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Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art

Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art is a research topic within Philosophy. Science Explorer counts 2.9k 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 explores the intersection of art, ethics, and aesthetics in philosophy, delving into topics such as the moral knowledge conveyed through literature and film, the ethical evaluation of narrative artworks, and the cognitive value of artistic experiences. It also discusses the role of cinema and literature in shaping moral sentiments and imagination.

  • Art
  • Ethics
  • Aesthetics
  • Philosophy
  • Cinema
  • Literature
  • Moral Imagination
  • Narrative Art
  • Film-Philosophy
  • Cognitivism
Research works
2.9k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
289
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+53%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
42% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art

Which countries lead Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (224 and 82 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 224 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 82 works
  3. 3 China 41 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 41 works
  5. 5 Russia 28 works
  6. 6 Germany 28 works
  7. 7 Spain 24 works
  8. 8 Australia 24 works
  9. 9 India 23 works
  10. 10 Poland 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.

United States: 41.6%United Kingdom: 15.2%China: 7.7%Türkiye: 7.6%6 others listed: 28.0%42%largest
United States224 · 41.6%United Kingdom82 · 15.2%China41 · 7.7%Türkiye41 · 7.6%6 others listed151 · 28.0%

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

Which institutions lead Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art research?

By volume in 2022-now, Museum of Science publishes the most Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art research, followed by University of Oxford and Film Independent.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Museum of ScienceUnited States 9 works
  2. 2 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 6 works
  3. 3 Film IndependentUnited States 6 works
  4. 4 Uppsala UniversitySweden 5 works
  5. 5 University of ChichesterUnited Kingdom 5 works
  6. 6 University of PardubiceCzechia 5 works
  7. 7 University of ChicagoUnited States 5 works
  8. 8 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 5 works
  9. 9 Russian State University of Cinematography named after SA GerasimovRussia 5 works
  10. 10 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 5 works

Who are the leading researchers in Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art include Pierre Bourdıeu and Catherine Lord.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  2. 2 Catherine Lord United States 109k 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 Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art?

The most cited paper in Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art is "The Body in the Mind: The Bodily Basis of Meaning, Imagination, and Reason" (R. Jay Wallace, 1988), with 1,521 citations. Next come "Antagonism and Relational Aesthetics" (990) and "The Fate of Place: A Philosophical History" (968).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Body in the Mind: The Bodily Basis of Meaning, Imagination, and Reason R. Jay Wallace · Philosophical Books Oct 1988 1,521
2 Antagonism and Relational Aesthetics Claire Bishop · October Oct 2004 990
3 The Fate of Place: A Philosophical History Miles Richardson · American Anthropologist Mar 1998 968
4 The Body in the Mind: The Bodily Basis of Meaning, Imagination, and Reason Mark Henry Johnson · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 1989 558
5 III-Faultless Disagreement Max Kölbel · Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society (Hardback) Jun 2004 327
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Where is Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art research done?

The largest centres of Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Boston (United States) and Moscow (Russia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 15 works
  2. 2 New YorkUnited States 13 works
  3. 3 BostonUnited States 11 works
  4. 4 MoscowRussia 11 works
  5. 5 Los AngelesUnited States 10 works
  6. 6 ChicagoUnited States 8 works
  7. 7 TorontoCanada 8 works
  8. 8 ParisFrance 8 works
  9. 9 KyivUkraine 7 works
  10. 10 IstanbulTürkiye 7 works
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Is Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 53% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0021% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art 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.

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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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