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Philosophy, Science, and History

Philosophy, Science, and History is a research topic within History and Philosophy of Science. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 17.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers revolves around the philosophical movement of Logical Empiricism, particularly its association with the Vienna Circle, and its impact on the philosophy of science. The papers explore various aspects such as the works of Carnap, Neurath, and their influence on pragmatism, metaphysics, political philosophy, and social engagement.

  • Logical Empiricism
  • Vienna Circle
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Carnap
  • Neurath
  • Pragmatism
  • Metaphysics
  • Political Philosophy
  • Analytic Philosophy
  • Social Engagement
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+16%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Philosophy, Science, and History research?

By volume, Germany and the United States publish the most (342 and 313 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Germany 342 works
  2. 2 United States 313 works
  3. 3 France 122 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 105 works
  5. 5 Italy 89 works
  6. 6 Brazil 79 works
  7. 7 Austria 75 works
  8. 8 Russia 56 works
  9. 9 Canada 48 works
  10. 10 Spain 37 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.

Germany: 27.0%United States: 24.7%France: 9.6%United Kingdom: 8.3%6 others listed: 30.4%27%largest
Germany342 · 27.0%United States313 · 24.7%France122 · 9.6%United Kingdom105 · 8.3%6 others listed385 · 30.4%

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

Which institutions lead Philosophy, Science, and History research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Vienna publishes the most Philosophy, Science, and History research, followed by Freie Universität Berlin and University of Tübingen.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of ViennaAustria 34 works
  2. 2 Freie Universität BerlinGermany 13 works
  3. 3 University of TübingenGermany 13 works
  4. 4 University of TurinItaly 12 works
  5. 5 University of HelsinkiFinland 11 works
  6. 6 University of WuppertalGermany 10 works
  7. 7 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 10 works
  8. 8 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 10 works
  9. 9 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 9 works
  10. 10 University of TorontoCanada 9 works

Where is Philosophy, Science, and History research done?

The largest centres of Philosophy, Science, and History research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Vienna (Austria), Berlin (Germany) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Vienna.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Paris France 57 works
  2. 2 Vienna Austria 47 works
  3. 3 Berlin Germany 36 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 30 works
  5. 5 Munich Germany 23 works
  6. 6 New York United States 23 works
  7. 7 Budapest Hungary 18 works
  8. 8 London United Kingdom 17 works
  9. 9 São Paulo Brazil 15 works
  10. 10 Tübingen Germany 15 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ViennaAT · 46.9 works13×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Philosophy, Science, and History than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Philosophy, Science, and History?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Vienna, University of Turin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 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 23.7%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Vienna: 34, 21.8%University of Turin: 12, 33.0%Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: 8, 19.8%University of Wuppertal: 10, 28.1%University of Cambridge: 10, 45.6%Friedrich Schiller University Jena: 8, 16.1%University of Tübingen: 13, 15.6%Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz: 9, 15.2%University of Graz: 9, 19.6%Ca' Foscari University of Venice: 9, 22.2%University of TurinUniversity of Wupper…University of ViennaHumboldt-Universität…
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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 University of ViennaAustria 78.621.8%41.9×34 +338.4%
2 University of TurinItaly 62.533.0%14.9×12 +59.9%
3 Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinGermany 55.419.8%13.6×8 +216.8%
4 University of WuppertalGermany 55.228.1%41.7×10 +120.8%
5 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 48.945.6%5.3×10 -18.4%
6 Friedrich Schiller University JenaGermany 48.516.1%24.0×8 +141.0%
7 University of TübingenGermany 48.415.6%20.3×13 +36.0%
8 Johannes Gutenberg University MainzGermany 47.215.2%17.5×9 +115.3%
9 University of GrazAustria 43.319.6%31.0×9 -7.6%
10 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 41.522.2%22.2×9 -0.0%

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, Science, and History research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Philosophy, Science, and History.

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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.

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.