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Philosophy and Phenomenology Studies

Philosophy and Phenomenology Studies is a research topic within General Social Sciences. Science Explorer counts 1.7k research works in it since 1961. 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 interdisciplinary topics including philosophy, psychology, social sciences, history, ethics, gender studies, cognitive science, bioethics, cultural studies, and education. The papers explore various aspects of human nature, society, culture, and ethics from different disciplinary perspectives.

  • Philosophy
  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • History
  • Ethics
  • Gender Studies
  • Cognitive Science
  • Bioethics
  • Cultural Studies
  • Education
Research works
1.7k
fractional, since 1961
In the world top 10%
172
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+51%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
38% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Philosophy and Phenomenology Studies

Which countries lead Philosophy and Phenomenology Studies research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (220 and 73 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 220 works
  2. 2 Mexico 73 works
  3. 3 Argentina 66 works
  4. 4 Chile 52 works
  5. 5 Brazil 47 works
  6. 6 Colombia 39 works
  7. 7 United States 37 works
  8. 8 Peru 18 works
  9. 9 Italy 14 works
  10. 10 Costa Rica 12 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: 38.1%Mexico: 12.7%Argentina: 11.5%Chile: 8.9%6 others listed: 28.8%38%largest
Spain220 · 38.1%Mexico73 · 12.7%Argentina66 · 11.5%Chile52 · 8.9%6 others listed166 · 28.8%

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

Which institutions lead Philosophy and Phenomenology Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia publishes the most Philosophy and Phenomenology Studies research, followed by Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaSpain 25 works
  2. 2 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 21 works
  3. 3 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 18 works
  4. 4 CHDI FoundationUnited States 15 works
  5. 5 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 15 works
  6. 6 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 11 works
  7. 7 Universidad de SevillaSpain 11 works
  8. 8 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 10 works
  9. 9 Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileChile 9 works
  10. 10 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 8 works

Who are the leading researchers in Philosophy and Phenomenology Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Philosophy and Phenomenology Studies include Stephen William Hawking, Stephen Jay Gould and José Luís Molinuevo.

  1. 1 Stephen William Hawking United Kingdom 98k citations
  2. 2 Stephen Jay Gould United States 79k citations
  3. 3 José Luís Molinuevo Spain 65k citations
  4. 4 Jacques Derrida France 50k citations
  5. 5 Martín Heidegger Chile 49k 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 Phenomenology Studies?

The most cited paper in Philosophy and Phenomenology Studies is "Fenomenología y hermenéutica: dos perspectivas para estudiar las ciencias sociales y humanas" (Nataliya Barbera, Alicia Inciarte González, 2012), with 39 citations. Next come "¿Es el final del alfa de Cronbach?" (27) and "Heidegger, Martin. Aportes a la filosofía - Acerca del evento. Buenos Aires: Editorial Almagesto, 2000" (25).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Fenomenología y hermenéutica: dos perspectivas para estudiar las ciencias sociales y humanas Nataliya Barbera, Alicia Inciarte González · Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México) 2012 39
2 ¿Es el final del alfa de Cronbach? José Ventura‐León · Adicciones Open access 13 Jul 2018 27
3 Heidegger, Martin. Aportes a la filosofía - Acerca del evento. Buenos Aires: Editorial Almagesto, 2000 Dina V. Picotti · Stromata Open access 2001 25
4 Melatonin exerts immunoregulatory effects by balancing peripheral effector and regulatory T helper cells in myasthenia gravis Ting Chang, Chunxiao Niu, Chao Sun et al. · Aging Open access 2 Nov 2020 24
5 La venganza de la Tierra: la teoría de Gaia y el futuro de la humanidad José Lugo Hubp Dec 2007 22
All 106 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Philosophy and Phenomenology Studies research done?

The largest centres of Philosophy and Phenomenology Studies research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Mexico City (Mexico) and Santiago (Chile). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Buenos Aires, Madrid and Santiago.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 83 works
  2. 2 Buenos AiresArgentina 38 works
  3. 3 Mexico CityMexico 28 works
  4. 4 SantiagoChile 27 works
  5. 5 New YorkUnited States 17 works
  6. 6 BogotáColombia 16 works
  7. 7 SevilleSpain 14 works
  8. 8 Puebla CityMexico 13 works
  9. 9 SalamancaSpain 13 works
  10. 10 BarcelonaSpain 13 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Buenos AiresAR · 38.4 works32×
  2. MadridES · 82.9 works26×
  3. SantiagoCL · 27.2 works26×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Philosophy and Phenomenology Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Philosophy and Phenomenology Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 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 10.9167%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad de Bueno…Pontificia Universid…Universidad Nacional…Universidad Complute…
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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 Buenos AiresArgentina 61.817.3%66.3×15 -3.0%
2Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaSpain 41.17.4%245.4×25 +79.1%
3Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileChile 36.614.0%51.0×9 +26.8%
4Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 35.86.2%42.8×21 +146.5%
5Universidad de SevillaSpain 30.79.6%33.1×10 +41.0%
6Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 30.711.0%17.8×10 -6.4%

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 Phenomenology Studies, country by country

Is Philosophy and Phenomenology Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 51% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Philosophy and Phenomenology Studies.

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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 Phenomenology Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0014% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Philosophy and Phenomenology Studies 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 Phenomenology Studies9.6% in 202520102020

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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