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Decadence, Literature, and Society

Decadence, Literature, and Society is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 2.2k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of criminology, cultural representations of crime, and the history of museums, with a focus on topics such as decadence, criminal anthropology, visual representation, biological determinism, ethical dimensions of quantification, and the role of department stores and colonial expositions in shaping perceptions of crime. The papers delve into the historical context and evolution of criminological thought, examining how it has been influenced by cultural, social, and scientific factors.

  • Criminological Museums
  • Decadence
  • Criminal Anthropology
  • Visual Representation
  • Biological Determinism
  • History of Criminology
  • Ethical Dimensions
  • Moral Insanity
  • Department Stores
  • Colonial Expositions
Research works
2.2k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
225
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+51%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
28% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Decadence, Literature, and Society

Which countries lead Decadence, Literature, and Society research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (143 and 94 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 143 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 94 works
  3. 3 France 72 works
  4. 4 Italy 65 works
  5. 5 Germany 52 works
  6. 6 Canada 20 works
  7. 7 Spain 20 works
  8. 8 Russia 18 works
  9. 9 Australia 17 works
  10. 10 Belgium 16 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: 27.8%United Kingdom: 18.2%France: 14.0%Italy: 12.6%6 others listed: 27.5%28%largest
United States143 · 27.8%United Kingdom94 · 18.2%France72 · 14.0%Italy65 · 12.6%6 others listed142 · 27.5%

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

Which institutions lead Decadence, Literature, and Society research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Decadence, Literature, and Society research, followed by University of Oxford and University of Padua.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 17 works
  2. 2 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 7 works
  3. 3 University of PaduaItaly 5 works
  4. 4 Ghent UniversityBelgium 5 works
  5. 5 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 5 works
  6. 6 Film IndependentUnited States 5 works
  7. 7 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 5 works
  8. 8 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 4 works
  9. 9 University of ExeterUnited Kingdom 4 works
  10. 10 University of MilanItaly 4 works

Who are the leading researchers in Decadence, Literature, and Society?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Decadence, Literature, and Society include Albert V. Smith.

  1. 1 Albert V. Smith United States 116k 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 Decadence, Literature, and Society?

The most cited paper in Decadence, Literature, and Society is "From boy to man, from delinquency to crime" (Marvin E. Wolfgang, 1987), with 436 citations. Next come "The Enigma of Semmelweis—an Interpretation" (410) and "Loneliness†" (270).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 From boy to man, from delinquency to crime Marvin E. Wolfgang 1987 436
2 The Enigma of Semmelweis—an Interpretation Sherwin B. Nuland · Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 1979 410
3 Loneliness† Frieda Reichmann · Psychiatry Feb 1959 270
4 Beyond Consumerism: New Historical Perspectives on Consumption Frank Trentmann · Journal of Contemporary History 8 Jun 2004 245
5 THE NATURE OF ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION P. D. Oldham, George White Pickering, Josh Roberts et al. · The Lancet May 1960 213
All 101 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Decadence, Literature, and Society research done?

The largest centres of Decadence, Literature, and Society research in 2022-now are Paris (France), London (United Kingdom), New York (United States) and Milan (Italy). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Paris.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 ParisFrance 24 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 17 works
  3. 3 New YorkUnited States 12 works
  4. 4 MilanItaly 11 works
  5. 5 RomeItaly 10 works
  6. 6 OxfordUnited Kingdom 9 works
  7. 7 MoscowRussia 8 works
  8. 8 Los AngelesUnited States 7 works
  9. 9 CambridgeUnited Kingdom 6 works
  10. 10 TorontoCanada 5 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ParisFR · 24.5 works4.4×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Decadence, Literature, and Society than the world average.

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Is Decadence, Literature, and Society research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 51% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Decadence, Literature, and Society.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Decadence, Literature, and Society as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0018% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Decadence, Literature, and Society 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

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