Historical Art and Culture Studies
Historical Art and Culture Studies is a research topic within Museology. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1950. 10.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the cultural transfer and artistic exchange in Europe, focusing on topics such as European travel, the Grand Tour, Shakespeare commemoration, Renaissance education, landscape art, portraiture, historical memory, and cosmopolitanism.
- Cultural Transfer
- Artistic Exchange
- European Travel
- Grand Tour
- Shakespeare Commemoration
- Renaissance Education
- Landscape Art
- Portraiture
- Historical Memory
- Cosmopolitanism
- Research works
- 17k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +11% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Historical Art and Culture Studies research?
By volume, France and the United States publish the most (686 and 463 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 France 686 works
- 2 United States 463 works
- 3 United Kingdom 418 works
- 4 Canada 97 works
- 5 Italy 90 works
- 6 Germany 81 works
- 7 Russia 72 works
- 8 Spain 59 works
- 9 Belgium 50 works
- 10 Australia 49 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.
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Which institutions lead Historical Art and Culture Studies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Oxford publishes the most Historical Art and Culture Studies research, followed by University of Cambridge and Film Independent.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 36 works
- 2 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 27 works
- 3 Film IndependentUnited States 22 works
- 4 Sorbonne UniversitéFrance 21 works
- 5 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 20 works
- 6 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneFrance 18 works
- 7 Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom 16 works
- 8 Université de LorraineFrance 16 works
- 9 Université de LilleFrance 15 works
- 10 University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom 13 works
Who are the leading researchers in Historical Art and Culture Studies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Historical Art and Culture Studies include David Hume.
- 1 David Hume Australia 1.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Historical Art and Culture Studies research done?
The largest centres of Historical Art and Culture Studies research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), London (United Kingdom), Lyon (France) and Oxford (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lyon.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Paris France 219 works
- 2 London United Kingdom 71 works
- 3 Lyon France 53 works
- 4 Oxford United Kingdom 41 works
- 5 Moscow Russia 39 works
- 6 Toulouse France 35 works
- 7 Cambridge United Kingdom 30 works
- 8 Los Angeles United States 28 works
- 9 New York United States 27 works
- 10 Edinburgh United Kingdom 24 works
Where it is the local speciality
- LyonFR · 52.6 works23×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Historical Art and Culture Studies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Historical Art and Culture Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Cambridge, Sorbonne Université and University of Bristol 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom | 66.9 | 9.6% | 10.6× | 27 | +11.5% |
| 2 | Sorbonne UniversitéFrance | 64.4 | 9.3% | 18.1× | 21 | +23.7% |
| 3 | University of BristolUnited Kingdom | 61.9 | 20.2% | 8.6× | 11 | -14.0% |
| 4 | Université Paris NanterreFrance | 60.6 | 11.5% | 23.8× | 12 | +134.1% |
| 5 | University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom | 60.0 | 21.0% | 6.0× | 8 | +110.9% |
| 6 | University of OxfordUnited Kingdom | 59.8 | 3.4% | 12.0× | 36 | -19.9% |
| 7 | University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom | 56.0 | 4.5% | 11.3× | 20 | +32.1% |
| 8 | University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom | 55.5 | 11.1% | 9.3× | 13 | +8.1% |
| 9 | University of YorkUnited Kingdom | 54.0 | 9.9% | 11.5× | 8 | +69.7% |
| 10 | Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneFrance | 53.5 | 4.3% | 47.2× | 18 | +65.1% |
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 Art and Culture Studies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2017. The fastest-growing topics are Historical Art and Culture Studies.
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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.