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Cultural Differences and Values

Cultural Differences and Values is a research topic within Social Psychology. Science Explorer counts 29k research works in it since 1950. 36.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers encompasses a wide range of research on cultural psychology, values, and cross-cultural variability. It explores topics such as individualism-collectivism, social axioms, emotional experiences, neural substrates of culture, and the influence of globalization on psychological phenomena. The research delves into the complexities of cultural differences and their impact on various aspects of human behavior and cognition.

  • Cultural Psychology
  • Values
  • Individualism-Collectivism
  • Cross-Cultural Variability
  • Social Axioms
  • Cultural Differences
  • Globalization
  • Emotion
  • Neural Substrates
  • Self-Construal
Research works
29k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
11k
per year above
Top-10% rate
36.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+14%
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Which countries lead Cultural Differences and Values research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.3k and 596 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.3k works
  2. 2 China 596 works
  3. 3 Germany 301 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 290 works
  5. 5 Canada 175 works
  6. 6 Japan 154 works
  7. 7 Italy 148 works
  8. 8 Russia 137 works
  9. 9 India 133 works
  10. 10 Netherlands 121 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: 38.0%China: 18.0%Germany: 9.1%United Kingdom: 8.7%6 others listed: 26.2%38%largest
United States1,258 · 38.0%China596 · 18.0%Germany301 · 9.1%United Kingdom290 · 8.7%6 others listed868 · 26.2%

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

Which institutions lead Cultural Differences and Values research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Sapienza University of Rome publishes the most Cultural Differences and Values research, followed by National Research University Higher School of Economics and University of Chicago.

Who are the leading researchers in Cultural Differences and Values?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cultural Differences and Values include Richard M. Ryan, Herbert W. Marsh and Shalom H. Schwartz.

  1. 1 Richard M. Ryan United States 10k citations
  2. 2 Herbert W. Marsh Australia 4.6k citations
  3. 3 Shalom H. Schwartz Israel 4.5k citations
  4. 4 Robert J. Sternberg United States 4.4k citations
  5. 5 Richard E. Petty United States 4.2k citations
  6. 6 Shelley E. Taylor United States 3.8k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Cultural Differences and Values research done?

The largest centres of Cultural Differences and Values research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), London (United Kingdom) and Shanghai (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 125 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 80 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 69 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 67 works
  5. 5 New York United States 64 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 51 works
  7. 7 Rome Italy 49 works
  8. 8 Hong Kong China 49 works
  9. 9 Seoul South Korea 42 works
  10. 10 Guangzhou China 42 works
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Where is the best place to study Cultural Differences and Values?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Amsterdam, National Research University Higher School of Economics and Hebrew University of Jerusalem 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%60%mean 40.78%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Amsterdam: 17, 51.4%National Research University Higher School of Economics: 28, 18.8%Hebrew University of Jerusalem: 17, 40.4%Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: 15, 34.4%University of Kent: 9, 49.3%New York University: 17, 56.0%University of Groningen: 15, 45.8%University of Oslo: 11, 44.7%Eötvös Loránd University: 10, 30.2%Tilburg University: 12, 36.8%University of Amster…Hebrew University of…Vrije Universiteit A…National Research Un…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of AmsterdamNetherlands 62.351.4%6.6×17 +36.0%
2 National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia 59.518.8%14.2×28 +111.5%
3 Hebrew University of JerusalemIsrael 59.240.4%8.9×17 +16.3%
4 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands 58.134.4%7.9×15 +107.9%
5 University of KentUnited Kingdom 57.749.3%12.3×9 -12.9%
6 New York UniversityUnited States 54.956.0%4.4×17 +10.1%
7 University of GroningenNetherlands 54.545.8%6.3×15 -1.2%
8 University of OsloNorway 52.544.7%4.6×11 +130.4%
9 Eötvös Loránd UniversityHungary 52.430.2%7.6×10 +270.3%
10 Tilburg UniversityNetherlands 51.936.8%14.4×12 -41.5%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Cultural Differences and Values research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Cultural Differences and Values.

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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.

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.