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Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics

Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics is a research topic within Literature and Literary Theory. Science Explorer counts 8.9k research works in it since 1950. 8.6% 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 related to literary theory, cultural hermeneutics, and critical analysis. It includes discussions on semiotics, post-colonial transformation, feminism, Marxism, narratology, intersectionality, and psychoanalysis. The papers explore the concepts of self and the other, power dynamics, gendered subjectivities, and the impact of colonialism on literature and culture.

  • Literary Theory
  • Cultural Hermeneutics
  • Semiotics
  • Post-Colonialism
  • Feminism
  • Marxism
  • Narratology
  • Intersectionality
  • Colonial Literature
  • Psychoanalysis
Research works
8.9k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
769
per year above
Top-10% rate
8.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+92%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics research?

By volume, Indonesia and India publish the most (731 and 354 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 731 works
  2. 2 India 354 works
  3. 3 Pakistan 199 works
  4. 4 China 145 works
  5. 5 Nigeria 104 works
  6. 6 Iraq 104 works
  7. 7 United States 99 works
  8. 8 Iran 67 works
  9. 9 Nepal 47 works
  10. 10 ?? 42 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.

Indonesia: 38.6%India: 18.7%Pakistan: 10.5%China: 7.7%6 others listed: 24.5%39%largest
Indonesia731 · 38.6%India354 · 18.7%Pakistan199 · 10.5%China145 · 7.7%6 others listed463 · 24.5%

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

Which institutions lead Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Mulawarman University publishes the most Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics research, followed by Tribhuvan University and Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Mulawarman UniversityIndonesia 34 works
  2. 2 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 28 works
  3. 3 Universitas Mahasaraswati DenpasarIndonesia 22 works
  4. 4 Manado State UniversityIndonesia 22 works
  5. 5 Udayana UniversityIndonesia 18 works
  6. 6 State University of SemarangIndonesia 18 works
  7. 7 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 17 works
  8. 8 State University of MedanIndonesia 16 works
  9. 9 University of TikritIraq 14 works
  10. 10 Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University BandungIndonesia 14 works

Where is Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics research done?

The largest centres of Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics research in 2022–2025 are Medan (Indonesia), Yogyakarta (Indonesia), Surabaya (Indonesia) and Bandung (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kelurahan Tounsaru, Samarinda and Erbil.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Medan Indonesia 69 works
  2. 2 Yogyakarta Indonesia 54 works
  3. 3 Surabaya Indonesia 54 works
  4. 4 Bandung Indonesia 52 works
  5. 5 Denpasar Indonesia 50 works
  6. 6 Semarang Indonesia 41 works
  7. 7 Lahore Pakistan 36 works
  8. 8 Samarinda Indonesia 35 works
  9. 9 Kathmandu Nepal 34 works
  10. 10 Jakarta Indonesia 33 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Kelurahan TounsaruID · 21.7 works38×
  2. SamarindaID · 34.9 works29×
  3. ErbilIQ · 23.5 works24×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Tikrit, Manado State University and National University of Modern Languages 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 22.41%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Tikrit: 14, 40.5%Manado State University: 22, 32.7%National University of Modern Languages: 9, 31.9%State University of Semarang: 18, 11.3%Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar: 22, 19.7%Universitas Jember: 9, 38.5%Mulawarman University: 34, 6.8%Government College University, Faisalabad: 9, 16.3%Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim: 13, 18.7%Sanata Dharma University: 11, 7.7%University of TikritManado State Univers…National University …State University of …
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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 TikritIraq 70.040.5%23.4×14 —
2 Manado State UniversityIndonesia 68.732.7%38.1×22 —
3 National University of Modern LanguagesPakistan 60.631.9%64.7×9 —
4 State University of SemarangIndonesia 59.911.3%10.2×18 +263.6%
5 Universitas Mahasaraswati DenpasarIndonesia 59.519.7%65.7×22 —
6 Universitas JemberIndonesia 56.838.5%6.9×9 +366.7%
7 Mulawarman UniversityIndonesia 56.46.8%36.9×34 —
8 Government College University, FaisalabadPakistan 53.716.3%25.8×9 —
9 Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik IbrahimIndonesia 52.718.7%16.6×13 —
10 Sanata Dharma UniversityIndonesia 50.47.7%38.6×11 +681.3%

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 Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 92% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025.

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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.