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South Asian Studies and Diaspora

South Asian Studies and Diaspora is a research topic within Philosophy. Science Explorer counts 6.5k research works in it since 1954. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the postcolonial thought, historical difference, and the complex socio-political landscape of India, focusing on topics such as the Partition of India, Dalit politics, Sikh identity, postcolonial trauma, caste system, Indian history, religious minorities, gender and memory, nationalism, and refugee identity.

  • Partition of India
  • Dalit Politics
  • Sikh Identity
  • Postcolonial Trauma
  • Caste System
  • Indian History
  • Religious Minorities
  • Gender and Memory
  • Nationalism in India
  • Refugee Identity
Research works
6.5k
fractional, since 1954
In the world top 10%
655
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+116%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
65% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
South Asian Studies and Diaspora

Which countries lead South Asian Studies and Diaspora research?

By volume, India and the United States publish the most (1.9k and 423 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 1.9k works
  2. 2 United States 423 works
  3. 3 Pakistan 253 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 118 works
  5. 5 Bangladesh 60 works
  6. 6 Nepal 49 works
  7. 7 Australia 36 works
  8. 8 Canada 34 works
  9. 9 China 26 works
  10. 10 Germany 26 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: 64.7%United States: 14.6%Pakistan: 8.7%United Kingdom: 4.1%6 others listed: 8.0%65%largest
India1,875 · 64.7%United States423 · 14.6%Pakistan253 · 8.7%United Kingdom118 · 4.1%6 others listed230 · 8.0%

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

Which institutions lead South Asian Studies and Diaspora research?

By volume in 2022-now, G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce College publishes the most South Asian Studies and Diaspora research, followed by University of Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce CollegeIndia 58 works
  2. 2 University of DelhiIndia 53 works
  3. 3 Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityIndia 39 works
  4. 4 Human Growth FoundationUnited States 32 works
  5. 5 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 27 works
  6. 6 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 27 works
  7. 7 Seva MandirIndia 26 works
  8. 8 Government of Western AustraliaAustralia 20 works
  9. 9 Sanskriti Samvardhan MandalIndia 20 works
  10. 10 University of the PunjabPakistan 18 works

Who are the leading researchers in South Asian Studies and Diaspora?

The most-cited researchers publishing on South Asian Studies and Diaspora include J. B. Singh, Rattan Lal and Heidi Jane Larson.

  1. 1 J. B. Singh India 144k citations
  2. 2 Rattan Lal United States 126k citations
  3. 3 Heidi Jane Larson United Kingdom 85k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in South Asian Studies and Diaspora?

The most cited paper in South Asian Studies and Diaspora is "Hermeneutic phenomenological research method simplified" (Narayan Prasad Kafle, 2013), with 494 citations. Next come "Partition as a Solution to Ethnic War: An Empirical Critique of the Theoretical Literature" (374) and "Remembering Partition: Violence, Nationalism and History in India" (327).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Hermeneutic phenomenological research method simplified Narayan Prasad Kafle · Bodhi An Interdisciplinary Journal Open access 6 May 2013 494
2 Partition as a Solution to Ethnic War: An Empirical Critique of the Theoretical Literature Nicholas Sambanis · World Politics Open access Jul 2000 374
3 Remembering Partition: Violence, Nationalism and History in India Paramjit S. Judge, Gyanendra Krishna Pandey · Social Scientist 2004 327
4 Recovering Liberties: Indian Thought in the Age of Liberalism and Empire C. A. Bayly 10 Nov 2011 319
5 The Construction of Religious Boundaries: Culture, Identity and Diversity in the Sikh Tradition W. H. McLeod · Pacific Affairs Dec 1994 292
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Where is South Asian Studies and Diaspora research done?

The largest centres of South Asian Studies and Diaspora research in 2022-now are New Delhi (India), Kolkata (India), Lahore (Pakistan) and Bengaluru (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Akola and Nanded.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 New DelhiIndia 167 works
  2. 2 KolkataIndia 77 works
  3. 3 LahorePakistan 65 works
  4. 4 BengaluruIndia 64 works
  5. 5 New YorkUnited States 62 works
  6. 6 AkolaIndia 58 works
  7. 7 HyderabadIndia 45 works
  8. 8 IslamabadPakistan 44 works
  9. 9 JaipurIndia 39 works
  10. 10 MumbaiIndia 38 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AkolaIN · 58.3 works60×
  2. NandedIN · 27.8 works52×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in South Asian Studies and Diaspora than the world average.

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

Among universities, judged by research, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Tata Institute of Social Sciences and O. P. Jindal Global University score highest, combining citation 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%30%mean 15.15%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Tata Institute of So…O. P. Jindal Global …Jawaharlal Nehru Uni…University of Delhi
above the meannear itbelow it

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.

Citation 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
1Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityIndia 71.318.6%74.2×39 +96.3%
2Tata Institute of Social SciencesIndia 66.128.4%96.1×11 +43.5%
3O. P. Jindal Global UniversityIndia 62.624.4%37.2×9 +178.0%
4University of DelhiIndia 61.48.2%27.6×52 +34.5%
5G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce CollegeIndia 58.15.4%124.4×58 +1206.3%
6Panjab UniversityIndia 50.813.9%20.7×12 +14.0%
7Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeIndia 50.416.6%10.4×13 +319.2%
8Jamia Millia IslamiaIndia 49.511.8%22.6×16 +144.1%
9University of HyderabadIndia 49.015.8%28.6×12 +117.5%
10Weatherford CollegeUnited States 48.88.4%7.4×27 +1377.8%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 South Asian Studies and Diaspora, country by country

Is South Asian Studies and Diaspora research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 116% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are South Asian Studies and Diaspora.

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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 South Asian Studies and Diaspora as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0080% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%South Asian Studies and Diaspora0.016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of South Asian Studies and Diaspora 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%South Asian Studies and Diaspora10.3% in 2025200020102020

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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