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American Jewish Fiction Analysis

American Jewish Fiction Analysis is a research topic within Literature and Literary Theory. Science Explorer counts 1.5k research works in it since 1951. 10.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the literary and cultural contributions of Jewish Americans, with a focus on identity, multiculturalism, ethnicity, and their impact on American society. The works of Philip Roth are a prominent subject, along with discussions on postmodernism and the representation of the Holocaust in literature.

  • Jewish American Literature
  • Philip Roth
  • Identity
  • Multiculturalism
  • Ethnicity
  • American Society
  • Literary Criticism
  • Cultural Identity
  • Postmodernism
  • Holocaust
Research works
1.5k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
157
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+33%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
47% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
American Jewish Fiction Analysis

Which countries lead American Jewish Fiction Analysis research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (110 and 22 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 110 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 22 works
  3. 3 Israel 19 works
  4. 4 China 18 works
  5. 5 India 17 works
  6. 6 Pakistan 14 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 12 works
  8. 8 Iran 8 works
  9. 9 France 7 works
  10. 10 Germany 7 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.

United States: 47.2%United Kingdom: 9.2%Israel: 8.1%China: 7.6%6 others listed: 27.9%47%largest
United States110 · 47.2%United Kingdom22 · 9.2%Israel19 · 8.1%China18 · 7.6%6 others listed65 · 27.9%

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

Which institutions lead American Jewish Fiction Analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, Tel Aviv University publishes the most American Jewish Fiction Analysis research, followed by Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Universidade de São Paulo.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael 4 works
  2. 2 Hebrew University of JerusalemIsrael 4 works
  3. 3 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 3 works
  4. 4 University of CincinnatiUnited States 3 works
  5. 5 Ben-Gurion University of the NegevIsrael 3 works
  6. 6 Ball State UniversityUnited States 2 works
  7. 7 University of FloridaUnited States 2 works
  8. 8 Bar-Ilan UniversityIsrael 2 works
  9. 9 Film IndependentUnited States 2 works
  10. 10 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 2 works

Who are the leading researchers in American Jewish Fiction Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on American Jewish Fiction Analysis include Ryozo Nagai and Martha C. Nussbaum.

  1. 1 Ryozo Nagai Japan 73k citations
  2. 2 Martha C. Nussbaum United States 63k 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 American Jewish Fiction Analysis?

The most cited paper in American Jewish Fiction Analysis is "The Conscience of Huckleberry Finn" (Jonathan Bennett, 1974), with 471 citations. Next come "A Third Individuation: Immigration, Identity, and the Psychoanalytic Process" (355) and "The Americanization of the holocaust" (152).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Conscience of Huckleberry Finn Jonathan Bennett · Philosophy Apr 1974 471
2 A Third Individuation: Immigration, Identity, and the Psychoanalytic Process Salman Akhtar · Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association Aug 1995 355
3 The Americanization of the holocaust Hilene Flanzbaum · Journal of Genocide Research Open access Mar 1999 152
4 The Age At Leaving Home Richard L. Wall · Journal of Family History Jun 1978 123
5 Evolution of complex disasters Brenton Thomas Burkholder, MICHAEL J. TOOLE · The Lancet Oct 1995 96
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Where is American Jewish Fiction Analysis research done?

The largest centres of American Jewish Fiction Analysis research in 2022-now are New York (United States), London (United Kingdom), Tel Aviv (Israel) and Los Angeles (United States).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 New YorkUnited States 9 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 6 works
  3. 3 Tel AvivIsrael 4 works
  4. 4 Los AngelesUnited States 4 works
  5. 5 JerusalemIsrael 4 works
  6. 6 NanjingChina 4 works
  7. 7 ChennaiIndia 4 works
  8. 8 BostonUnited States 3 works
  9. 9 RiyadhSaudi Arabia 3 works
  10. 10 São PauloBrazil 3 works
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Is American Jewish Fiction Analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are American Jewish Fiction Analysis.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is American Jewish Fiction Analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

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Fractional works of American Jewish Fiction Analysis 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 counting10%20%American Jewish Fiction Analysis9.8% in 202520102020

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Which topics inside it are moving

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