Sociology in Central Asia: systematic literature review in 1991-2021

Bakhrom Mirkasimov�

• Between 1991 and 2021, the total population of Central Asia has grown by 54.9% from 50.1 million people to 77.6 million;
• Young people under the age of 30 make up more than 50% of the population in Central Asia;
• Geolocation, emerging economies, similar traditions;
• Common Soviet history of the region that led to use of common language: Russian.

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Aims of systematic literature review 

Methodology

Process

Systematic literature review criteria

Exclusion Criteria

Solution

Inclusion Criteria

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Sociology related research conducted on Central Asia

Indexed in Web of Science, Scopus and Higher Attestation Commission

Published in peer reviewed journal between 1991-2021

Written in any other language

Non-sociology related and/or include regions other than Central Asia

 Written in English and Russian

Not indexed in Web of Science, Scopus for English and Higher Attestation Commission for Russian language

Dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings and published before 1991/ after 2021

Extracting and Evaluating Data

7

RUSSIAN

Indexed in Web of Science, Scopus and HAC

76 (-18)

162,652

88,111

RESULTS

Share of publications

* No publications found for 1991-1994 that met the inclusion criteria

Thematic Analysis

Country Focus

Author’s institutional affiliation

Share of Co-authorship

Citation analysis

Concluding remarks

Problem

Solution

No articles are found between 1991 and 1994 in Russian and English that met our inclusion criteria

Problem

Most English and Russian speaking authors published their work during 2016-2021 on Central Asia

Problem

English language articles covered more themes/topics than that were of Russian language articles

Problem

Solution

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Uzbekistan, Kyrgyz Republic and Kazakhstan are the most studied countries in Russian language between 1991-2021

Problem

Majority of articles were published by authors outside of the Central Asia

Problem

Most published articles are single-authored

Problem

The most studied areas in English were social norms, migration and other economic indicators such as development, economy, poverty, and income. Russian articles mostly focused on migration.

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Most publications on Central Asia were not frequently cited globally

Reference

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• Central Asia population .Worldometer. Available at: https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/central-asia-population/ (Accessed: 10 June 2023).
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• UN population prospects: Case of Central Asia. Available at: https://www.eurasian-research.org/publication/un-population-prospects-case-of-central-asia/ (Accessed: 10 June 2023).
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