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Eastern European Communism and Reforms

Eastern European Communism and Reforms is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the sociopolitical transformation, identity formation, and memory politics in post-Communist Europe, particularly focusing on countries like Belarus, Czech Republic, and Slovakia. It delves into topics such as national awakening, human rights, dissent, authoritarianism, and the cultural history of the Cold War period.

  • Post-Communist
  • Transition
  • Identity
  • Dissent
  • Memory Politics
  • National Awakening
  • Human Rights
  • Sociopolitical Transformation
  • Cultural History
  • Authoritarianism
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
0%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Poland
21% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Eastern European Communism and Reforms

Which countries lead Eastern European Communism and Reforms research?

By volume, Poland and Russia publish the most (712 and 618 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Poland 712 works
  2. 2 Russia 618 works
  3. 3 United States 557 works
  4. 4 Ukraine 359 works
  5. 5 Czechia 255 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 234 works
  7. 7 Germany 231 works
  8. 8 Slovenia 215 works
  9. 9 Slovakia 118 works
  10. 10 Belarus 107 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.

Poland: 20.9%Russia: 18.2%United States: 16.4%Ukraine: 10.5%6 others listed: 34.0%21%largest
Poland712 · 20.9%Russia618 · 18.2%United States557 · 16.4%Ukraine359 · 10.5%6 others listed1,159 · 34.0%

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

Which institutions lead Eastern European Communism and Reforms research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Eastern European Communism and Reforms research, followed by Polish Academy of Sciences and University of Warsaw.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 167 works
  2. 2 Polish Academy of SciencesPoland 102 works
  3. 3 University of WarsawPoland 77 works
  4. 4 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 70 works
  5. 5 University of LjubljanaSlovenia 69 works
  6. 6 Czech Academy of SciencesCzechia 60 works
  7. 7 Charles UniversityCzechia 49 works
  8. 8 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 46 works
  9. 9 Maria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityPoland 40 works
  10. 10 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 38 works

Who are the leading researchers in Eastern European Communism and Reforms?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Eastern European Communism and Reforms include Evan E. Eichler, Noam Chomsky and Christof Koch.

  1. 1 Evan E. Eichler United States 195k citations
  2. 2 Noam Chomsky United States 141k citations
  3. 3 Christof Koch United States 137k 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 Eastern European Communism and Reforms?

The most cited paper in Eastern European Communism and Reforms is "Now out of Never: The Element of Surprise in the East European Revolution of 1989" (Timur Kuran, 1991), with 1,472 citations. Next come "The USSR as a Communal Apartment, or How a Socialist State Promoted Ethnic Particularism" (1,072) and "The Dynamics of Informational Cascades: The Monday Demonstrations in Leipzig, East Germany, 1989–91" (1,058).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Now out of Never: The Element of Surprise in the East European Revolution of 1989 Timur Kuran · World Politics Oct 1991 1,472
2 The USSR as a Communal Apartment, or How a Socialist State Promoted Ethnic Particularism Yuri Slezkine · Slavic Review 1994 1,072
3 The Dynamics of Informational Cascades: The Monday Demonstrations in Leipzig, East Germany, 1989–91 Susanne Lohmann · World Politics Oct 1994 1,058
4 The Europeanization of Central and Eastern Europe Alexandru Călin Grigorescu · Perspectives on Politics 18 May 2006 877
5 Structure and Example in Modular Political Phenomena: The Diffusion of Bulldozer/Rose/Orange/Tulip Revolutions Mark R. Beissinger · Perspectives on Politics 14 May 2007 605
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Where is Eastern European Communism and Reforms research done?

The largest centres of Eastern European Communism and Reforms research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Warsaw (Poland), Kyiv (Ukraine) and Ljubljana (Slovenia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 317 works
  2. 2 WarsawPoland 241 works
  3. 3 KyivUkraine 150 works
  4. 4 LjubljanaSlovenia 144 works
  5. 5 PragueCzechia 143 works
  6. 6 KrakowPoland 101 works
  7. 7 LondonUnited Kingdom 70 works
  8. 8 MinskBelarus 69 works
  9. 9 BratislavaSlovakia 69 works
  10. 10 New YorkUnited States 62 works
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Where is the best place to study Eastern European Communism and Reforms?

Among universities, judged by research, Lund University, Jagiellonian University and University of Warsaw 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%20%40%mean 20.64%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Lund UniversityUniversity of WarsawCharles UniversityJagiellonian Univers…
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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
1Lund UniversitySweden 64.740.4%5.0×11 +33.5%
2Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 57.88.2%26.4×70 +35.2%
3University of WarsawPoland 56.311.1%38.2×77 -8.2%
4Charles UniversityCzechia 55.011.1%26.3×49 -0.3%
5University of LjubljanaSlovenia 53.87.4%42.4×69 -7.5%
6King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 53.034.0%3.4×12 +223.3%
7University of TartuEstonia 52.233.2%14.9×12 -30.1%
8Comenius University BratislavaSlovakia 51.513.8%26.2×20 +9.6%
9V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National UniversityUkraine 50.123.4%17.0×13 +245.5%
10University of HelsinkiFinland 49.923.8%4.6×13 +28.1%

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 Eastern European Communism and Reforms, country by country

Is Eastern European Communism and Reforms research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2022.

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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 Eastern European Communism and Reforms as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.020% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Eastern European Communism and Reforms0.016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Eastern European Communism and Reforms 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%Eastern European Communism and Reforms10.3% 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.

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