Question 1

Which countries lead Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought research?

Accepted Answer

By volume, the United States and France publish the most (107 and 87 works in 2022-now).

Question 2

Which institutions lead Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought research?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought research, followed by Universidade Federal de Goiás and University of Cambridge.

Question 3

Who are the leading researchers in Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought?

Accepted Answer

The most-cited researchers publishing on Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought include D. G. Charlton, David Hume and Thomas A. Wynn.

Question 4

Where is Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought research done?

Accepted Answer

The largest centres of Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought research in 2022-now are Paris (France), Moscow (Russia), London (United Kingdom) and São Paulo (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Paris and Moscow.

Question 5

Is Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought research growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought.

Question 6

What are the most cited papers in Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper in Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought is "Transformations of Classical Republicanism in Eighteenth‐Century France" (Keith Michael Baker, 2001), with 170 citations. Next come "Third-Wave Feminism and the Defense of “Choice”" (147) and "Figures de la domination" (124).