Youth, Politics, and Society
Youth, Politics, and Society is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 9.8k research works in it since 1955. 5.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the intersection of youth, public policy, and social change in Brazil. It covers topics such as political participation, workforce integration, sociological analysis of youth culture, and the impact of generational dynamics on public policy. The research emphasizes the need for interdisciplinary approaches to address the challenges faced by the youth in Brazil.
- Youth
- Public Policy
- Brazil
- Social Change
- Education
- Political Participation
- Generations
- Workforce
- Sociological Analysis
- Interdisciplinary Research
- Research works
- 9.8k fractional, since 1955
- In the world top 10%
- 545 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 5.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +53% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Youth, Politics, and Society research?
By volume, Brazil and Portugal publish the most (1.7k and 54 works in 2022–2025).
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Youth, Politics, and Society research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Youth, Politics, and Society research, followed by Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 50 works
- 2 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 50 works
- 3 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 47 works
- 4 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 45 works
- 5 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 42 works
- 6 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 41 works
- 7 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 40 works
- 8 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 40 works
- 9 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 35 works
- 10 Universidade Federal de PernambucoBrazil 30 works
Where is Youth, Politics, and Society research done?
The largest centres of Youth, Politics, and Society research in 2022–2025 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 Niterói.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 São Paulo Brazil 235 works
- 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 171 works
- 3 Belo Horizonte Brazil 75 works
- 4 Porto Alegre Brazil 69 works
- 5 Brasília Brazil 69 works
- 6 Curitiba Brazil 53 works
- 7 Florianópolis Brazil 52 works
- 8 Recife Brazil 43 works
- 9 Fortaleza Brazil 43 works
- 10 Niterói Brazil 43 works
Where it is the local speciality
- NiteróiBR · 42.6 works43×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Youth, Politics, and Society than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Youth, Politics, and Society?
Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco and Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universidade Federal do PiauíBrazil | 81.7 | 20.8% | 44.6× | 18 | +313.8% |
| 2 | Universidade Federal de PernambucoBrazil | 65.2 | 7.3% | 29.6× | 30 | +168.4% |
| 3 | Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil | 64.2 | 5.4% | 27.1× | 40 | +139.5% |
| 4 | Universidade Federal da ParaíbaBrazil | 63.1 | 5.2% | 33.4× | 27 | +222.1% |
| 5 | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil | 60.7 | 4.6% | 33.9× | 50 | +70.6% |
| 6 | Universidade Federal do Espírito SantoBrazil | 60.7 | 6.8% | 27.1× | 17 | +188.8% |
| 7 | Universidade de São PauloBrazil | 59.9 | 2.0% | 14.2× | 50 | +69.1% |
| 8 | Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil | 59.4 | 1.9% | 30.7× | 47 | +115.3% |
| 9 | Universidade Federal de São CarlosBrazil | 59.1 | 8.3% | 34.7× | 28 | +57.3% |
| 10 | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil | 58.2 | 5.9% | 17.3× | 26 | +90.4% |
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, Politics, and Society research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 53% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Youth, Politics, and Society.
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.