History, Culture, and Diplomacy
History, Culture, and Diplomacy is a research topic within History. Science Explorer counts 3.5k research works in it since 1950. 10.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the interconnectedness of cultures, literature, and societies across geographical and historical boundaries. It delves into topics such as transnational history, cultural exchange, comparative literature, globalization, Iberian studies, literary networks, colonialism, oral tradition, gender studies, and international relations.
- Transnational History
- Cultural Exchange
- Comparative Literature
- Globalization
- Iberian Studies
- Literary Networks
- Colonialism
- Oral Tradition
- Gender Studies
- International Relations
- Research works
- 3.5k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 381 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +15% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
France
38% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead History, Culture, and Diplomacy research?
By volume, France and the United States publish the most (271 and 89 works in 2022-now).
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
France
271 works
- 2
United States
89 works
- 3
Spain
86 works
- 4
Portugal
61 works
- 5
United Kingdom
52 works
- 6
Brazil
48 works
- 7
Germany
37 works
- 8
Italy
31 works
- 9
Canada
20 works
- 10
Belgium
17 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead History, Culture, and Diplomacy research?
By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most History, Culture, and Diplomacy research, followed by University of Lisbon and Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance
72 works
- 2
University of LisbonPortugal
15 works
- 3
Universidade Nova de LisboaPortugal
12 works
- 4
Basque GovernmentSpain
10 works
- 5
Sorbonne UniversitéFrance
10 works
- 6
Université Paris NanterreFrance
9 works
- 7
University of CoimbraPortugal
8 works
- 8
École des hautes études en sciences socialesFrance
7 works
- 9
Université de LyonFrance
7 works
- 10
Université Grenoble AlpesFrance
7 works
Who are the leading researchers in History, Culture, and Diplomacy?
The most-cited researchers publishing on History, Culture, and Diplomacy include Pierre Bourdıeu.
- 1
Pierre Bourdıeu
France
268k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is History, Culture, and Diplomacy research done?
The largest centres of History, Culture, and Diplomacy research in 2022-now are Paris (France), Lisbon (Portugal), Madrid (Spain) and Lyon (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lisbon and Paris.
Largest cities, 2022-now
Where it is the local speciality
- LisbonPT · 39.6 works20×
- ParisFR · 95.6 works13×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in History, Culture, and Diplomacy than the world average.
Where is the best place to study History, Culture, and Diplomacy?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Lisbon, Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Sorbonne Université score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
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.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of LisbonPortugal |
89.2 | 10.9% | 25.7× | 15 | +21.4% |
| 2 | Universidade Nova de LisboaPortugal |
49.7 | 7.4% | 55.9× | 12 | +4.0% |
| 3 | Sorbonne UniversitéFrance |
41.6 | 8.6% | 19.1× | 10 | +43.5% |
| 4 | Université Paris NanterreFrance |
10.0 | 7.0% | 56.2× | 9 | +72.0% |
Universities only. The score blends citation 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 History, Culture, and Diplomacy, country by countryIs History, Culture, and Diplomacy research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are History, Culture, and Diplomacy.
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Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is History, Culture, and Diplomacy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0034% in 2024.
Fractional works of History, Culture, and Diplomacy 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.
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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