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Political theory and Gramsci

Political theory and Gramsci is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 6.3k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the enduring relevance of Antonio Gramsci's theories in contemporary politics, focusing on concepts such as hegemony, subalternity, civil society, and passive revolution. It also delves into the application of Gramscian ideas in fields such as education, cultural studies, and postcolonial theory, as well as their intersection with topics like neoliberalism and political theory.

  • Gramsci
  • Hegemony
  • Subaltern
  • Civil Society
  • Postcolonial Theory
  • Cultural Studies
  • Passive Revolution
  • Education
  • Neoliberalism
  • Political Theory
Research works
6.3k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
632
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-10%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
26% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Political theory and Gramsci

Which countries lead Political theory and Gramsci research?

By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (217 and 199 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 217 works
  2. 2 Brazil 199 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 104 works
  4. 4 Italy 84 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 44 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 41 works
  7. 7 India 41 works
  8. 8 Canada 37 works
  9. 9 Spain 37 works
  10. 10 Germany 36 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: 25.9%Brazil: 23.8%United Kingdom: 12.4%Italy: 10.0%6 others listed: 28.0%26%largest
United States217 · 25.9%Brazil199 · 23.8%United Kingdom104 · 12.4%Italy84 · 10.0%6 others listed235 · 28.0%

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

Which institutions lead Political theory and Gramsci research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) publishes the most Political theory and Gramsci research, followed by University of Wollongong and Universidade de São Paulo.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 15 works
  2. 2 University of WollongongAustralia 13 works
  3. 3 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 12 works
  4. 4 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 11 works
  5. 5 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 11 works
  6. 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 9 works
  7. 7 Michigan State UniversityUnited States 9 works
  8. 8 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 8 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal de UberlândiaBrazil 7 works
  10. 10 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Political theory and Gramsci?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Political theory and Gramsci include Pierre Bourdıeu, Michel Foucault and Noam Chomsky.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  2. 2 Michel Foucault France 208k citations
  3. 3 Noam Chomsky United States 141k citations
  4. 4 Anthony Giddens United States 121k citations
  5. 5 Judith Butler United States 116k citations
  6. 6 Francis Fukuyama United States 110k citations
  7. 7 Robert D. Putnam United States 96k 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 Political theory and Gramsci?

The most cited paper in Political theory and Gramsci is "THE LOGIC OF CONNECTIVE ACTION" (W. Lance Bennett, Alexandra Segerberg, 2012), with 2,999 citations. Next come "Gramsci's Relevance for the Study of Race and Ethnicity" (1,616) and "Gramsci, Hegemony and International Relations : An Essay in Method" (1,486).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 THE LOGIC OF CONNECTIVE ACTION W. Lance Bennett, Alexandra Segerberg · Information Communication & Society Open access 10 Apr 2012 2,999
2 Gramsci's Relevance for the Study of Race and Ethnicity Stuart Hall · Journal of Communication Inquiry Jun 1986 1,616
3 Gramsci, Hegemony and International Relations : An Essay in Method Robert W. Cox · Millennium Journal of International Studies Jun 1983 1,486
4 Emotions and Social Movements: Twenty Years of Theory and Research James M. Jasper · Annual Review of Sociology ReviewOpen access Mar 2011 1,421
5 Signification, representation, ideology: Althusser and the post‐structuralist debates Stuart Hall · Critical Studies in Mass Communication Jun 1985 1,399
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Where is Political theory and Gramsci research done?

The largest centres of Political theory and Gramsci research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), London (United Kingdom), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Madrid (Spain). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in São Paulo.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 São PauloBrazil 38 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 27 works
  3. 3 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 19 works
  4. 4 MadridSpain 19 works
  5. 5 New YorkUnited States 15 works
  6. 6 RomeItaly 14 works
  7. 7 WollongongAustralia 13 works
  8. 8 Washington D.C.United States 12 works
  9. 9 ParisFrance 12 works
  10. 10 MoscowRussia 11 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. São PauloBR · 37.9 works5.6×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Political theory and Gramsci than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Political theory and Gramsci?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Wollongong, Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) 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 6.78333%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Wollon…Universidad Complute…Universidade Federal…Universidade Estadua…
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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 WollongongAustralia 87.316.8%43.1×13 -
2Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 57.911.0%11.9×11 +258.3%
3Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 42.00.7%18.0×15 -40.6%
4Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 36.85.5%22.5×11 -9.1%
5Michigan State UniversityUnited States 36.46.0%11.4×9 +182.5%
6Universidade de São PauloBrazil 33.60.7%5.7×12 +48.4%

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 Political theory and Gramsci, country by country

Is Political theory and Gramsci research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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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 Political theory and Gramsci as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0049% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Political theory and Gramsci0.0047% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Political theory and Gramsci 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%Political theory and Gramsci10.6% 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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