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Cultural History and Identity Formation

Cultural History and Identity Formation is a research topic within History. Science Explorer counts 3.3k research works in it since 1950. 13.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the complex interplay of cultural history, identity formation, and memory, encompassing topics such as nationalism, gender, colonialism, art history, literature, and ethnicity. It delves into the construction of communities and the impact of historical events on shaping individual and collective identities.

  • Cultural History
  • Identity
  • Community
  • Nationalism
  • Gender
  • Colonialism
  • Art History
  • Literature
  • Ethnicity
  • Memory
Research works
3.3k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
461
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+7%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Cultural History and Identity Formation research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (121 and 85 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 121 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 85 works
  3. 3 Netherlands 83 works
  4. 4 France 30 works
  5. 5 Belgium 23 works
  6. 6 Germany 20 works
  7. 7 Australia 13 works
  8. 8 Canada 11 works
  9. 9 Switzerland 8 works
  10. 10 Poland 7 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: 30.2%United Kingdom: 21.1%Netherlands: 20.7%France: 7.5%6 others listed: 20.5%30%largest
United States121 · 30.2%United Kingdom85 · 21.1%Netherlands83 · 20.7%France30 · 7.5%6 others listed82 · 20.5%

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Which institutions lead Cultural History and Identity Formation research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Social Historic Centre for Limburg publishes the most Cultural History and Identity Formation research, followed by Film Independent and Leiden University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Social Historic Centre for LimburgNetherlands 41 works
  2. 2 Film IndependentUnited States 6 works
  3. 3 Leiden UniversityNetherlands 6 works
  4. 4 KU LeuvenBelgium 6 works
  5. 5 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 5 works
  6. 6 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 5 works
  7. 7 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 5 works
  8. 8 University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom 5 works
  9. 9 University of AmsterdamNetherlands 4 works
  10. 10 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands 4 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cultural History and Identity Formation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cultural History and Identity Formation include Charles Tilly.

  1. 1 Charles Tilly United States 3.7k citations

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

Where is Cultural History and Identity Formation research done?

The largest centres of Cultural History and Identity Formation research in 2022–2025 are Maastricht (Netherlands), Amsterdam (Netherlands), London (United Kingdom) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Maastricht.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Maastricht Netherlands 42 works
  2. 2 Amsterdam Netherlands 14 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 12 works
  4. 4 Paris France 9 works
  5. 5 Los Angeles United States 7 works
  6. 6 Leiden Netherlands 7 works
  7. 7 Utrecht Netherlands 6 works
  8. 8 Brussels Belgium 6 works
  9. 9 Leuven Belgium 6 works
  10. 10 Oxford United Kingdom 6 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MaastrichtNL · 41.7 works192×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cultural History and Identity Formation than the world average.

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Is Cultural History and Identity Formation research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Cultural History and Identity Formation.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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