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Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies

Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 3.9k research works in it since 1950. 10.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the impact of austerity politics, fiscal adjustment, and party linkages on Greece and Southern Europe during the eurozone crisis. It delves into the role of clientelism, the Greek economy, and the challenges of financial crisis, while also examining public policy, European integration, and potential political reforms.

  • Austerity Politics
  • Fiscal Adjustment
  • Eurozone Crisis
  • Party Linkages
  • Clientelism
  • Greek Economy
  • Financial Crisis
  • Public Policy
  • European Integration
  • Political Reform
Research works
3.9k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
407
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+10%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Greece
31% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies

Which countries lead Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies research?

By volume, Greece and the United States publish the most (210 and 124 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Greece 210 works
  2. 2 United States 124 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 78 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 55 works
  5. 5 France 50 works
  6. 6 Italy 37 works
  7. 7 Spain 33 works
  8. 8 Cyprus 32 works
  9. 9 Germany 27 works
  10. 10 Brazil 24 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.

Greece: 31.3%United States: 18.6%United Kingdom: 11.7%Türkiye: 8.2%6 others listed: 30.2%31%largest
Greece210 · 31.3%United States124 · 18.6%United Kingdom78 · 11.7%Türkiye55 · 8.2%6 others listed202 · 30.2%

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

Which institutions lead Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens publishes the most Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies research, followed by Panteion University and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 National and Kapodistrian University of AthensGreece 38 works
  2. 2 Panteion UniversityGreece 19 works
  3. 3 Aristotle University of ThessalonikiGreece 19 works
  4. 4 Democritus University of ThraceGreece 14 works
  5. 5 University of PatrasGreece 12 works
  6. 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 11 works
  7. 7 Hellenic Open UniversityGreece 11 works
  8. 8 University of PeloponneseGreece 10 works
  9. 9 University of CyprusCyprus 10 works
  10. 10 University of NicosiaCyprus 7 works

What are the most cited papers in Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies?

The most cited paper in Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies is "The archaeology of knowledge" (Neil A. Warren, 1973), with 2,839 citations. Next come "Can there be vague objects?" (482) and "Where do I belong?" (465).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The archaeology of knowledge Neil A. Warren · Social Science & Medicine (1967) May 1973 2,839
2 Can there be vague objects? Geoffrey Evans · Analysis Oct 1978 482
3 Where do I belong? Floya Anthias · Ethnicities Dec 2002 465
4 Effects of the economic crisis on health and healthcare in Greece in the literature from 2009 to 2013: A systematic review Effie Simou, Eleni Koutsogeorgou · Health Policy ReviewOpen access 8 Feb 2014 352
5 Adjustment within the euro. The difficult case of Portugal Olivier Jean Blanchard · Portuguese Economic Journal Open access 6 Dec 2006 342
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies research done?

The largest centres of Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies research in 2022-now are Athens (Greece), Thessaloniki (Greece), Nicosia (Cyprus) and Pátrai (Greece). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Pátrai, Athens and Nicosia.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 AthensGreece 96 works
  2. 2 ThessalonikiGreece 25 works
  3. 3 NicosiaCyprus 25 works
  4. 4 PátraiGreece 22 works
  5. 5 LondonUnited Kingdom 22 works
  6. 6 ParisFrance 17 works
  7. 7 New YorkUnited States 16 works
  8. 8 AnkaraTürkiye 14 works
  9. 9 KomotiniGreece 14 works
  10. 10 IstanbulTürkiye 13 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PátraiGR · 22.3 works73×
  2. AthensGR · 96.3 works64×
  3. NicosiaCY · 24.6 works45×
  4. ThessalonikiGR · 24.7 works34×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Cyprus, Panteion University and National and Kapodistrian University of Athens score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 11.0375%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Panteion UniversityUniversity of CyprusNational and Kapodis…Aristotle University…
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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.

Citation 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
1University of CyprusCyprus 57.412.9%88.0×10 +9.6%
2Panteion UniversityGreece 51.515.2%781.4×19 -6.5%
3National and Kapodistrian University of AthensGreece 47.610.4%94.5×38 -44.3%
4Aristotle University of ThessalonikiGreece 41.68.8%50.0×19 +21.9%
5Hellenic Open UniversityGreece 34.513.4%227.2×11 +88.2%
6University of PatrasGreece 29.513.9%55.1×12 +7.3%
7Democritus University of ThraceGreece 22.96.3%116.7×14 +162.5%
8University of PeloponneseGreece 13.17.4%232.7×10 +157.1%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies, country by country

Is Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies.

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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 Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0030% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies0.0048% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies 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%Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies10.0% 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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