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Polish Historical and Cultural Studies

Polish Historical and Cultural Studies is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 28k research works in it since 1950. 6.7% 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 related to the history, politics, and cultural dynamics of Poland, including the post-World War II period, political transformations, nationalism, Soviet influence, ethnic relations, and religious dynamics. It also delves into the Polish minority, Eastern European context, and the cultural discourse surrounding these themes.

  • Polish history
  • Polish minority
  • Eastern Europe
  • Post-World War II
  • Political transformations
  • Nationalism
  • Soviet Union
  • Cultural discourse
  • Religious dynamics
  • Ethnic relations
Research works
28k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
6.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+22%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Polish Historical and Cultural Studies research?

By volume, Poland and Ukraine publish the most (4.7k and 223 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Poland 4.7k works
  2. 2 Ukraine 223 works
  3. 3 United States 222 works
  4. 4 Russia 100 works
  5. 5 Czechia 91 works
  6. 6 Germany 71 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 67 works
  8. 8 Romania 44 works
  9. 9 Lithuania 40 works
  10. 10 France 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.

Poland: 84.1%Ukraine: 4.0%United States: 3.9%Russia: 1.8%6 others listed: 6.2%84%largest
Poland4,735 · 84.1%Ukraine223 · 4.0%United States222 · 3.9%Russia100 · 1.8%6 others listed352 · 6.2%

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

Which institutions lead Polish Historical and Cultural Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Jagiellonian University publishes the most Polish Historical and Cultural Studies research, followed by University of Warsaw and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.

Who are the leading researchers in Polish Historical and Cultural Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Polish Historical and Cultural Studies include John C. Campbell.

  1. 1 John C. Campbell United States 1.3k citations

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

Where is Polish Historical and Cultural Studies research done?

The largest centres of Polish Historical and Cultural Studies research in 2022–2025 are Warsaw (Poland), Krakow (Poland), Lublin (Poland) and Poznań (Poland). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kalisz, Słupsk and Opava.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Warsaw Poland 1.2k works
  2. 2 Krakow Poland 767 works
  3. 3 Lublin Poland 411 works
  4. 4 Poznań Poland 380 works
  5. 5 Łódź Poland 274 works
  6. 6 Wrocław Poland 199 works
  7. 7 Katowice Poland 183 works
  8. 8 Gdańsk Poland 162 works
  9. 9 Toruń Poland 155 works
  10. 10 Olsztyn Poland 124 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KaliszPL · 21.8 works309×
  2. SłupskPL · 29.3 works208×
  3. OpavaCZ · 28.0 works131×
  4. SiedlcePL · 26.8 works128×
  5. ToruńPL · 155.4 works107×
  6. OpolePL · 72.5 works96×
  7. LublinPL · 411.5 works94×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Polish Historical and Cultural Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Polish Historical and Cultural Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Silesian University in Opava, University of Warsaw and Maria Curie-Skłodowska University 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 7.87%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Silesian University in Opava: 25, 14.2%University of Warsaw: 353, 7.7%Maria Curie-Skłodowska University: 172, 6.5%Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań: 345, 5.7%Jagiellonian University: 399, 5.8%University of Silesia in Katowice: 99, 7.1%John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin: 194, 4.6%Uniwersytet SWPS: 21, 14.8%University of Wrocław: 155, 5.0%University of Łódź: 240, 7.3%Silesian University …University of WarsawMaria Curie-Skłodows…Adam Mickiewicz Univ…
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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 Silesian University in OpavaCzechia 68.114.2%136.1×25 +278.9%
2 University of WarsawPoland 66.57.7%122.6×353 +86.8%
3 Maria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityPoland 66.06.5%158.0×172 +224.9%
4 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 63.95.7%151.4×345 +108.0%
5 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 63.45.8%106.5×399 +66.4%
6 University of Silesia in KatowicePoland 63.47.1%84.5×99 +147.3%
7 John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland 63.24.6%207.5×194 +232.1%
8 Uniwersytet SWPSPoland 63.014.8%60.1×21 +127.1%
9 University of WrocławPoland 61.65.0%134.0×155 +139.5%
10 University of ŁódźPoland 60.87.3%150.5×240 +58.7%

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 Polish Historical and Cultural Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2018. The fastest-growing topics are Polish Historical and Cultural 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.

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.