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Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies

Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 4k research works in it since 1951. 11.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of Bakhtinian and Vygotskian theories in education, emphasizing the role of dialogue, pedagogy, and agency. It delves into the cultural and ethical dimensions of literature, identity, and the individual within social contexts.

  • Bakhtin
  • dialogue
  • education
  • pedagogy
  • Vygotsky
  • literature
  • agency
  • cultural
  • ethics
  • identity
Research works
4k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
454
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+68%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies research?

By volume, Russia and the United States publish the most (256 and 121 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Russia 256 works
  2. 2 United States 121 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 48 works
  4. 4 Brazil 44 works
  5. 5 China 26 works
  6. 6 Ukraine 25 works
  7. 7 Poland 18 works
  8. 8 France 18 works
  9. 9 Italy 16 works
  10. 10 Romania 16 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.

Russia: 43.5%United States: 20.6%United Kingdom: 8.1%Brazil: 7.4%6 others listed: 20.4%44%largest
Russia256 · 43.5%United States121 · 20.6%United Kingdom48 · 8.1%Brazil44 · 7.4%6 others listed120 · 20.4%

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

Which institutions lead Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Gorky Institute of World Literature publishes the most Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Russian State University for the Humanities.

Who are the leading researchers in Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies include Richard Rorty, Hubert J. M. Hermans and Tzvetan Todorov.

  1. 1 Richard Rorty United States 1.2k citations
  2. 2 Hubert J. M. Hermans Netherlands 729 citations
  3. 3 Tzvetan Todorov France 666 citations

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

Where is Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies research done?

The largest centres of Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Saint Petersburg (Russia), São Paulo (Brazil) and Weatherford (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Saint Petersburg and Moscow.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 114 works
  2. 2 Saint Petersburg Russia 33 works
  3. 3 São Paulo Brazil 13 works
  4. 4 Weatherford United States 13 works
  5. 5 Cambridge United Kingdom 11 works
  6. 6 Los Angeles United States 10 works
  7. 7 Târgu Mureş Romania 9 works
  8. 8 Kyiv Ukraine 9 works
  9. 9 London United Kingdom 9 works
  10. 10 Dushanbe Tajikistan 9 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Saint PetersburgRU · 33.2 works15×
  2. MoscowRU · 114.1 works13×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Russian State University for the Humanities, Lomonosov Moscow State University and University of Cambridge 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%5%10%mean 3.425%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Russian State University for the Humanities: 18, 10.6%Lomonosov Moscow State University: 10, 9.3%University of Cambridge: 11, 0.0%National Research University Higher School of Economics: 9, 3.6%Moscow State University: 9, 2.6%Universitatea de Medicină, Farmacie, Științe și Tehnologie „George Emil Palade” din Târgu Mureș: 9, 0.0%Weatherford College: 13, 1.3%St Petersburg University: 12, 0.0%Russian State Univer…Lomonosov Moscow Sta…National Research Un…University of Cambri…
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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 Russian State University for the HumanitiesRussia 46.510.6%375.3×18
2 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 32.39.3%14.5×10
3 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 24.60.0%12.2×11 +200.0%
4 National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia 22.33.6%27.6×9 +167.0%
5 Moscow State UniversityTajikistan 21.12.6%39.2×9
6 Universitatea de Medicină, Farmacie, Științe și Tehnologie „George Emil Palade” din Târgu MureșRomania 17.80.0%141.8×9 +785.7%
7 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 14.61.3%11.9×13 +42.0%
8 St Petersburg UniversityRussia 14.60.0%29.2×12

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 Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 68% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies.

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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.