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Literary and Philosophical Studies

Literary and Philosophical Studies is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 3.9k research works in it since 1951. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

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Research works
3.9k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
393
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+3%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
27% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Literary and Philosophical Studies

Which countries lead Literary and Philosophical Studies research?

By volume, Spain and Brazil publish the most (213 and 136 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 213 works
  2. 2 Brazil 136 works
  3. 3 Mexico 99 works
  4. 4 Argentina 88 works
  5. 5 United States 62 works
  6. 6 Peru 53 works
  7. 7 France 47 works
  8. 8 Chile 42 works
  9. 9 Italy 24 works
  10. 10 Colombia 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.

Spain: 27.1%Brazil: 17.3%Mexico: 12.6%Argentina: 11.2%6 others listed: 31.9%27%largest
Spain213 · 27.1%Brazil136 · 17.3%Mexico99 · 12.6%Argentina88 · 11.2%6 others listed250 · 31.9%

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

Which institutions lead Literary and Philosophical Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México publishes the most Literary and Philosophical Studies research, followed by National University of San Marcos and Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 26 works
  2. 2 National University of San MarcosPeru 22 works
  3. 3 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 18 works
  4. 4 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 18 works
  5. 5 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 15 works
  6. 6 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 13 works
  7. 7 Universidad de SevillaSpain 12 works
  8. 8 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 11 works
  9. 9 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 10 works
  10. 10 Universidad de GranadaSpain 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Literary and Philosophical Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Literary and Philosophical Studies include Michel Foucault, A. Castro and Raymond Williams.

  1. 1 Michel Foucault France 208k citations
  2. 2 A. Castro France 59k citations
  3. 3 Raymond Williams United States 36k 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 Literary and Philosophical Studies?

The most cited paper in Literary and Philosophical Studies is "Temples of the Earthbound Gods: Stadiums in the Cultural Landscapes of Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires" (Richard Hunter, 2010), with 96 citations. Next come "Crumbs" (92) and "Sons and lovers: sexuality and gender in Virgil's poetry" (83).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Temples of the Earthbound Gods: Stadiums in the Cultural Landscapes of Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires Richard Hunter · Journal of Cultural Geography Jun 2010 96
2 Crumbs Daniel A. Epstein, Felicia Cordeiro, James A. Fogarty et al. Conference paperOpen access 5 May 2016 92
3 Sons and lovers: sexuality and gender in Virgil's poetry Ellen Oliensis · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 2 Oct 1997 83
4 GOFFMAN, Erving. Manicômios, Prisões e Conventos. Tradução de Dante Moreira Leite. 7ª edição. São Paulo: Editora Perspectiva, 2001. Nádia Cuiabano Kunze · Revista HISTEDBR On-line Open access 29 Oct 2012 77
5 Los señores presidentes y los guerrilleros: The New and the Old Guatemalan Novel (1976-1982) Seymour Menton · Latin American Research Review Open access 1984 66
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Where is Literary and Philosophical Studies research done?

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

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 55 works
  2. 2 Mexico CityMexico 46 works
  3. 3 LimaPeru 42 works
  4. 4 Buenos AiresArgentina 37 works
  5. 5 São PauloBrazil 26 works
  6. 6 SantiagoChile 23 works
  7. 7 SevilleSpain 18 works
  8. 8 BarcelonaSpain 18 works
  9. 9 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 14 works
  10. 10 San JoséCosta Rica 12 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LimaPE · 41.6 works34×
  2. Buenos AiresAR · 36.7 works21×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Literary and Philosophical Studies than the world average.

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

Among universities, judged by research, National University of San Marcos, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Universidad de Buenos Aires 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%mean 9.41111%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad Nacional…Universidad de Bueno…National University …Universitat de Barce…
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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
1National University of San MarcosPeru 84.49.5%108.8×22 +90.8%
2Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 79.111.7%31.6×26 +31.8%
3Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 74.211.2%54.5×18 -18.6%
4Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 71.78.3%16.7×10 -0.5%
5Universidad de SevillaSpain 61.69.8%25.7×12 +148.8%
6Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 61.59.5%25.6×18 +4.2%
7Universidad de GranadaSpain 41.19.1%22.3×10 +60.6%
8Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina 23.77.8%50.9×8 +21.6%
9Universidade de São PauloBrazil 18.77.8%6.7×11 -11.7%

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 Literary and Philosophical Studies, country by country

Is Literary and Philosophical Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Literary and Philosophical Studies.

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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 Literary and Philosophical Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0028% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Literary and Philosophical Studies 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%Literary and Philosophical Studies9.7% 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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