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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. 13.0% 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%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-3%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Historical Geography and Cartography research?

By volume, the United States and Croatia publish the most (154 and 124 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 154 works
  2. 2 Croatia 124 works
  3. 3 Russia 90 works
  4. 4 Germany 71 works
  5. 5 China 69 works
  6. 6 France 64 works
  7. 7 Italy 61 works
  8. 8 Poland 49 works
  9. 9 Brazil 44 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 41 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: 20.1%Croatia: 16.1%Russia: 11.7%Germany: 9.3%6 others listed: 42.9%20%largest
United States154 · 20.1%Croatia124 · 16.1%Russia90 · 11.7%Germany71 · 9.3%6 others listed329 · 42.9%

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

Which institutions lead Historical Geography and Cartography research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Zagreb publishes the most Historical Geography and Cartography research, followed by University of Zadar and Institute of Art History.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of ZagrebCroatia 26 works
  2. 2 University of ZadarCroatia 14 works
  3. 3 Institute of Art HistoryCroatia 10 works
  4. 4 Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland ShippingRussia 8 works
  5. 5 Hrvatski zavod za javno zdravstvoCroatia 8 works
  6. 6 Naval University of EngineeringChina 7 works
  7. 7 Institut za filozofijuCroatia 7 works
  8. 8 University of SplitCroatia 6 works
  9. 9 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 6 works
  10. 10 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 6 works

Who are the leading researchers in Historical Geography and Cartography?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Historical Geography and Cartography include Hui Xiong.

  1. 1 Hui Xiong United States 2.9k 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 2022–2025 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 Zagreb and Saint Petersburg.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Zagreb Croatia 61 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 35 works
  3. 3 Saint Petersburg Russia 27 works
  4. 4 Paris France 23 works
  5. 5 Donji grad Croatia 19 works
  6. 6 Warsaw Poland 19 works
  7. 7 Zadar Croatia 18 works
  8. 8 Prague Czechia 17 works
  9. 9 Budapest Hungary 17 works
  10. 10 Rome Italy 14 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ZagrebHR · 61.2 works47×
  2. Saint PetersburgRU · 27.1 works8.0×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Historical Geography and Cartography than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Historical Geography and Cartography?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Zagreb and University of Zadar 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.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of ZagrebCroatia 44.77.7%38.0×26 +74.6%
2 University of ZadarCroatia 37.635.9%254.5×14 -21.0%

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 Geography and Cartography research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Historical Geography and Cartography.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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