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Early Modern Women Writers

Early Modern Women Writers is a research topic within Religious studies. Science Explorer counts 4.1k research works in it since 1950. 16.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the religious and social dynamics of Early Modern Catholicism, focusing on women in religion, the Counter-Reformation, convents and monasteries, Catholic identity, gender dynamics, religious patronage, Jesuits and monastic rivalry, spiritual autobiography, and the formation of Catholic communities.

  • Early Modern Catholicism
  • Women in Religion
  • Counter-Reformation
  • Convents and Monasteries
  • Catholic Identity
  • Gender Dynamics
  • Religious Patronage
  • Jesuits and Monastic Rivalry
  • Spiritual Autobiography
  • Catholic Community
Research works
4.1k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
659
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+35%
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Which countries lead Early Modern Women Writers research?

By volume, the United States and Spain publish the most (231 and 169 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 231 works
  2. 2 Spain 169 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 81 works
  4. 4 France 65 works
  5. 5 Mexico 47 works
  6. 6 Italy 42 works
  7. 7 Canada 28 works
  8. 8 Argentina 25 works
  9. 9 Germany 16 works
  10. 10 Brazil 14 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: 32.2%Spain: 23.5%United Kingdom: 11.3%France: 9.0%6 others listed: 24.0%32%largest
United States231 · 32.2%Spain169 · 23.5%United Kingdom81 · 11.3%France65 · 9.0%6 others listed172 · 24.0%

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Which institutions lead Early Modern Women Writers research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad Complutense de Madrid publishes the most Early Modern Women Writers research, followed by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Universidad de Valladolid.

Who are the leading researchers in Early Modern Women Writers?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Early Modern Women Writers include Edward Friedman.

  1. 1 Edward Friedman United States 651 citations

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

Where is Early Modern Women Writers research done?

The largest centres of Early Modern Women Writers research in 2022–2025 are Madrid (Spain), Mexico City (Mexico), Paris (France) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Madrid and Mexico City.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Madrid Spain 47 works
  2. 2 Mexico City Mexico 23 works
  3. 3 Paris France 22 works
  4. 4 New York United States 14 works
  5. 5 Buenos Aires Argentina 14 works
  6. 6 London United Kingdom 14 works
  7. 7 Barcelona Spain 13 works
  8. 8 Seville Spain 11 works
  9. 9 Rome Italy 10 works
  10. 10 Valladolid Spain 10 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MadridES · 46.7 works11×
  2. Mexico CityMX · 23.5 works8.9×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Early Modern Women Writers than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Early Modern Women Writers?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universidad de Sevilla and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 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%mean 15.9429%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidad Complutense de Madrid: 17, 23.0%Universidad de Sevilla: 9, 21.1%Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: 16, 14.0%Universidad de Buenos Aires: 9, 14.9%Durham University: 8, 8.0%University of Oxford: 9, 23.7%Universidad de Valladolid: 10, 6.9%Universidad Complute…Universidad de SevillaUniversidad de Bueno…Universidad Nacional…
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#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 84.123.0%26.6×17 +123.2%
2 Universidad de SevillaSpain 61.521.1%20.6×9 +54.7%
3 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 59.414.0%19.3×16 +2.5%
4 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 53.414.9%26.2×9 +151.4%
5 Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom 48.88.0%28.1×8 +218.8%
6 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 42.623.7%8.7×9 -45.8%
7 Universidad de ValladolidSpain 36.26.9%47.0×10

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 Women Writers research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Early Modern Women Writers.

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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.