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Social Sciences and Humanities

Social Sciences and Humanities is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 1.8k research works in it since 1960. 9.8% 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 including political ecology, social movements, gender studies, environmental justice, globalization, indigenous rights, education policy, sustainable development, colonialism, and feminist theory. The papers provide insights into the complex interactions between politics, society, and the environment in Latin America and beyond.

  • Political Ecology
  • Social Movements
  • Gender Studies
  • Environmental Justice
  • Globalization
  • Indigenous Rights
  • Education Policy
  • Sustainable Development
  • Colonialism
  • Feminist Theory
Research works
1.8k
fractional, since 1960
In the world top 10%
176
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+57%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Social Sciences and Humanities research?

By volume, Argentina and Spain publish the most (107 and 75 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Argentina 107 works
  2. 2 Spain 75 works
  3. 3 Mexico 64 works
  4. 4 Colombia 60 works
  5. 5 Chile 30 works
  6. 6 France 23 works
  7. 7 United States 18 works
  8. 8 Brazil 16 works
  9. 9 Ecuador 12 works
  10. 10 Iran 11 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.

Argentina: 25.8%Spain: 18.0%Mexico: 15.3%Colombia: 14.5%6 others listed: 26.4%26%largest
Argentina107 · 25.8%Spain75 · 18.0%Mexico64 · 15.3%Colombia60 · 14.5%6 others listed110 · 26.4%

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

Which institutions lead Social Sciences and Humanities research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad de Buenos Aires publishes the most Social Sciences and Humanities research, followed by Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 18 works
  2. 2 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 15 works
  3. 3 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 11 works
  4. 4 Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina 10 works
  5. 5 Universidad Nacional de CórdobaArgentina 9 works
  6. 6 Universidad de AntioquiaColombia 8 works
  7. 7 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 7 works
  8. 8 Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia 7 works
  9. 9 University of ChileChile 6 works
  10. 10 National University of RosarioArgentina 5 works

Where is Social Sciences and Humanities research done?

The largest centres of Social Sciences and Humanities research in 2022–2025 are Buenos Aires (Argentina), Mexico City (Mexico), Bogotá (Colombia) and Madrid (Spain). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Buenos Aires, Bogotá and Mexico City.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Buenos Aires Argentina 42 works
  2. 2 Mexico City Mexico 30 works
  3. 3 Bogotá Colombia 28 works
  4. 4 Madrid Spain 24 works
  5. 5 Santiago Chile 13 works
  6. 6 Medellín Colombia 12 works
  7. 7 La Plata Argentina 10 works
  8. 8 Córdoba Argentina 10 works
  9. 9 Paris France 7 works
  10. 10 Lima Peru 6 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Buenos AiresAR · 42.5 works45×
  2. BogotáCO · 28.0 works33×
  3. Mexico CityMX · 30.2 works20×
  4. MadridES · 23.6 works9.8×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Social Sciences and Humanities than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Social Sciences and Humanities?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Universidad Nacional de La Plata 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 9.85%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidad de Buenos Aires: 18, 7.1%Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: 11, 17.2%Universidad Nacional de La Plata: 10, 10.2%Universidad Nacional de Córdoba: 9, 4.9%Universidad Nacional…Universidad Nacional…Universidad de Bueno…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 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 41.47.1%93.8×18 +175.4%
2 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 36.117.2%23.5×11 -56.1%
3 Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina 23.510.2%109.7×10 —
4 Universidad Nacional de CórdobaArgentina 9.54.9%114.7×9 +92.5%

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 Social Sciences and Humanities research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 57% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Social Sciences and Humanities.

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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.