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Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought

Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought is a research topic within Philosophy. Science Explorer counts 3.1k research works in it since 1950. 10.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers revolves around the works and philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, focusing on topics such as education, compassion, the general will, citizenship, and the Enlightenment. It explores Rousseau's influence on storytelling, political theory, and his critique of inequality.

  • Rousseau
  • Enlightenment
  • Education
  • Philosophy
  • Social Contract
  • Compassion
  • General Will
  • Citizenship
  • Emile
  • Storytelling
Research works
3.1k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
331
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+29%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought research?

By volume, the United States and France publish the most (95 and 77 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 95 works
  2. 2 France 77 works
  3. 3 Brazil 52 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 44 works
  5. 5 Russia 39 works
  6. 6 Germany 25 works
  7. 7 Poland 16 works
  8. 8 Spain 16 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 16 works
  10. 10 Canada 15 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: 24.0%France: 19.5%Brazil: 13.2%United Kingdom: 11.2%6 others listed: 32.2%24%largest
United States95 · 24.0%France77 · 19.5%Brazil52 · 13.2%United Kingdom44 · 11.2%6 others listed128 · 32.2%

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Which institutions lead Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Cambridge publishes the most Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought research, followed by Universidade Federal de Goiás and Technische Universität Darmstadt.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 7 works
  2. 2 Universidade Federal de GoiásBrazil 7 works
  3. 3 Technische Universität DarmstadtGermany 6 works
  4. 4 Universidade Federal do MaranhãoBrazil 4 works
  5. 5 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 4 works
  6. 6 Université Toulouse - Jean JaurèsFrance 4 works
  7. 7 Université Paris NanterreFrance 4 works
  8. 8 University of WarsawPoland 3 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal do ParanáBrazil 3 works
  10. 10 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 3 works

Where is Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought research done?

The largest centres of Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Paris (France), London (United Kingdom) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Paris and Moscow.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 20 works
  2. 2 Paris France 20 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 11 works
  4. 4 New York United States 10 works
  5. 5 São Paulo Brazil 9 works
  6. 6 Goiânia Brazil 8 works
  7. 7 Cambridge United Kingdom 7 works
  8. 8 Lyon France 7 works
  9. 9 Warsaw Poland 6 works
  10. 10 Darmstadt Germany 6 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ParisFR · 20.1 works4.5×
  2. MoscowRU · 20.2 works3.7×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought than the world average.

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Is Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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