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Italian Fascism and Post-war Society

Italian Fascism and Post-war Society is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1950. 7.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the history, ideology, and impact of fascism and totalitarianism in Europe, with a particular focus on Italy. It delves into topics such as colonialism, religion, nationalism, gender, propaganda, and collective memory within the context of fascist and totalitarian regimes.

  • Fascism
  • Totalitarianism
  • Italy
  • Colonialism
  • Religion
  • Identity
  • Nationalism
  • Gender
  • Propaganda
  • Memory
Research works
25k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+18%
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Which countries lead Italian Fascism and Post-war Society research?

By volume, Italy and the United States publish the most (1.2k and 904 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Italy 1.2k works
  2. 2 United States 904 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 467 works
  4. 4 France 330 works
  5. 5 Spain 161 works
  6. 6 Germany 157 works
  7. 7 Canada 137 works
  8. 8 Brazil 91 works
  9. 9 Russia 73 works
  10. 10 Australia 71 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.

Italy: 33.9%United States: 25.0%United Kingdom: 12.9%France: 9.1%6 others listed: 19.1%34%largest
Italy1,226 · 33.9%United States904 · 25.0%United Kingdom467 · 12.9%France330 · 9.1%6 others listed689 · 19.1%

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

Which institutions lead Italian Fascism and Post-war Society research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Milan publishes the most Italian Fascism and Post-war Society research, followed by University of Bologna and University of Florence.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of MilanItaly 90 works
  2. 2 University of BolognaItaly 88 works
  3. 3 University of FlorenceItaly 67 works
  4. 4 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 65 works
  5. 5 University of TurinItaly 52 works
  6. 6 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 52 works
  7. 7 University of PaduaItaly 44 works
  8. 8 University of TorontoCanada 37 works
  9. 9 University of SienaItaly 33 works
  10. 10 Film IndependentUnited States 33 works

Where is Italian Fascism and Post-war Society research done?

The largest centres of Italian Fascism and Post-war Society research in 2022–2025 are Rome (Italy), Milan (Italy), Paris (France) and Bologna (Italy). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Venice, Siena and Florence.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Rome Italy 189 works
  2. 2 Milan Italy 146 works
  3. 3 Paris France 115 works
  4. 4 Bologna Italy 96 works
  5. 5 Florence Italy 94 works
  6. 6 London United Kingdom 94 works
  7. 7 New York United States 76 works
  8. 8 Venice Italy 64 works
  9. 9 Turin Italy 62 works
  10. 10 Toronto Canada 50 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. VeniceIT · 63.6 works44×
  2. SienaIT · 39.5 works39×
  3. FlorenceIT · 94.0 works26×
  4. BolognaIT · 95.6 works21×
  5. NanterreFR · 24.9 works19×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Italian Fascism and Post-war Society than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Italian Fascism and Post-war Society?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Turku, University of Bologna and Scuola Normale Superiore 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%20%40%mean 11.29%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Turku: 12, 33.8%University of Bologna: 88, 9.3%Scuola Normale Superiore: 18, 20.3%University of Florence: 66, 6.0%University of Padua: 44, 6.1%University of Milan: 90, 2.3%Sapienza University of Rome: 65, 4.3%Oxford Brookes University: 12, 25.2%Ca' Foscari University of Venice: 52, 1.1%University of Turin: 52, 4.5%University of TurkuScuola Normale Super…University of BolognaUniversity of Florence
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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 TurkuFinland 81.033.8%9.8×12 +243.1%
2 University of BolognaItaly 68.19.3%25.2×88 +91.7%
3 Scuola Normale SuperioreItaly 64.120.3%69.6×18 +84.7%
4 University of FlorenceItaly 63.66.0%29.4×66 +118.4%
5 University of PaduaItaly 62.56.1%12.7×44 +134.2%
6 University of MilanItaly 62.02.3%32.2×90 +90.6%
7 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 61.74.3%13.4×65 +130.8%
8 Oxford Brookes UniversityUnited Kingdom 61.325.2%33.0×12 +16.0%
9 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 60.31.1%49.2×52 +423.1%
10 University of TurinItaly 60.14.5%24.8×52 +95.1%

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 Italian Fascism and Post-war Society research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Italian Fascism and Post-war Society.

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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.