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Indian History and Philosophy

Indian History and Philosophy is a research topic within Philosophy. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the philosophy and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, focusing on nonviolent resistance, social justice, environmental ethics, and global politics. It delves into Gandhian principles of conflict resolution, peacebuilding, and civil resistance, examining their relevance in contemporary society and their impact on human rights.

  • Gandhi
  • Nonviolence
  • Philosophy
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Global Politics
  • Social Justice
  • Environmental Ethics
  • Peacebuilding
  • Civil Resistance
  • Human Rights
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+59%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
67% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Indian History and Philosophy

Which countries lead Indian History and Philosophy research?

By volume, India and the United States publish the most (2.5k and 632 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 2.5k works
  2. 2 United States 632 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 155 works
  4. 4 Pakistan 109 works
  5. 5 Nepal 80 works
  6. 6 Australia 52 works
  7. 7 China 50 works
  8. 8 Canada 47 works
  9. 9 Russia 46 works
  10. 10 Germany 38 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.

India: 67.4%United States: 17.1%United Kingdom: 4.2%Pakistan: 2.9%6 others listed: 8.4%67%largest
India2,498 · 67.4%United States632 · 17.1%United Kingdom155 · 4.2%Pakistan109 · 2.9%6 others listed312 · 8.4%

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

Which institutions lead Indian History and Philosophy research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Delhi publishes the most Indian History and Philosophy research, followed by G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce College and Tribhuvan University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of DelhiIndia 94 works
  2. 2 G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce CollegeIndia 51 works
  3. 3 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 47 works
  4. 4 Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityIndia 47 works
  5. 5 Bharathidasan UniversityIndia 29 works
  6. 6 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 26 works
  7. 7 Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia 24 works
  8. 8 University of AllahabadIndia 23 works
  9. 9 Jamia Millia IslamiaIndia 21 works
  10. 10 University of RajasthanIndia 21 works

Who are the leading researchers in Indian History and Philosophy?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Indian History and Philosophy include Sudhir Kumar, Noam Chomsky and Amartya Kumar Sen.

  1. 1 Sudhir Kumar United States 295k citations
  2. 2 Noam Chomsky United States 141k citations
  3. 3 Amartya Kumar Sen United States 117k citations
  4. 4 Judith Butler United States 116k citations
  5. 5 Francis Fukuyama United States 110k 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 Indian History and Philosophy?

The most cited paper in Indian History and Philosophy is "Cultural Violence" (Johan Galtung, 1990), with 1,961 citations. Next come "Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny" (1,334) and "Orientalism and Religion: Postcolonial Theory, India and the 'Mystic East'" (853).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cultural Violence Johan Galtung · Journal of Peace Research Aug 1990 1,961
2 Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny G. John Ikenberry, Amartya Kumar Sen · Foreign Affairs 2006 1,334
3 Orientalism and Religion: Postcolonial Theory, India and the 'Mystic East' Philip Goodchild · Religion Jul 2000 853
4 Servant-leadership in organizations: Inspirational and moral Jill W. Graham · The Leadership Quarterly Jun 1991 706
5 War before Civilization: The Myth of the Peaceful Savage R. Brian Ferguson · American Anthropologist Open access Jun 1997 592
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Where is Indian History and Philosophy research done?

The largest centres of Indian History and Philosophy research in 2022-now are New Delhi (India), Kolkata (India), Bengaluru (India) and Chennai (India).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 New DelhiIndia 252 works
  2. 2 KolkataIndia 118 works
  3. 3 BengaluruIndia 102 works
  4. 4 ChennaiIndia 65 works
  5. 5 JaipurIndia 63 works
  6. 6 New YorkUnited States 62 works
  7. 7 KathmanduNepal 59 works
  8. 8 PuneIndia 58 works
  9. 9 AkolaIndia 51 works
  10. 10 MumbaiIndia 50 works
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Where is the best place to study Indian History and Philosophy?

Among universities, judged by research, Elizabethtown College, Poornaprajna Institute of Scientific Research and University of Delhi 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%50%100%mean 25.27%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Elizabethtown CollegePoornaprajna Institu…Jawaharlal Nehru Uni…University of Delhi
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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.

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
1Elizabethtown CollegeUnited States 76.877.6%261.2×14 +428.1%
2Poornaprajna Institute of Scientific ResearchIndia 58.748.3%300.1×18 -
3University of DelhiIndia 56.55.5%37.4×94 +54.2%
4Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityIndia 52.515.7%66.6×47 +31.7%
5Flame UniversityIndia 51.032.3%134.2×13 -
6Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 48.44.8%16.7×47 +204.4%
7G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce CollegeIndia 46.13.6%82.2×51 +226.4%
8Mangalore UniversityIndia 44.628.8%27.8×13 +672.2%
9Christ UniversityIndia 44.019.1%14.9×19 +161.1%
10Annamalai UniversityIndia 43.417.0%27.8×20 +283.3%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Indian History and Philosophy, country by country

Is Indian History and Philosophy research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 59% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Indian History and Philosophy.

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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 Indian History and Philosophy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.016% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Indian History and Philosophy0.019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Indian History and Philosophy 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%Indian History and Philosophy10.1% 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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