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Interdisciplinary Studies: Technology, Society, and Humanities

Interdisciplinary Studies: Technology, Society, and Humanities is a research topic within History and Philosophy of Science. Science Explorer counts 994 research works in it since 1968. 10.1% 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 studies, spanning topics from big data and digital technology to ethics, education, cultural studies, political science, and neuroscience. It reflects a diverse exploration of human knowledge and its intersection with technological advancements.

  • Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Humanities
  • Social Sciences
  • Big Data
  • Ethics
  • Education
  • Cultural Studies
  • Political Science
  • Neuroscience
  • Digital Technology
Research works
994
fractional, since 1968
In the world top 10%
101
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+114%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
35% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Interdisciplinary Studies: Technology, Society, and Humanities

Which countries lead Interdisciplinary Studies: Technology, Society, and Humanities research?

By volume, the United States and Germany publish the most (137 and 67 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 137 works
  2. 2 Germany 67 works
  3. 3 Russia 39 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 32 works
  5. 5 Spain 29 works
  6. 6 Poland 24 works
  7. 7 Italy 22 works
  8. 8 Ukraine 16 works
  9. 9 India 11 works
  10. 10 Austria 10 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.

United States: 35.3%Germany: 17.3%Russia: 9.9%United Kingdom: 8.2%6 others listed: 29.3%35%largest
United States137 · 35.3%Germany67 · 17.3%Russia39 · 9.9%United Kingdom32 · 8.2%6 others listed113 · 29.3%

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

Which institutions lead Interdisciplinary Studies: Technology, Society, and Humanities research?

By volume in 2022-now, Artistic Realization Technologies publishes the most Interdisciplinary Studies: Technology, Society, and Humanities research, followed by CHDI Foundation and Weatherford College.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Artistic Realization TechnologiesUnited States 10 works
  2. 2 CHDI FoundationUnited States 9 works
  3. 3 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 6 works
  4. 4 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 4 works
  5. 5 Hexagon (United Kingdom)United Kingdom 4 works
  6. 6 University of LausanneSwitzerland 4 works
  7. 7 University of Naples Federico IIItaly 3 works
  8. 8 Catholic University of Eichstätt-IngolstadtGermany 3 works
  9. 9 Liberty UniversityUnited States 3 works
  10. 10 Human Growth FoundationUnited States 3 works

Who are the leading researchers in Interdisciplinary Studies: Technology, Society, and Humanities?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Interdisciplinary Studies: Technology, Society, and Humanities include Dirk Helbing.

  1. 1 Dirk Helbing Switzerland 68k 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 Interdisciplinary Studies: Technology, Society, and Humanities?

The most cited paper in Interdisciplinary Studies: Technology, Society, and Humanities is "Artificial intelligence and natural man" (J.M. Brady, 1978), with 395 citations. Next come "Technology and the character of contemporary life: A philosophical inquiry" (206) and "Ethics in Technological Culture: A Programmatic Proposal for a Pragmatist Approach" (177).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Artificial intelligence and natural man J.M. Brady · Artificial Intelligence Dec 1978 395
2 Technology and the character of contemporary life: A philosophical inquiry Paul T. Durbin, Flash Fiasco · Continental Philosophy Review Mar 1988 206
3 Ethics in Technological Culture: A Programmatic Proposal for a Pragmatist Approach Jozef Keulartz, Maartje Schermer, Michiel Korthals et al. · Science Technology & Human Values Open access 2004 177
4 Procedure for Defining the System of Objectives in the Initial Phase of an Industry 4.0 Project Focusing on Intelligent Quality Control Systems Albert Albers, Bartosz Gladysz, Tobias Pinner et al. · Procedia CIRP Open access 2016 155
5 Psychological Implications of Modern Technologies: “Technofobia” versus “Technophilia” Maria-Elena Osiceanu · Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences Conference paperOpen access May 2015 147
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Where is Interdisciplinary Studies: Technology, Society, and Humanities research done?

The largest centres of Interdisciplinary Studies: Technology, Society, and Humanities research in 2022-now are New York (United States), Moscow (Russia), Princeton Meadows (United States) and Madrid (Spain).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 New YorkUnited States 15 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 14 works
  3. 3 Princeton MeadowsUnited States 10 works
  4. 4 MadridSpain 8 works
  5. 5 RomeItaly 6 works
  6. 6 KharkivUkraine 6 works
  7. 7 LondonUnited Kingdom 6 works
  8. 8 WeatherfordUnited States 6 works
  9. 9 Washington D.C.United States 5 works
  10. 10 MunichGermany 5 works
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Is Interdisciplinary Studies: Technology, Society, and Humanities research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 114% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Interdisciplinary Studies: Technology, Society, and Humanities.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Interdisciplinary Studies: Technology, Society, and Humanities as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00099% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Interdisciplinary Studies: Technology, Society, and Humanities 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%Interdisciplinary Studies: Technology, Society, and Humanities10.2% in 20252020

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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