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Modernist Literature and Criticism

Modernist Literature and Criticism is a research topic within Literature and Literary Theory. Science Explorer counts 5.2k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the cultural, artistic, and societal impact of Modernism, spanning literature, art, gender, society, history, psychoanalysis, colonialism, and religion. It delves into the works of influential figures such as T.S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence, and explores the intersection of modernist thought with various aspects of human experience.

  • Modernism
  • Literature
  • Art
  • Culture
  • Society
  • Gender
  • History
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Colonialism
  • Religion
Research works
5.2k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
517
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+7%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Modernist Literature and Criticism research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (184 and 127 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 184 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 127 works
  3. 3 India 43 works
  4. 4 France 35 works
  5. 5 China 29 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 22 works
  7. 7 Australia 20 works
  8. 8 Canada 20 works
  9. 9 Poland 17 works
  10. 10 Iraq 16 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.

United States: 35.8%United Kingdom: 24.8%India: 8.3%France: 6.8%6 others listed: 24.3%36%largest
United States184 · 35.8%United Kingdom127 · 24.8%India43 · 8.3%France35 · 6.8%6 others listed125 · 24.3%

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

Which institutions lead Modernist Literature and Criticism research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of California, Berkeley publishes the most Modernist Literature and Criticism research, followed by University of Cambridge and Film Independent.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States 12 works
  2. 2 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 9 works
  3. 3 Film IndependentUnited States 9 works
  4. 4 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 9 works
  5. 5 University College DublinIreland 9 works
  6. 6 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 7 works
  7. 7 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 6 works
  8. 8 University of KentUnited Kingdom 6 works
  9. 9 Les Afriques dans le MondeFrance 5 works
  10. 10 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 5 works

Where is Modernist Literature and Criticism research done?

The largest centres of Modernist Literature and Criticism research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Dublin (Ireland), Berkeley (United States) and Oxford (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in London.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 25 works
  2. 2 Dublin Ireland 14 works
  3. 3 Berkeley United States 12 works
  4. 4 Oxford United Kingdom 11 works
  5. 5 Los Angeles United States 11 works
  6. 6 Cambridge United Kingdom 10 works
  7. 7 Paris France 9 works
  8. 8 New York United States 9 works
  9. 9 Istanbul Türkiye 8 works
  10. 10 Edinburgh United Kingdom 7 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LondonGB · 24.6 works3.8×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Modernist Literature and Criticism than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Modernist Literature and Criticism?

Among universities, judged by research, University of California, Berkeley, University College Dublin and University of Oxford 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%5%10%15%mean 8.8%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of California, Berkeley: 12, 10.7%University College Dublin: 9, 7.7%University of Oxford: 9, 13.2%University of Cambridge: 9, 3.6%University of OxfordUniversity of Califo…University College D…University of Cambri…
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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 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States 77.810.7%20.7×12 —
2 University College DublinIreland 53.27.7%29.6×9 +50.0%
3 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 43.113.2%9.9×9 +3.4%
4 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 39.33.6%12.3×9 -35.0%

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 Modernist Literature and Criticism research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Modernist Literature and Criticism.

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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.