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Short Stories in Global Literature

Short Stories in Global Literature is a research topic within Literature and Literary Theory. Science Explorer counts 3.8k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the theme of short story cycles in global literature, focusing on narrative techniques, cultural identity, gender and identity, postcolonialism, migration and diaspora, ethnic resonance, and feminist perspectives.

  • Short Story Cycles
  • Global Literature
  • Cultural Identity
  • Narrative Techniques
  • Gender and Identity
  • Postcolonialism
  • Literary Criticism
  • Migration and Diaspora
  • Ethnic Resonance
  • Feminist Perspectives
Research works
3.8k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
390
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+19%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
27% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Short Stories in Global Literature

Which countries lead Short Stories in Global Literature research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (162 and 118 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 162 works
  2. 2 India 118 works
  3. 3 Canada 76 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 69 works
  5. 5 China 47 works
  6. 6 France 32 works
  7. 7 Russia 29 works
  8. 8 Australia 29 works
  9. 9 Spain 27 works
  10. 10 Brazil 23 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: 26.5%India: 19.3%Canada: 12.3%United Kingdom: 11.2%6 others listed: 30.6%27%largest
United States162 · 26.5%India118 · 19.3%Canada76 · 12.3%United Kingdom69 · 11.2%6 others listed187 · 30.6%

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

Which institutions lead Short Stories in Global Literature research?

By volume in 2022-now, Film Independent publishes the most Short Stories in Global Literature research, followed by University College Dublin and G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce College.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Film IndependentUnited States 7 works
  2. 2 University College DublinIreland 7 works
  3. 3 G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce CollegeIndia 7 works
  4. 4 Université Toulouse - Jean JaurèsFrance 5 works
  5. 5 University of OttawaCanada 5 works
  6. 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 4 works
  7. 7 University of TorontoCanada 4 works
  8. 8 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 4 works
  9. 9 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 4 works
  10. 10 University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom 4 works

Who are the leading researchers in Short Stories in Global Literature?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Short Stories in Global Literature include James E. Hansen.

  1. 1 James E. Hansen United States 91k 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 Short Stories in Global Literature?

The most cited paper in Short Stories in Global Literature is "Time, Narrative and History" (SUSAN COTTS WATKINS, 2020), with 1,177 citations. Next come "Heterocosmica: Fiction and Possible Worlds" (171) and "Chronology, time, tense and experientiality in narrative" (126).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Time, Narrative and History SUSAN COTTS WATKINS · Palgrave studies in contemporary women's writing Book chapter 2020 1,177
2 Heterocosmica: Fiction and Possible Worlds David Herman, Lubomír Doležel · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 1999 171
3 Chronology, time, tense and experientiality in narrative Monika Fludernik · Language and Literature International Journal of Stylistics 28 Apr 2003 126
4 Transpacific Imaginations: History, Literature, Counterpoetics Hsuan L. Hsu · Comparative American Studies An International Journal Sep 2009 124
5 Modern Romance and Transformations of the Novel: The Gothic, Scott, Dickens Miranda J. Burgess, Ian Duncan · Studies in Romanticism 1996 119
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Where is Short Stories in Global Literature research done?

The largest centres of Short Stories in Global Literature research in 2022-now are New York (United States), Dublin (Ireland), London (United Kingdom) and Moscow (Russia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 New YorkUnited States 10 works
  2. 2 DublinIreland 10 works
  3. 3 LondonUnited Kingdom 10 works
  4. 4 MoscowRussia 9 works
  5. 5 Los AngelesUnited States 9 works
  6. 6 OttawaCanada 8 works
  7. 7 TorontoCanada 8 works
  8. 8 MontrealCanada 8 works
  9. 9 BeijingChina 8 works
  10. 10 AkolaIndia 7 works
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Is Short Stories in Global Literature research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Short Stories in Global Literature.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Short Stories in Global Literature as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0028% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Short Stories in Global Literature 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.

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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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