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Cultural Studies and Postmodernism

Cultural Studies and Postmodernism is a research topic within Communication. Science Explorer counts 814 research works in it since 1954. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of media, technology, and society in the modern age, encompassing topics such as hyperreality, surveillance, artificial intelligence, big data, virtual reality, and the impact of global culture. It delves into the influence of media on cultural politics and the challenges posed by technological advancements in shaping contemporary society.

  • Media
  • Technology
  • Society
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cultural Politics
  • Hyperreality
  • Surveillance
  • Big Data
  • Virtual Reality
  • Global Culture
Research works
814
fractional, since 1954
In the world top 10%
83
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+62%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
28% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Cultural Studies and Postmodernism

Which countries lead Cultural Studies and Postmodernism research?

By volume, the United States and Türkiye publish the most (57 and 27 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 57 works
  2. 2 Türkiye 27 works
  3. 3 Russia 23 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 18 works
  5. 5 India 18 works
  6. 6 China 15 works
  7. 7 Germany 14 works
  8. 8 Poland 12 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 10 works
  10. 10 France 9 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: 28.1%Türkiye: 13.2%Russia: 11.3%United Kingdom: 9.0%6 others listed: 38.4%28%largest
United States57 · 28.1%Türkiye27 · 13.2%Russia23 · 11.3%United Kingdom18 · 9.0%6 others listed79 · 38.4%

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

Which institutions lead Cultural Studies and Postmodernism research?

By volume in 2022-now, Academy of Fine Arts Munich publishes the most Cultural Studies and Postmodernism research, followed by University of Lausanne and St Petersburg University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Academy of Fine Arts MunichGermany 6 works
  2. 2 University of LausanneSwitzerland 3 works
  3. 3 St Petersburg UniversityRussia 2 works
  4. 4 University of ChicagoUnited States 2 works
  5. 5 Rhode Island School of DesignUnited States 2 works
  6. 6 Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivUkraine 2 works
  7. 7 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 2 works
  8. 8 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 2 works
  9. 9 Film IndependentUnited States 2 works
  10. 10 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 2 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cultural Studies and Postmodernism?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cultural Studies and Postmodernism include Peter Brooks and Russell W. Belk.

  1. 1 Peter Brooks Australia 86k citations
  2. 2 Russell W. Belk Canada 51k 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 Postmodernism?

The most cited paper in Cultural Studies and Postmodernism is "Marketing in a postmodern world" (A. Fuat Fırat, Nikhilesh Dholakia, Alladi Venkatesh, 1995), with 568 citations. Next come "The Empire of Things: Regimes of Value and Material Culture" (503) and "Social Justice, Postmodernism and the City*" (382).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Marketing in a postmodern world A. Fuat Fırat, Nikhilesh Dholakia, Alladi Venkatesh · European Journal of Marketing 1995 568
2 The Empire of Things: Regimes of Value and Material Culture Janet Alison Hoskins · American Ethnologist Nov 2002 503
3 Social Justice, Postmodernism and the City* David Harvey · International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Dec 1992 382
4 Enchanting a disenchanted world: revolutionizing the means of consumption. H. van der Poel · Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services 2001 325
5 The Rhetoric of Self-Change: Illness Experience as Narrative Arthur W. Frank · Sociological Quarterly Mar 1993 237
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Where is Cultural Studies and Postmodernism research done?

The largest centres of Cultural Studies and Postmodernism research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), London (United Kingdom), Munich (Germany) and Istanbul (Türkiye).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 9 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 7 works
  3. 3 MunichGermany 6 works
  4. 4 IstanbulTürkiye 6 works
  5. 5 Saint PetersburgRussia 5 works
  6. 6 New YorkUnited States 4 works
  7. 7 ParisFrance 4 works
  8. 8 AnkaraTürkiye 4 works
  9. 9 KyivUkraine 3 works
  10. 10 LausanneSwitzerland 3 works
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Is Cultural Studies and Postmodernism research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 62% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Cultural Studies and Postmodernism.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Cultural Studies and Postmodernism as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00080% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Cultural Studies and Postmodernism 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.

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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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