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Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics

Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics is a research topic within History. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1950. 21.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the history of international humanitarianism, human rights, and the role of non-governmental organizations in global aid efforts. It delves into topics such as colonialism, decolonization, the Global South, Amnesty International, the New International Economic Order, and civil rights movements. The papers provide insights into the evolution of humanitarian action and its intersection with political and social developments.

  • Humanitarianism
  • Human Rights
  • International Aid
  • NGOs
  • Colonialism
  • Decolonization
  • Global South
  • Amnesty International
  • New International Economic Order
  • Civil Rights
Research works
20k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
21.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+19%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (899 and 563 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 899 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 563 works
  3. 3 Germany 263 works
  4. 4 Canada 148 works
  5. 5 France 145 works
  6. 6 Australia 140 works
  7. 7 South Africa 109 works
  8. 8 Italy 107 works
  9. 9 Netherlands 96 works
  10. 10 Russia 88 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: 35.1%United Kingdom: 22.0%Germany: 10.3%Canada: 5.8%6 others listed: 26.8%35%largest
United States899 · 35.1%United Kingdom563 · 22.0%Germany263 · 10.3%Canada148 · 5.8%6 others listed685 · 26.8%

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

Which institutions lead Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Oxford publishes the most Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics research, followed by University of Cambridge and King's College London.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 29 works
  2. 2 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 29 works
  3. 3 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 26 works
  4. 4 London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom 26 works
  5. 5 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 20 works
  6. 6 University of PretoriaSouth Africa 19 works
  7. 7 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 17 works
  8. 8 Institute for Peace Research and Security PolicyGermany 17 works
  9. 9 Institute of World HistoryRussia 16 works
  10. 10 Queen Mary University of LondonUnited Kingdom 16 works

Who are the leading researchers in Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics include Charles Tilly and G. John Ikenberry.

  1. 1 Charles Tilly United States 3.7k citations
  2. 2 G. John Ikenberry United States 3k citations

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

Where is Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics research done?

The largest centres of Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Paris (France), New York (United States) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Florence and Geneva.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 145 works
  2. 2 Paris France 70 works
  3. 3 New York United States 59 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 57 works
  5. 5 Berlin Germany 44 works
  6. 6 Washington D.C. United States 43 works
  7. 7 Oxford United Kingdom 40 works
  8. 8 Sydney Australia 40 works
  9. 9 Hamburg Germany 36 works
  10. 10 Cambridge United Kingdom 32 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. FlorenceIT · 29.7 works10.0×
  2. GenevaCH · 25.8 works8.4×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics?

Among universities, judged by research, King's College London, Queen Mary University of London and University of Cambridge 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%20%40%mean 27.02%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →King's College London: 26, 26.6%Queen Mary University of London: 16, 39.6%University of Cambridge: 29, 35.3%University of Oxford: 29, 29.8%University of Birmingham: 16, 37.9%London School of Economics and Political Science: 26, 25.9%Leiden University: 14, 19.8%University of Kent: 14, 18.9%Freie Universität Berlin: 16, 13.3%University of Pretoria: 19, 23.1%Queen Mary Universit…University of Cambri…University of OxfordKing's College London
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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 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 81.926.6%9.9×26 +200.0%
2 Queen Mary University of LondonUnited Kingdom 79.139.6%11.4×16 +125.5%
3 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 77.835.3%7.5×29 +134.5%
4 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 70.729.8%6.5×29 +109.7%
5 University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom 69.837.9%7.7×16 +128.9%
6 London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom 69.725.9%30.4×26 +14.4%
7 Leiden UniversityNetherlands 66.919.8%12.1×14 +159.2%
8 University of KentUnited Kingdom 66.518.9%27.2×14 +176.3%
9 Freie Universität BerlinGermany 64.813.3%11.6×16 +366.5%
10 University of PretoriaSouth Africa 64.623.1%12.6×19 +54.4%

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 Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics.

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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.