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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. 11.7% 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%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+15%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Historical Studies on Spain research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (785 and 126 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Spain 785 works
  2. 2 Mexico 126 works
  3. 3 United States 110 works
  4. 4 France 107 works
  5. 5 Italy 97 works
  6. 6 Argentina 52 works
  7. 7 Colombia 49 works
  8. 8 Chile 45 works
  9. 9 Russia 41 works
  10. 10 Portugal 36 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%France: 7.4%6 others listed: 22.2%54%largest
Spain785 · 54.2%Mexico126 · 8.7%United States110 · 7.6%France107 · 7.4%6 others listed322 · 22.2%

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

Which institutions lead Historical Studies on Spain research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad Complutense de Madrid publishes the most Historical Studies on Spain research, followed by Universidad de Sevilla and Universitat de València.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 65 works
  2. 2 Universidad de SevillaSpain 62 works
  3. 3 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 37 works
  4. 4 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 34 works
  5. 5 Universidad de ValladolidSpain 30 works
  6. 6 Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain 29 works
  7. 7 Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaSpain 29 works
  8. 8 Real Academia EspañolaSpain 25 works
  9. 9 Universidad de GranadaSpain 23 works
  10. 10 Universidad de CádizSpain 22 works

Who are the leading researchers in Historical Studies on Spain?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Historical Studies on Spain include Peter Burke.

  1. 1 Peter Burke United States 997 citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Historical Studies on Spain research done?

The largest centres of Historical Studies on Spain research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Madrid Spain 226 works
  2. 2 Seville Spain 83 works
  3. 3 Mexico City Mexico 58 works
  4. 4 Valencia Spain 45 works
  5. 5 Barcelona Spain 39 works
  6. 6 Valladolid Spain 33 works
  7. 7 Bogotá Colombia 30 works
  8. 8 Paris France 29 works
  9. 9 Buenos Aires Argentina 27 works
  10. 10 Santiago Chile 25 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CadizES · 22.0 works64×
  2. ValladolidES · 33.1 works58×
  3. SevilleES · 82.8 works52×
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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, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 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 20.96%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universitat Pompeu Fabra: 10, 36.8%Universidad de Sevilla: 62, 11.3%Universidade Nova de Lisboa: 10, 26.1%Universidad Autónoma de Madrid: 29, 16.8%Universitat de Barcelona: 20, 29.7%Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia: 29, 14.6%Universidad de Málaga: 12, 23.9%Universidad Complutense de Madrid: 65, 9.3%University of the Basque Country: 17, 21.6%Universitat de les Illes Balears: 12, 19.5%Universitat Pompeu F…Universidade Nova de…Universidad Autónoma…Universidad de Sevilla
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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 Universitat Pompeu FabraSpain 45.136.8%36.8×10 +34.4%
2 Universidad de SevillaSpain 43.511.3%70.7×62 +108.6%
3 Universidade Nova de LisboaPortugal 43.526.1%20.2×10 +136.6%
4 Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain 43.016.8%45.5×29 +118.8%
5 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 42.429.7%21.6×20 -13.0%
6 Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaSpain 42.014.6%93.2×29 +245.5%
7 Universidad de MálagaSpain 40.623.9%22.8×12 +180.4%
8 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 36.89.3%52.5×65 +57.0%
9 University of the Basque CountrySpain 35.821.6%23.4×17 +62.7%
10 Universitat de les Illes BalearsSpain 34.919.5%67.5×12 +90.3%

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 Studies on Spain research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Historical Studies on Spain.

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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.