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Historical Philosophy and Science

Historical Philosophy and Science is a research topic within History and Philosophy of Science. Science Explorer counts 9.8k research works in it since 1950. 20.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the history of science in early modern Europe, covering topics such as the emergence of scientific culture, natural philosophy, observation, medicine, philosophy, empire, Aristotle's influence, alchemy, and colonization.

  • Scientific Culture
  • Natural Philosophy
  • Renaissance
  • Observation
  • Medicine
  • Philosophy
  • Empire
  • Aristotle
  • Alchemy
  • Colonization
Research works
9.8k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+24%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Historical Philosophy and Science research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (363 and 149 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 363 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 149 works
  3. 3 Italy 143 works
  4. 4 France 130 works
  5. 5 Germany 114 works
  6. 6 Canada 55 works
  7. 7 Brazil 40 works
  8. 8 Netherlands 35 works
  9. 9 Australia 33 works
  10. 10 Belgium 32 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: 33.2%United Kingdom: 13.6%Italy: 13.1%France: 11.9%6 others listed: 28.2%33%largest
United States363 · 33.2%United Kingdom149 · 13.6%Italy143 · 13.1%France130 · 11.9%6 others listed309 · 28.2%

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

Which institutions lead Historical Philosophy and Science research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Ca' Foscari University of Venice publishes the most Historical Philosophy and Science research, followed by University of Oxford and University of Cambridge.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 35 works
  2. 2 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 20 works
  3. 3 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 17 works
  4. 4 University of BucharestRomania 17 works
  5. 5 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 12 works
  6. 6 University of TorontoCanada 11 works
  7. 7 University of GroningenNetherlands 11 works
  8. 8 University of MilanItaly 11 works
  9. 9 KU LeuvenBelgium 11 works
  10. 10 Université Toulouse - Jean JaurèsFrance 9 works

Where is Historical Philosophy and Science research done?

The largest centres of Historical Philosophy and Science research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Venice (Italy), London (United Kingdom) and Berlin (Germany). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Venice and Oxford.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Paris France 55 works
  2. 2 Venice Italy 35 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 26 works
  4. 4 Berlin Germany 22 works
  5. 5 Oxford United Kingdom 22 works
  6. 6 Rome Italy 21 works
  7. 7 Toronto Canada 20 works
  8. 8 Bucharest Romania 19 works
  9. 9 Cambridge United Kingdom 18 works
  10. 10 New York United States 15 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. VeniceIT · 35.3 works76×
  2. OxfordGB · 21.7 works8.6×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Historical Philosophy and Science than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Historical Philosophy and Science?

Among universities, judged by research, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, University of Edinburgh and University of Groningen 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%20%40%mean 19.17%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Ca' Foscari University of Venice: 34, 22.7%University of Edinburgh: 12, 30.3%University of Groningen: 11, 15.5%University of Toronto: 11, 31.3%University of Bucharest: 16, 20.2%University of Cambridge: 17, 18.6%University of Oxford: 20, 8.8%University of Milan: 11, 12.6%KU Leuven: 10, 17.4%Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès: 9, 14.3%University of TorontoUniversity of Edinbu…Ca' Foscari Universi…University of Gronin…
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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 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 69.922.7%102.2×34 —
2 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 66.630.3%11.3×12 +21.9%
3 University of GroningenNetherlands 60.515.5%15.8×11 +392.6%
4 University of TorontoCanada 60.131.3%5.7×11 +146.7%
5 University of BucharestRomania 56.520.2%61.1×16 +62.1%
6 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 56.018.6%11.5×17 +0.7%
7 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 52.08.8%11.5×20 +94.8%
8 University of MilanItaly 50.312.6%11.8×11 +170.0%
9 KU LeuvenBelgium 47.017.4%8.6×10 +52.5%
10 Université Toulouse - Jean JaurèsFrance 40.214.3%52.1×9 —

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 Philosophy and Science research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Historical Philosophy and Science.

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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.

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.