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Political Theory and Influence

Political Theory and Influence is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 9.4k research works in it since 1950. 10.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the liberal political thought in 19th century Europe, focusing on the works and ideas of prominent figures such as John Stuart Mill, Alexis de Tocqueville, and Benjamin Constant. It delves into topics such as imperialism, democracy, colonialism, and the role of the nation-state in historical perspective.

  • John Stuart Mill
  • Alexis de Tocqueville
  • Benjamin Constant
  • Imperialism
  • Democracy
  • French Liberalism
  • Colonialism
  • Nineteenth Century
  • Political Philosophy
  • Nation-State
Research works
9.4k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
982
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-6%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
32% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Political Theory and Influence

Which countries lead Political Theory and Influence research?

By volume, the United States and France publish the most (352 and 227 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 352 works
  2. 2 France 227 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 150 works
  4. 4 Germany 90 works
  5. 5 Brazil 86 works
  6. 6 Italy 52 works
  7. 7 Canada 38 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 37 works
  9. 9 Spain 30 works
  10. 10 China 27 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: 32.4%France: 20.9%United Kingdom: 13.7%Germany: 8.2%6 others listed: 24.8%32%largest
United States352 · 32.4%France227 · 20.9%United Kingdom150 · 13.7%Germany90 · 8.2%6 others listed270 · 24.8%

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

Which institutions lead Political Theory and Influence research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Political Theory and Influence research, followed by University of Cambridge and Technische Universität Darmstadt.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 51 works
  2. 2 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 17 works
  3. 3 Technische Universität DarmstadtGermany 16 works
  4. 4 University of ChicagoUnited States 14 works
  5. 5 University of PassauGermany 14 works
  6. 6 Georgetown UniversityUnited States 12 works
  7. 7 University of LuxembourgLuxembourg 11 works
  8. 8 Université de LyonFrance 11 works
  9. 9 Institut d'Etudes Politiques de ParisFrance 10 works
  10. 10 Université Paris NanterreFrance 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Political Theory and Influence?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Political Theory and Influence include Pierre Bourdıeu, Michel Foucault and F. Stuart Chapin.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  2. 2 Michel Foucault France 208k citations
  3. 3 F. Stuart Chapin United States 185k citations
  4. 4 Noam Chomsky United States 141k citations
  5. 5 D. G. Charlton Israel 130k citations
  6. 6 Bruno Latour France 129k citations
  7. 7 Anthony Giddens United States 121k citations
  8. 8 Amartya Kumar Sen United States 117k citations
  9. 9 James G. March United States 111k citations
  10. 10 Francis Fukuyama United States 110k 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 Influence?

The most cited paper in Political Theory and Influence is "Some Social Requisites of Democracy: Economic Development and Political Legitimacy" (Seymour Martin Lipset, 1959), with 7,088 citations. Next come "The New Institutionalism: Organizational Factors in Political Life" (4,002) and "Coloniality of Power and Eurocentrism in Latin America" (3,084).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Some Social Requisites of Democracy: Economic Development and Political Legitimacy Seymour Martin Lipset · American Political Science Review Mar 1959 7,088
2 The New Institutionalism: Organizational Factors in Political Life James G. March, Johan Pelck Olsen · American Political Science Review Dec 1983 4,002
3 Coloniality of Power and Eurocentrism in Latin America Aníbal Quijano · International Sociology Jun 2000 3,084
4 The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte Karl Marx · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapterOpen access 18 Jan 1996 2,316
5 Democracy and Disagreement Alain Boyer · Ratio Juris Mar 1995 1,214
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Where is Political Theory and Influence research done?

The largest centres of Political Theory and Influence research in 2022-now are Paris (France), London (United Kingdom), Washington D.C. (United States) and New York (United States).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 ParisFrance 86 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 41 works
  3. 3 Washington D.C.United States 22 works
  4. 4 New YorkUnited States 20 works
  5. 5 ChicagoUnited States 19 works
  6. 6 CambridgeUnited Kingdom 19 works
  7. 7 BrusselsBelgium 17 works
  8. 8 DarmstadtGermany 16 works
  9. 9 São PauloBrazil 15 works
  10. 10 LyonFrance 14 works
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Where is the best place to study Political Theory and Influence?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Cambridge, Georgetown University and University of Chicago 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%30%mean 9.76%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →King's College LondonGeorgetown UniversityUniversity of Cambri…University of Chicago
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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 CambridgeUnited Kingdom 79.711.7%12.0×17 +8.9%
2Georgetown UniversityUnited States 67.719.0%22.6×12 +497.2%
3University of ChicagoUnited States 63.67.7%14.0×14 +53.6%
4King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 61.524.6%9.0×9 -38.2%
5Technische Universität DarmstadtGermany 49.83.0%41.1×16 +9.4%
6University of PassauGermany 44.06.5%162.4×14 -
7University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 38.75.9%5.8×10 -3.1%
8University of LuxembourgLuxembourg 34.43.3%39.9×11 -49.8%
9Yale UniversityUnited States 33.212.3%6.2×8 -1.6%
10Université Paris NanterreFrance 30.43.6%40.0×10 +101.4%

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 Influence, country by country

Is Political Theory and Influence research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023.

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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 Influence as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0059% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Political Theory and Influence0.0046% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Political Theory and Influence 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 Influence10.8% 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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