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Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism

Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism is a research topic within Philosophy. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1950. 16.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of ethics, philosophy, and religious studies, with a focus on the works of Levinas and Derrida. It delves into topics such as responsibility, hospitality, Jewish philosophy, and the ethics of dialogue and community.

  • Levinas
  • Derrida
  • ethics
  • philosophy
  • Jewish
  • responsibility
  • hospitality
  • religion
  • community
  • dialogue
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+14%
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Which countries lead Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (471 and 194 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 471 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 194 works
  3. 3 Brazil 186 works
  4. 4 France 96 works
  5. 5 Canada 81 works
  6. 6 Germany 79 works
  7. 7 Italy 66 works
  8. 8 Australia 64 works
  9. 9 China 59 works
  10. 10 Spain 56 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: 34.8%United Kingdom: 14.4%Brazil: 13.7%France: 7.1%6 others listed: 30.0%35%largest
United States471 · 34.8%United Kingdom194 · 14.4%Brazil186 · 13.7%France96 · 7.1%6 others listed406 · 30.0%

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

Which institutions lead Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Oxford publishes the most Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism research, followed by KU Leuven and University of Chicago.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 16 works
  2. 2 KU LeuvenBelgium 14 works
  3. 3 University of ChicagoUnited States 11 works
  4. 4 Charles UniversityCzechia 10 works
  5. 5 University of CopenhagenDenmark 10 works
  6. 6 Film IndependentUnited States 9 works
  7. 7 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 9 works
  8. 8 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 9 works
  9. 9 University of WarwickUnited Kingdom 9 works
  10. 10 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 8 works

Who are the leading researchers in Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism include Michel Foucault.

  1. 1 Michel Foucault Poland 4.6k citations

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

Where is Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism research done?

The largest centres of Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), London (United Kingdom), New York (United States) and Chicago (United States).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Paris France 40 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 37 works
  3. 3 New York United States 34 works
  4. 4 Chicago United States 25 works
  5. 5 São Paulo Brazil 24 works
  6. 6 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 19 works
  7. 7 Los Angeles United States 19 works
  8. 8 Madrid Spain 18 works
  9. 9 Santiago Chile 17 works
  10. 10 Oxford United Kingdom 17 works
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Where is the best place to study Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism?

Among universities, judged by research, KU Leuven, University of Copenhagen and University of Oxford 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 15.38%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →KU Leuven: 14, 26.4%University of Copenhagen: 10, 36.9%University of Oxford: 16, 17.3%University of Warwick: 9, 19.1%Charles University: 10, 4.9%University of Chicago: 11, 13.1%University of British Columbia: 8, 18.3%Université Paris Nanterre: 8, 5.1%University of Cambridge: 9, 12.7%Universidade Federal de Santa Maria: 8, 0.0%University of Copenh…KU LeuvenUniversity of WarwickUniversity of Oxford
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 KU LeuvenBelgium 65.826.4%7.7×14 +7.2%
2 University of CopenhagenDenmark 61.936.9%7.1×10 -10.4%
3 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 57.917.3%6.2×16 +19.6%
4 University of WarwickUnited Kingdom 54.019.1%9.5×9 +61.2%
5 Charles UniversityCzechia 49.44.9%11.4×10 —
6 University of ChicagoUnited States 37.813.1%7.0×11 -23.8%
7 University of British ColumbiaCanada 35.518.3%4.1×8 +84.8%
8 Université Paris NanterreFrance 35.15.1%19.2×8 +54.5%
9 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 34.812.7%4.0×9 +101.2%
10 Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBrazil 32.80.0%9.8×8 +92.1%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism.

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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.