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Philosophical and Cultural Analysis

Philosophical and Cultural Analysis is a research topic within Philosophy. Science Explorer counts 6.2k 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 intersection of biopolitics, philosophy, and the concept of life, delving into topics such as violence, ethics, history, society, culture, literature, and education. It encompasses a wide range of interdisciplinary perspectives on the governance and understanding of life in various contexts.

  • Biopolitics
  • Philosophy
  • Life
  • Violence
  • Ethics
  • History
  • Society
  • Culture
  • Literature
  • Education
Research works
6.2k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
609
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-6%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
32% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Philosophical and Cultural Analysis

Which countries lead Philosophical and Cultural Analysis research?

By volume, Spain and Argentina publish the most (408 and 252 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 408 works
  2. 2 Argentina 252 works
  3. 3 Mexico 180 works
  4. 4 Chile 135 works
  5. 5 Colombia 95 works
  6. 6 Brazil 69 works
  7. 7 United States 57 works
  8. 8 Peru 43 works
  9. 9 France 27 works
  10. 10 Italy 21 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.

Spain: 31.7%Argentina: 19.6%Mexico: 14.0%Chile: 10.5%6 others listed: 24.3%32%largest
Spain408 · 31.7%Argentina252 · 19.6%Mexico180 · 14.0%Chile135 · 10.5%6 others listed312 · 24.3%

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

Which institutions lead Philosophical and Cultural Analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad de Buenos Aires publishes the most Philosophical and Cultural Analysis research, followed by Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 62 works
  2. 2 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 56 works
  3. 3 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 50 works
  4. 4 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 37 works
  5. 5 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 29 works
  6. 6 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 26 works
  7. 7 University of ChileChile 26 works
  8. 8 Universidad de SevillaSpain 23 works
  9. 9 Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaSpain 21 works
  10. 10 Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina 19 works

Who are the leading researchers in Philosophical and Cultural Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Philosophical and Cultural Analysis include Pierre Bourdıeu, Michel Foucault and Noam Chomsky.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  2. 2 Michel Foucault France 208k citations
  3. 3 Noam Chomsky United States 141k citations
  4. 4 Judith Butler United States 116k citations
  5. 5 David Hume Australia 107k citations
  6. 6 Sigmund Freud Brazil 97k citations
  7. 7 Clifford Geertz United States 72k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Philosophical and Cultural Analysis?

The most cited paper in Philosophical and Cultural Analysis is "El hombre en busca de sentido" (Juan Gabriel Figueroa Velázquez, Arlén Cerón Islas, 2022), with 330 citations. Next come "El existencialismo es un humanismo" (207) and "Acute renal failure due to rhabdomyolyisis" (188).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 El hombre en busca de sentido Juan Gabriel Figueroa Velázquez, Arlén Cerón Islas · Boletín Científico de las Ciencias Económico Administrativas del ICEA Open access 5 Jun 2022 330
2 El existencialismo es un humanismo Omar Aruzamen · Aportes Open access 30 Mar 1997 207
3 Acute renal failure due to rhabdomyolyisis Maricelly Gómez Vargas, Eliana María Hernández Ramírez, María Jimena Osorio Salazar et al. · Vitae (Universidad de Antioquia) Open access Apr 2015 188
4 Espectros de Marx. El estado de la deuda, el trabajo del duelo y la nueva internacional Jaques Derrida, Felipe Moreno Juan · Revista de Estudios Sociales Open access 2001 136
5 Benjamin, W. (1991). Para una crítica de la violencia y otros ensayos, Iluminaciones IV. Introducción y selección de Eduardo Subirats. Traducción de Roberto Blatt. Madrid: Taurus. Jaime Rubio Angulo 1992 127
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Where is Philosophical and Cultural Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Philosophical and Cultural Analysis research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Santiago (Chile) 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, Córdoba and Buenos Aires.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 141 works
  2. 2 Buenos AiresArgentina 128 works
  3. 3 SantiagoChile 88 works
  4. 4 Mexico CityMexico 77 works
  5. 5 BarcelonaSpain 42 works
  6. 6 BogotáColombia 41 works
  7. 7 LimaPeru 32 works
  8. 8 SevilleSpain 26 works
  9. 9 MedellínColombia 23 works
  10. 10 La PlataArgentina 21 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. La PlataAR · 21.4 works59×
  2. CórdobaAR · 20.5 works54×
  3. Buenos AiresAR · 128.0 works49×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Philosophical and Cultural Analysis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Philosophical and Cultural Analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad de Sevilla, Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Universidad de Buenos Aires 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%mean 11.86%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad de SevillaUniversidad de GranadaUniversidad Complute…Universidad de Bueno…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

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
1Universidad de SevillaSpain 69.521.0%33.4×23 +27.8%
2Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 65.212.4%52.1×56 +20.4%
3Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 57.79.4%125.2×62 +1.5%
4Universidad de GranadaSpain 52.713.1%27.8×19 +4.3%
5Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 47.27.8%28.2×26 +22.3%
6Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain 46.918.1%19.1×13 -37.7%
7Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileChile 45.16.8%48.5×18 +48.6%
8Universidad Nacional de CuyoArgentina 45.114.3%159.6×11 +53.8%
9Universidad de ValladolidSpain 42.29.7%29.1×10 +123.6%
10Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 42.06.0%30.5×37 -0.8%

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 Philosophical and Cultural Analysis, country by country

Is Philosophical and Cultural Analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025.

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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 Philosophical and Cultural Analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0057% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Philosophical and Cultural Analysis0.0062% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Philosophical and Cultural Analysis 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.

still counting5%10%15%Philosophical and Cultural Analysis9.7% in 2025200020102020

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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