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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. 9.7% 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%
405
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
0%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Brazil
86% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Memory, Trauma, and Testimony

Which countries lead Memory, Trauma, and Testimony research?

By volume, Brazil and Portugal publish the most (1.2k and 59 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Brazil 1.2k works
  2. 2 Portugal 59 works
  3. 3 United States 43 works
  4. 4 Spain 23 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 14 works
  6. 6 France 14 works
  7. 7 Argentina 14 works
  8. 8 Chile 13 works
  9. 9 Mexico 11 works
  10. 10 Italy 8 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: 85.8%Portugal: 4.2%United States: 3.1%Spain: 1.6%6 others listed: 5.3%86%largest
Brazil1,201 · 85.8%Portugal59 · 4.2%United States43 · 3.1%Spain23 · 1.6%6 others listed74 · 5.3%

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

Which institutions lead Memory, Trauma, and Testimony research?

By volume in 2022-now, 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-now

  1. 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 64 works
  2. 2 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 46 works
  3. 3 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 44 works
  4. 4 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 35 works
  5. 5 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 35 works
  6. 6 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 31 works
  7. 7 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 28 works
  8. 8 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 28 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 25 works
  10. 10 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 25 works

What are the most cited papers in Memory, Trauma, and Testimony?

The most cited paper in Memory, Trauma, and Testimony is "Phosphorylated Cellulose Nanofibrils: A Renewable Nanomaterial for the Preparation of Intrinsically Flame-Retardant Materials" (Maryam Ghanadpour, Federico Carosio, Per Tomas Larsson et al., 2015), with 436 citations. Next come "Critical anthropological thought and the radical political imaginary today" (217) and "Mechanochemical Phosphorylation of Polymers and Synthesis of Flame-Retardant Cellulose Nanocrystals" (172).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Phosphorylated Cellulose Nanofibrils: A Renewable Nanomaterial for the Preparation of Intrinsically Flame-Retardant Materials Maryam Ghanadpour, Federico Carosio, Per Tomas Larsson et al. · Biomacromolecules Open access 24 Sep 2015 436
2 Critical anthropological thought and the radical political imaginary today Ghassan Hage · Critique of Anthropology Sep 2012 217
3 Mechanochemical Phosphorylation of Polymers and Synthesis of Flame-Retardant Cellulose Nanocrystals Blaine G. Fiss, Lucius Hatherly, Robin S. Stein et al. · ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 15 Mar 2019 172
4 O funcionamento da atenção no trabalho do cartógrafo Virgínia Kastrup · Psicologia & Sociedade Open access Apr 2007 156
5 Narrar o trauma: a questão dos testemunhos de catástrofes históricas Márcio Seligmann-Silva · Psicologia Clínica Open access 2008 144
All 103 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Memory, Trauma, and Testimony research done?

The largest centres of Memory, Trauma, and Testimony research in 2022-now 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 São Luís, Belo Horizonte and Niterói.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 São PauloBrazil 158 works
  2. 2 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 129 works
  3. 3 Belo HorizonteBrazil 71 works
  4. 4 Porto AlegreBrazil 50 works
  5. 5 FlorianópolisBrazil 43 works
  6. 6 BrasíliaBrazil 41 works
  7. 7 BelémBrazil 38 works
  8. 8 CampinasBrazil 34 works
  9. 9 CuritibaBrazil 34 works
  10. 10 SalvadorBrazil 32 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. São LuísBR · 20.1 works41×
  2. Belo HorizonteBR · 71.0 works38×
  3. NiteróiBR · 24.6 works38×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

See Memory, Trauma, and Testimony on the map

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

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade Federal de São Paulo 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 11.78%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidade Federal…Universidade Federal…Universidade do Esta…Universidade de São …
above the meannear itbelow it

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
1Universidade de São PauloBrazil 63.210.0%25.5×64 -10.0%
2Universidade Federal de São PauloBrazil 60.714.0%24.6×13 +24.6%
3Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 57.611.9%61.0×35 +12.1%
4Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 57.512.1%49.2×46 -1.8%
5Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 54.910.9%49.0×44 +6.1%
6Universidade Federal da ParaíbaBrazil 51.520.9%25.5×12 -6.7%
7Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 48.910.8%36.6×35 -33.9%
8Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 44.88.7%33.9×31 -18.7%
9Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 44.18.4%57.1×28 +21.7%
10Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 43.410.1%72.8×16 +17.9%

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 Memory, Trauma, and Testimony, country by country

Is Memory, Trauma, and Testimony research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025.

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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 Memory, Trauma, and Testimony as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0039% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Memory, Trauma, and Testimony0.0081% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Memory, Trauma, and Testimony 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%Memory, Trauma, and Testimony9.8% in 202520102020

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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