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Anarchism and Radical Politics

Anarchism and Radical Politics is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 3.5k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the diverse facets of anarchist movements and ideologies, spanning transnational solidarity, anti-globalization activism, feminist perspectives, revolutionary politics, and the role of mutual aid. It delves into the intersections of anarchism with social movements, globalization, feminism, and poststructuralist thought, highlighting its transnational and cosmopolitan dimensions.

  • Anarchism
  • Social Movements
  • Anti-Globalization
  • Transnationalism
  • Revolutionary Politics
  • Feminism
  • Internationalism
  • Mutual Aid
  • Poststructuralism
  • Cosmopolitanism
Research works
3.5k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
355
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-4%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
37% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Anarchism and Radical Politics

Which countries lead Anarchism and Radical Politics research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (182 and 69 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 182 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 69 works
  3. 3 Brazil 41 works
  4. 4 Italy 38 works
  5. 5 Spain 33 works
  6. 6 France 31 works
  7. 7 Argentina 29 works
  8. 8 Russia 27 works
  9. 9 Germany 24 works
  10. 10 Canada 22 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: 36.7%United Kingdom: 13.9%Brazil: 8.2%Italy: 7.6%6 others listed: 33.6%37%largest
United States182 · 36.7%United Kingdom69 · 13.9%Brazil41 · 8.2%Italy38 · 7.6%6 others listed166 · 33.6%

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

Which institutions lead Anarchism and Radical Politics research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Anarchism and Radical Politics research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 10 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 8 works
  3. 3 Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and SciencesNetherlands 8 works
  4. 4 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 8 works
  5. 5 City University of New YorkUnited States 7 works
  6. 6 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 5 works
  7. 7 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 4 works
  8. 8 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 4 works
  9. 9 University of LeedsUnited Kingdom 4 works
  10. 10 University of KansasUnited States 4 works

Who are the leading researchers in Anarchism and Radical Politics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Anarchism and Radical Politics include Noam Chomsky, David R. Holmes and Judith Butler.

  1. 1 Noam Chomsky United States 141k citations
  2. 2 David R. Holmes United States 140k citations
  3. 3 Judith Butler United States 116k citations
  4. 4 Francis Fukuyama United States 110k 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 Anarchism and Radical Politics?

The most cited paper in Anarchism and Radical Politics is "The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics, by Hedley Bull" (Michael Mandelbaum, 1977), with 823 citations. Next come "The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics" (684) and "Mechanic Accents: Dime Novels and Working Class Culture in America" (549).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics, by Hedley Bull Michael Mandelbaum · Political Science Quarterly 1977 823
2 The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics Geoffrey Goodwin · International Affairs 1978 684
3 Mechanic Accents: Dime Novels and Working Class Culture in America Michael Denning 1987 549
4 Beyond the anarchical society Grotius, colonialism and order in world politics Edward Keene 2002 397
5 Sovereign Inequalities and Hierarchy in Anarchy: American Power and International Society Jack Donnelly · European Journal of International Relations 30 May 2006 294
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Where is Anarchism and Radical Politics research done?

The largest centres of Anarchism and Radical Politics research in 2022-now are Buenos Aires (Argentina), Madrid (Spain), London (United Kingdom) and Moscow (Russia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 Buenos AiresArgentina 15 works
  2. 2 MadridSpain 14 works
  3. 3 LondonUnited Kingdom 13 works
  4. 4 MoscowRussia 13 works
  5. 5 New YorkUnited States 12 works
  6. 6 ParisFrance 11 works
  7. 7 AmsterdamNetherlands 11 works
  8. 8 São PauloBrazil 8 works
  9. 9 RomeItaly 7 works
  10. 10 MilanItaly 7 works
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Is Anarchism and Radical Politics research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2018.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Anarchism and Radical Politics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0024% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Anarchism and Radical Politics 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.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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