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Literature: history, themes, analysis

Literature: history, themes, analysis is a research topic within Literature and Literary Theory. Science Explorer counts 8.3k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of postcolonialism, race, gender, literature, and history within the context of power dynamics, identity formation, and the public sphere. It delves into critical theories related to colonialism, society, and the impact of historical events on contemporary cultural studies.

  • Postcolonialism
  • Race
  • Gender
  • Literature
  • History
  • Identity
  • Power
  • Colonialism
  • Society
  • Public Sphere
Research works
8.3k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
831
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+8%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
48% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Literature: history, themes, analysis

Which countries lead Literature: history, themes, analysis research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (626 and 332 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 626 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 332 works
  3. 3 Canada 83 works
  4. 4 China 52 works
  5. 5 India 51 works
  6. 6 Australia 37 works
  7. 7 Germany 31 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 30 works
  9. 9 Italy 30 works
  10. 10 France 30 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.

United States: 48.0%United Kingdom: 25.5%Canada: 6.4%China: 4.0%6 others listed: 16.1%48%largest
United States626 · 48.0%United Kingdom332 · 25.5%Canada83 · 6.4%China52 · 4.0%6 others listed210 · 16.1%

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

Which institutions lead Literature: history, themes, analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Cambridge publishes the most Literature: history, themes, analysis research, followed by University of Oxford and Film Independent.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 23 works
  2. 2 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 23 works
  3. 3 Film IndependentUnited States 20 works
  4. 4 City University of New YorkUnited States 12 works
  5. 5 University of YorkUnited Kingdom 11 works
  6. 6 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 11 works
  7. 7 University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom 10 works
  8. 8 Princeton UniversityUnited States 10 works
  9. 9 University of TorontoCanada 9 works
  10. 10 University of ExeterUnited Kingdom 8 works

Who are the leading researchers in Literature: history, themes, analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Literature: history, themes, analysis include George Davey Smith, John G.F. Cleland and P. Elmer.

  1. 1 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
  2. 2 John G.F. Cleland United Kingdom 198k citations
  3. 3 P. Elmer France 116k citations
  4. 4 Robert West United Kingdom 102k 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 Literature: history, themes, analysis?

The most cited paper in Literature: history, themes, analysis is "Golden age to separate spheres? A review of the categories and chronology of English women's history" (Amanda Vickery, 1993), with 830 citations. Next come "Separate Spheres, Female Worlds, Woman's Place: The Rhetoric of Women's History" (797) and "Confidence Men and Painted Women: A Study of Middle-Class Culture in America, 1830-1870" (564).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Golden age to separate spheres? A review of the categories and chronology of English women's history Amanda Vickery · The Historical Journal Jun 1993 830
2 Separate Spheres, Female Worlds, Woman's Place: The Rhetoric of Women's History Linda K. Kerber · Journal of American History Jun 1988 797
3 Confidence Men and Painted Women: A Study of Middle-Class Culture in America, 1830-1870 David A. Grimsted, Karen Halttunen · Journal of American History Dec 1983 564
4 The Frenzy of Renown: Fame and Its History Leo Braudy · Works - Scholarship, Research, & Creative Expression (Swarthmore College) 1986 553
5 Blacking Up: The Minstrel show in Nineteenth-Century America Bill C. Malone, Robert C. Toll · Journal of American History Dec 1975 433
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Where is Literature: history, themes, analysis research done?

The largest centres of Literature: history, themes, analysis research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Los Angeles (United States) and Cambridge (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 55 works
  2. 2 New YorkUnited States 35 works
  3. 3 Los AngelesUnited States 26 works
  4. 4 CambridgeUnited Kingdom 26 works
  5. 5 OxfordUnited Kingdom 26 works
  6. 6 BirminghamUnited Kingdom 17 works
  7. 7 TorontoCanada 15 works
  8. 8 YorkUnited Kingdom 13 works
  9. 9 Washington D.C.United States 13 works
  10. 10 ChicagoUnited States 11 works
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Where is the best place to study Literature: history, themes, analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge and Princeton University 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 7.94%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of ExeterPrinceton UniversityUniversity of OxfordUniversity of Cambri…
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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
1University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 95.97.3%11.8×22 +8.2%
2University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 73.27.2%14.1×23 +88.3%
3Princeton UniversityUnited States 60.412.4%16.4×10 +180.2%
4University of ExeterUnited Kingdom 51.714.4%14.6×8 -2.8%
5University College LondonUnited Kingdom 50.77.8%4.9×11 +124.0%
6Lancaster UniversityUnited Kingdom 50.57.5%22.9×8 -3.0%
7University of TorontoCanada 50.110.5%3.4×9 +67.2%
8University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom 40.33.3%12.0×10 +10.8%
9University of YorkUnited Kingdom 34.64.4%23.6×11 +19.3%
10City University of New YorkUnited States 34.14.6%15.6×12 -7.2%

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 Literature: history, themes, analysis, country by country

Is Literature: history, themes, analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Literature: history, themes, analysis.

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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 Literature: history, themes, analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0056% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Literature: history, themes, analysis0.0073% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Literature: history, themes, analysis 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%Literature: history, themes, analysis9.9% 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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