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Franz Kafka Literary Studies

Franz Kafka Literary Studies is a research topic within Literature and Literary Theory. Science Explorer counts 2.1k research works in it since 1951. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of Kafka's works, Weber's theories, and modernist literature, delving into topics such as bureaucracy, development assistance, trauma disorders, cultural Zionism, and psychological interventions. It also encompasses discussions on social justice and literary criticism within the context of Kafka and Weber's influence on modernist literature.

  • Kafka
  • Weber
  • Modernist Literature
  • Bureaucracy
  • Development Assistance
  • Trauma Disorders
  • Literary Criticism
  • Cultural Zionism
  • Psychological Interventions
  • Social Justice
Research works
2.1k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
211
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+52%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Germany
21% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Franz Kafka Literary Studies

Which countries lead Franz Kafka Literary Studies research?

By volume, Germany and Brazil publish the most (82 and 77 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Germany 82 works
  2. 2 Brazil 77 works
  3. 3 United States 72 works
  4. 4 China 28 works
  5. 5 France 27 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 24 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 23 works
  8. 8 Spain 21 works
  9. 9 Italy 20 works
  10. 10 India 13 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.

Germany: 21.3%Brazil: 20.0%United States: 18.7%China: 7.1%6 others listed: 32.9%21%largest
Germany82 · 21.3%Brazil77 · 20.0%United States72 · 18.7%China28 · 7.1%6 others listed127 · 32.9%

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

Which institutions lead Franz Kafka Literary Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Renmin University of China publishes the most Franz Kafka Literary Studies research, followed by Universidade de São Paulo and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Renmin University of ChinaChina 12 works
  2. 2 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 6 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 5 works
  4. 4 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 4 works
  5. 5 Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergGermany 4 works
  6. 6 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 4 works
  7. 7 Freie Universität BerlinGermany 4 works
  8. 8 University of FlorenceItaly 3 works
  9. 9 Université Paris NanterreFrance 3 works
  10. 10 Haliç UniversityTürkiye 3 works

Who are the leading researchers in Franz Kafka Literary Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Franz Kafka Literary Studies include Judith Butler, David A. Brenner and Gilles Deleuze.

  1. 1 Judith Butler United States 116k citations
  2. 2 David A. Brenner United States 80k citations
  3. 3 Gilles Deleuze France 66k 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 Franz Kafka Literary Studies?

The most cited paper in Franz Kafka Literary Studies is "Kafka’s mythology: Organization, bureaucracy and the limits of sensemaking" (Iain Munro, Christian Huber, 2012), with 68 citations. Next come "Multiplicities of self" (66) and "Kafka, Weber and organization theory" (64).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Kafka’s mythology: Organization, bureaucracy and the limits of sensemaking Iain Munro, Christian Huber · Human Relations 14 Mar 2012 68
2 Multiplicities of self Robert W. Mitchell · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 27 May 1994 66
3 Kafka, Weber and organization theory Malcolm Warner · Human Relations Jul 2007 64
4 Waiting Before the Law: Kafka on the Border Henk van Houtum · Social & Legal Studies 31 Aug 2010 63
5 Terapia assistida com cães em pediatria oncológica: percepção de pais e enfermeiros Rebeca Lima Moreira, Fabiane do Amaral Gubert, Leidiane Minervina Moraes de Sabino et al. · Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Open access 30 Nov 2016 61
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Where is Franz Kafka Literary Studies research done?

The largest centres of Franz Kafka Literary Studies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), São Paulo (Brazil), Berlin (Germany) and Madrid (Spain).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 18 works
  2. 2 São PauloBrazil 13 works
  3. 3 BerlinGermany 10 works
  4. 4 MadridSpain 9 works
  5. 5 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 8 works
  6. 6 SantiagoChile 8 works
  7. 7 ParisFrance 7 works
  8. 8 MunichGermany 7 works
  9. 9 IstanbulTürkiye 7 works
  10. 10 New YorkUnited States 6 works
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Where is the best place to study Franz Kafka Literary Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Renmin University of China 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.

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
1Renmin University of ChinaChina 5.00.0%75.9×12 -

Universities only. The score blends 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 Franz Kafka Literary Studies, country by country

Is Franz Kafka Literary Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 52% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Franz Kafka Literary Studies.

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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 Franz Kafka Literary Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0021% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Franz Kafka Literary Studies 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 counting10%20%Franz Kafka Literary Studies9.4% in 202520102020

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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