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Urban and sociocultural dynamics

Urban and sociocultural dynamics is a research topic within Urban Studies. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores urban ethnography, social dynamics, and cultural identity within the context of globalization, youth culture, and public space. It delves into community engagement, visual anthropology, and the sociocultural experience, shedding light on local governance and the complexities of urban life.

  • Urban Ethnography
  • Social Dynamics
  • Cultural Identity
  • Community Engagement
  • Globalization
  • Youth Culture
  • Public Space
  • Visual Anthropology
  • Sociocultural Experience
  • Local Governance
Research works
23k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-30%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Brazil
86% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Urban and sociocultural dynamics

Which countries lead Urban and sociocultural dynamics research?

By volume, Brazil and Portugal publish the most (4.2k and 227 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Brazil 4.2k works
  2. 2 Portugal 227 works
  3. 3 United States 131 works
  4. 4 France 81 works
  5. 5 Spain 63 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 38 works
  7. 7 Mexico 36 works
  8. 8 Argentina 33 works
  9. 9 Chile 25 works
  10. 10 ?? 22 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.

Brazil: 86.5%Portugal: 4.7%United States: 2.7%France: 1.7%6 others listed: 4.5%86%largest
Brazil4,192 · 86.5%Portugal227 · 4.7%United States131 · 2.7%France81 · 1.7%6 others listed217 · 4.5%

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

Which institutions lead Urban and sociocultural dynamics research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Urban and sociocultural dynamics research, followed by Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 215 works
  2. 2 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 172 works
  3. 3 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 135 works
  4. 4 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 125 works
  5. 5 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 114 works
  6. 6 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 98 works
  7. 7 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 97 works
  8. 8 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 90 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal de PernambucoBrazil 87 works
  10. 10 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 86 works

Who are the leading researchers in Urban and sociocultural dynamics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Urban and sociocultural dynamics include Pierre Bourdıeu and Bruno Latour.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  2. 2 Bruno Latour France 129k 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 Urban and sociocultural dynamics?

The most cited paper in Urban and sociocultural dynamics is "Análise qualitativa: teoria, passos e fidedignidade" (Maria Cecí­lia de Souza Minayo, 2012), with 934 citations. Next come "The City and the Car" (846) and "A história cultural entre práticas e representações" (506).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Análise qualitativa: teoria, passos e fidedignidade Maria Cecí­lia de Souza Minayo · Ciência & Saúde Coletiva Open access Mar 2012 934
2 The City and the Car Mimí Sheller, John Urry · International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Dec 2000 846
3 A história cultural entre práticas e representações Tiago C. P. dos Reis Miranda · Revista de História Open access 30 Dec 1989 506
4 Pela mão de Alice: o social e o político na pós-modernidade Maria Lúcia Toralles-Pereira, Miriam Celí Pimentel Porto Foresti · Interface - Comunicação Saúde Educação Open access Aug 1998 457
5 Nova luz sobre a antropologia Lilia Katri Moritz Schwarcz · Revista de Antropologia Open access 2001 438
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Urban and sociocultural dynamics research done?

The largest centres of Urban and sociocultural dynamics research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Belo Horizonte (Brazil) and Porto Alegre (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Novo Hamburgo, Cruz das Almas and Montes Claros.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 São PauloBrazil 632 works
  2. 2 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 488 works
  3. 3 Belo HorizonteBrazil 184 works
  4. 4 Porto AlegreBrazil 157 works
  5. 5 BrasíliaBrazil 143 works
  6. 6 FlorianópolisBrazil 136 works
  7. 7 RecifeBrazil 124 works
  8. 8 SalvadorBrazil 124 works
  9. 9 LisbonPortugal 116 works
  10. 10 BelémBrazil 114 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Novo HamburgoBR · 20.5 works91×
  2. Cruz das AlmasBR · 21.3 works66×
  3. Montes ClarosBR · 24.9 works55×
  4. SeropédicaBR · 29.3 works45×
  5. PelotasBR · 63.5 works45×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Urban and sociocultural dynamics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Urban and sociocultural dynamics?

Among universities, judged by research, Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Universidade de São Paulo and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 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 12.38%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Iscte – Instituto Un…Universidade Federal…Universidade Federal…Universidade de São …
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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
1Iscte – Instituto Universitário de LisboaPortugal 67.521.8%27.8×10 +133.9%
2Universidade de São PauloBrazil 64.410.3%24.8×215 -30.8%
3Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 64.311.7%52.3×172 -26.2%
4Universidade Federal de São PauloBrazil 59.713.4%23.0×43 -26.5%
5Universidade BrasilBrazil 59.17.9%31.9×15 +10.6%
6Universidade Federal de São CarlosBrazil 58.913.4%27.6×46 -16.5%
7Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 57.712.5%36.0×114 -23.6%
8Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 55.412.0%30.7×98 -43.2%
9Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 55.29.9%63.2×125 -25.6%
10Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 53.910.9%47.4×97 -43.7%

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 Urban and sociocultural dynamics, country by country

Is Urban and sociocultural dynamics research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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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 Urban and sociocultural dynamics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.021% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Urban and sociocultural dynamics0.016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Urban and sociocultural dynamics 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%Urban and sociocultural dynamics9.5% 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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