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Historical Studies on Spain

Historical Studies on Spain is a research topic within History. Science Explorer counts 9.9k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the role and significance of imperial courts throughout history, focusing on diplomacy, political power, ceremonial practices, social structure, military enterprise, interactions with barbarian groups, gender dynamics, and the rituals and architecture associated with palaces.

  • Imperial Court
  • Diplomacy
  • Political Power
  • Ceremonial
  • Social Structure
  • Military Enterprise
  • Barbarians
  • Gender
  • Rituals
  • Palace
Research works
9.9k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-4%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
54% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Historical Studies on Spain

Which countries lead Historical Studies on Spain research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (838 and 134 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 838 works
  2. 2 Mexico 134 works
  3. 3 United States 118 works
  4. 4 Italy 109 works
  5. 5 France 109 works
  6. 6 Argentina 55 works
  7. 7 Colombia 52 works
  8. 8 Chile 47 works
  9. 9 Portugal 42 works
  10. 10 Russia 42 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.

Spain: 54.2%Mexico: 8.7%United States: 7.6%Italy: 7.1%6 others listed: 22.4%54%largest
Spain838 · 54.2%Mexico134 · 8.7%United States118 · 7.6%Italy109 · 7.1%6 others listed346 · 22.4%

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

Which institutions lead Historical Studies on Spain research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Complutense de Madrid publishes the most Historical Studies on Spain research, followed by Universidad de Sevilla and Universitat de València.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 68 works
  2. 2 Universidad de SevillaSpain 66 works
  3. 3 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 40 works
  4. 4 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 37 works
  5. 5 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 37 works
  6. 6 Universidad de ValladolidSpain 30 works
  7. 7 Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaSpain 30 works
  8. 8 Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain 30 works
  9. 9 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 29 works
  10. 10 Real Academia EspañolaSpain 27 works

Who are the leading researchers in Historical Studies on Spain?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Historical Studies on Spain include Charles Robert Darwin and Roger Williams.

  1. 1 Charles Robert Darwin Indonesia 87k citations
  2. 2 Roger Williams United Kingdom 68k 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 Studies on Spain?

The most cited paper in Historical Studies on Spain is "A purely geometric distance to the binary star Atlas, a member of the Pleiades" (N. Zwahlen, P. North, Y. Debernardi et al., 2004), with 255 citations. Next come "Elephant memories. Thirteen years in the life of an elephant family" (180) and "Madrid and the Spanish Economy, 1560-1850" (170).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A purely geometric distance to the binary star Atlas, a member of the Pleiades N. Zwahlen, P. North, Y. Debernardi et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 28 Sep 2004 255
2 Elephant memories. Thirteen years in the life of an elephant family S. K. Eltringham · Animal Behaviour May 1989 180
3 Madrid and the Spanish Economy, 1560-1850 Charles J. Jago, David R. Ringrose · Hispanic American Historical Review Nov 1984 170
4 Aristocrats and Traders: Sevillian Society in the Sixteenth Century Michael R. Weisser · Hispanic American Historical Review Open access Feb 1973 166
5 The Spanish Seaborne Empire. Engel Sluiter, J. H. Parry · Hispanic American Historical Review May 1967 161
All 98 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Historical Studies on Spain research done?

The largest centres of Historical Studies on Spain research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Seville (Spain), Mexico City (Mexico) and Valencia (Spain). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Cadiz, Valladolid and Seville.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 240 works
  2. 2 SevilleSpain 88 works
  3. 3 Mexico CityMexico 61 works
  4. 4 ValenciaSpain 49 works
  5. 5 BarcelonaSpain 40 works
  6. 6 ValladolidSpain 33 works
  7. 7 BogotáColombia 32 works
  8. 8 ParisFrance 30 works
  9. 9 LisbonPortugal 29 works
  10. 10 Buenos AiresArgentina 27 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CadizES · 25.9 works70×
  2. ValladolidES · 33.1 works54×
  3. SevilleES · 88.5 works53×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Historical Studies on Spain than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Historical Studies on Spain?

Among universities, judged by research, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Universidad de Sevilla and Universidade Nova de Lisboa 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 16.62%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Ca' Foscari Universi…Universidade Nova de…Universidad de SevillaUniversidad Complute…
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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.

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
1Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 68.931.8%34.1×13 +513.3%
2Universidad de SevillaSpain 63.513.6%74.5×66 -2.5%
3Universidade Nova de LisboaPortugal 61.620.4%22.6×10 +22.2%
4Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 58.78.8%48.7×68 +5.1%
5Universitat Pompeu FabraSpain 58.629.0%31.7×10 -14.1%
6Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 56.213.6%23.4×37 +9.7%
7Universitat de ValènciaSpain 55.69.7%46.2×40 +41.1%
8University of AlmeríaSpain 53.817.7%38.9×10 +2.5%
9Universidad de ValladolidSpain 53.010.1%64.6×30 +28.7%
10University of the Basque CountrySpain 52.911.5%25.3×19 +19.6%

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 Studies on Spain, country by country

Is Historical Studies on Spain research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021.

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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 Studies on Spain as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0079% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Historical Studies on Spain0.0069% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Historical Studies on Spain 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 Studies on Spain9.7% 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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