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Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity

Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity is a research topic within Philosophy. Science Explorer counts 38k research works in it since 1950. 9.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers encompasses a wide range of topics related to critical hermeneutics, interpretation studies, and narrative analysis. It explores the philosophical, ethical, and cultural dimensions of understanding and interpreting texts, history, and lived experiences. The cluster also delves into the intersection of hermeneutics with religion, identity, and phenomenology.

  • Hermeneutics
  • Narrative
  • Interpretation
  • History
  • Philosophy
  • Ethics
  • Religion
  • Cultural Studies
  • Phenomenology
  • Identity
Research works
38k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+55%
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Which countries lead Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity research?

By volume, the United States and Indonesia publish the most (2k and 759 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2k works
  2. 2 Indonesia 759 works
  3. 3 Australia 582 works
  4. 4 Uzbekistan 478 works
  5. 5 India 421 works
  6. 6 France 364 works
  7. 7 China 336 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 284 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 166 works
  10. 10 Brazil 111 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: 36.2%Indonesia: 13.8%Australia: 10.6%Uzbekistan: 8.7%6 others listed: 30.7%36%largest
United States1,984 · 36.2%Indonesia759 · 13.8%Australia582 · 10.6%Uzbekistan478 · 8.7%6 others listed1,682 · 30.7%

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

Which institutions lead Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency Foundation publishes the most Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity research, followed by Weatherford College and Herbalife (Australia).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency Foundation United States 763 works
  2. 2 Weatherford College United States 598 works
  3. 3 Herbalife (Australia) Australia 535 works
  4. 4 Tea Research Institute China 283 works
  5. 5 Universitas Sulawesi Tenggara Indonesia 57 works
  6. 6 Toko University Taiwan 49 works
  7. 7 Samarkand State Medical Institute Uzbekistan 48 works
  8. 8 Universitas Bojonegoro Indonesia 38 works
  9. 9 Bukhara State Medical Institute named after Abu Ali ibn Sino Uzbekistan 37 works
  10. 10 Universitas Bondowoso Indonesia 36 works

Who are the leading researchers in Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity include Frede Blaabjerg.

  1. 1 Frede Blaabjerg 12k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity research done?

The largest centres of Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity research in 2022–2025 are Sebastopol (United States), Weatherford (United States), Sydney (Australia) and Hangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Sebastopol, Camerton and Bondowoso.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Sebastopol United States 763 works
  2. 2 Weatherford United States 598 works
  3. 3 Sydney Australia 542 works
  4. 4 Hangzhou China 286 works
  5. 5 Tashkent Uzbekistan 210 works
  6. 6 Paris France 144 works
  7. 7 Samarkand Uzbekistan 125 works
  8. 8 Istanbul Türkiye 60 works
  9. 9 New York United States 57 works
  10. 10 Kendari Indonesia 57 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SebastopolUS · 763.0 works1032×
  2. CamertonGB · 23.0 works853×
  3. BondowosoID · 36.2 works268×
  4. BristolUS · 26.9 works126×
  5. Muara BungoID · 26.7 works89×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity?

Among universities, judged by research, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Bukhara State University and Kurgan State University 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%5%10%mean 6.59%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University: 9, 10.9%Bukhara State University: 10, 9.8%Kurgan State University: 11, 9.0%Andijan State University: 11, 7.5%National Pedagogical University of Uzbekistan: 10, 6.9%Tashkent State University of Law: 22, 5.9%Gulistan State University: 10, 7.0%Weatherford College: 598, 0.0%Samarkand Institute of Economics and Service: 29, 4.6%Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages: 31, 4.3%Acharya N. G. Ranga …Bukhara State Univer…Kurgan State Univers…Andijan State Univer…
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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
1Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University India 62.210.9%24.7×9
2Bukhara State University Uzbekistan 59.69.8%22.6×10
3Kurgan State University Russia 58.49.0%38.2×11
4Andijan State University Uzbekistan 54.27.5%49.4×11
5National Pedagogical University of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 52.46.9%25.3×10
6Tashkent State University of Law Uzbekistan 52.35.9%36.8×22
7Gulistan State University Uzbekistan 51.77.0%50.4×10
8Weatherford College United States 51.50.0%69.1×598 +85.6%
9Samarkand Institute of Economics and Service Uzbekistan 49.94.6%172.6×29
10Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages Uzbekistan 49.34.3%122.8×31

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 Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 55% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Hermeneutics and Narrative 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.