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Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis

Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis is a research topic within Philosophy. Science Explorer counts 4.3k research works in it since 1950. 10.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the philosophy of Henri Bergson, as well as related thinkers such as Simondon and Ravaisson. It delves into concepts like habit, time, and the intersection of philosophy with science, culture, sociology, and ethics.

  • Bergson
  • Simondon
  • Ravaisson
  • Habit
  • Philosophy
  • Time
  • Science
  • Culture
  • Sociology
  • Ethics
Research works
4.3k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
467
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+2%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
France
47% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis

Which countries lead Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis research?

By volume, France and Brazil publish the most (393 and 103 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 France 393 works
  2. 2 Brazil 103 works
  3. 3 United States 80 works
  4. 4 Canada 52 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 44 works
  6. 6 Italy 40 works
  7. 7 Spain 39 works
  8. 8 Japan 32 works
  9. 9 Germany 31 works
  10. 10 Belgium 25 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.

France: 46.9%Brazil: 12.2%United States: 9.5%Canada: 6.2%6 others listed: 25.2%47%largest
France393 · 46.9%Brazil103 · 12.2%United States80 · 9.5%Canada52 · 6.2%6 others listed211 · 25.2%

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

Which institutions lead Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis research, followed by Université de Lyon and Université Paris Cité.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 85 works
  2. 2 Université de LyonFrance 17 works
  3. 3 Université Paris CitéFrance 13 works
  4. 4 Tambov State UniversityRussia 13 works
  5. 5 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneFrance 11 works
  6. 6 Université de Picardie Jules VerneFrance 11 works
  7. 7 Université Paris NanterreFrance 10 works
  8. 8 Université du Québec à MontréalCanada 9 works
  9. 9 Université Paris 8France 9 works
  10. 10 Sorbonne UniversitéFrance 8 works

Who are the leading researchers in Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis include Bruno Latour, Jean Piaget and Sigmund Freud.

  1. 1 Bruno Latour France 129k citations
  2. 2 Jean Piaget Switzerland 104k citations
  3. 3 Sigmund Freud Brazil 97k 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 Theoretical Analysis?

The most cited paper in Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis is "How to Talk About the Body? the Normative Dimension of Science Studies" (Bruno Latour, 2004), with 1,358 citations. Next come "Transition vitreuse dans les polymères amorphes. Etude phénoménologique" (1,029) and "Aramis or the love for technology" (673).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 How to Talk About the Body? the Normative Dimension of Science Studies Bruno Latour · Body & Society Jun 2004 1,358
2 Transition vitreuse dans les polymères amorphes. Etude phénoménologique A. J. Kovacs · Advances in polymer science Book chapter 10 Mar 2006 1,029
3 Aramis or the love for technology Barbara Czarniawska-Joerges · Scandinavian Journal of Management Jun 1997 673
4 On Ethnographic Surrealism James Lowry Clifford · Comparative Studies in Society and History Oct 1981 366
5 THE NATURE OF PRODUCED NATURE: MATERIALITY AND KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION IN MARXISM Noel Castree · Antipode 1995 313
All 102 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis research in 2022-now are Paris (France), Lyon (France), Montreal (Canada) and São Paulo (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lyon and Paris.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 ParisFrance 141 works
  2. 2 LyonFrance 27 works
  3. 3 MontrealCanada 22 works
  4. 4 São PauloBrazil 22 works
  5. 5 ToulouseFrance 16 works
  6. 6 LondonUnited Kingdom 13 works
  7. 7 LilleFrance 13 works
  8. 8 TambovRussia 13 works
  9. 9 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 12 works
  10. 10 BordeauxFrance 12 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LyonFR · 27.2 works28×
  2. ParisFR · 141.0 works16×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis than the world average.

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

Among universities, judged by research, Tambov State University, Université de Lyon and Université Paris Cité 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%20%40%mean 9.15%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Tambov State Univers…Université Paris CitéUniversité du Québec…Université de Lyon
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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
1Tambov State UniversityRussia 63.341.9%313.1×13 -
2Université de LyonFrance 52.65.1%27.8×17 +32.7%
3Université Paris CitéFrance 39.69.9%18.8×13 -9.6%
4Université du Québec à MontréalCanada 27.67.5%42.6×9 +34.5%
5Université Paris Sciences et LettresFrance 26.84.4%22.7×8 +118.7%
6Université de Picardie Jules VerneFrance 25.70.5%81.5×11 +117.5%
7Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneFrance 23.96.2%70.4×11 -19.3%
8Université Paris NanterreFrance 17.79.1%49.7×10 -24.3%
9Sorbonne UniversitéFrance 15.25.9%13.0×8 -16.3%
10Université Paris 8France 14.11.0%80.3×9 -3.0%

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 Theoretical Analysis, country by country

Is Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis.

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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 Theoretical Analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0036% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis0.0042% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Philosophical and Theoretical 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 Theoretical Analysis10.6% 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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