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Historical Influence and Diplomacy

Historical Influence and Diplomacy is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1950. 8.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the history of diplomacy, cross-cultural relations, and international interactions, focusing on early modern and medieval Europe. It delves into topics such as diplomatic culture, gift-giving, news networks, and the role of religion in shaping international relations. The papers also analyze the dynamics of cross-confessional diplomacy and the impact of cultural analysis on diplomatic history.

  • Diplomacy
  • Early Modern
  • Cross-Confessional
  • International Relations
  • Cultural Analysis
  • Gift-giving
  • News Networks
  • Medieval Europe
  • Global Reach
  • Diplomatic Culture
Research works
17k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
8.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+3%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Historical Influence and Diplomacy research?

By volume, Germany and the United States publish the most (398 and 347 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Germany 398 works
  2. 2 United States 347 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 197 works
  4. 4 France 193 works
  5. 5 Netherlands 161 works
  6. 6 Russia 127 works
  7. 7 Poland 111 works
  8. 8 Spain 106 works
  9. 9 Italy 83 works
  10. 10 Denmark 72 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.

Germany: 22.2%United States: 19.3%United Kingdom: 11.0%France: 10.8%6 others listed: 36.8%22%largest
Germany398 · 22.2%United States347 · 19.3%United Kingdom197 · 11.0%France193 · 10.8%6 others listed660 · 36.8%

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

Which institutions lead Historical Influence and Diplomacy research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Sax Institute publishes the most Historical Influence and Diplomacy research, followed by Utrecht University and University of Warsaw.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Sax InstituteAustralia 25 works
  2. 2 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 24 works
  3. 3 University of WarsawPoland 20 works
  4. 4 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 17 works
  5. 5 Institute of World HistoryRussia 17 works
  6. 6 University of AmsterdamNetherlands 17 works
  7. 7 Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielGermany 17 works
  8. 8 Leiden UniversityNetherlands 17 works
  9. 9 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 17 works
  10. 10 KU LeuvenBelgium 16 works

Where is Historical Influence and Diplomacy research done?

The largest centres of Historical Influence and Diplomacy research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Moscow (Russia), Amsterdam (Netherlands) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Utrecht, Leiden and Amsterdam.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Paris France 67 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 60 works
  3. 3 Amsterdam Netherlands 49 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 46 works
  5. 5 Vienna Austria 42 works
  6. 6 Warsaw Poland 41 works
  7. 7 Copenhagen Denmark 41 works
  8. 8 Madrid Spain 38 works
  9. 9 Berlin Germany 35 works
  10. 10 Utrecht Netherlands 35 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. UtrechtNL · 34.7 works13×
  2. LeidenNL · 20.1 works12×
  3. AmsterdamNL · 49.0 works12×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Historical Influence and Diplomacy than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Historical Influence and Diplomacy?

Among universities, judged by research, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, University of Copenhagen and University of Warsaw 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%mean 13.16%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel: 17, 16.5%University of Copenhagen: 13, 21.7%University of Warsaw: 20, 10.2%Palacký University Olomouc: 9, 16.3%Universidad Complutense de Madrid: 17, 17.3%University of Helsinki: 11, 14.2%University of Vienna: 12, 9.4%Jagiellonian University: 13, 14.8%Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts: 16, 7.4%Utrecht University: 24, 3.8%University of Copenh…Christian-Albrechts-…Palacký University O…University of Warsaw
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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 Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielGermany 74.216.5%31.0×17 —
2 University of CopenhagenDenmark 74.021.7%8.1×13 +60.8%
3 University of WarsawPoland 72.610.2%16.1×20 +170.0%
4 Palacký University OlomoucCzechia 68.416.3%23.7×9 +145.1%
5 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 68.317.3%9.4×17 +12.5%
6 University of HelsinkiFinland 67.114.2%8.1×11 +321.9%
7 University of ViennaAustria 67.09.4%10.4×12 +170.3%
8 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 66.314.8%8.0×13 +204.2%
9 Kyiv National University of Culture and ArtsUkraine 64.67.4%101.2×16 +164.7%
10 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 61.03.8%19.0×24 -10.1%

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 Influence and Diplomacy research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Historical Influence and Diplomacy.

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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.