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Hume's philosophy and hair distribution

Hume's philosophy and hair distribution is a research topic within General Social Sciences. Science Explorer counts 2.9k research works in it since 1950. 10.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of interdisciplinary topics including linguistics, law, anthropology, education, philosophy, migration, psychology, sociology, cultural heritage, and forensic science. The papers explore various aspects within these disciplines and their intersection with each other.

  • linguistics
  • law
  • anthropology
  • education
  • philosophy
  • migration
  • psychology
  • sociology
  • cultural heritage
  • forensic science
Research works
2.9k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
304
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+49%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Brazil
31% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Hume's philosophy and hair distribution

Which countries lead Hume's philosophy and hair distribution research?

By volume, Brazil and Italy publish the most (193 and 117 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Brazil 193 works
  2. 2 Italy 117 works
  3. 3 France 77 works
  4. 4 Spain 53 works
  5. 5 United States 53 works
  6. 6 Argentina 45 works
  7. 7 Germany 35 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 16 works
  9. 9 Mexico 16 works
  10. 10 Canada 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.

Brazil: 31.0%Italy: 18.8%France: 12.5%Spain: 8.6%6 others listed: 29.1%31%largest
Brazil193 · 31.0%Italy117 · 18.8%France77 · 12.5%Spain53 · 8.6%6 others listed181 · 29.1%

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

Which institutions lead Hume's philosophy and hair distribution research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Ferrara publishes the most Hume's philosophy and hair distribution research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Universidad de Buenos Aires.

Who are the leading researchers in Hume's philosophy and hair distribution?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Hume's philosophy and hair distribution include David Hume and Jean Piaget.

  1. 1 David Hume Australia 107k citations
  2. 2 Jean Piaget Switzerland 104k 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 Hume's philosophy and hair distribution?

The most cited paper in Hume's philosophy and hair distribution is "CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF BODY HAIR GROWTH IN WOMEN" (DAVID G. FERRIMAN, J. D. GALLWEY, 1961), with 2,522 citations. Next come "On some gestures' relation to talk" (490) and "A Progress of Sentiments. Reflections on Hume's Treatise." (281).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF BODY HAIR GROWTH IN WOMEN DAVID G. FERRIMAN, J. D. GALLWEY · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Nov 1961 2,522
2 On some gestures' relation to talk Emanuel A. Schegloff · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 4 Apr 1985 490
3 A Progress of Sentiments. Reflections on Hume's Treatise. Peter M. Jones, Annette C. Baier · The Philosophical Quarterly 1993 281
4 Early prenatal attainment of adult metacarpal‐phalangeal rankings and proportions Stanley Marion Garn, Alphonse R. Burdi, William J. Babler et al. · American Journal of Physical Anthropology Open access Nov 1975 237
5 Congenital ring-constrictions Tiffany Patterson · British Journal of Plastic Surgery 1961 223
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Where is Hume's philosophy and hair distribution research done?

The largest centres of Hume's philosophy and hair distribution research in 2022-now are Ferrara (Italy), Paris (France), São Paulo (Brazil) and Buenos Aires (Argentina). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ferrara.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 FerraraItaly 27 works
  2. 2 ParisFrance 25 works
  3. 3 São PauloBrazil 22 works
  4. 4 Buenos AiresArgentina 20 works
  5. 5 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 18 works
  6. 6 RomeItaly 16 works
  7. 7 MadridSpain 15 works
  8. 8 CuritibaBrazil 12 works
  9. 9 Belo HorizonteBrazil 11 works
  10. 10 MilanItaly 8 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. FerraraIT · 26.9 works174×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Hume's philosophy and hair distribution than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Hume's philosophy and hair distribution?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Ferrara and Universidad de Buenos Aires 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.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of FerraraItaly 85.07.2%230.2×27 -
2Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 10.04.3%35.2×10 +159.3%

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 Hume's philosophy and hair distribution, country by country

Is Hume's philosophy and hair distribution research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 49% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Hume's philosophy and hair distribution.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Hume's philosophy and hair distribution as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0025% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Hume's philosophy and hair distribution 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 counting10%20%Hume's philosophy and hair distribution9.1% in 2025200020102020

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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