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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. 13.8% 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%
486
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+23%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead History, Culture, and Diplomacy research?

By volume, France and the United States publish the most (252 and 72 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 France 252 works
  2. 2 United States 72 works
  3. 3 Spain 66 works
  4. 4 Portugal 47 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 45 works
  6. 6 Brazil 39 works
  7. 7 Germany 32 works
  8. 8 Italy 27 works
  9. 9 Canada 18 works
  10. 10 Belgium 15 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.

France: 41.1%United States: 11.8%Spain: 10.7%Portugal: 7.6%6 others listed: 28.7%41%largest
France252 · 41.1%United States72 · 11.8%Spain66 · 10.7%Portugal47 · 7.6%6 others listed176 · 28.7%

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

Which institutions lead History, Culture, and Diplomacy research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Lisbon publishes the most History, Culture, and Diplomacy research, followed by Basque Government and Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of LisbonPortugal 11 works
  2. 2 Basque GovernmentSpain 9 works
  3. 3 Universidade Nova de LisboaPortugal 9 works
  4. 4 Université Paris NanterreFrance 8 works
  5. 5 École des hautes études en sciences socialesFrance 7 works
  6. 6 Sorbonne UniversitéFrance 6 works
  7. 7 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 5 works
  8. 8 University of CoimbraPortugal 5 works
  9. 9 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 5 works
  10. 10 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneFrance 5 works

Where is History, Culture, and Diplomacy research done?

The largest centres of History, Culture, and Diplomacy research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Paris France 85 works
  2. 2 Lisbon Portugal 30 works
  3. 3 Madrid Spain 16 works
  4. 4 Lyon France 14 works
  5. 5 Nanterre France 11 works
  6. 6 Toulouse France 10 works
  7. 7 London United Kingdom 10 works
  8. 8 Vitoria-Gasteiz Spain 9 works
  9. 9 Rennes France 9 works
  10. 10 São Paulo Brazil 7 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LisbonPT · 29.7 works17×
  2. ParisFR · 85.1 works13×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in History, Culture, and Diplomacy than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study History, Culture, and Diplomacy?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Lisbon 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.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of LisbonPortugal 52.914.1%25.2×11 +214.3%
2 Universidade Nova de LisboaPortugal 37.918.5%40.6×9 +400.0%

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 History, Culture, and Diplomacy research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are History, Culture, and Diplomacy.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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