969. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of race, power dynamics, and social change, covering topics such as racism, history, politics, innovation, culture, religion, and leadership. It delves into the complexities of racialized politics, historical memory, and the impact of power on various aspects of society.

  • Race
  • Power
  • Social Change
  • Racism
  • History
  • Politics
  • Innovation
  • Culture
  • Religion
  • Leadership
Research works
530
fractional, since 1969
In the world top 10%
53
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+68%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Nigeria
39% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Social Movements and Cultural Identity

Which countries lead Social Movements and Cultural Identity research?

By volume, Nigeria and the United States publish the most (70 and 54 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Nigeria 70 works
  2. 2 United States 54 works
  3. 3 India 13 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 9 works
  5. 5 Brazil 8 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 7 works
  7. 7 South Africa 7 works
  8. 8 Germany 6 works
  9. 9 China 4 works
  10. 10 ?? 3 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.

Nigeria: 38.7%United States: 29.4%India: 6.9%United Kingdom: 5.2%6 others listed: 19.8%39%largest
Nigeria70 · 38.7%United States54 · 29.4%India13 · 6.9%United Kingdom9 · 5.2%6 others listed36 · 19.8%

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

Which institutions lead Social Movements and Cultural Identity research?

By volume in 2022-now, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy publishes the most Social Movements and Cultural Identity research, followed by Ekiti State University and The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti.

What are the most cited papers in Social Movements and Cultural Identity?

The most cited paper in Social Movements and Cultural Identity is "Walking the Road: Race, Diversity, and Social Justice in Teacher Education" (Jennifer L. Snow-Gerono, 2004), with 609 citations. Next come "Inspiring others: the language of leadership" (397) and "The rhetoric of charismatic leadership: A theoretical extension, a case study, and implications for research" (360).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Walking the Road: Race, Diversity, and Social Justice in Teacher Education Jennifer L. Snow-Gerono · Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education Aug 2004 609
2 Inspiring others: the language of leadership Jay A. Conger · Academy of Management Perspectives 1991 397
3 The rhetoric of charismatic leadership: A theoretical extension, a case study, and implications for research Boas Shamir, Michael B. Arthur, Robert James House · The Leadership Quarterly Mar 1994 360
4 The potential use of unmanned aircraft systems (drones) in mountain search and rescue operations Yunus Karaca, Mustafa Çiçek, Özgür Tatlı et al. · The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 15 Sep 2017 221
5 Requirements, problems, and strategies: A theory of persuasion for social movements Herbert W. Simons · Quarterly Journal of Speech Feb 1970 217
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Where is Social Movements and Cultural Identity research done?

The largest centres of Social Movements and Cultural Identity research in 2022-now are Lagos (Nigeria), Ado-Ekiti (Nigeria), Kano (Nigeria) and Ibadan (Nigeria).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LagosNigeria 7 works
  2. 2 Ado-EkitiNigeria 7 works
  3. 3 KanoNigeria 5 works
  4. 4 IbadanNigeria 4 works
  5. 5 HamburgGermany 4 works
  6. 6 AbujaNigeria 3 works
  7. 7 IkejaNigeria 3 works
  8. 8 São PauloBrazil 3 works
  9. 9 Port HarcourtNigeria 3 works
  10. 10 LondonUnited Kingdom 2 works
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Is Social Movements and Cultural Identity research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 68% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Social Movements and Cultural Identity.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Social Movements and Cultural Identity as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00041% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Social Movements and Cultural Identity 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 Movements and Cultural Identity9.7% in 20252020

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

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