Memory, violence, and history
Memory, violence, and history is a research topic within Social Psychology. Science Explorer counts 8.5k research works in it since 1956. 4.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on memory studies, social trauma analysis, and the impact of political violence on collective memory. It covers topics such as the transmission of trauma across generations, the role of testimony in preserving historical memory, and the cultural and societal implications of human rights violations during dictatorships.
- Memory
- Trauma
- Social History
- Human Rights
- Collective Memory
- Dictatorship
- Testimony
- Cultural Studies
- Transgenerational Trauma
- Political Violence
- Research works
- 8.5k fractional, since 1956
- In the world top 10%
- 403 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 4.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +27% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Memory, violence, and history research?
By volume, Argentina and Spain publish the most (505 and 283 works in 2022–2025).
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.
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Which institutions lead Memory, violence, and history research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad de Buenos Aires publishes the most Memory, violence, and history research, followed by Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas and Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 89 works
- 2 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 77 works
- 3 Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina 60 works
- 4 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 38 works
- 5 University of ChileChile 38 works
- 6 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 31 works
- 7 Universidad de la República de UruguayUruguay 30 works
- 8 Universidad Nacional de CórdobaArgentina 30 works
- 9 Universidad de AntioquiaColombia 21 works
- 10 National University of RosarioArgentina 19 works
Who are the leading researchers in Memory, violence, and history?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Memory, violence, and history include Joël L. Horowitz.
- 1 Joël L. Horowitz United States 562 citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Memory, violence, and history research done?
The largest centres of Memory, violence, and history research in 2022–2025 are Buenos Aires (Argentina), Santiago (Chile), Madrid (Spain) and Mexico City (Mexico). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in La Plata, Rosario and Córdoba.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Buenos Aires Argentina 231 works
- 2 Santiago Chile 111 works
- 3 Madrid Spain 103 works
- 4 Mexico City Mexico 95 works
- 5 Bogotá Colombia 82 works
- 6 La Plata Argentina 62 works
- 7 Medellín Colombia 40 works
- 8 Córdoba Argentina 37 works
- 9 Montevideo Uruguay 34 works
- 10 Lima Peru 29 works
Where it is the local speciality
- La PlataAR · 61.7 works131×
- RosarioAR · 22.7 works96×
- CórdobaAR · 36.7 works75×
- Buenos AiresAR · 231.1 works68×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Memory, violence, and history than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Memory, violence, and history?
Among universities, judged by research, University of the Basque Country, Universidad de Salamanca and Universidad Complutense de Madrid 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 the Basque CountrySpain | 69.6 | 13.3% | 14.0× | 11 | +182.6% |
| 2 | Universidad de SalamancaSpain | 64.7 | 16.3% | 15.3× | 8 | +54.5% |
| 3 | Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain | 59.8 | 7.7% | 23.5× | 30 | +70.0% |
| 4 | Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaSpain | 58.6 | 8.4% | 28.9× | 9 | +228.6% |
| 5 | Universidad de la República de UruguayUruguay | 58.2 | 3.3% | 77.7× | 30 | +81.4% |
| 6 | Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina | 56.8 | 1.9% | 130.7× | 88 | +37.4% |
| 7 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileChile | 56.8 | 7.8% | 28.2× | 15 | +40.3% |
| 8 | Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina | 56.2 | 2.2% | 176.1× | 60 | +73.8% |
| 9 | National University of Tres de FebreroArgentina | 53.3 | 4.6% | 291.7× | 10 | +244.0% |
| 10 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico | 52.1 | 2.6% | 22.8× | 38 | +57.2% |
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, violence, and history research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 27% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Memory, violence, 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.