Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration
Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration is a research topic within Social Psychology. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1950. 15.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the study of collective memory, trauma, and dark tourism, with a focus on topics such as cultural trauma, postmemory, heritage tourism, and mediated memories. It delves into the ways in which societies remember and commemorate historical events, particularly traumatic ones like the Holocaust, and how these memories are manifested in various forms of tourism and cultural practices.
- Collective Memory
- Trauma
- Dark Tourism
- Cultural Trauma
- Memory Studies
- Holocaust
- Postmemory
- Heritage Tourism
- Thanatourism
- Mediated Memories
- Research works
- 11k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 15.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +31% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (478 and 291 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 478 works
- 2 United Kingdom 291 works
- 3 Germany 143 works
- 4 Poland 126 works
- 5 Russia 106 works
- 6 Canada 77 works
- 7 France 74 works
- 8 Netherlands 70 works
- 9 Australia 70 works
- 10 Spain 67 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań publishes the most Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration research, followed by University of Warsaw and Jagiellonian University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 16 works
- 2 University of WarsawPoland 15 works
- 3 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 15 works
- 4 Vilnius UniversityLithuania 14 works
- 5 University of AmsterdamNetherlands 14 works
- 6 Charles UniversityCzechia 12 works
- 7 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 12 works
- 8 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 11 works
- 9 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 11 works
- 10 University of TorontoCanada 11 works
Who are the leading researchers in Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration include Elizabeth F. Loftus and Tim Cole.
- 1 Elizabeth F. Loftus United States 1.3k citations
- 2 Tim Cole United Kingdom 1.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration research done?
The largest centres of Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Warsaw (Poland), Moscow (Russia) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Vilnius.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- VilniusLT · 24.3 works17×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Amsterdam, Jagiellonian University and University of Warsaw 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of AmsterdamNetherlands | 80.2 | 20.0% | 10.8× | 14 | +163.1% |
| 2 | Jagiellonian UniversityPoland | 74.7 | 18.8% | 9.2× | 15 | +502.9% |
| 3 | University of WarsawPoland | 74.4 | 14.9% | 12.1× | 15 | +431.8% |
| 4 | Utrecht UniversityNetherlands | 72.8 | 32.3% | 8.8× | 12 | +42.7% |
| 5 | Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland | 67.8 | 9.0% | 15.6× | 16 | +275.0% |
| 6 | Charles UniversityCzechia | 67.0 | 9.7% | 11.0× | 12 | +333.8% |
| 7 | University of CopenhagenDenmark | 62.9 | 25.9% | 6.5× | 11 | +118.4% |
| 8 | Vilnius UniversityLithuania | 58.3 | 3.6% | 23.1× | 14 | +170.0% |
| 9 | Massey UniversityNew Zealand | 58.3 | 20.4% | 18.3× | 8 | +100.0% |
| 10 | University of ŁódźPoland | 57.9 | 23.8% | 13.8× | 10 | — |
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, Trauma, and Commemoration research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration.
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.