Historical Geography and Cartography
Historical Geography and Cartography is a research topic within Geography, Planning and Development. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on map projections, geodesy algorithms, and their applications in cartography and spatial analysis. It covers topics such as georeferencing, equal-area projections, celestial navigation, historical maps, spatial distortion, coordinate transformation, and spherical geometry.
- Map Projections
- Geodesy
- Cartography
- Georeferencing
- Equal-Area Projections
- Celestial Navigation
- Historical Maps
- Spatial Distortion
- Coordinate Transformation
- Spherical Geometry
- Research works
- 10k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +0% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
United States
21% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead Historical Geography and Cartography research?
By volume, the United States and Croatia publish the most (185 and 135 works in 2022-now).
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
United States
185 works
- 2
Croatia
135 works
- 3
Russia
97 works
- 4
China
94 works
- 5
Germany
80 works
- 6
France
69 works
- 7
Italy
67 works
- 8
Poland
52 works
- 9
United Kingdom
48 works
- 10
Brazil
47 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 Geography and Cartography research?
By volume in 2022-now, University of Zagreb publishes the most Historical Geography and Cartography research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Russian Academy of Sciences.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
University of ZagrebCroatia
28 works
- 2
Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance
27 works
- 3
Russian Academy of SciencesRussia
21 works
- 4
University of ZadarCroatia
16 works
- 5
Institute of Art HistoryCroatia
11 works
- 6
Institut za filozofijuCroatia
10 works
- 7
Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland ShippingRussia
9 works
- 8
Polish Academy of SciencesPoland
8 works
- 9
Naval University of EngineeringChina
8 works
- 10
CHDI FoundationUnited States
8 works
Who are the leading researchers in Historical Geography and Cartography?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Historical Geography and Cartography include Yann LeCun.
- 1
Yann LeCun
United States
256k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Historical Geography and Cartography research done?
The largest centres of Historical Geography and Cartography research in 2022-now are Zagreb (Croatia), Moscow (Russia), Saint Petersburg (Russia) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Donji grad, Zagreb and Saint Petersburg.
Largest cities, 2022-now
Where it is the local speciality
- Donji gradHR · 20.9 works139×
- ZagrebHR · 66.6 works46×
- Saint PetersburgRU · 30.4 works8.2×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Historical Geography and Cartography than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Historical Geography and Cartography?
Among universities, judged by research, Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping, University of Zadar and University of Zagreb 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 first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland ShippingRussia |
52.0 | 56.4% | 268.1× | 9 | +135.7% |
| 2 | University of ZadarCroatia |
40.5 | 26.4% | 285.9× | 16 | +76.9% |
| 3 | University of ZagrebCroatia |
40.0 | 8.3% | 33.8× | 28 | -34.1% |
| 4 | Naval University of EngineeringChina |
24.0 | 38.5% | 44.1× | 8 | - |
Universities only. The score blends 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 Geography and Cartography, country by countryIs Historical Geography and Cartography research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 0% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Historical Geography and Cartography.
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Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Historical Geography and Cartography as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0065% in 2024.
Fractional works of Historical Geography and Cartography 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.
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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