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Memory, History, Trauma, Identity

Memory, History, Trauma, Identity is a research topic within Philosophy. Science Explorer counts 4.5k research works in it since 1950. 9.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the development of collective memory in psychoanalysis, literature, and cultural sociology. It delves into topics such as trauma theory, social memory, narration, identity, migration, and historical studies. The intersection of psychoanalysis and literature in shaping collective memory is a central theme.

  • Collective Memory
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Literature
  • Social Memory
  • Trauma Theory
  • Narration
  • Identity
  • Migration
  • Historical Studies
  • Cultural Sociology
Research works
4.5k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
432
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+55%
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Which countries lead Memory, History, Trauma, Identity research?

By volume, Germany and the United States publish the most (821 and 87 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Germany 821 works
  2. 2 United States 87 works
  3. 3 Switzerland 82 works
  4. 4 France 70 works
  5. 5 Austria 68 works
  6. 6 Poland 49 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 29 works
  8. 8 Ukraine 20 works
  9. 9 Russia 20 works
  10. 10 Italy 17 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.

Germany: 65.0%United States: 6.9%Switzerland: 6.5%France: 5.5%6 others listed: 16.1%65%largest
Germany821 · 65.0%United States87 · 6.9%Switzerland82 · 6.5%France70 · 5.5%6 others listed203 · 16.1%

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

Which institutions lead Memory, History, Trauma, Identity research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Goethe University Frankfurt publishes the most Memory, History, Trauma, Identity research, followed by Universität Hamburg and University of Cologne.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Goethe University FrankfurtGermany 21 works
  2. 2 Universität HamburgGermany 21 works
  3. 3 University of CologneGermany 18 works
  4. 4 Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfGermany 17 works
  5. 5 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 17 works
  6. 6 Freie Universität BerlinGermany 15 works
  7. 7 Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinGermany 15 works
  8. 8 Ruhr University BochumGermany 15 works
  9. 9 University of ViennaAustria 14 works
  10. 10 University of FreiburgGermany 14 works

Where is Memory, History, Trauma, Identity research done?

The largest centres of Memory, History, Trauma, Identity research in 2022–2025 are Berlin (Germany), Munich (Germany), Hamburg (Germany) and Cologne (Germany). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Düsseldorf.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Berlin Germany 83 works
  2. 2 Munich Germany 45 works
  3. 3 Hamburg Germany 43 works
  4. 4 Cologne Germany 35 works
  5. 5 Vienna Austria 34 works
  6. 6 Frankfurt am Main Germany 32 works
  7. 7 Zurich Switzerland 26 works
  8. 8 Paris France 24 works
  9. 9 Düsseldorf Germany 22 works
  10. 10 Stuttgart Germany 21 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. DüsseldorfDE · 21.9 works30×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Memory, History, Trauma, Identity than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Memory, History, Trauma, Identity?

Among universities, judged by research, Goethe University Frankfurt, Ruhr University Bochum and University of Cologne 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 9.66%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Goethe University Frankfurt: 21, 16.4%Ruhr University Bochum: 15, 19.6%University of Cologne: 18, 5.2%Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg: 11, 12.3%University of Vienna: 14, 5.6%University of Freiburg: 14, 7.5%University of Zurich: 12, 5.4%Universität Hamburg: 21, 6.6%Philipps University of Marburg: 13, 7.5%Leipzig University: 13, 10.5%Ruhr University BochumGoethe University Fr…Friedrich-Alexander-…University of Cologne
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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 Goethe University FrankfurtGermany 53.516.4%38.7×21 +30.7%
2 Ruhr University BochumGermany 50.619.6%27.6×15 +40.3%
3 University of CologneGermany 44.85.2%41.7×18 +263.8%
4 Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergGermany 44.012.3%16.8×11 +302.7%
5 University of ViennaAustria 42.75.6%21.2×14 +412.5%
6 University of FreiburgGermany 42.27.5%29.0×14 +185.0%
7 University of ZurichSwitzerland 41.95.4%17.3×12 +249.9%
8 Universität HamburgGermany 41.86.6%27.5×21 +76.3%
9 Philipps University of MarburgGermany 39.07.5%40.9×13 +274.2%
10 Leipzig UniversityGermany 37.810.5%33.9×13 +92.3%

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 Memory, History, Trauma, Identity research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 55% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Memory, History, Trauma, Identity.

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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.

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.