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European Cultural and National Identity

European Cultural and National Identity is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 9.5k research works in it since 1950. 6.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the construction and impact of national imagery, stereotypes, and identity, with a focus on the Nordic countries. It delves into topics such as imagology, nation branding, public diplomacy, literature's role in shaping national character, and the historical rhetoric surrounding national identity. The papers also examine the influence of cultural perceptions and societal narratives on the portrayal of different nations.

  • Imagology
  • National Stereotypes
  • Nation Branding
  • Nordic Model
  • Cultural Identity
  • Public Diplomacy
  • Literature
  • Rhetoric
  • Social Perception
  • Historical Imagery
Research works
9.5k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
577
per year above
Top-10% rate
6.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+44%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead European Cultural and National Identity research?

By volume, Poland and Romania publish the most (289 and 283 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Poland 289 works
  2. 2 Romania 283 works
  3. 3 Russia 191 works
  4. 4 United States 149 works
  5. 5 Lithuania 121 works
  6. 6 Ukraine 91 works
  7. 7 France 85 works
  8. 8 Germany 85 works
  9. 9 Czechia 79 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 53 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: 20.3%Romania: 19.9%Russia: 13.4%United States: 10.4%6 others listed: 36.1%20%largest
Poland289 · 20.3%Romania283 · 19.9%Russia191 · 13.4%United States149 · 10.4%6 others listed514 · 36.1%

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

Which institutions lead European Cultural and National Identity research?

By volume in 2022–2025, "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati publishes the most European Cultural and National Identity research, followed by Vilnius University and Babeș-Bolyai University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 "Dunarea de Jos" University of GalatiRomania 69 works
  2. 2 Vilnius UniversityLithuania 42 works
  3. 3 Babeș-Bolyai UniversityRomania 39 works
  4. 4 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 36 works
  5. 5 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 33 works
  6. 6 University of WarsawPoland 31 works
  7. 7 Lucian Blaga University of SibiuRomania 24 works
  8. 8 Alexandru Ioan Cuza UniversityRomania 24 works
  9. 9 Institute of Lithuanian Literature and FolkloreLithuania 23 works
  10. 10 University of LatviaLatvia 18 works

Where is European Cultural and National Identity research done?

The largest centres of European Cultural and National Identity research in 2022–2025 are Vilnius (Lithuania), Moscow (Russia), Warsaw (Poland) and Galati (Romania). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Galati, Sibiu and Vilnius.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Vilnius Lithuania 102 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 85 works
  3. 3 Warsaw Poland 70 works
  4. 4 Galati Romania 69 works
  5. 5 Bucharest Romania 53 works
  6. 6 Krakow Poland 48 works
  7. 7 Cluj-Napoca Romania 44 works
  8. 8 Kyiv Ukraine 41 works
  9. 9 Poznań Poland 37 works
  10. 10 Budapest Hungary 37 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GalatiRO · 69.2 works256×
  2. SibiuRO · 25.9 works110×
  3. VilniusLT · 101.9 works84×
  4. Cluj-NapocaRO · 44.0 works35×
  5. IașiRO · 27.7 works32×
  6. RigaLV · 28.0 works26×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in European Cultural and National Identity than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study European Cultural and National Identity?

Among universities, judged by research, Palacký University Olomouc, University of Turku and University of Latvia 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 7.84%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Palacký University Olomouc: 9, 14.8%University of Turku: 10, 22.3%University of Latvia: 18, 5.5%Babeș-Bolyai University: 39, 8.5%Vilnius University: 42, 1.6%University of Warsaw: 31, 4.3%Jagiellonian University: 33, 3.0%"Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati: 69, 0.0%Stockholm University: 8, 6.1%University of Bucharest: 15, 12.3%University of TurkuPalacký University O…Babeș-Bolyai Univers…University of Latvia
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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 Palacký University OlomoucCzechia 67.714.8%27.3×9 +280.6%
2 University of TurkuFinland 66.022.3%18.3×10 -42.0%
3 University of LatviaLatvia 60.25.5%67.0×18 +291.9%
4 Babeș-Bolyai UniversityRomania 59.08.5%78.6×39 +9.8%
5 Vilnius UniversityLithuania 58.91.6%82.9×42 +155.9%
6 University of WarsawPoland 58.24.3%29.3×31 +132.7%
7 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 56.03.0%23.6×33 +118.6%
8 "Dunarea de Jos" University of GalatiRomania 55.80.0%262.4×69 +96.2%
9 Stockholm UniversitySweden 55.86.1%12.4×8 +176.2%
10 University of BucharestRomania 55.712.3%37.3×15 +13.3%

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 European Cultural and National Identity research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are European Cultural and National Identity.

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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.