Question 1

Which countries lead Literary and Cultural Studies research?

Accepted Answer

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (628 and 290 works in 2022-now).

Question 2

Which institutions lead Literary and Cultural Studies research?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Complutense de Madrid publishes the most Literary and Cultural Studies research, followed by Universidad de Buenos Aires and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Question 3

Who are the leading researchers in Literary and Cultural Studies?

Accepted Answer

The most-cited researchers publishing on Literary and Cultural Studies include Pierre Bourdıeu, Michel Foucault and Noam Chomsky.

Question 4

Where is Literary and Cultural Studies research done?

Accepted Answer

The largest centres of Literary and Cultural Studies research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Mexico City (Mexico) and Lima (Peru). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Caracas, La Plata and Valladolid.

Question 5

Where is the best place to study Literary and Cultural Studies?

Accepted Answer

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia and University of Alicante score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

Question 6

Is Literary and Cultural Studies research growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2019.

Question 7

What are the most cited papers in Literary and Cultural Studies?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper in Literary and Cultural Studies is "The Routledge Handbook of Multimodal Analysis" (Charles J. Forceville, 2010), with 1,660 citations. Next come "Epistemología, metodología y técnicas del análisis de contenido" (359) and "Metaphor in Organizational Research: Context, Modalities and Implications for Research — Introduction" (311).