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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. 12.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of 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%
572
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+18%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations research?

By volume, Germany and the United States publish the most (359 and 71 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Germany 359 works
  2. 2 United States 71 works
  3. 3 Brazil 45 works
  4. 4 Russia 42 works
  5. 5 Italy 36 works
  6. 6 Austria 29 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 27 works
  8. 8 Spain 24 works
  9. 9 Poland 20 works
  10. 10 Switzerland 18 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: 53.5%United States: 10.6%Brazil: 6.8%Russia: 6.3%6 others listed: 22.9%53%largest
Germany359 · 53.5%United States71 · 10.6%Brazil45 · 6.8%Russia42 · 6.3%6 others listed154 · 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 2022–2025, University of Münster publishes the most Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations research, followed by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of MünsterGermany 20 works
  2. 2 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 17 works
  3. 3 Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergGermany 11 works
  4. 4 Freie Universität BerlinGermany 8 works
  5. 5 Friedrich Schiller University JenaGermany 8 works
  6. 6 University of FreiburgGermany 8 works
  7. 7 University of TübingenGermany 8 works
  8. 8 Goethe University FrankfurtGermany 7 works
  9. 9 University of CologneGermany 7 works
  10. 10 University of ViennaAustria 7 works

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

The most-cited researchers publishing on Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations include Christof Koch and Niklas Luhmann.

  1. 1 Christof Koch United States 2.4k citations
  2. 2 Niklas Luhmann Germany 2.3k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations research done?

The largest centres of Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations research in 2022–2025 are Munich (Germany), Berlin (Germany), Münster (Germany) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Münster.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Munich Germany 30 works
  2. 2 Berlin Germany 26 works
  3. 3 Münster Germany 21 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 17 works
  5. 5 Frankfurt am Main Germany 15 works
  6. 6 Cologne Germany 15 works
  7. 7 Vienna Austria 14 works
  8. 8 Madrid Spain 12 works
  9. 9 Halle Germany 11 works
  10. 10 Zurich Switzerland 9 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MünsterDE · 21.1 works42×
← 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 Münster and Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg 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%5%10%15%mean 8.1%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München: 17, 12.0%University of Münster: 20, 10.2%Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg: 11, 6.3%Freie Universität Berlin: 8, 3.9%Ludwig-Maximilians-U…University of MünsterMartin Luther Univer…Freie Universität Be…
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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 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 61.912.0%31.8×17 +105.7%
2 University of MünsterGermany 43.310.2%65.8×20 +58.8%
3 Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergGermany 33.06.3%71.6×11 +336.4%
4 Freie Universität BerlinGermany 6.83.9%25.3×8 +78.0%

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 Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations.

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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.