Geographies of human-animal interactions
Geographies of human-animal interactions is a research topic within Geography, Planning and Development. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the intersection of affect, geography, and multispecies ethnography, delving into the emotional and spatial dimensions of human-animal relations, materiality, and biopolitics. It investigates non-representational approaches to understanding space, ethics, and the impact of the Anthropocene on naturecultures.
- Affect
- Geography
- Multispecies Ethnography
- Emotion
- Space
- Materiality
- Ethics
- Biopolitics
- Non-representational
- Anthropocene
- Research works
- 21k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +9% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
United States
32% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead Geographies of human-animal interactions research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1.4k and 1k works in 2022-now).
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
United States
1.4k works
- 2
United Kingdom
1k works
- 3
Australia
396 works
- 4
Germany
374 works
- 5
Canada
373 works
- 6
France
219 works
- 7
China
172 works
- 8
Netherlands
169 works
- 9
Italy
169 works
- 10
India
166 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Geographies of human-animal interactions research?
By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Geographies of human-animal interactions research, followed by University of Cambridge and University of Oxford.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance
67 works
- 2
University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom
64 works
- 3
University of OxfordUnited Kingdom
47 works
- 4
University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom
39 works
- 5
The University of SydneyAustralia
37 works
- 6
Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom
36 works
- 7
The University of MelbourneAustralia
35 works
- 8
University of TorontoCanada
35 works
- 9
University College LondonUnited Kingdom
32 works
- 10
University of AmsterdamNetherlands
32 works
Who are the leading researchers in Geographies of human-animal interactions?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Geographies of human-animal interactions include Michael Tomasello.
- 1
Michael Tomasello
Germany
135k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Geographies of human-animal interactions research done?
The largest centres of Geographies of human-animal interactions research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Melbourne (Australia), Sydney (Australia) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Eichstätt and Durham.
Largest cities, 2022-now
- 1
LondonUnited Kingdom
203 works
- 2
MelbourneAustralia
86 works
- 3
SydneyAustralia
82 works
- 4
ParisFrance
80 works
- 5
New YorkUnited States
75 works
- 6
TorontoCanada
70 works
- 7
CambridgeUnited Kingdom
69 works
- 8
OxfordUnited Kingdom
58 works
- 9
ManchesterUnited Kingdom
55 works
- 10
Los AngelesUnited States
50 works
Where it is the local speciality
- EichstättDE · 20.1 works68×
- DurhamGB · 35.6 works16×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Geographies of human-animal interactions than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Geographies of human-animal interactions?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Tübingen, University of Oxford and University of Cambridge 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.
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.
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 Geographies of human-animal interactions, country by countryIs Geographies of human-animal interactions research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Geographies of human-animal interactions.
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 Geographies of human-animal interactions as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.025% in 2024.
Fractional works of Geographies of human-animal interactions 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.
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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