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Scientific and Historical Analyses

Scientific and Historical Analyses is a research topic within Philosophy. Science Explorer counts 1.3k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the interdisciplinary approach of Goethean science, integrating phenomenological inquiry with nature study, education, and cultural history. It encompasses topics such as Waldorf education, polymaths, pedagogical anthropology, and the integration of science and humanities. The cluster reflects a deep engagement with Goethe's way of science and its implications for diverse fields.

  • Goethean Science
  • Interdisciplinary Phenomenology
  • Nature Study
  • Waldorf Education
  • Polymath
  • Cultural History
  • Phenomenological Inquiry
  • Science and Humanities Integration
  • Pedagogical Anthropology
  • Philosophy of Education
Research works
1.3k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
136
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+32%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Germany
39% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Scientific and Historical Analyses

Which countries lead Scientific and Historical Analyses research?

By volume, Germany and the United States publish the most (81 and 29 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Germany 81 works
  2. 2 United States 29 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 17 works
  4. 4 Austria 14 works
  5. 5 Switzerland 13 works
  6. 6 Japan 13 works
  7. 7 Italy 12 works
  8. 8 Spain 10 works
  9. 9 Poland 10 works
  10. 10 Brazil 9 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.

Germany: 39.0%United States: 14.1%United Kingdom: 8.2%Austria: 6.6%6 others listed: 32.1%39%largest
Germany81 · 39.0%United States29 · 14.1%United Kingdom17 · 8.2%Austria14 · 6.6%6 others listed67 · 32.1%

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

Which institutions lead Scientific and Historical Analyses research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Cambridge publishes the most Scientific and Historical Analyses research, followed by Leibniz Association and ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 5 works
  2. 2 Leibniz AssociationGermany 5 works
  3. 3 ZHAW Zurich University of Applied SciencesSwitzerland 4 works
  4. 4 University of TasmaniaAustralia 4 works
  5. 5 Karlsruhe University of EducationGermany 3 works
  6. 6 Friedrich Schiller University JenaGermany 2 works
  7. 7 Bukhara State UniversityUzbekistan 2 works
  8. 8 Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche VersuchsanstaltGermany 2 works
  9. 9 University of PotsdamGermany 2 works
  10. 10 University of ViennaAustria 2 works

What are the most cited papers in Scientific and Historical Analyses?

The most cited paper in Scientific and Historical Analyses is "Left and right: A basic dimension of ideology and personality." (Silvan S. Tomkins, 1963), with 229 citations. Next come "Generalization of the Maggi-Rubinowicz Theory of the Boundary Diffraction Wave—Part I†" (224) and "Inanspruchnahme und Akzeptanz klassischer Naturheilverfahren und alternativer Heilmethoden in Deutschland – Ergebnisse einer repräsentativen Bevölkerungsstudie" (213).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Left and right: A basic dimension of ideology and personality. Silvan S. Tomkins · Atherton Press eBooks Book chapter 1963 229
2 Generalization of the Maggi-Rubinowicz Theory of the Boundary Diffraction Wave—Part I† Kenrō Miyamoto, Emil Wolf · Journal of the Optical Society of America Jun 1962 224
3 Inanspruchnahme und Akzeptanz klassischer Naturheilverfahren und alternativer Heilmethoden in Deutschland – Ergebnisse einer repräsentativen Bevölkerungsstudie Ursula Härtel, Emily J. Volger · Complementary Medicine Research 2004 213
4 The clocks that time us. Physiology of the circadian timing system Jürgen Aschoff · Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology Aug 1983 203
5 The Origin of Failure: A Multidisciplinary Appraisal of the Hubris Hypothesis and Proposed Research Agenda Pasquale Massimo Picone, Giovanni Battista Dagnino, Anna Minà · Academy of Management Perspectives 30 Jan 2014 180
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Where is Scientific and Historical Analyses research done?

The largest centres of Scientific and Historical Analyses research in 2022-now are Berlin (Germany), Zurich (Switzerland), Vienna (Austria) and Tokyo (Japan).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BerlinGermany 8 works
  2. 2 ZurichSwitzerland 6 works
  3. 3 ViennaAustria 6 works
  4. 4 TokyoJapan 6 works
  5. 5 CambridgeUnited Kingdom 5 works
  6. 6 Frankfurt am MainGermany 4 works
  7. 7 HobartAustralia 4 works
  8. 8 HamburgGermany 4 works
  9. 9 CologneGermany 4 works
  10. 10 MadridSpain 4 works
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Is Scientific and Historical Analyses research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Scientific and Historical Analyses.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Scientific and Historical Analyses as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00100% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Scientific and Historical Analyses 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 counting10%20%Scientific and Historical Analyses9.8% in 202520102020

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

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