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Biographical and Historical Analysis

Biographical and Historical Analysis is a research topic within History. Science Explorer counts 1.1k research works in it since 1951. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of microhistory and biography, focusing on topics such as everyday life, scientific biography, coordination chemistry, Louis Pasteur, social history, and dementia care. It delves into the nuances of historical research, memory studies, and the impact of individuals on broader historical narratives.

  • Microhistory
  • Biography
  • Historical Research
  • Everyday Life
  • Scientific Biography
  • Coordination Chemistry
  • Louis Pasteur
  • Social History
  • Dementia Care
  • Memory Studies
Research works
1.1k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
115
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+34%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
30% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Biographical and Historical Analysis

Which countries lead Biographical and Historical Analysis research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (65 and 28 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 65 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 28 works
  3. 3 Russia 27 works
  4. 4 Germany 21 works
  5. 5 Ukraine 16 works
  6. 6 Australia 14 works
  7. 7 Norway 13 works
  8. 8 France 12 works
  9. 9 Spain 11 works
  10. 10 Italy 9 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: 30.3%United Kingdom: 13.0%Russia: 12.7%Germany: 9.8%6 others listed: 34.2%30%largest
United States65 · 30.3%United Kingdom28 · 13.0%Russia27 · 12.7%Germany21 · 9.8%6 others listed74 · 34.2%

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

Which institutions lead Biographical and Historical Analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Biographical and Historical Analysis research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Weatherford College.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 7 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 5 works
  3. 3 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 5 works
  4. 4 Sax InstituteAustralia 4 works
  5. 5 University of BergenNorway 4 works
  6. 6 University of South-Eastern NorwayNorway 3 works
  7. 7 Film IndependentUnited States 3 works
  8. 8 Nanjing UniversityChina 2 works
  9. 9 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 2 works
  10. 10 University of ChicagoUnited States 2 works

Who are the leading researchers in Biographical and Historical Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Biographical and Historical Analysis include James E. Hansen.

  1. 1 James E. Hansen United States 91k 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 Biographical and Historical Analysis?

The most cited paper in Biographical and Historical Analysis is "Knowledge in Transit" (James Andrew Secord, 2004), with 765 citations. Next come "Performativity, Autobiographical Practice, Resistance" (202) and "HISTORIOGRAPHY AND ENLIGHTENMENT: A VIEW OF THEIR HISTORY" (156).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Knowledge in Transit James Andrew Secord · Isis Dec 2004 765
2 Performativity, Autobiographical Practice, Resistance Sidonie Smith · a/b Auto/Biography Studies 1995 202
3 HISTORIOGRAPHY AND ENLIGHTENMENT: A VIEW OF THEIR HISTORY John G. A. Pocock · Modern Intellectual History 12 Mar 2008 156
4 Knowledge of shadows: the introduction of X‐ray images in medicine Bernike Pasveer · Sociology of Health & Illness Dec 1989 125
5 ‘Men of Science’: Language, Identity and Professionalization in the Mid-Victorian Scientific Community Ruth Haley Barton · History of Science Mar 2003 123
All 102 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Biographical and Historical Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Biographical and Historical Analysis research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Paris (France), Saint Petersburg (Russia) and New York (United States).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 10 works
  2. 2 ParisFrance 8 works
  3. 3 Saint PetersburgRussia 7 works
  4. 4 New YorkUnited States 7 works
  5. 5 KyivUkraine 6 works
  6. 6 SydneyAustralia 6 works
  7. 7 LondonUnited Kingdom 5 works
  8. 8 BergenNorway 5 works
  9. 9 WeatherfordUnited States 5 works
  10. 10 KharkivUkraine 4 works
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Is Biographical and Historical Analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Biographical and Historical Analysis.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Biographical and Historical Analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00074% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Biographical and Historical 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 counting5%10%15%Biographical and Historical Analysis9.8% in 202520102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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