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South Asian Studies and Conflicts

South Asian Studies and Conflicts is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1950. 16.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the complex and multifaceted issues surrounding the Kashmir conflict, including its historical roots, ethnic and religious dimensions, human rights implications, and the impact on Indian federalism. The papers also delve into related topics such as insurgency, colonialism, militarization, and tribal dynamics in Northeast India.

  • Kashmir
  • Conflict
  • Federalism
  • Ethnicity
  • Insurgency
  • Human Rights
  • Colonialism
  • Northeast India
  • Militarization
  • Tribal
Research works
17k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+60%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead South Asian Studies and Conflicts research?

By volume, India and the United States publish the most (2.5k and 500 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 India 2.5k works
  2. 2 United States 500 works
  3. 3 Pakistan 369 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 215 works
  5. 5 Nepal 134 works
  6. 6 Bangladesh 96 works
  7. 7 China 64 works
  8. 8 Australia 61 works
  9. 9 Canada 58 works
  10. 10 France 57 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.

India: 61.7%United States: 12.3%Pakistan: 9.1%United Kingdom: 5.3%6 others listed: 11.6%62%largest
India2,506 · 61.7%United States500 · 12.3%Pakistan369 · 9.1%United Kingdom215 · 5.3%6 others listed471 · 11.6%

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

Which institutions lead South Asian Studies and Conflicts research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Delhi publishes the most South Asian Studies and Conflicts research, followed by Tribhuvan University and Jawaharlal Nehru University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of DelhiIndia 93 works
  2. 2 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 87 works
  3. 3 Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityIndia 77 works
  4. 4 Manipur UniversityIndia 47 works
  5. 5 Annamalai UniversityIndia 41 works
  6. 6 Gauhati UniversityIndia 34 works
  7. 7 Jamia Millia IslamiaIndia 33 works
  8. 8 University of KashmirIndia 31 works
  9. 9 Assam UniversityIndia 29 works
  10. 10 Christ UniversityIndia 23 works

Where is South Asian Studies and Conflicts research done?

The largest centres of South Asian Studies and Conflicts research in 2022–2025 are New Delhi (India), Kolkata (India), Kathmandu (Nepal) and Bengaluru (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Imphal, Aizawl and Itanagar.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 New Delhi India 300 works
  2. 2 Kolkata India 110 works
  3. 3 Kathmandu Nepal 102 works
  4. 4 Bengaluru India 86 works
  5. 5 Islamabad Pakistan 84 works
  6. 6 Lahore Pakistan 83 works
  7. 7 Guwahati India 78 works
  8. 8 London United Kingdom 67 works
  9. 9 Mumbai India 59 works
  10. 10 Hyderabad India 58 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ImphalIN · 53.5 works64×
  2. AizawlIN · 24.7 works63×
  3. ItanagarIN · 20.9 works51×
  4. DibrugarhIN · 22.0 works49×
  5. ChidambaramIN · 41.4 works46×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in South Asian Studies and Conflicts than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study South Asian Studies and Conflicts?

Among universities, judged by research, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Annamalai 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%20%40%mean 22.35%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Tata Institute of Social Sciences: 17, 32.6%Jawaharlal Nehru University: 77, 21.8%Annamalai University: 41, 30.6%O. P. Jindal Global University: 22, 29.3%University of Peshawar: 11, 24.9%University of Delhi: 93, 15.2%Aligarh Muslim University: 21, 21.5%Lahore University of Management Sciences: 9, 23.5%Jamia Millia Islamia: 33, 16.9%Tribhuvan University: 87, 7.2%Tata Institute of So…Annamalai UniversityO. P. Jindal Global …Jawaharlal Nehru Uni…
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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 Tata Institute of Social SciencesIndia 76.732.6%87.4×17 +251.8%
2 Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityIndia 75.821.8%88.9×77 +140.9%
3 Annamalai UniversityIndia 75.330.6%46.0×41 +88.9%
4 O. P. Jindal Global UniversityIndia 72.529.3%54.5×22 —
5 University of PeshawarPakistan 72.524.9%31.0×11 +204.0%
6 University of DelhiIndia 70.615.2%41.1×93 +126.5%
7 Aligarh Muslim UniversityIndia 70.621.5%17.5×21 +219.4%
8 Lahore University of Management SciencesPakistan 68.123.5%40.2×9 +289.6%
9 Jamia Millia IslamiaIndia 67.916.9%36.6×33 +157.4%
10 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 64.87.2%44.9×87 +151.4%

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 South Asian Studies and Conflicts research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 60% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are South Asian Studies and Conflicts.

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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.