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Memory, Trauma, and Testimony

Memory, Trauma, and Testimony is a research topic within Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Science Explorer counts 4.2k research works in it since 1969. 4.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers encompasses a wide range of topics related to memory studies, testimony analysis, and the impact of historical events on literature, culture, and society. It explores the intersections of memory, history, trauma, and identity, particularly in the context of colonialism and social justice. The cluster also delves into the role of literature, anthropology, and cultural politics in shaping and representing collective memories.

  • Memory
  • Testimony
  • History
  • Literature
  • Trauma
  • Colonialism
  • Anthropology
  • Identity
  • Cultural Politics
  • Social Justice
Research works
4.2k
fractional, since 1969
In the world top 10%
203
per year above
Top-10% rate
4.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+62%
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Which countries lead Memory, Trauma, and Testimony research?

By volume, Brazil and Portugal publish the most (970 and 48 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 970 works
  2. 2 Portugal 48 works
  3. 3 United States 32 works
  4. 4 Spain 18 works
  5. 5 France 13 works
  6. 6 Chile 13 works
  7. 7 Argentina 12 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 12 works
  9. 9 Mexico 9 works
  10. 10 Italy 7 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.

Brazil: 85.5%Portugal: 4.3%United States: 2.8%Spain: 1.6%6 others listed: 5.8%85%largest
Brazil970 · 85.5%Portugal48 · 4.3%United States32 · 2.8%Spain18 · 1.6%6 others listed66 · 5.8%

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

Which institutions lead Memory, Trauma, and Testimony research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Memory, Trauma, and Testimony research, followed by Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 42 works
  2. 2 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 40 works
  3. 3 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 36 works
  4. 4 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 28 works
  5. 5 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 26 works
  6. 6 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 26 works
  7. 7 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 24 works
  8. 8 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 22 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 21 works
  10. 10 Universidade Federal do ParanáBrazil 18 works

Where is Memory, Trauma, and Testimony research done?

The largest centres of Memory, Trauma, and Testimony research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Belo Horizonte (Brazil) and Porto Alegre (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Belo Horizonte, Niterói and Belém.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 133 works
  2. 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 103 works
  3. 3 Belo Horizonte Brazil 59 works
  4. 4 Porto Alegre Brazil 40 works
  5. 5 Florianópolis Brazil 36 works
  6. 6 Brasília Brazil 34 works
  7. 7 Curitiba Brazil 31 works
  8. 8 Belém Brazil 31 works
  9. 9 Campinas Brazil 28 works
  10. 10 Recife Brazil 27 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Belo HorizonteBR · 59.1 works38×
  2. NiteróiBR · 20.9 works38×
  3. BelémBR · 30.5 works36×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Memory, Trauma, and Testimony than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Memory, Trauma, and Testimony?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade Federal do Pará and Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro 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 7.93%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidade de São Paulo: 42, 10.1%Universidade Federal do Pará: 24, 7.4%Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro: 26, 7.8%Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP): 26, 8.8%Universidade Federal de São Paulo: 11, 9.1%Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: 40, 7.4%Universidade de Brasília: 22, 6.1%Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais: 36, 5.3%Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais: 10, 14.6%Universidade Federal do Paraná: 18, 2.7%Universidade de São …Universidade Estadua…Universidade do Esta…Universidade Federal…
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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 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 57.610.1%21.6×42 +96.1%
2 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 46.97.4%52.9×24 +194.0%
3 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 45.97.8%49.8×26 +173.4%
4 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 44.68.8%30.3×26 +77.2%
5 Universidade Federal de São PauloBrazil 43.89.1%23.7×11 +222.9%
6 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 43.57.4%47.4×40 +51.3%
7 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 43.26.1%34.3×22 +184.5%
8 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 39.85.3%43.9×36 +84.5%
9 Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas GeraisBrazil 36.814.6%74.2×10 +38.8%
10 Universidade Federal do ParanáBrazil 34.82.7%32.5×18 +197.0%

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 Testimony research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 62% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Memory, Trauma, and Testimony.

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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.