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Philosophy and Historical Thought

Philosophy and Historical Thought is a research topic within Philosophy. Science Explorer counts 7.9k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics within the realm of philosophy, history, and cultural formation. It delves into humanism, Bildung, metaphysics, ethics, aesthetics, sociology, and political philosophy, reflecting a deep exploration of the human experience and societal development.

  • Philosophy
  • History
  • Cultural Formation
  • Humanism
  • Bildung
  • Metaphysics
  • Ethics
  • Aesthetics
  • Sociology
  • Political Philosophy
Research works
7.9k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
796
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-8%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Brazil
40% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Philosophy and Historical Thought

Which countries lead Philosophy and Historical Thought research?

By volume, Brazil and Germany publish the most (560 and 377 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Brazil 560 works
  2. 2 Germany 377 works
  3. 3 United States 117 works
  4. 4 Italy 71 works
  5. 5 France 69 works
  6. 6 Spain 47 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 43 works
  8. 8 Austria 39 works
  9. 9 Switzerland 32 works
  10. 10 China 29 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.

Brazil: 40.5%Germany: 27.3%United States: 8.5%Italy: 5.1%6 others listed: 18.7%40%largest
Brazil560 · 40.5%Germany377 · 27.3%United States117 · 8.5%Italy71 · 5.1%6 others listed258 · 18.7%

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

Which institutions lead Philosophy and Historical Thought research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Philosophy and Historical Thought research, followed by Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 29 works
  2. 2 Universidade Estadual do Oeste do ParanáBrazil 20 works
  3. 3 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 19 works
  4. 4 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 17 works
  5. 5 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 16 works
  6. 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 15 works
  7. 7 University of MünsterGermany 15 works
  8. 8 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 15 works
  9. 9 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 14 works
  10. 10 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 14 works

Who are the leading researchers in Philosophy and Historical Thought?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Philosophy and Historical Thought include Pierre Bourdıeu, Nicholas G. Martin and Michel Foucault.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  2. 2 Nicholas G. Martin Australia 228k citations
  3. 3 Michel Foucault France 208k citations
  4. 4 Bruce Thompson United States 120k citations
  5. 5 James J. Collins United States 118k citations
  6. 6 Judith Butler United States 116k citations
  7. 7 Peter J. Schwartz Italy 103k 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 Philosophy and Historical Thought?

The most cited paper in Philosophy and Historical Thought is "An answer to the question: What is enlightenment? (1784)" (Immanuel Kant, Allen W. Wood, 2012), with 511 citations. Next come "Sein und Zeit. Von Martin Heidegger. 14. Auflage mit den Randbemerkungen. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag. 1977. 437 S. 28, – DM." (377) and "The Phenomenological Movement and Research in the Human Sciences" (373).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 An answer to the question: What is enlightenment? (1784) Immanuel Kant, Allen W. Wood · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 18 Jun 2012 511
2 Sein und Zeit. Von Martin Heidegger. 14. Auflage mit den Randbemerkungen. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag. 1977. 437 S. 28, – DM. André Rocque · Dialogue Jun 1980 377
3 The Phenomenological Movement and Research in the Human Sciences Amedeo Giorgi · Nursing Science Quarterly Dec 2004 373
4 Hegel's Phenomenology: the Sociality of Reason. Sally S. Sedgwick, Terry Pinkard · The Philosophical Quarterly Oct 1995 339
5 Kritik der Urteilskraft (1790) Gerd Irrlitz · J.B. Metzler eBooks Book chapter 2015 302
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Where is Philosophy and Historical Thought research done?

The largest centres of Philosophy and Historical Thought research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Berlin (Germany) and Paris (France).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 São PauloBrazil 74 works
  2. 2 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 48 works
  3. 3 BerlinGermany 34 works
  4. 4 ParisFrance 27 works
  5. 5 MunichGermany 27 works
  6. 6 CuritibaBrazil 26 works
  7. 7 MadridSpain 25 works
  8. 8 Porto AlegreBrazil 24 works
  9. 9 BrasíliaBrazil 22 works
  10. 10 Belo HorizonteBrazil 22 works
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Where is the best place to study Philosophy and Historical Thought?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Bonn, University of Vienna and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München 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 12.21%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of BonnUniversity of CologneUniversity of ViennaLudwig-Maximilians-U…
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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
1University of BonnGermany 70.619.6%13.9×9 +79.8%
2University of ViennaAustria 67.815.5%14.7×11 +51.7%
3Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 67.29.8%15.5×20 +23.6%
4University of CologneGermany 65.516.1%13.9×9 +32.2%
5University of GrazAustria 58.28.9%43.6×11 +190.9%
6Johannes Gutenberg University MainzGermany 57.511.2%20.1×11 +29.4%
7Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinGermany 56.614.7%17.9×9 -8.0%
8Universidade de São PauloBrazil 54.74.7%9.8×29 -21.2%
9University of WuppertalGermany 52.213.2%50.5×10 -27.6%
10University of TübingenGermany 51.08.4%15.3×10 +65.4%

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 Philosophy and Historical Thought, country by country

Is Philosophy and Historical Thought research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2018.

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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 Philosophy and Historical Thought as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0072% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Philosophy and Historical Thought 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%Philosophy and Historical Thought9.6% 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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