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Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior

Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior is a research topic within Social Psychology. Science Explorer counts 2.6k research works in it since 1961. 10.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the psychological and marketing implications of nostalgia, focusing on its role in memory, emotion, social connectedness, well-being, advertising effectiveness, consumer behavior, identity formation, and as an existential resource. The papers delve into the impact of nostalgia triggers, the functions of nostalgia in individuals and groups, and its influence on various aspects of human experience.

  • Nostalgia
  • Memory
  • Emotion
  • Social Connectedness
  • Well-being
  • Advertising
  • Consumer Behavior
  • Identity
  • Existential Resource
  • Music
Research works
2.6k
fractional, since 1961
In the world top 10%
272
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+25%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
25% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior

Which countries lead Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (140 and 104 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 140 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 104 works
  3. 3 China 83 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 45 works
  5. 5 India 44 works
  6. 6 Poland 42 works
  7. 7 Brazil 31 works
  8. 8 Spain 26 works
  9. 9 Japan 23 works
  10. 10 Australia 22 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: 25.0%United Kingdom: 18.7%China: 14.8%Türkiye: 8.0%6 others listed: 33.6%25%largest
United States140 · 25.0%United Kingdom104 · 18.7%China83 · 14.8%Türkiye45 · 8.0%6 others listed188 · 33.6%

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

Which institutions lead Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Southampton publishes the most Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior research, followed by University of Warsaw and Aalborg University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of SouthamptonUnited Kingdom 12 works
  2. 2 University of WarsawPoland 5 works
  3. 3 Aalborg UniversityDenmark 5 works
  4. 4 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 4 works
  5. 5 Binus UniversityIndonesia 4 works
  6. 6 University of ŁódźPoland 4 works
  7. 7 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 4 works
  8. 8 Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 3 works
  9. 9 Film IndependentUnited States 3 works
  10. 10 University of EssexUnited Kingdom 3 works

What are the most cited papers in Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior?

The most cited paper in Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior is "Exploring the essence of memorable tourism experiences" (Vincent Wing Sun Tung, J. R. Brent Ritchie, 2011), with 1,515 citations. Next come "Solastalgia: The Distress Caused by Environmental Change" (1,356) and "Nostalgia: Content, triggers, functions." (1,248).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Exploring the essence of memorable tourism experiences Vincent Wing Sun Tung, J. R. Brent Ritchie · Annals of Tourism Research 21 Apr 2011 1,515
2 Solastalgia: The Distress Caused by Environmental Change Glenn A. Albrecht, Gina-Maree Sartore, Linda H. Connor et al. · Australasian Psychiatry Feb 2007 1,356
3 Nostalgia: Content, triggers, functions. Tim Wildschut, Constantine Sedikides, Jamie Arndt et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Open access 24 Oct 2006 1,248
4 Brands as symbolic resources for the construction of identity Richard C. Elliott, Kritsadarat Wattanasuwan · International Journal of Advertising 1998 821
5 A dark tourism spectrum: Towards a typology of death and macabre related tourist sites, attractions and exhibitions Philip R. Stone · CLOK (University of Central Lancashire) Open access 8 Jun 2006 762
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Where is Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior research done?

The largest centres of Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China), Istanbul (Türkiye) and Southampton (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 17 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 13 works
  3. 3 IstanbulTürkiye 13 works
  4. 4 SouthamptonUnited Kingdom 13 works
  5. 5 MoscowRussia 10 works
  6. 6 WarsawPoland 9 works
  7. 7 GuangzhouChina 8 works
  8. 8 KrakowPoland 7 works
  9. 9 TokyoJapan 7 works
  10. 10 ShanghaiChina 7 works
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Where is the best place to study Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Southampton 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.

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
1University of SouthamptonUnited Kingdom 10.050.1%30.6×12 +31.2%

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 Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior, country by country

Is Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior.

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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 Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0033% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior 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.

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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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