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History, Culture, and Society

History, Culture, and Society is a research topic within Speech and Hearing. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1950. 4.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on improving elderly care, social support systems, and healthcare methodologies. It explores the impact of nursing practices, community participation, and public policy on the quality of life for the aging population. Additionally, it delves into cultural heritage and historical memory related to elderly care.

  • Elderly Care
  • Social Support
  • Healthcare Methodologies
  • Quality of Life
  • Aging Population
  • Community Participation
  • Nursing Practices
  • Cultural Heritage
  • Public Policy
  • Historical Memory
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
464
per year above
Top-10% rate
4.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+14%
the tick is no change

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead History, Culture, and Society research?

By volume, Brazil and Portugal publish the most (1.1k and 308 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 1.1k works
  2. 2 Portugal 308 works
  3. 3 Spain 144 works
  4. 4 France 139 works
  5. 5 United States 59 works
  6. 6 Chile 40 works
  7. 7 Argentina 37 works
  8. 8 Mexico 30 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 21 works
  10. 10 Italy 21 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.

Brazil: 58.6%Portugal: 15.9%Spain: 7.4%France: 7.2%6 others listed: 10.8%59%largest
Brazil1,131 · 58.6%Portugal308 · 15.9%Spain144 · 7.4%France139 · 7.2%6 others listed208 · 10.8%

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

Which institutions lead History, Culture, and Society research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most History, Culture, and Society research, followed by University of Lisbon and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 82 works
  2. 2 University of LisbonPortugal 43 works
  3. 3 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 39 works
  4. 4 Universidade Nova de LisboaPortugal 38 works
  5. 5 University of CoimbraPortugal 37 works
  6. 6 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 37 works
  7. 7 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 31 works
  8. 8 Universidade do Estado de Santa CatarinaBrazil 31 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 29 works
  10. 10 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 28 works

Where is History, Culture, and Society research done?

The largest centres of History, Culture, and Society research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Lisbon (Portugal), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Florianópolis (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Coimbra and Lisbon.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 221 works
  2. 2 Lisbon Portugal 148 works
  3. 3 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 135 works
  4. 4 Florianópolis Brazil 54 works
  5. 5 Paris France 49 works
  6. 6 Belo Horizonte Brazil 44 works
  7. 7 Madrid Spain 44 works
  8. 8 Brasília Brazil 42 works
  9. 9 Coimbra Portugal 41 works
  10. 10 Campinas Brazil 40 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CoimbraPT · 41.2 works35×
  2. LisbonPT · 147.6 works31×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in History, Culture, and Society than the world average.

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

Among universities, judged by research, University of Lisbon, Universidade Federal do Ceará and Universidade Estadual de Maringá 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%10%20%mean 9.36%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Lisbon: 43, 4.9%Universidade Federal do Ceará: 11, 13.5%Universidade Estadual de Maringá: 8, 17.7%Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto: 8, 20.2%Universidade de Brasília: 27, 9.2%Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP): 37, 7.8%Universidade de São Paulo: 82, 3.5%Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais: 29, 6.7%Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina: 31, 3.2%University of Minho: 19, 6.9%Universidade Federal…Universidade Estadua…Universidade Federal…University of Lisbon
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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 University of LisbonPortugal 65.74.9%34.9×43 +207.7%
2 Universidade Federal do CearáBrazil 63.713.5%12.6×11 +205.3%
3 Universidade Estadual de MaringáBrazil 63.217.7%16.2×8 +145.3%
4 Universidade Federal de Ouro PretoBrazil 62.920.2%30.5×8 +84.8%
5 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 60.29.2%23.7×27 +127.2%
6 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 58.97.8%24.3×37 +90.0%
7 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 56.43.5%23.3×82 +37.4%
8 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 54.46.7%19.5×29 +89.0%
9 Universidade do Estado de Santa CatarinaBrazil 54.13.2%90.0×31 +161.6%
10 University of MinhoPortugal 54.06.9%27.2×19 +99.4%

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 Society research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2018. The fastest-growing topics are History, Culture, and Society.

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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.

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.