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Cinema History and Criticism

Cinema History and Criticism is a research topic within Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Science Explorer counts 8.2k research works in it since 1951. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers encompasses a wide range of topics related to cinema and media studies, including the impact of cinema on education, the representation of history and society in film, the cultural and artistic significance of cinema, and the influence of technology on visual narrative. It explores the intersection of cinema with various aspects of modern society and delves into the historical, cultural, and educational dimensions of film and media.

  • Cinema
  • Media
  • Education
  • Art
  • Society
  • History
  • Culture
  • Narrative
  • Visual
  • Technology
Research works
8.2k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
822
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-9%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
41% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Cinema History and Criticism

Which countries lead Cinema History and Criticism research?

By volume, Spain and Argentina publish the most (654 and 204 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 654 works
  2. 2 Argentina 204 works
  3. 3 Mexico 186 works
  4. 4 United States 132 works
  5. 5 Brazil 101 works
  6. 6 Colombia 84 works
  7. 7 Chile 74 works
  8. 8 Peru 69 works
  9. 9 France 69 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 34 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.

Spain: 40.7%Argentina: 12.7%Mexico: 11.6%United States: 8.2%6 others listed: 26.8%41%largest
Spain654 · 40.7%Argentina204 · 12.7%Mexico186 · 11.6%United States132 · 8.2%6 others listed431 · 26.8%

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

Which institutions lead Cinema History and Criticism research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Complutense de Madrid publishes the most Cinema History and Criticism research, followed by Universidad de Buenos Aires and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 70 works
  2. 2 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 50 works
  3. 3 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 30 works
  4. 4 Universidad Internacional De La RiojaSpain 29 works
  5. 5 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 28 works
  6. 6 Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina 27 works
  7. 7 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 26 works
  8. 8 Universidad de MálagaSpain 26 works
  9. 9 Universidad de SevillaSpain 25 works
  10. 10 Universidad de GranadaSpain 25 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cinema History and Criticism?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cinema History and Criticism include Sigmund Freud and Michael Edward Goddard.

  1. 1 Sigmund Freud Brazil 97k citations
  2. 2 Michael Edward Goddard Australia 89k 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 Cinema History and Criticism?

The most cited paper in Cinema History and Criticism is "La escritura de la historia" (Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein, 2004), with 452 citations. Next come "Actos performativos y constitución del género: un ensayo sobre fenomenología y teoría feminista" (164) and "Learning with the Lights Off: Educational Film in the United States" (153).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 La escritura de la historia Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein · Contrahistorias. La otra mirada de Clío 2004 452
2 Actos performativos y constitución del género: un ensayo sobre fenomenología y teoría feminista Judith Butler, Marie Lourties · Debate Feminista Open access Oct 1998 164
3 Learning with the Lights Off: Educational Film in the United States Sheldon Cohen · Journal of American History Nov 2013 153
4 The Material Ghost: Films and Their Medium Gregg Horowitz, Gilberto Perez · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 1999 132
5 Lenguaje, subjetividad y experiencias de violencia Myriam Jimeno · Antípoda Revista de Antropología y Arqueología Open access Jul 2007 125
All 101 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Cinema History and Criticism research done?

The largest centres of Cinema History and Criticism research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Mexico City (Mexico) and Lima (Peru). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Logroño, La Plata and Málaga.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 168 works
  2. 2 Buenos AiresArgentina 96 works
  3. 3 Mexico CityMexico 75 works
  4. 4 LimaPeru 59 works
  5. 5 BarcelonaSpain 49 works
  6. 6 SantiagoChile 48 works
  7. 7 ValenciaSpain 47 works
  8. 8 BogotáColombia 39 works
  9. 9 LogroñoSpain 33 works
  10. 10 SevilleSpain 31 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LogroñoES · 32.6 works75×
  2. La PlataAR · 27.9 works59×
  3. MálagaES · 26.4 works36×
  4. SalamancaES · 21.9 works32×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cinema History and Criticism than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Cinema History and Criticism?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universidad de Granada and Universidad Internacional De La Rioja score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 15.06%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad Complute…Universidad de GranadaUniversitat de Valèn…Universidad Internac…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 65.316.1%49.9×70 +36.9%
2Universidad de GranadaSpain 53.115.3%27.6×25 +22.3%
3Universidad Internacional De La RiojaSpain 47.610.0%145.9×29 +366.9%
4Universitat de ValènciaSpain 44.710.9%29.9×26 +31.1%
5Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 44.313.4%60.1×24 +5.3%
6Universitat Jaume ISpain 44.134.2%36.1×9 -38.0%
7Universidad de MálagaSpain 43.015.9%52.5×26 -4.3%
8Universidad de SevillaSpain 42.310.5%27.7×25 +3.3%
9Universidad de ValladolidSpain 40.414.3%30.3×14 +31.8%
10Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 38.310.0%16.4×17 +94.7%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Cinema History and Criticism, country by country

Is Cinema History and Criticism research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Cinema History and Criticism as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0093% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Cinema History and Criticism0.0077% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cinema History and Criticism 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%Cinema History and Criticism9.6% in 2025200020102020

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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