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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. 11.8% 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%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+10%
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Which countries lead Early Modern Spanish Literature research?

By volume, Spain and the United States publish the most (750 and 267 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Spain 750 works
  2. 2 United States 267 works
  3. 3 Italy 121 works
  4. 4 Mexico 99 works
  5. 5 France 95 works
  6. 6 Argentina 62 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 61 works
  8. 8 Brazil 32 works
  9. 9 Canada 23 works
  10. 10 Chile 23 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: 48.9%United States: 17.4%Italy: 7.9%Mexico: 6.4%6 others listed: 19.3%49%largest
Spain750 · 48.9%United States267 · 17.4%Italy121 · 7.9%Mexico99 · 6.4%6 others listed296 · 19.3%

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

Which institutions lead Early Modern Spanish Literature research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad Complutense de Madrid publishes the most Early Modern Spanish Literature research, followed by Universidad de Valladolid and Universidad de Salamanca.

Who are the leading researchers in Early Modern Spanish Literature?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Early Modern Spanish Literature include R. Jones.

  1. 1 R. Jones United Kingdom 1k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Early Modern Spanish Literature research done?

The largest centres of Early Modern Spanish Literature research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Madrid Spain 166 works
  2. 2 Mexico City Mexico 46 works
  3. 3 Seville Spain 45 works
  4. 4 Valladolid Spain 41 works
  5. 5 Valencia Spain 39 works
  6. 6 Salamanca Spain 38 works
  7. 7 Barcelona Spain 37 works
  8. 8 Buenos Aires Argentina 36 works
  9. 9 Santiago de Compostela Spain 29 works
  10. 10 Cerdanyola del Vallès Spain 26 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. JaénES · 23.0 works86×
  2. ValladolidES · 41.4 works71×
  3. SalamancaES · 38.3 works59×
  4. Santiago de CompostelaES · 29.4 works43×
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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, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela and Universitat de València 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%10%20%30%mean 16.73%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidad de Jaén: 23, 24.1%Universidade de Santiago de Compostela: 28, 18.9%Universitat de València: 32, 19.9%Universidad de Valladolid: 40, 15.8%Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: 26, 13.7%Ca' Foscari University of Venice: 16, 16.8%Universidad de Huelva: 15, 20.5%Universitat de Barcelona: 25, 15.6%Universidad de Salamanca: 36, 8.1%Universidad de Granada: 25, 13.9%Universidad de JaénUniversitat de Valèn…Universidade de Sant…Universidad de Valla…
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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
1 Universidad de JaénSpain 87.724.1%93.7×23 +195.7%
2 Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSpain 82.618.9%58.1×28 +194.1%
3 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 75.119.9%36.8×32 +79.9%
4 Universidad de ValladolidSpain 72.315.8%96.1×40 +102.6%
5 Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 71.113.7%35.6×26 +111.7%
6 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 70.916.8%39.2×16 +389.2%
7 Universidad de HuelvaSpain 70.420.5%88.0×15 +125.3%
8 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 70.315.6%27.2×25 +71.3%
9 Universidad de SalamancaSpain 66.88.1%70.1×36 +159.3%
10 Universidad de GranadaSpain 66.813.9%27.3×25 +81.6%

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 Early Modern Spanish Literature research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2018. The fastest-growing topics are Early Modern Spanish Literature.

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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.