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Facing History and Ourselves

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Research works
10
▲ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
62
6.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Facing History and Ourselves

Not ranked overall: Facing History and Ourselves is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Facing History and Ourselves work in?

In all years, 82% of research at Facing History and Ourselves is in Social Sciences, 11% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (52%), Arts and Humanities (17%), Psychology (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 8 fractional works · 82.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 52.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 23.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 12.9% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 17.3% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 6.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 4.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 9.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 4.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 11.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workALL ITS WORKFacing Historyand Ourselves10fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences82%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 11 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences552.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities217.3%
    3. Psychology19.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance03.2%
    1. Computer Science03.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences03.2%
    3. Engineering03.2%
    4. Environmental Science01.7%
    1. Medicine03.2%
    2. Health Professions01.7%
    1. Neuroscience01.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Engineering: 1.27× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 1.83× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8.88× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.06× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance8.88×0 works
  2. Social Sciences3.06×1 works
  3. Health Professions1.83×0 works
  4. Engineering1.27×0 works
  5. Medicine0.85×0 works
  6. Psychology0.69×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Facing History and Ourselves?

The most cited paper from Facing History and Ourselves is "Belonging to and exclusion from the peer group in schools: influences on adolescents' moral choices" (Luba Falk Feigenberg, Melissa Steel King, Dennis J. Barr et al., 2008), with 34 citations. Next come "Early adolescents' reflections on social justice:Facing History and Ourselvesin practice and assessment" (17) and "Can Adolescents Learn to Create Ethical Relationships for Themselves in the Future by Reflecting on Ethical Violations Faced by Others in the Past?" (15).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Belonging to and exclusion from the peer group in schools: influences on adolescents' moral choices Luba Falk Feigenberg, Melissa Steel King, Dennis J. Barr et al. · Journal of Moral Education 7 May 2008 34
2 Early adolescents' reflections on social justice:Facing History and Ourselvesin practice and assessment Dennis J. Barr · Intercultural Education May 2005 17
3 Can Adolescents Learn to Create Ethical Relationships for Themselves in the Future by Reflecting on Ethical Violations Faced by Others in the Past? Robert L. Selman, Dennis B. Barr Book chapter 2009 15
4 Examples of best practice 1. Teaching a Holocaust case study in a post‐conflict environment: education as part of violence, reconstruction and repair Karen L. Murphy · Intercultural Education 2010 9
5 Comfort Women: Enhancing Students’ Global Awareness through Human Right Education Jing A. Williams, Mary Johnson · The Social Studies 7 Apr 2020 5
All 16 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Facing History and Ourselves publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Human auditory perception and evaluation, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Legal case studies and regulations and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery.

Human auditory perception and evaluation: 0 fractional worksDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies: 0 fractional worksLegal case studies and regulations: 0 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 0 fractional worksEducator Training and Historical Pedagogy: 0 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 0 fractional worksInnovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences: 0 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringEconomics and EconometricsPolitical Science and International RelationsRehabilitation3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Human auditory perception and evaluation Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  3. 3 Legal case studies and regulations Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  4. 4 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 0 works
  5. 5 Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Social Media and Politics Communication 0 works
  7. 7 Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences Education 0 works
  8. 8 Disability Rights and Representation Safety Research 0 works
  9. 9 Disability Education and Employment Safety Research 0 works
  10. 10 Psychiatric care and mental health services Clinical Psychology 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available19.2%not open80.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.4%domestic only85.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Facing History and Ourselves's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Facing History and Ourselves as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000090% in 2024.

still counting0.000020%0.000040%0.000060%Facing History and Ourselves0.000017% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Facing History and Ourselves over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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