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Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research

Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research is a research topic within Philosophy. Science Explorer counts 4.2k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of interdisciplinary topics including cultural literacy, psychological explorations, American culture, theater, bioethics, genomics, education, literature, art theory, and philosophy. The papers delve into the intersections of these fields and explore various aspects of cultural studies and interdisciplinary research.

  • Cultural Literacy
  • Psychological Explorations
  • American Culture
  • Theater
  • Bioethics
  • Genomics
  • Education
  • Literature
  • Art Theory
  • Philosophy
Research works
4.2k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
412
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+16%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
31% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research

Which countries lead Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (167 and 70 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 167 works
  2. 2 India 70 works
  3. 3 China 53 works
  4. 4 Iraq 50 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 44 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 40 works
  7. 7 Pakistan 34 works
  8. 8 Russia 26 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 25 works
  10. 10 Brazil 22 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: 31.5%India: 13.1%China: 10.0%Iraq: 9.3%6 others listed: 36.0%31%largest
United States167 · 31.5%India70 · 13.1%China53 · 10.0%Iraq50 · 9.3%6 others listed192 · 36.0%

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

Which institutions lead Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Oslo publishes the most Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research research, followed by Film Independent and Tribhuvan University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of OsloNorway 10 works
  2. 2 Film IndependentUnited States 10 works
  3. 3 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 8 works
  4. 4 University of TikritIraq 7 works
  5. 5 Massachusetts Maritime AcademyUnited States 7 works
  6. 6 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 6 works
  7. 7 Mustansiriyah UniversityIraq 6 works
  8. 8 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 4 works
  9. 9 University of BaghdadIraq 4 works
  10. 10 University of BergenNorway 4 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research include Peter John Barnes, Michael Snyder and Christopher Messenger.

  1. 1 Peter John Barnes United Kingdom 225k citations
  2. 2 Michael Snyder United States 224k citations
  3. 3 Christopher Messenger United Kingdom 102k 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 Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research?

The most cited paper in Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research is "Mechanic Accents: Dime Novels and Working Class Culture in America" (Michael Denning, 1987), with 549 citations. Next come "SERUM-PHENYTOIN" (236) and "MORTALITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE PILL" (226).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mechanic Accents: Dime Novels and Working Class Culture in America Michael Denning 1987 549
2 SERUM-PHENYTOIN Brittany Miles, E.C. Attwood, R.M. Seddon · The Lancet 1976 236
3 MORTALITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE PILL JamesR Heiby · The Lancet Dec 1977 226
4 Feminist theory and the classics Pedro Paulo A. Funari · LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) Open access 1994 207
5 The Company of Critics: Social Criticism and Political Commitment in the Twentieth Century. By Michael Walzer. New York: Basic Books, 1988. 260p. $19.95. Jeffrey C. Isaac · American Political Science Review Jun 1989 150
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Where is Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research research done?

The largest centres of Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research research in 2022-now are Baghdad (Iraq), Moscow (Russia), Oslo (Norway) and Los Angeles (United States).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BaghdadIraq 15 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 14 works
  3. 3 OsloNorway 11 works
  4. 4 Los AngelesUnited States 11 works
  5. 5 New YorkUnited States 11 works
  6. 6 IstanbulTürkiye 11 works
  7. 7 BeijingChina 11 works
  8. 8 KathmanduNepal 10 works
  9. 9 São PauloBrazil 9 works
  10. 10 TehranIran 8 works
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Where is the best place to study Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Oslo and Tribhuvan University 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.

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 OsloNorway 50.02.5%22.8×10 +84.8%
2Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 50.018.7%15.3×8 +80.8%

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 Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research, country by country

Is Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research.

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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 Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0032% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research 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 Studies and Interdisciplinary Research10.1% 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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