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Medieval European Literature and History

Medieval European Literature and History is a research topic within Language and Linguistics. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 5.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the study of Occitan language, literature, and culture in medieval and early modern Europe. It encompasses research on troubadours, linguistic analysis, cultural history, and the influence of Occitan in regions like Catalonia. The papers also explore the interplay between language, society, and historical narratives in the Occitan-speaking world.

  • Occitan
  • Medieval Literature
  • Language Studies
  • Cultural History
  • Troubadours
  • Linguistics
  • Medieval Europe
  • Literary Tradition
  • Catalonia
  • Historiography
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
715
per year above
Top-10% rate
5.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-3%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Medieval European Literature and History research?

By volume, France and Spain publish the most (842 and 269 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 France 842 works
  2. 2 Spain 269 works
  3. 3 Italy 169 works
  4. 4 United States 103 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 55 works
  6. 6 Canada 41 works
  7. 7 ?? 41 works
  8. 8 Belgium 36 works
  9. 9 Switzerland 34 works
  10. 10 Germany 31 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.

France: 51.9%Spain: 16.6%Italy: 10.4%United States: 6.4%6 others listed: 14.7%52%largest
France842 · 51.9%Spain269 · 16.6%Italy169 · 10.4%United States103 · 6.4%6 others listed238 · 14.7%

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

Which institutions lead Medieval European Literature and History research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier publishes the most Medieval European Literature and History research, followed by Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès and Ausonius Institut de Recherche sur l'Antiquité et le Moyen age.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Université Paul-Valéry MontpellierFrance 37 works
  2. 2 Université Toulouse - Jean JaurèsFrance 35 works
  3. 3 Ausonius Institut de Recherche sur l'Antiquité et le Moyen ageFrance 33 works
  4. 4 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 26 works
  5. 5 University of the Basque CountrySpain 25 works
  6. 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 23 works
  7. 7 Université Rennes 2France 22 works
  8. 8 Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 19 works
  9. 9 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain 18 works
  10. 10 Université de LilleFrance 18 works

Where is Medieval European Literature and History research done?

The largest centres of Medieval European Literature and History research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Toulouse (France), Barcelona (Spain) and Montpellier (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Pessac.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Paris France 184 works
  2. 2 Toulouse France 70 works
  3. 3 Barcelona Spain 51 works
  4. 4 Montpellier France 45 works
  5. 5 Lyon France 43 works
  6. 6 Pessac France 36 works
  7. 7 Rennes France 29 works
  8. 8 Madrid Spain 29 works
  9. 9 Leioa Spain 25 works
  10. 10 Marseille France 22 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PessacFR · 36.4 works131×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Medieval European Literature and History than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Medieval European Literature and History?

Among universities, judged by research, Universitat de Girona, University of Alicante and Ca' Foscari University of Venice 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 8.64%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universitat de Girona: 10, 17.4%University of Alicante: 12, 11.5%Ca' Foscari University of Venice: 14, 8.3%Universitat de València: 16, 9.7%Universitat de Barcelona: 26, 5.9%Université Rennes 2: 22, 5.3%Université Grenoble Alpes: 14, 10.1%University of the Basque Country: 25, 3.3%Université de Caen Normandie: 10, 13.1%Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès: 35, 1.8%Universitat de GironaUniversity of AlicanteUniversitat de Valèn…Ca' Foscari Universi…
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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 Universitat de GironaSpain 71.617.4%50.8×10 +71.7%
2 University of AlicanteSpain 66.011.5%25.4×12 +159.7%
3 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 64.78.3%33.7×14 +1117.5%
4 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 63.89.7%17.4×16 +102.7%
5 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 61.45.9%26.6×26 +36.2%
6 Université Rennes 2France 59.15.3%143.6×22 +121.3%
7 Université Grenoble AlpesFrance 59.010.1%25.3×14 -10.1%
8 University of the Basque CountrySpain 58.73.3%32.6×25 +98.9%
9 Université de Caen NormandieFrance 58.713.1%57.1×10 +8.7%
10 Université Toulouse - Jean JaurèsFrance 58.61.8%157.5×35 +90.5%

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 Medieval European Literature and History research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2017. The fastest-growing topics are Medieval European Literature and History.

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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.