Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies
Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies is a research topic within History and Philosophy of Science. Science Explorer counts 8.6k 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 covers a wide range of topics related to the history of science, including the development of scientific knowledge, the role of medicine in different historical periods, the impact of colonialism on scientific practices, environmental history, philosophy of science, the scientific revolution, the establishment and evolution of museums, and the censorship of scientific ideas. The papers provide insights into how scientific knowledge has been produced, disseminated, and influenced by various social, cultural, and political factors throughout history.
- History
- Science
- Knowledge Production
- Medicine
- Colonialism
- Environmental History
- Philosophy of Science
- Scientific Revolution
- Museums
- Censorship
- Research works
- 8.6k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 858 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- -21% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
United States
48% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (746 and 291 works in 2022-now).
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
United States
746 works
- 2
United Kingdom
291 works
- 3
Canada
103 works
- 4
Italy
88 works
- 5
Germany
83 works
- 6
France
65 works
- 7
China
50 works
- 8
Australia
43 works
- 9
Netherlands
42 works
- 10
Russia
36 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 Historical and Scientific Studies research?
By volume in 2022-now, University of Cambridge publishes the most Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies research, followed by University of Oxford and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom
29 works
- 2
University of OxfordUnited Kingdom
23 works
- 3
Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance
21 works
- 4
Film IndependentUnited States
20 works
- 5
Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom
17 works
- 6
Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly
16 works
- 7
University of Vienna
Austria
15 works
- 8
University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom
15 works
- 9
University College LondonUnited Kingdom
14 works
- 10
University of TorontoCanada
13 works
Who are the leading researchers in Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies include James J. Collins.
- 1
James J. Collins
United States
118k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies research done?
The largest centres of Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Paris (France), Los Angeles (United States) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Cambridge and Oxford.
Largest cities, 2022-now
- 1
LondonUnited Kingdom
54 works
- 2
ParisFrance
37 works
- 3
Los AngelesUnited States
34 works
- 4
New YorkUnited States
33 works
- 5
CambridgeUnited Kingdom
29 works
- 6
OxfordUnited Kingdom
28 works
- 7
TorontoCanada
25 works
- 8
ViennaAustria
23 works
- 9
DurhamUnited Kingdom
17 works
- 10
MoscowRussia
17 works
Where it is the local speciality
- CambridgeGB · 29.0 works9.7×
- OxfordGB · 28.3 works8.7×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Cambridge, Ca' Foscari University of Venice and Durham 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.
One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom |
82.7 | 15.3% | 14.8× | 29 | +18.3% |
| 2 | Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly |
76.3 | 28.0% | 41.7× | 16 | +164.8% |
| 3 | Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom |
62.5 | 16.6% | 28.8× | 17 | +28.6% |
| 4 | University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom |
57.1 | 10.5% | 10.5× | 15 | +36.5% |
| 5 | University of OxfordUnited Kingdom |
53.7 | 5.1% | 10.1× | 23 | +8.3% |
| 6 | University College LondonUnited Kingdom |
49.6 | 18.4% | 5.3× | 14 | -24.8% |
| 7 | University of ViennaAustria |
45.5 | 6.5% | 18.5× | 15 | +228.4% |
| 8 | Yale UniversityUnited States |
30.1 | 14.8% | 5.4× | 10 | -9.6% |
| 9 | University of TorontoCanada |
25.9 | 8.1% | 4.0× | 13 | -39.1% |
| 10 | Indiana UniversityUnited States |
25.3 | 14.2% | 5.5× | 9 | -28.4% |
| 11 | The University of SydneyAustralia |
21.2 | 2.9% | 4.1× | 8 | -20.2% |
| 12 | New York UniversityUnited States |
8.2 | 4.3% | 4.6× | 8 | -18.3% |
| 13 | University of MichiganUnited States |
1.7 | 3.7% | 3.2× | 8 | -31.5% |
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 Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies, country by countryIs Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 21% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2019.
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 Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0071% in 2024.
Fractional works of Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies 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.
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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