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Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations

Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations is a research topic within Philosophy. Science Explorer counts 4.6k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics in philosophy, ethics, education, psychosomatic medicine, and history. It includes discussions on metaphysics, Kantian philosophy, Bildung, human dignity, and the intersection of sociology with various philosophical concepts. The cluster reflects a diverse exploration of philosophical and ethical studies.

  • Metaphysics
  • Ethics
  • Philosophy
  • Education
  • Psychosomatic Medicine
  • History
  • Human Dignity
  • Kant
  • Bildung
  • Sociology
Research works
4.6k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
467
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+22%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Germany
53% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations

Which countries lead Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations research?

By volume, Germany and the United States publish the most (451 and 94 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Germany 451 works
  2. 2 United States 94 works
  3. 3 Brazil 59 works
  4. 4 Russia 47 works
  5. 5 Italy 44 works
  6. 6 Austria 39 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 32 works
  8. 8 Spain 30 works
  9. 9 Switzerland 25 works
  10. 10 Poland 23 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.

Germany: 53.3%United States: 11.1%Brazil: 7.0%Russia: 5.6%6 others listed: 22.9%53%largest
Germany451 · 53.3%United States94 · 11.1%Brazil59 · 7.0%Russia47 · 5.6%6 others listed193 · 22.9%

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

Which institutions lead Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Münster publishes the most Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations research, followed by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and University of Cologne.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of MünsterGermany 24 works
  2. 2 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 21 works
  3. 3 University of CologneGermany 12 works
  4. 4 Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergGermany 11 works
  5. 5 Ruhr University BochumGermany 10 works
  6. 6 Goethe University FrankfurtGermany 10 works
  7. 7 Freie Universität BerlinGermany 10 works
  8. 8 Friedrich Schiller University JenaGermany 9 works
  9. 9 University of FreiburgGermany 9 works
  10. 10 University of TübingenGermany 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations include Michel Foucault, Christof Koch and James J. Collins.

  1. 1 Michel Foucault France 208k citations
  2. 2 Christof Koch United States 137k citations
  3. 3 James J. Collins United States 118k citations
  4. 4 Judith Butler United States 116k citations
  5. 5 David Hume Australia 107k 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 Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations?

The most cited paper in Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations is "Reality: The Search for Objectivity or the Quest for a Compelling Argument" (Humberto R. Maturana, 1988), with 822 citations. Next come "An answer to the question: What is enlightenment? (1784)" (511) and "KANT'S SECOND THOUGHTS ON RACE" (476).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Reality: The Search for Objectivity or the Quest for a Compelling Argument Humberto R. Maturana · The Irish Journal of Psychology 1988 822
2 An answer to the question: What is enlightenment? (1784) Immanuel Kant, Allen W. Wood · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 18 Jun 2012 511
3 KANT'S SECOND THOUGHTS ON RACE Pauline Kleingeld · The Philosophical Quarterly Open access 2 Apr 2007 476
4 The Phenomenological Movement and Research in the Human Sciences Amedeo Giorgi · Nursing Science Quarterly Dec 2004 373
5 Kritik der praktischen Vernunft (1788) Gerd Irrlitz · J.B. Metzler eBooks Book chapter 2010 351
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Where is Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations research done?

The largest centres of Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations research in 2022-now are Munich (Germany), Berlin (Germany), Münster (Germany) and Cologne (Germany). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Münster.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MunichGermany 37 works
  2. 2 BerlinGermany 32 works
  3. 3 MünsterGermany 26 works
  4. 4 CologneGermany 20 works
  5. 5 MoscowRussia 19 works
  6. 6 Frankfurt am MainGermany 18 works
  7. 7 ViennaAustria 18 works
  8. 8 HamburgGermany 15 works
  9. 9 MadridSpain 14 works
  10. 10 HalleGermany 11 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MünsterDE · 26.1 works41×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations?

Among universities, judged by research, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, University of Wuppertal and University of Münster 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 12.37%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Wupper…University of PotsdamLudwig-Maximilians-U…University of Münster
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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
1Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 67.513.4%24.3×21 +50.6%
2University of WuppertalGermany 51.121.2%58.8×8 +13.6%
3University of MünsterGermany 48.34.9%57.0×24 +197.5%
4University of PotsdamGermany 45.616.1%38.6×9 +28.1%
5Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergGermany 45.27.1%57.3×11 +65.8%
6Goethe University FrankfurtGermany 43.319.2%22.7×10 +4.7%
7University of ViennaAustria 41.113.5%18.2×9 +9.7%
8University of CologneGermany 40.17.6%27.1×12 +120.0%
9Ruhr University BochumGermany 37.410.5%25.7×10 +87.6%
10Friedrich Schiller University JenaGermany 34.010.2%30.2×9 +219.7%

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 Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations, country by country

Is Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations.

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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 Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0041% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations0.0058% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations 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%Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations9.6% 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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