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Youth Culture and Social Dynamics

Youth Culture and Social Dynamics is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 3.2k research works in it since 1951. 5.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the emergence of youth cultures, strategies of disenchantment, cultural hybridity, and the impact of globalization on social identity. It delves into topics such as visual culture, indigenous youth, media mediation, urban tribes, social exclusion, and cultural resistance.

  • Youth Cultures
  • Cultural Hybridity
  • Globalization
  • Social Identity
  • Visual Culture
  • Indigenous Youth
  • Media Mediation
  • Urban Tribes
  • Social Exclusion
  • Cultural Resistance
Research works
3.2k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
185
per year above
Top-10% rate
5.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-7%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Youth Culture and Social Dynamics research?

By volume, Argentina and Mexico publish the most (87 and 85 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Argentina 87 works
  2. 2 Mexico 85 works
  3. 3 Spain 77 works
  4. 4 Brazil 51 works
  5. 5 Colombia 45 works
  6. 6 United States 29 works
  7. 7 Chile 23 works
  8. 8 Ecuador 18 works
  9. 9 Peru 17 works
  10. 10 France 15 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: 19.5%Mexico: 19.1%Spain: 17.3%Brazil: 11.3%6 others listed: 32.9%19%largest
Argentina87 · 19.5%Mexico85 · 19.1%Spain77 · 17.3%Brazil51 · 11.3%6 others listed147 · 32.9%

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

Which institutions lead Youth Culture and Social Dynamics research?

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

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 14 works
  2. 2 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 14 works
  3. 3 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 9 works
  4. 4 Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina 9 works
  5. 5 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 9 works
  6. 6 Universidad Nacional de CórdobaArgentina 6 works
  7. 7 Universidad de Costa RicaCosta Rica 5 works
  8. 8 Universidad Autónoma MetropolitanaMexico 4 works
  9. 9 Universidad de MálagaSpain 4 works
  10. 10 Universidad de la República de UruguayUruguay 4 works

Where is Youth Culture and Social Dynamics research done?

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

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Buenos Aires Argentina 35 works
  2. 2 Mexico City Mexico 34 works
  3. 3 Madrid Spain 25 works
  4. 4 Bogotá Colombia 17 works
  5. 5 Santiago Chile 16 works
  6. 6 São Paulo Brazil 11 works
  7. 7 Lima Peru 10 works
  8. 8 La Plata Argentina 10 works
  9. 9 San José Costa Rica 9 works
  10. 10 Medellín Colombia 9 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Buenos AiresAR · 34.5 works36×
  2. Mexico CityMX · 33.5 works21×
  3. MadridES · 24.5 works9.9×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Youth Culture and Social Dynamics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Youth Culture and Social Dynamics?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Universidad Complutense de Madrid 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%2%4%6%mean 3.575%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidad de Buenos Aires: 14, 3.6%Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: 14, 3.2%Universidad Complutense de Madrid: 9, 5.7%Universidad Nacional de La Plata: 10, 1.8%Universidad Complute…Universidad de Bueno…Universidad Nacional…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 32.73.6%72.2×14 +23.9%
2 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 26.33.2%28.9×14 -26.8%
3 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 17.35.7%23.5×9 +20.8%
4 Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina 11.11.8%97.5×10 +40.4%

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 Youth Culture and Social Dynamics research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2017. The fastest-growing topics are Youth Culture and Social Dynamics.

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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.