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Spanish Philosophy and Literature

Spanish Philosophy and Literature is a research topic within Philosophy. Science Explorer counts 3.3k research works in it since 1950. 7.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores philosophical and aesthetic perspectives on art, encompassing the works of Ortega y Gasset, María Zambrano, Kierkegaard, and other thinkers. It delves into topics such as aesthetics, literature, cultural critique, modernism, ethics, and identity.

  • Ortega y Gasset
  • María Zambrano
  • Kierkegaard
  • Aesthetics
  • Philosophy
  • Literature
  • Cultural Critique
  • Modernism
  • Ethics
  • Identity
Research works
3.3k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
246
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+6%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Spanish Philosophy and Literature research?

By volume, Spain and Argentina publish the most (202 and 54 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Spain 202 works
  2. 2 Argentina 54 works
  3. 3 Mexico 53 works
  4. 4 Chile 33 works
  5. 5 United States 28 works
  6. 6 Italy 22 works
  7. 7 Colombia 21 works
  8. 8 France 15 works
  9. 9 Brazil 13 works
  10. 10 Peru 10 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: 44.8%Argentina: 11.9%Mexico: 11.8%Chile: 7.3%6 others listed: 24.3%45%largest
Spain202 · 44.8%Argentina54 · 11.9%Mexico53 · 11.8%Chile33 · 7.3%6 others listed109 · 24.3%

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

Which institutions lead Spanish Philosophy and Literature research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad Complutense de Madrid publishes the most Spanish Philosophy and Literature research, followed by Universidad de Buenos Aires and Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 29 works
  2. 2 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 15 works
  3. 3 Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaSpain 15 works
  4. 4 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 12 works
  5. 5 Universidad de SalamancaSpain 11 works
  6. 6 Universidad de SevillaSpain 11 works
  7. 7 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 9 works
  8. 8 Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain 8 works
  9. 9 University of ChileChile 8 works
  10. 10 Instituto de FilosofíaSpain 8 works

Where is Spanish Philosophy and Literature research done?

The largest centres of Spanish Philosophy and Literature research in 2022–2025 are Madrid (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Mexico City (Mexico) and Santiago (Chile). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Buenos Aires, Madrid and Santiago.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Madrid Spain 78 works
  2. 2 Buenos Aires Argentina 31 works
  3. 3 Mexico City Mexico 26 works
  4. 4 Santiago Chile 22 works
  5. 5 Barcelona Spain 14 works
  6. 6 Seville Spain 12 works
  7. 7 Salamanca Spain 11 works
  8. 8 Bogotá Colombia 11 works
  9. 9 Valencia Spain 9 works
  10. 10 Lima Peru 8 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Buenos AiresAR · 30.7 works31×
  2. MadridES · 78.5 works31×
  3. SantiagoCL · 21.6 works26×
  4. Mexico CityMX · 26.3 works17×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Spanish Philosophy and Literature than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Spanish Philosophy and Literature?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Chile, Universidad de Sevilla and Universidad de Salamanca 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.

0%10%20%mean 12.9556%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Chile: 8, 16.6%Universidad de Sevilla: 11, 19.7%Universidad de Salamanca: 11, 13.3%Universitat de Barcelona: 9, 16.4%Universidad Complutense de Madrid: 29, 7.2%Universidad Autónoma de Madrid: 8, 11.2%Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia: 15, 12.5%Universidad de Buenos Aires: 15, 9.6%Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: 12, 10.1%Universidad de SevillaUniversity of ChileUniversitat de Barce…Universidad de Salam…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of ChileChile 46.216.6%47.8×8 +81.6%
2 Universidad de SevillaSpain 42.119.7%41.4×11 -14.6%
3 Universidad de SalamancaSpain 35.313.3%73.0×11 +59.8%
4 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 33.516.4%31.9×9 -34.6%
5 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 30.97.2%77.8×29 +42.5%
6 Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain 28.911.2%42.9×8 +51.4%
7 Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaSpain 26.912.5%161.8×15 -0.3%
8 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 24.09.6%77.2×15 +11.4%
9 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 16.110.1%23.8×12 -25.5%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Spanish Philosophy and Literature research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Spanish Philosophy and Literature.

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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.

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.