Music History and Culture
Music History and Culture is a research topic within Music. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1950. 23.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers delves into the intersection of music and culture, examining the influence of music on youth, identity formation, subcultures, and authenticity. It explores the sociological impact of various music genres, particularly rap, and investigates the role of technology and globalization in shaping the music industry and its cultural implications.
- Music
- Culture
- Youth
- Identity
- Subcultures
- Authenticity
- Rap
- Sociology
- Globalization
- Technology
- Research works
- 17k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 23.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +15% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Music History and Culture research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1k and 431 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1k works
- 2 United Kingdom 431 works
- 3 Australia 158 works
- 4 France 142 works
- 5 Germany 138 works
- 6 Canada 135 works
- 7 Brazil 124 works
- 8 China 81 works
- 9 South Africa 72 works
- 10 India 65 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 Music History and Culture research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Film Independent publishes the most Music History and Culture research, followed by University of Huddersfield and Goldsmiths University of London.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Film IndependentUnited States 30 works
- 2 University of HuddersfieldUnited Kingdom 21 works
- 3 Goldsmiths University of LondonUnited Kingdom 20 works
- 4 University of LeedsUnited Kingdom 20 works
- 5 The University of SydneyAustralia 18 works
- 6 Griffith UniversityAustralia 15 works
- 7 The University of MelbourneAustralia 15 works
- 8 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 15 works
- 9 University of TorontoCanada 15 works
- 10 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 13 works
Who are the leading researchers in Music History and Culture?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Music History and Culture include Morris B. Holbrook.
- 1 Morris B. Holbrook United States 2.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Music History and Culture research done?
The largest centres of Music History and Culture research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Paris (France), New York (United States) and Los Angeles (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Huddersfield and Leeds.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 London United Kingdom 93 works
- 2 Paris France 57 works
- 3 New York United States 54 works
- 4 Los Angeles United States 51 works
- 5 Sydney Australia 38 works
- 6 Melbourne Australia 37 works
- 7 Brisbane Australia 32 works
- 8 Toronto Canada 30 works
- 9 Leeds United Kingdom 24 works
- 10 Montreal Canada 23 works
Where it is the local speciality
- HuddersfieldGB · 20.7 works54×
- LeedsGB · 23.7 works9.3×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Music History and Culture than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Music History and Culture?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Huddersfield, Griffith University and University of Leeds 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 HuddersfieldUnited Kingdom | 81.3 | 39.7% | 62.2× | 21 | +40.1% |
| 2 | Griffith UniversityAustralia | 72.0 | 34.9% | 12.7× | 15 | +44.1% |
| 3 | University of LeedsUnited Kingdom | 71.4 | 27.7% | 12.4× | 20 | +40.4% |
| 4 | Friedrich Schiller University JenaGermany | 65.0 | 37.0% | 14.0× | 9 | — |
| 5 | The University of MelbourneAustralia | 60.7 | 26.7% | 5.1× | 15 | +218.7% |
| 6 | University of HelsinkiFinland | 58.3 | 40.2% | 5.0× | 9 | +131.8% |
| 7 | University of Cape TownSouth Africa | 56.9 | 29.7% | 8.7× | 9 | +42.4% |
| 8 | Goldsmiths University of LondonUnited Kingdom | 56.5 | 8.2% | 106.6× | 20 | +97.3% |
| 9 | RMIT UniversityAustralia | 56.4 | 10.8% | 8.9× | 10 | +172.5% |
| 10 | University College CorkIreland | 53.5 | 16.5% | 12.7× | 10 | +76.7% |
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 Music History and Culture research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Music History and Culture.
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.