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Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre

Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre is a research topic within Philosophy. Science Explorer counts 2.1k research works in it since 1950. 10.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of existentialist philosophy, feminism, and gender studies, with a focus on the works of Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Luce Irigaray. It delves into topics such as freedom, ambiguity, ethics, postcolonial critique, literature, and the role of women in society.

  • Simone de Beauvoir
  • Existentialism
  • Feminism
  • Gender Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Literature
  • Ethics
  • Sartre
  • Irigaray
  • Postcolonial Critique
Research works
2.1k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
218
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+41%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
31% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre

Which countries lead Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (108 and 47 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 108 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 47 works
  3. 3 France 45 works
  4. 4 India 34 works
  5. 5 China 26 works
  6. 6 Brazil 25 works
  7. 7 Germany 21 works
  8. 8 Indonesia 17 works
  9. 9 Australia 15 works
  10. 10 Canada 14 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: 30.7%United Kingdom: 13.2%France: 12.7%India: 9.6%6 others listed: 33.8%31%largest
United States108 · 30.7%United Kingdom47 · 13.2%France45 · 12.7%India34 · 9.6%6 others listed119 · 33.8%

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Which institutions lead Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre research, followed by Radboud University Nijmegen and University of Oxford.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 8 works
  2. 2 Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands 5 works
  3. 3 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 4 works
  4. 4 Cornell UniversityUnited States 3 works
  5. 5 Film IndependentUnited States 3 works
  6. 6 Université de LorraineFrance 3 works
  7. 7 Sorbonne UniversitéFrance 3 works
  8. 8 Université Toulouse - Jean JaurèsFrance 3 works
  9. 9 The University of QueenslandAustralia 3 works
  10. 10 Université Paris NanterreFrance 3 works

Who are the leading researchers in Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre include Pierre Bourdıeu, Judith Butler and John S. Duncan.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  2. 2 Judith Butler United States 116k citations
  3. 3 John S. Duncan United Kingdom 101k 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 Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre?

The most cited paper in Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre is "EVIDENCE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF THE HUMAN "SUPER FEMALE"" (PatriciaA. Jacobs, A.G. Baikie, W.M. Court Brown et al., 1959), with 328 citations. Next come "Contribuições feministas para o estudo da violência de gênero" (265) and "Becoming Woman: Or Sexual Difference Revisited" (221).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 EVIDENCE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF THE HUMAN "SUPER FEMALE" PatriciaA. Jacobs, A.G. Baikie, W.M. Court Brown et al. · The Lancet Sep 1959 328
2 Contribuições feministas para o estudo da violência de gênero Heleieth Iara Bongiovani Saffioti · Cadernos Pagu Open access 2001 265
3 Becoming Woman: Or Sexual Difference Revisited Rosi Braidotti · Theory Culture & Society Jun 2003 221
4 Bodies. Exploring Fluid Boundaries Julie Cupples · New Zealand Geographer Oct 2002 196
5 A Theoretical Perspective Andrea S. Taylor, Jeanette Bressler · Prevention in practice library Book chapter 2000 179
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Where is Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre research done?

The largest centres of Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre research in 2022-now are Paris (France), New York (United States), Berlin (Germany) and Madrid (Spain).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 ParisFrance 18 works
  2. 2 New YorkUnited States 6 works
  3. 3 BerlinGermany 6 works
  4. 4 MadridSpain 5 works
  5. 5 Los AngelesUnited States 5 works
  6. 6 NijmegenNetherlands 5 works
  7. 7 New DelhiIndia 5 works
  8. 8 LondonUnited Kingdom 5 works
  9. 9 BeijingChina 4 works
  10. 10 ViennaAustria 4 works
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Is Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 41% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0018% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre 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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Which topics inside it are moving

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