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History and International Relations

History and International Relations is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 1.1k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the impact of World War I in Latin America, focusing on its influence on international relations, media coverage, cultural impact, diplomacy, and social change. The papers also delve into the historiography of the war and its effects on national identity.

  • World War I
  • Latin America
  • Global Conflict
  • International Relations
  • Media Coverage
  • Cultural Impact
  • Diplomacy
  • Social Change
  • Historiography
  • National Identity
Research works
1.1k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
112
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+22%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
36% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
History and International Relations

Which countries lead History and International Relations research?

By volume, Spain and Argentina publish the most (91 and 41 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 91 works
  2. 2 Argentina 41 works
  3. 3 Mexico 29 works
  4. 4 Colombia 24 works
  5. 5 Chile 16 works
  6. 6 Costa Rica 13 works
  7. 7 United States 11 works
  8. 8 France 10 works
  9. 9 Brazil 9 works
  10. 10 Peru 8 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: 36.1%Argentina: 16.1%Mexico: 11.7%Colombia: 9.6%6 others listed: 26.5%36%largest
Spain91 · 36.1%Argentina41 · 16.1%Mexico29 · 11.7%Colombia24 · 9.6%6 others listed67 · 26.5%

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

Which institutions lead History and International Relations research?

By volume in 2022-now, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas publishes the most History and International Relations research, followed by Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Universitat de Barcelona.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 10 works
  2. 2 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 7 works
  3. 3 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 6 works
  4. 4 Universidad de Costa RicaCosta Rica 6 works
  5. 5 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 6 works
  6. 6 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 5 works
  7. 7 National University of RosarioArgentina 5 works
  8. 8 Universidad Internacional De La RiojaSpain 5 works
  9. 9 Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 5 works
  10. 10 Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaSpain 5 works

Who are the leading researchers in History and International Relations?

The most-cited researchers publishing on History and International Relations include Noam Chomsky.

  1. 1 Noam Chomsky United States 141k 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 History and International Relations?

The most cited paper in History and International Relations is "Estado y educación en América Latina a partir de su independencia (siglos XIX y XX)" (Gabriela Ossenbach Sauter, 1993), with 139 citations. Next come "Brazil beyond Lula" (55) and "Réplica a Graham Murdock" (50).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Estado y educación en América Latina a partir de su independencia (siglos XIX y XX) Gabriela Ossenbach Sauter · Revista Iberoamericana de Educación Open access 1993 139
2 Brazil beyond Lula Lecio Morais, Alfredo Saad‐Filho · Latin American Perspectives Open access 22 Feb 2011 55
3 Réplica a Graham Murdock Dallas W. Smythe · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) Open access 2006 50
4 La teoría de las Relaciones Internacionales en los albores del siglo XXI: diálogo, disidencia, aproximaciones. Mónica Salomón · RACO (Revistes Catalanes amb Accés Obert) (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya) Open access 2002 50
5 El bandidaje en el siglo XIX: una forma de subsistir Paul J. Vanderwood · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) Open access Jul 1984 40
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Where is History and International Relations research done?

The largest centres of History and International Relations research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Bogotá (Colombia), Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Mexico City (Mexico). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Madrid.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 31 works
  2. 2 BogotáColombia 15 works
  3. 3 Buenos AiresArgentina 15 works
  4. 4 Mexico CityMexico 13 works
  5. 5 BarcelonaSpain 11 works
  6. 6 San JoséCosta Rica 8 works
  7. 7 SantiagoChile 8 works
  8. 8 RosarioArgentina 6 works
  9. 9 LogroñoSpain 6 works
  10. 10 LimaPeru 5 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MadridES · 30.8 works21×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in History and International Relations than the world average.

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Is History and International Relations research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are History and International Relations.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is History and International Relations as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00091% in 2024.

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Fractional works of History and International Relations 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%History and International Relations9.9% in 202520102020

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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