Question 1

Which countries lead Social Representations and Identity research?

Accepted Answer

By volume, Brazil and the United States publish the most (480 and 237 works in 2022-now).

Question 2

Which institutions lead Social Representations and Identity research?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Social Representations and Identity research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Universidade de Brasília.

Question 3

Who are the leading researchers in Social Representations and Identity?

Accepted Answer

The most-cited researchers publishing on Social Representations and Identity include Richard M. Ryan, Albert Bandura and Edward L. Deci.

Question 4

Where is Social Representations and Identity research done?

Accepted Answer

The largest centres of Social Representations and Identity research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Paris (France), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Brasília (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Salvador and Brasília.

Question 5

Where is the best place to study Social Representations and Identity?

Accepted Answer

Among universities, judged by research, Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität Wien, University of Copenhagen and Universidade de São Paulo 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.

Question 6

Is Social Representations and Identity research growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2019.

Question 7

What are the most cited papers in Social Representations and Identity?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper in Social Representations and Identity is "Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences (2nd ed.)." (Peter A. Lachenbruch, Jacob Cohen, 1989), with 37,611 citations. Next come "The need for cognition." (5,192) and "On the social psychology of the psychological experiment: With particular reference to demand characteristics and their implications." (4,074).