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Early Modern Spanish Literature

Early Modern Spanish Literature is a research topic within Literature and Literary Theory. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the cultural, literary, and religious dynamics of Golden Age Spain, focusing on topics such as literature, visual arts, religious identity, gender, history, theater, and society. It delves into the interactions between Muslims, Jews, and Christians, the Spanish Inquisition, the representation of women, and the influence of classical models in sixteenth-century Spanish America.

  • Golden Age Spain
  • Literature
  • Culture
  • Religious Identity
  • Visual Arts
  • Inquisition
  • Gender
  • History
  • Theater
  • Society
Research works
11k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-18%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
49% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Early Modern Spanish Literature

Which countries lead Early Modern Spanish Literature research?

By volume, Spain and the United States publish the most (827 and 302 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 827 works
  2. 2 United States 302 works
  3. 3 Italy 137 works
  4. 4 Mexico 111 works
  5. 5 France 100 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 68 works
  7. 7 Argentina 67 works
  8. 8 Brazil 35 works
  9. 9 Chile 26 works
  10. 10 Germany 25 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.

Spain: 48.7%United States: 17.8%Italy: 8.1%Mexico: 6.5%6 others listed: 18.9%49%largest
Spain827 · 48.7%United States302 · 17.8%Italy137 · 8.1%Mexico111 · 6.5%6 others listed321 · 18.9%

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

Which institutions lead Early Modern Spanish Literature research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Complutense de Madrid publishes the most Early Modern Spanish Literature research, followed by Universidad de Valladolid and Universidad de Sevilla.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 78 works
  2. 2 Universidad de ValladolidSpain 45 works
  3. 3 Universidad de SevillaSpain 41 works
  4. 4 Universidad de SalamancaSpain 40 works
  5. 5 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 35 works
  6. 6 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 34 works
  7. 7 Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSpain 31 works
  8. 8 Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 30 works
  9. 9 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 27 works
  10. 10 Universidad de GranadaSpain 25 works

Who are the leading researchers in Early Modern Spanish Literature?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Early Modern Spanish Literature include Alberto Arduan Ortiz, Michel Foucault and Stephen Boyd.

  1. 1 Alberto Arduan Ortiz Spain 219k citations
  2. 2 Michel Foucault France 208k citations
  3. 3 Stephen Boyd United States 142k citations
  4. 4 Krzysztof Sliwa Canada 142k citations
  5. 5 Barry S. Taylor United States 130k citations
  6. 6 David Hume Australia 107k 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 Early Modern Spanish Literature?

The most cited paper in Early Modern Spanish Literature is "Versions of Imitation in the Renaissance" (G. W. Pigman, 1980), with 376 citations. Next come "Don Quijote de la Mancha" (304) and "LITERACY AND CULTURE IN EARLY MODERN CASTILE" (254).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Versions of Imitation in the Renaissance G. W. Pigman · Renaissance Quarterly Apr 1980 376
2 Don Quijote de la Mancha Elsa Margarita Ramírez Leyva · Investigación Bibliotecológica Archivonomía Bibliotecología e Información Open access Jul 2005 304
3 LITERACY AND CULTURE IN EARLY MODERN CASTILE Sara T. Nolle · Past & Present 1989 254
4 La cultura del Barroco José María González García 15 Jan 2003 130
5 The problem of the ‘best-seller’ in Spanish Golden-Age literature1 Keith Whinnom · Bulletin of Hispanic Studies Jul 1980 117
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Where is Early Modern Spanish Literature research done?

The largest centres of Early Modern Spanish Literature research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Mexico City (Mexico), Seville (Spain) and Valladolid (Spain). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jaén, Valladolid and Salamanca.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 182 works
  2. 2 Mexico CityMexico 53 works
  3. 3 SevilleSpain 52 works
  4. 4 ValladolidSpain 47 works
  5. 5 ValenciaSpain 43 works
  6. 6 SalamancaSpain 43 works
  7. 7 BarcelonaSpain 40 works
  8. 8 Buenos AiresArgentina 38 works
  9. 9 Santiago de CompostelaSpain 31 works
  10. 10 Cerdanyola del VallèsSpain 30 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. JaénES · 23.7 works82×
  2. ValladolidES · 46.7 works72×
  3. SalamancaES · 43.0 works60×
  4. Santiago de CompostelaES · 31.4 works42×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Early Modern Spanish Literature than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Early Modern Spanish Literature?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad de Jaén, Universidad de Valladolid and Ca' Foscari University of Venice score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%30%mean 16.22%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad de JaénCa' Foscari Universi…Universitat de Barce…Universidad de Valla…
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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.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Universidad de JaénSpain 75.226.6%91.4×24 +2.7%
2Universidad de ValladolidSpain 69.015.0%90.8×45 +48.2%
3Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 68.425.4%42.7×17 +60.1%
4Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 64.215.1%21.1×27 +12.1%
5Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSpain 62.917.8%58.9×30 -48.3%
6Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 60.813.5%27.5×30 +1.6%
7Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 59.821.0%21.9×9 +12.5%
8Universidad de SevillaSpain 59.210.0%42.8×40 -3.0%
9Sorbonne UniversitéFrance 57.89.0%9.3×11 +15.6%
10Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 57.48.8%52.9×78 -25.8%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Early Modern Spanish Literature, country by country

Is Early Modern Spanish Literature research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2018.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Early Modern Spanish Literature as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0078% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Early Modern Spanish Literature0.0075% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Early Modern Spanish Literature 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.

still counting5%10%15%Early Modern Spanish Literature9.4% in 2025200020102020

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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