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Cultural, Psychoanalytic, and Sociopolitical Reflections

Cultural, Psychoanalytic, and Sociopolitical Reflections is a research topic within Cultural Studies. Science Explorer counts 780 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 explores the complex interplay between identity formation, cultural dynamics, and their impact on various aspects of society, including psychology, education, health, and philosophy. Topics such as ethnicity, narrative, community, and sociology are central to understanding the multifaceted nature of identity and culture.

  • Identity
  • Culture
  • Psychology
  • Ethnicity
  • Sociology
  • Narrative
  • Community
  • Education
  • Health
  • Philosophy
Research works
780
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
79
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+55%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
38% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Cultural, Psychoanalytic, and Sociopolitical Reflections

Which countries lead Cultural, Psychoanalytic, and Sociopolitical Reflections research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (46 and 21 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 46 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 21 works
  3. 3 Switzerland 12 works
  4. 4 Germany 10 works
  5. 5 Australia 6 works
  6. 6 Ukraine 6 works
  7. 7 Canada 6 works
  8. 8 China 6 works
  9. 9 Russia 5 works
  10. 10 India 4 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: 37.7%United Kingdom: 17.0%Switzerland: 9.9%Germany: 8.2%6 others listed: 27.1%38%largest
United States46 · 37.7%United Kingdom21 · 17.0%Switzerland12 · 9.9%Germany10 · 8.2%6 others listed33 · 27.1%

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

Which institutions lead Cultural, Psychoanalytic, and Sociopolitical Reflections research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Lucerne publishes the most Cultural, Psychoanalytic, and Sociopolitical Reflections research, followed by National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and Universiti Brunei Darussalam.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of LucerneSwitzerland 11 works
  2. 2 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 2 works
  3. 3 Universiti Brunei DarussalamBrunei 2 works
  4. 4 University of NottinghamUnited Kingdom 2 works
  5. 5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 2 works
  6. 6 Vilnius UniversityLithuania 2 works
  7. 7 City University of New YorkUnited States 1 works
  8. 8 University of PittsburghUnited States 1 works
  9. 9 Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivUkraine 1 works
  10. 10 University of WarwickUnited Kingdom 1 works

What are the most cited papers in Cultural, Psychoanalytic, and Sociopolitical Reflections?

The most cited paper in Cultural, Psychoanalytic, and Sociopolitical Reflections is "Beyond “identity”" (Rogers Brubaker, Frederick Cooper, 2000), with 2,845 citations. Next come "Therapeutic landscapes: Medical issues in light of the new cultural geography" (1,207) and "The genesis of chronic illness: narrative re‐construction" (868).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Beyond “identity” Rogers Brubaker, Frederick Cooper · Theory and Society Open access Feb 2000 2,845
2 Therapeutic landscapes: Medical issues in light of the new cultural geography Wilbert M. Gesler · Social Science & Medicine Apr 1992 1,207
3 The genesis of chronic illness: narrative re‐construction Gareth H. Williams · Sociology of Health & Illness Open access Jul 1984 868
4 Anthropology and Psychiatry Arthur Kleinman · The British Journal of Psychiatry Oct 1987 731
5 The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples: Transformations of Identity and Community Laurence J. Kirmayer, Gregory M. Brass, Caroline L. Tait · The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry Open access Sep 2000 645
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Where is Cultural, Psychoanalytic, and Sociopolitical Reflections research done?

The largest centres of Cultural, Psychoanalytic, and Sociopolitical Reflections research in 2022-now are Lucerne (Switzerland), London (United Kingdom), New York (United States) and Kyiv (Ukraine).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LucerneSwitzerland 11 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 5 works
  3. 3 New YorkUnited States 4 works
  4. 4 KyivUkraine 3 works
  5. 5 MelbourneAustralia 3 works
  6. 6 MoscowRussia 2 works
  7. 7 BostonUnited States 2 works
  8. 8 Bandar Seri BegawanBrunei 2 works
  9. 9 Washington D.C.United States 2 works
  10. 10 OsloNorway 2 works
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Where is the best place to study Cultural, Psychoanalytic, and Sociopolitical Reflections?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Lucerne 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.

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 LucerneSwitzerland 5.00.0%1087.1×11 -

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 Cultural, Psychoanalytic, and Sociopolitical Reflections, country by country

Is Cultural, Psychoanalytic, and Sociopolitical Reflections research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 55% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Cultural, Psychoanalytic, and Sociopolitical Reflections.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Cultural, Psychoanalytic, and Sociopolitical Reflections as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00057% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Cultural, Psychoanalytic, and Sociopolitical Reflections0.00092% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cultural, Psychoanalytic, and Sociopolitical Reflections 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%Cultural, Psychoanalytic, and Sociopolitical Reflections10.3% 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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