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Historical and Environmental Studies

Historical and Environmental Studies is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 9.1k research works in it since 1950. 5.8% 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 related to territorial studies, environmental impact, and regional development in Southern Europe and North Africa. It includes research on territorial planning, urban geography, water quality, sediment characterization, industrialization, cultural heritage, and historical ecology. The papers provide insights into the complex interactions between human activities and the environment in these regions.

  • Territorial Planning
  • Environmental Impact
  • Regional Development
  • Urban Geography
  • Cultural Heritage
  • Water Quality
  • Sediment Characterization
  • Industrialization
  • Social Innovation
  • Historical Ecology
Research works
9.1k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
529
per year above
Top-10% rate
5.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+11%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Historical and Environmental Studies research?

By volume, Italy and France publish the most (895 and 247 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Italy 895 works
  2. 2 France 247 works
  3. 3 United States 70 works
  4. 4 Spain 56 works
  5. 5 Côte d'Ivoire 40 works
  6. 6 Brazil 21 works
  7. 7 ?? 19 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 18 works
  9. 9 Canada 18 works
  10. 10 Switzerland 17 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.

Italy: 63.9%France: 17.6%United States: 5.0%Spain: 4.0%6 others listed: 9.5%64%largest
Italy895 · 63.9%France247 · 17.6%United States70 · 5.0%Spain56 · 4.0%6 others listed133 · 9.5%

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

Which institutions lead Historical and Environmental Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Florence publishes the most Historical and Environmental Studies research, followed by University of Milan and University of Bologna.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of Florence Italy 68 works
  2. 2 University of Milan Italy 54 works
  3. 3 University of Bologna Italy 51 works
  4. 4 Ca' Foscari University of Venice Italy 43 works
  5. 5 Sapienza University of Rome Italy 41 works
  6. 6 University of Turin Italy 29 works
  7. 7 University of Naples Federico II Italy 20 works
  8. 8 Politecnico di Milano Italy 19 works
  9. 9 University of Padua Italy 17 works
  10. 10 University of Catania Italy 17 works

Where is Historical and Environmental Studies research done?

The largest centres of Historical and Environmental Studies research in 2022–2025 are Rome (Italy), Milan (Italy), Florence (Italy) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Venice, Abidjan and Florence.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Rome Italy 117 works
  2. 2 Milan Italy 114 works
  3. 3 Florence Italy 78 works
  4. 4 Paris France 65 works
  5. 5 Venice Italy 58 works
  6. 6 Bologna Italy 57 works
  7. 7 Naples Italy 49 works
  8. 8 Turin Italy 47 works
  9. 9 Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire 26 works
  10. 10 Madrid Spain 21 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. VeniceIT · 58.3 works113×
  2. AbidjanCI · 26.3 works82×
  3. FlorenceIT · 78.5 works61×
  4. BolognaIT · 57.1 works35×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Historical and Environmental Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Historical and Environmental Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Catania, University of Basilicata and Ca' Foscari University of Venice 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%30%mean 11.17%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Catania: 17, 24.0%University of Basilicata: 10, 22.4%Ca' Foscari University of Venice: 43, 5.8%University of Pavia: 14, 11.9%University of Genoa: 16, 9.5%University of Florence: 68, 8.1%University of Bologna: 51, 6.5%Politecnico di Milano: 19, 8.0%University of Siena: 15, 10.2%Sapienza University of Rome: 41, 5.3%University of CataniaUniversity of Basili…University of PaviaCa' Foscari Universi…
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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
1University of Catania Italy 75.624.0%35.5×17 +141.1%
2University of Basilicata Italy 72.322.4%105.7×10 +184.2%
3Ca' Foscari University of Venice Italy 63.75.8%114.7×43 +859.6%
4University of Pavia Italy 63.711.9%34.0×14 +183.5%
5University of Genoa Italy 61.79.5%30.9×16 +317.5%
6University of Florence Italy 60.28.1%84.2×68 -8.8%
7University of Bologna Italy 58.46.5%41.2×51 +20.7%
8Politecnico di Milano Italy 52.88.0%17.1×19 +59.7%
9University of Siena Italy 52.410.2%49.5×15 +59.0%
10Sapienza University of Rome Italy 52.25.3%23.9×41 +12.7%

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 Environmental Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Historical and Environmental Studies.

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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.