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Globalization, Historical Perspectives, and International Relations

Globalization, Historical Perspectives, and International Relations is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 1.5k 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 covers a wide range of topics including global history, society, religion, technology, cultural identity, political discourse, agriculture, education, cyber-infrastructure, and ethnic diversity. It reflects a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the interconnectedness of societies and cultures across different time periods and geographical locations.

  • Global History
  • Society
  • Religion
  • Technology
  • Cultural Identity
  • Political Discourse
  • Agriculture
  • Education
  • Cyber-infrastructure
  • Ethnic Diversity
Research works
1.5k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
153
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+73%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Germany
49% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Globalization, Historical Perspectives, and International Relations

Which countries lead Globalization, Historical Perspectives, and International Relations research?

By volume, Germany and the United States publish the most (212 and 73 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Germany 212 works
  2. 2 United States 73 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 34 works
  4. 4 Austria 26 works
  5. 5 France 23 works
  6. 6 China 17 works
  7. 7 Switzerland 14 works
  8. 8 Russia 13 works
  9. 9 Italy 13 works
  10. 10 Poland 12 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: 48.6%United States: 16.7%United Kingdom: 7.7%Austria: 6.0%6 others listed: 21.0%49%largest
Germany212 · 48.6%United States73 · 16.7%United Kingdom34 · 7.7%Austria26 · 6.0%6 others listed91 · 21.0%

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

Which institutions lead Globalization, Historical Perspectives, and International Relations research?

By volume in 2022-now, Leibniz Association publishes the most Globalization, Historical Perspectives, and International Relations research, followed by Universität Hamburg and University of Vienna.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Leibniz AssociationGermany 8 works
  2. 2 Universität HamburgGermany 6 works
  3. 3 University of ViennaAustria 6 works
  4. 4 Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinGermany 5 works
  5. 5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 5 works
  6. 6 University of MünsterGermany 5 works
  7. 7 University of BonnGermany 5 works
  8. 8 University of TübingenGermany 5 works
  9. 9 Goethe University FrankfurtGermany 5 works
  10. 10 Ruhr University BochumGermany 4 works

Who are the leading researchers in Globalization, Historical Perspectives, and International Relations?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Globalization, Historical Perspectives, and International Relations include Anthony Giddens, Ulrich Beck and Mancur Olson.

  1. 1 Anthony Giddens United States 121k citations
  2. 2 Ulrich Beck Germany 76k citations
  3. 3 Mancur Olson United States 63k citations
  4. 4 Niklas Luhmann Germany 61k 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 Globalization, Historical Perspectives, and International Relations?

The most cited paper in Globalization, Historical Perspectives, and International Relations is "Guns, Germs, and Steel. The Fate of Human Societies" (Christopher Miller, 2002), with 468 citations. Next come "Troubled times: Violence and warfare in the past" (392) and "Semi-peripheral countries and the contemporary world crisis" (290).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Guns, Germs, and Steel. The Fate of Human Societies Christopher Miller · Economic Botany Apr 2002 468
2 Troubled times: Violence and warfare in the past George R. Milner · American Journal of Physical Anthropology 2000 392
3 Semi-peripheral countries and the contemporary world crisis Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein · Theory and Society 1976 290
4 The Size of the Roman Population: Beloch and the Meaning of the Augustan Census Figures Elio Lo Cascio · The Journal of Roman Studies Nov 1994 259
5 Demokratie im Zeitalter der Globalisierung. Anton Pelinka · Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft/ÖZP. Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft Open access 31 Mar 2017 208
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Where is Globalization, Historical Perspectives, and International Relations research done?

The largest centres of Globalization, Historical Perspectives, and International Relations research in 2022-now are Berlin (Germany), Vienna (Austria), Hamburg (Germany) and Cologne (Germany).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BerlinGermany 18 works
  2. 2 ViennaAustria 14 works
  3. 3 HamburgGermany 10 works
  4. 4 CologneGermany 9 works
  5. 5 MunichGermany 9 works
  6. 6 Frankfurt am MainGermany 9 works
  7. 7 MoscowRussia 7 works
  8. 8 ParisFrance 7 works
  9. 9 BonnGermany 7 works
  10. 10 LondonUnited Kingdom 6 works
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Is Globalization, Historical Perspectives, and International Relations research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 73% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Globalization, Historical Perspectives, and International Relations.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Globalization, Historical Perspectives, and International Relations as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0016% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Globalization, Historical Perspectives, and International Relations 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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Which topics inside it are moving

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