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Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning

Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning is a research topic within Anthropology. Science Explorer counts 5.8k research works in it since 1950. 7.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores death, dying, and cultural practices surrounding mortality across various societies. It delves into topics such as palliative care, mourning rituals, funerary traditions, ethical considerations, historical perspectives, psychological impact, social attitudes, and religious beliefs.

  • Death Studies
  • Cultural Practices
  • Palliative Care
  • Mourning Rituals
  • Funerary Traditions
  • Ethical Considerations
  • Historical Perspectives
  • Psychological Impact
  • Social Attitudes
  • Religious Beliefs
Research works
5.8k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
404
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+18%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning research?

By volume, France and the United States publish the most (765 and 51 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 France 765 works
  2. 2 United States 51 works
  3. 3 ?? 40 works
  4. 4 Canada 35 works
  5. 5 Belgium 34 works
  6. 6 Spain 28 works
  7. 7 Switzerland 28 works
  8. 8 Brazil 26 works
  9. 9 Italy 24 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 21 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.

France: 72.7%United States: 4.8%??: 3.8%Canada: 3.3%6 others listed: 15.4%73%largest
France765 · 72.7%United States51 · 4.8%??40 · 3.8%Canada35 · 3.3%6 others listed162 · 15.4%

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

Which institutions lead Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives publishes the most Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université de Caen Normandie.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives France 20 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France 20 works
  3. 3 Université de Caen Normandie France 16 works
  4. 4 Université de Lille France 14 works
  5. 5 Université de Lorraine France 13 works
  6. 6 Université Paris Nanterre France 13 works
  7. 7 École des hautes études en sciences sociales France 12 works
  8. 8 Institut de Recherches Historiques du Septentrion France 11 works
  9. 9 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne France 10 works
  10. 10 Université Catholique de Lille France 10 works

Where is Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning research done?

The largest centres of Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Lyon (France), Toulouse (France) and Lille (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Metz, Caen and Nanterre.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Paris France 208 works
  2. 2 Lyon France 42 works
  3. 3 Toulouse France 31 works
  4. 4 Lille France 28 works
  5. 5 Caen France 25 works
  6. 6 Nanterre France 23 works
  7. 7 Metz France 21 works
  8. 8 Rennes France 21 works
  9. 9 Poitiers France 19 works
  10. 10 Strasbourg France 19 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MetzFR · 21.0 works274×
  2. CaenFR · 25.1 works83×
  3. NanterreFR · 22.9 works68×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning?

Among universities, judged by research, Université de Lorraine, Université Rennes 2 and Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne 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%5%10%15%mean 6.63%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Université de Lorraine: 13, 11.1%Université Rennes 2: 9, 12.5%Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne: 10, 8.8%Université de Caen Normandie: 16, 2.7%Université de Lille: 14, 7.1%Sorbonne Université: 10, 4.7%Aix-Marseille Université: 10, 3.4%Université Catholique de Lille: 10, 2.8%Université Paris Nanterre: 13, 5.7%Université de Strasbourg: 9, 7.5%Université Rennes 2Université de LorraineUniversité Paris 1 P…Université de Caen N…
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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
1Université de Lorraine France 71.111.1%44.9×13 +32.0%
2Université Rennes 2 France 68.112.5%88.2×9 +145.9%
3Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne France 65.08.8%57.6×10 +133.8%
4Université de Caen Normandie France 63.82.7%144.3×16 +160.8%
5Université de Lille France 63.37.1%38.8×14 +52.1%
6Sorbonne Université France 62.04.7%17.4×10 +312.1%
7Aix-Marseille Université France 55.83.4%29.3×10 +177.8%
8Université Catholique de Lille France 52.72.8%151.3×10 +247.7%
9Université Paris Nanterre France 52.05.7%55.1×13 +15.7%
10Université de Strasbourg France 51.77.5%39.3×9 -14.8%

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 Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning.

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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.