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Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel

Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel is a research topic within Philosophy. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers delves into the philosophical, literary, and cultural aspects of Friedrich Nietzsche's works, exploring his influence on ethics, psychology, aesthetics, and history. It encompasses critical analysis, interpretation, and contextualization of Nietzsche's ideas and their impact on various fields.

  • Nietzsche
  • Philosophy
  • Literature
  • Culture
  • Criticism
  • Influence
  • Ethics
  • Psychology
  • Aesthetics
  • History
Research works
11k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+19%
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Which countries lead Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel research?

By volume, Germany and Brazil publish the most (564 and 251 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Germany 564 works
  2. 2 Brazil 251 works
  3. 3 United States 188 works
  4. 4 France 93 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 76 works
  6. 6 Austria 62 works
  7. 7 Spain 58 works
  8. 8 Switzerland 53 works
  9. 9 Italy 52 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 34 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.

Germany: 39.4%Brazil: 17.5%United States: 13.1%France: 6.5%6 others listed: 23.4%39%largest
Germany564 · 39.4%Brazil251 · 17.5%United States188 · 13.1%France93 · 6.5%6 others listed335 · 23.4%

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

Which institutions lead Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Freiburg publishes the most Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel research, followed by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and Freie Universität Berlin.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of FreiburgGermany 27 works
  2. 2 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 19 works
  3. 3 Freie Universität BerlinGermany 19 works
  4. 4 University of MünsterGermany 17 works
  5. 5 University of ViennaAustria 15 works
  6. 6 Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfGermany 14 works
  7. 7 University of PotsdamGermany 13 works
  8. 8 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 11 works
  9. 9 Universidade Estadual do Oeste do ParanáBrazil 11 works
  10. 10 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 11 works

Who are the leading researchers in Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel include Sander L. Gilman and Sigmund Freud.

  1. 1 Sander L. Gilman United States 4.2k citations
  2. 2 Sigmund Freud United States 2.7k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel research done?

The largest centres of Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel research in 2022–2025 are Berlin (Germany), Munich (Germany), Paris (France) and São Paulo (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Freiburg.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Berlin Germany 55 works
  2. 2 Munich Germany 40 works
  3. 3 Paris France 35 works
  4. 4 São Paulo Brazil 32 works
  5. 5 Freiburg Germany 32 works
  6. 6 Vienna Austria 29 works
  7. 7 Madrid Spain 26 works
  8. 8 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 25 works
  9. 9 Münster Germany 19 works
  10. 10 Zurich Switzerland 18 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. FreiburgDE · 31.7 works28×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Vienna, University of Freiburg and University of Rostock 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%30%mean 12.28%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Vienna: 15, 21.7%University of Freiburg: 27, 10.6%University of Rostock: 10, 15.0%University of Cologne: 11, 11.6%University of Münster: 16, 12.1%Universidade Federal de Goiás: 9, 25.8%Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz: 9, 7.8%Freie Universität Berlin: 18, 4.5%University of Potsdam: 13, 10.2%Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München: 19, 3.5%University of ViennaUniversity of RostockUniversity of CologneUniversity of Freiburg
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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 ViennaAustria 84.321.7%17.0×15 +200.5%
2 University of FreiburgGermany 79.410.6%42.9×27 +229.3%
3 University of RostockGermany 66.815.0%33.1×10 +550.0%
4 University of CologneGermany 64.811.6%18.9×11 +472.1%
5 University of MünsterGermany 62.912.1%27.2×16 +82.0%
6 Universidade Federal de GoiásBrazil 60.325.8%15.7×9 +2.2%
7 Johannes Gutenberg University MainzGermany 57.27.8%16.1×9 +287.9%
8 Freie Universität BerlinGermany 56.54.5%27.0×18 +68.3%
9 University of PotsdamGermany 55.010.2%34.0×13 +21.4%
10 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 54.33.5%17.3×19 +21.6%

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 Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel.

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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.

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.