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Historical and Literary Analyses

Historical and Literary Analyses is a research topic within Literature and Literary Theory. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1950. 5.9% 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 literary and artistic history, including the evolution of cultural expression, educational practices, gender roles, colonial encounters, and scientific exploration. It provides insights into the social interactions, performance arts, and historiography of Europe.

  • literary history
  • artistic expression
  • cultural evolution
  • educational practices
  • historiography
  • performance arts
  • social interactions
  • scientific exploration
  • gender roles
  • colonial encounters
Research works
23k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
5.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+9%
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Which countries lead Historical and Literary Analyses research?

By volume, France and Italy publish the most (1.7k and 339 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 France 1.7k works
  2. 2 Italy 339 works
  3. 3 Spain 259 works
  4. 4 United States 226 works
  5. 5 Canada 146 works
  6. 6 ?? 111 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 97 works
  8. 8 Switzerland 67 works
  9. 9 Belgium 66 works
  10. 10 Argentina 65 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.

France: 55.2%Italy: 11.0%Spain: 8.4%United States: 7.4%6 others listed: 18.0%55%largest
France1,693 · 55.2%Italy339 · 11.0%Spain259 · 8.4%United States226 · 7.4%6 others listed552 · 18.0%

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

Which institutions lead Historical and Literary Analyses research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle publishes the most Historical and Literary Analyses research, followed by Université Paris Nanterre and Sorbonne Université.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Université Sorbonne NouvelleFrance 58 works
  2. 2 Université Paris NanterreFrance 55 works
  3. 3 Sorbonne UniversitéFrance 53 works
  4. 4 Université Grenoble AlpesFrance 51 works
  5. 5 Université Toulouse - Jean JaurèsFrance 46 works
  6. 6 Université de LilleFrance 41 works
  7. 7 Université Rennes 2France 33 works
  8. 8 Aix-Marseille UniversitéFrance 32 works
  9. 9 University of MilanItaly 30 works
  10. 10 École Normale Supérieure de LyonFrance 29 works

Where is Historical and Literary Analyses research done?

The largest centres of Historical and Literary Analyses research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Lyon (France), Toulouse (France) and Madrid (Spain). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nanterre.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Paris France 510 works
  2. 2 Lyon France 141 works
  3. 3 Toulouse France 71 works
  4. 4 Madrid Spain 71 works
  5. 5 Nanterre France 68 works
  6. 6 Saint-Martin-d'Hères France 54 works
  7. 7 Rennes France 48 works
  8. 8 Nantes France 47 works
  9. 9 Lille France 46 works
  10. 10 Rome Italy 43 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NanterreFR · 68.3 works66×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Historical and Literary Analyses than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Historical and Literary Analyses?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Verona, Université de Lille and Sorbonne Université 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 8.06%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Verona: 9, 25.1%Université de Lille: 41, 5.4%Sorbonne Université: 53, 4.3%University of Milan: 30, 9.2%University of Florence: 22, 6.5%Université Grenoble Alpes: 51, 2.8%Ca' Foscari University of Venice: 23, 3.3%Universidad Complutense de Madrid: 29, 9.3%Université Sorbonne Nouvelle: 58, 4.7%University of Turin: 17, 10.0%University of VeronaUniversity of MilanUniversité de LilleSorbonne Université
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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 VeronaItaly 66.925.1%11.6×9 —
2 Université de LilleFrance 63.35.4%36.6×41 +123.7%
3 Sorbonne UniversitéFrance 62.34.3%31.8×53 +34.0%
4 University of MilanItaly 61.09.2%13.6×30 +61.9%
5 University of FlorenceItaly 59.06.5%12.5×22 +139.1%
6 Université Grenoble AlpesFrance 58.32.8%45.4×51 +30.3%
7 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 57.73.3%27.4×23 +306.7%
8 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 57.09.3%11.1×29 +34.2%
9 Université Sorbonne NouvelleFrance 56.64.7%139.5×58 +12.7%
10 University of TurinItaly 56.410.0%10.0×17 +64.3%

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 Literary Analyses research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2018. The fastest-growing topics are Historical and Literary Analyses.

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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.