Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies
Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies is a research topic within Cultural Studies. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1950. 7.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics in anthropology, cultural studies, and related fields. It includes studies on rituals, landscape change, gender, colonialism, memory, megalithic monuments, and public services. The papers also explore the intersection of the Global South and Global North in interdisciplinary investigations.
- Cultural Studies
- Ethnography
- Rituals
- Landscape Change
- Gender Studies
- Colonialism
- Memory Studies
- Megalithic Monuments
- Public Services
- Global South
- Research works
- 15k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 7.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +17% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies research?
By volume, France and the United States publish the most (2.1k and 136 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 France 2.1k works
- 2 United States 136 works
- 3 Canada 130 works
- 4 ?? 102 works
- 5 Belgium 68 works
- 6 Switzerland 61 works
- 7 United Kingdom 50 works
- 8 Italy 50 works
- 9 Algeria 42 works
- 10 Spain 32 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies research, followed by Université Paris Nanterre and Université de Lille.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 54 works
- 2 Université Paris NanterreFrance 46 works
- 3 Université de LilleFrance 42 works
- 4 Université Rennes 2France 39 works
- 5 Université Bordeaux MontaigneFrance 38 works
- 6 Université Toulouse - Jean JaurèsFrance 36 works
- 7 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneFrance 36 works
- 8 Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques PréventivesFrance 35 works
- 9 Université Sorbonne NouvelleFrance 35 works
- 10 École des hautes études en sciences socialesFrance 33 works
Who are the leading researchers in Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies include Bruno Latour.
- 1 Bruno Latour France 2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies research done?
The largest centres of Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Lyon (France), Toulouse (France) and Nanterre (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Metz, Nanterre and Poitiers.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- MetzFR · 37.7 works189×
- NanterreFR · 89.5 works101×
- PoitiersFR · 36.5 works60×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, Université de Poitiers, Sorbonne Université and Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Université de PoitiersFrance | 76.1 | 18.3% | 72.5× | 26 | +48.7% |
| 2 | Sorbonne UniversitéFrance | 67.5 | 8.8% | 21.4× | 30 | +63.5% |
| 3 | Université Toulouse - Jean JaurèsFrance | 64.4 | 9.5% | 95.7× | 36 | +57.1% |
| 4 | Université Rennes 2France | 63.7 | 10.4% | 153.1× | 39 | +26.7% |
| 5 | Université de LilleFrance | 60.8 | 4.3% | 44.2× | 42 | +69.9% |
| 6 | Université Sorbonne NouvelleFrance | 60.3 | 6.6% | 98.7× | 35 | +75.2% |
| 7 | University of LausanneSwitzerland | 59.9 | 13.6% | 11.8× | 12 | -8.5% |
| 8 | Université Grenoble AlpesFrance | 59.4 | 4.0% | 28.0× | 27 | +104.0% |
| 9 | Université Bordeaux MontaigneFrance | 59.2 | 6.7% | 198.9× | 38 | +60.2% |
| 10 | Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneFrance | 58.3 | 5.0% | 75.2× | 36 | +59.1% |
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 Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 17% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies.
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.