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Spanish Culture and Identity

Spanish Culture and Identity is a research topic within Philosophy. Science Explorer counts 8.8k research works in it since 1951. 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 memory, modernity, and cultural identity in democratic Spain, with a focus on the legacy of the Spanish Civil War, memory politics during the transition to democracy, Francoism, gender ideology, and the representation of historical memory in Spanish cinema and literature. It delves into the complexities of coming to terms with the past and its impact on contemporary Spanish society.

  • Spanish Civil War
  • Memory Politics
  • Cultural Identity
  • Transition to Democracy
  • Francoism
  • Gender Ideology
  • Cultural Studies
  • National Cinema
  • Historical Memory
  • Post-Franco Period
Research works
8.8k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
914
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+2%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
53% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Spanish Culture and Identity

Which countries lead Spanish Culture and Identity research?

By volume, Spain and the United States publish the most (980 and 247 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 980 works
  2. 2 United States 247 works
  3. 3 France 136 works
  4. 4 Mexico 125 works
  5. 5 Argentina 110 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 78 works
  7. 7 Chile 48 works
  8. 8 Brazil 38 works
  9. 9 Italy 36 works
  10. 10 Colombia 35 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.

Spain: 53.5%United States: 13.5%France: 7.4%Mexico: 6.8%6 others listed: 18.8%53%largest
Spain980 · 53.5%United States247 · 13.5%France136 · 7.4%Mexico125 · 6.8%6 others listed344 · 18.8%

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

Which institutions lead Spanish Culture and Identity research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Complutense de Madrid publishes the most Spanish Culture and Identity research, followed by University of the Basque Country and Universidad de Sevilla.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 99 works
  2. 2 University of the Basque CountrySpain 42 works
  3. 3 Universidad de SevillaSpain 40 works
  4. 4 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 38 works
  5. 5 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 37 works
  6. 6 Universidad de SalamancaSpain 33 works
  7. 7 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain 32 works
  8. 8 Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 31 works
  9. 9 Universidad Carlos III de MadridSpain 30 works
  10. 10 Universidad de MálagaSpain 29 works

Who are the leading researchers in Spanish Culture and Identity?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Spanish Culture and Identity include Pierre Bourdıeu.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k 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 Spanish Culture and Identity?

The most cited paper in Spanish Culture and Identity is "The Spectralities Reader: Ghosts and Haunting in Contemporary Cultural Theory" (Kirsten Møllegaard, 2014), with 298 citations. Next come "Modern Spanish culture" (183) and "Collective memory and intergenerational transmission in social movements: The “grandparents’ movement” iaioflautas , the indignados protests, and the Spanish transition" (122).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Spectralities Reader: Ghosts and Haunting in Contemporary Cultural Theory Kirsten Møllegaard · Folklore 2 Sep 2014 298
2 Modern Spanish culture David T. Gies · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 25 Feb 1999 183
3 Collective memory and intergenerational transmission in social movements: The “grandparents’ movement” iaioflautas , the indignados protests, and the Spanish transition Christoph H. Schwarz · Memory Studies 19 Jun 2019 122
4 Un intento de análisis de la "Clase parlamentaria" española: Elementos de renovación y de permanencia (1977-1986) María Luz Morán · Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas Open access 1989 116
5 Spanish Cultural Studies Helen Graham, Jo Labanyi · Historia Contemporánea Open access 1996 115
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Spanish Culture and Identity research done?

The largest centres of Spanish Culture and Identity research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Barcelona (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Mexico City (Mexico). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Logroño, Leioa and Salamanca.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 241 works
  2. 2 BarcelonaSpain 77 works
  3. 3 Buenos AiresArgentina 56 works
  4. 4 Mexico CityMexico 52 works
  5. 5 SevilleSpain 47 works
  6. 6 ValenciaSpain 45 works
  7. 7 LeioaSpain 42 works
  8. 8 SalamancaSpain 35 works
  9. 9 ZaragozaSpain 34 works
  10. 10 SantiagoChile 31 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LogroñoES · 23.9 works48×
  2. LeioaES · 42.2 works46×
  3. SalamancaES · 34.8 works44×
  4. ValladolidES · 28.8 works41×
  5. OviedoES · 24.9 works38×
  6. MálagaES · 29.0 works34×
  7. MurciaES · 29.9 works34×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Spanish Culture and Identity than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Spanish Culture and Identity?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Universidad de Sevilla score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 16.56%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad Complute…Universidad de MálagaUniversidad Carlos I…Universidad de Sevilla
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 70.919.9%61.8×99 +11.8%
2Universidad Carlos III de MadridSpain 57.014.0%72.9×30 -6.4%
3Universidad de SevillaSpain 52.814.0%38.5×40 +11.0%
4Universidad de MálagaSpain 52.214.2%51.4×29 +16.9%
5University of the Basque CountrySpain 50.812.4%48.8×42 -7.6%
6Universitat de ValènciaSpain 49.515.6%38.6×38 +2.2%
7Universitat Jaume ISpain 47.930.0%43.7×12 -28.0%
8Universidad de OviedoSpain 47.616.0%54.4×24 +74.7%
9Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 46.713.0%26.7×31 +1.5%
10Universidad de SalamancaSpain 44.216.5%52.1×33 -12.4%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Spanish Culture and Identity, country by country

Is Spanish Culture and Identity research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Spanish Culture and Identity.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Spanish Culture and Identity as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.011% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Spanish Culture and Identity0.0087% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Spanish Culture and Identity 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 counting5%10%15%Spanish Culture and Identity9.7% in 2025200020102020

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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