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Historical Gender and Feminism Studies

Historical Gender and Feminism Studies is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 10.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of Cold War politics, feminism, and transnational activism, with a focus on women's rights, gender studies, and socialist feminism. It delves into the historical, political, and social dynamics of feminist movements during the Cold War era, examining their impact on global relations and gender equality. The papers also address the challenges, initiatives, and dilemmas faced by feminism in the Global South, shedding light on the complexities of transnational feminist scholarship.

  • Cold War
  • Feminism
  • Transnational
  • Gender
  • Women's Rights
  • Global South
  • Socialist Feminism
  • International Relations
  • Activism
  • Historiography
Research works
16k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+14%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
33% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Historical Gender and Feminism Studies

Which countries lead Historical Gender and Feminism Studies research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (717 and 381 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 717 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 381 works
  3. 3 France 302 works
  4. 4 Germany 187 works
  5. 5 Canada 122 works
  6. 6 Spain 105 works
  7. 7 India 102 works
  8. 8 Italy 91 works
  9. 9 Australia 88 works
  10. 10 Poland 75 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: 33.0%United Kingdom: 17.6%France: 13.9%Germany: 8.6%6 others listed: 26.9%33%largest
United States717 · 33.0%United Kingdom381 · 17.6%France302 · 13.9%Germany187 · 8.6%6 others listed583 · 26.9%

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

Which institutions lead Historical Gender and Feminism Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Historical Gender and Feminism Studies research, followed by Sapienza University of Rome and Film Independent.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 80 works
  2. 2 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 18 works
  3. 3 Film IndependentUnited States 18 works
  4. 4 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 18 works
  5. 5 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 16 works
  6. 6 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 16 works
  7. 7 Polish Academy of SciencesPoland 16 works
  8. 8 City University of New YorkUnited States 16 works
  9. 9 University of ViennaAustria 14 works
  10. 10 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 13 works

Who are the leading researchers in Historical Gender and Feminism Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Historical Gender and Feminism Studies include Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke and Pierre Bourdıeu.

  1. 1 Virginia Braun New Zealand 286k citations
  2. 2 Victoria Clarke United Kingdom 285k citations
  3. 3 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  4. 4 Peter M. Bentler United States 233k citations
  5. 5 Michel Foucault France 208k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Historical Gender and Feminism Studies?

The most cited paper in Historical Gender and Feminism Studies is "Hegemonic Masculinity" (Raewyn W. Connell, James W. Messerschmidt, 2005), with 9,224 citations. Next come "HIERARCHIES, JOBS, BODIES:" (7,338) and "Intersectionality as buzzword" (2,531).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Hegemonic Masculinity Raewyn W. Connell, James W. Messerschmidt · Gender & Society Open access 28 Oct 2005 9,224
2 HIERARCHIES, JOBS, BODIES: Joan R. Acker · Gender & Society Jun 1990 7,338
3 Intersectionality as buzzword Kathy Davis · Feminist Theory 4 Mar 2008 2,531
4 Toward a Decolonial Feminism María Lugones · Hypatia 2010 2,395
5 Family Fortunes: Men and Women of the English Middle Class 1780-1850 Janet Wolff, Leonore Davidoff, Catherine Hall · Feminist Review 1987 1,509
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Where is Historical Gender and Feminism Studies research done?

The largest centres of Historical Gender and Feminism Studies research in 2022-now are Paris (France), London (United Kingdom), New York (United States) and Vienna (Austria).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 ParisFrance 102 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 73 works
  3. 3 New YorkUnited States 54 works
  4. 4 ViennaAustria 34 works
  5. 5 MoscowRussia 31 works
  6. 6 WarsawPoland 31 works
  7. 7 MadridSpain 30 works
  8. 8 RomeItaly 26 works
  9. 9 BerlinGermany 26 works
  10. 10 Los AngelesUnited States 25 works
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Where is the best place to study Historical Gender and Feminism Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Manchester, University of Gothenburg and University of Oxford score highest, combining citation 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 14.16%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Gothen…University of Manche…University of Cambri…University of Oxford
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 67.415.3%7.0×16 +70.1%
2University of GothenburgSweden 65.935.7%6.3×8 +37.1%
3University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 62.39.1%4.6×18 +20.5%
4University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 60.415.0%4.8×16 +5.2%
5University of HelsinkiFinland 59.520.8%6.0×12 +19.0%
6University of ViennaAustria 55.37.8%10.2×14 +18.2%
7Central European UniversityAustria 53.57.4%88.9×12 +110.4%
8Sapienza University of RomeItaly 51.51.4%5.7×18 +1518.1%
9University of TorontoCanada 51.312.2%2.2×12 +143.9%
10London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom 50.616.9%13.5×9 -3.3%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Historical Gender and Feminism Studies, country by country

Is Historical Gender and Feminism Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Historical Gender and Feminism 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Historical Gender and Feminism Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.014% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Historical Gender and Feminism Studies0.012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Historical Gender and Feminism Studies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Historical Gender and Feminism Studies10.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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