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Gothic Literature and Media Analysis

Gothic Literature and Media Analysis is a research topic within Cultural Studies. Science Explorer counts 9k research works in it since 1950. 16.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the cultural, societal, and historical impact of zombies, horror narratives, and Gothic literature. It delves into themes such as race, capitalism, postcolonialism, gender, and violence in the context of zombie studies and their representation in literature and media.

  • Zombies
  • Horror
  • Race
  • Capitalism
  • Gothic
  • Narrative
  • Postcolonialism
  • Gender
  • Violence
  • Literature
Research works
9k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+41%
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Which countries lead Gothic Literature and Media Analysis research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (555 and 291 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 555 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 291 works
  3. 3 Australia 107 works
  4. 4 Spain 92 works
  5. 5 India 87 works
  6. 6 Canada 85 works
  7. 7 Poland 76 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 74 works
  9. 9 China 73 works
  10. 10 Germany 68 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: 36.8%United Kingdom: 19.3%Australia: 7.1%Spain: 6.1%6 others listed: 30.7%37%largest
United States555 · 36.8%United Kingdom291 · 19.3%Australia107 · 7.1%Spain92 · 6.1%6 others listed462 · 30.7%

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

Which institutions lead Gothic Literature and Media Analysis research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Film Independent publishes the most Gothic Literature and Media Analysis research, followed by University of Cambridge and Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Film IndependentUnited States 23 works
  2. 2 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 11 works
  3. 3 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 11 works
  4. 4 University of WarwickUnited Kingdom 11 works
  5. 5 Swinburne University of TechnologyAustralia 10 works
  6. 6 University of WarsawPoland 10 works
  7. 7 The University of MelbourneAustralia 10 works
  8. 8 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 9 works
  9. 9 The University of SydneyAustralia 8 works
  10. 10 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain 8 works

Where is Gothic Literature and Media Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Gothic Literature and Media Analysis research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Los Angeles (United States), Melbourne (Australia) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Los Angeles.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 45 works
  2. 2 Los Angeles United States 36 works
  3. 3 Melbourne Australia 25 works
  4. 4 New York United States 23 works
  5. 5 Sydney Australia 20 works
  6. 6 Madrid Spain 20 works
  7. 7 Moscow Russia 20 works
  8. 8 Paris France 18 works
  9. 9 Toronto Canada 15 works
  10. 10 Warsaw Poland 15 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Los AngelesUS · 35.5 works5.7×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Gothic Literature and Media Analysis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Gothic Literature and Media Analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Cambridge, University of Warwick and University of Warsaw 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 10.8875%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Cambridge: 11, 21.2%University of Warwick: 11, 7.6%University of Warsaw: 10, 9.8%The University of Melbourne: 10, 15.7%Swinburne University of Technology: 10, 3.2%Universidad Complutense de Madrid: 11, 10.5%Jagiellonian University: 9, 5.8%The University of Sydney: 8, 13.3%University of Cambri…The University of Me…University of WarsawUniversity of Warwick
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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 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 64.521.2%5.0×11 +192.4%
2 University of WarwickUnited Kingdom 56.77.6%11.5×11 +121.4%
3 University of WarsawPoland 55.19.8%9.3×10 +631.7%
4 The University of MelbourneAustralia 45.915.7%4.7×10 +143.6%
5 Swinburne University of TechnologyAustralia 44.33.2%18.8×10 —
6 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 39.410.5%6.9×11 +61.5%
7 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 31.35.8%6.0×9 +618.1%
8 The University of SydneyAustralia 25.313.3%4.1×8 -35.9%

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 Gothic Literature and Media Analysis research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Gothic Literature and Media Analysis.

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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.