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Themes in Literature Analysis

Themes in Literature Analysis is a research topic within Literature and Literary Theory. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the analysis and impact of children's literature, with a focus on young adult fiction, fantasy, narrative theory, cognitive approaches, cultural studies, gender representation, ethical education, literary criticism, and social impact.

  • Children's Literature
  • Young Adult
  • Fantasy
  • Narrative Theory
  • Cognitive Approach
  • Cultural Studies
  • Gender Representation
  • Ethical Education
  • Literary Criticism
  • Social Impact
Research works
15k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+17%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
35% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Themes in Literature Analysis

Which countries lead Themes in Literature Analysis research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (603 and 244 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 603 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 244 works
  3. 3 India 191 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 133 works
  5. 5 China 116 works
  6. 6 Australia 108 works
  7. 7 Russia 90 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 84 works
  9. 9 France 81 works
  10. 10 Poland 81 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: 34.8%United Kingdom: 14.1%India: 11.0%Indonesia: 7.7%6 others listed: 32.3%35%largest
United States603 · 34.8%United Kingdom244 · 14.1%India191 · 11.0%Indonesia133 · 7.7%6 others listed559 · 32.3%

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

Which institutions lead Themes in Literature Analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Oxford publishes the most Themes in Literature Analysis research, followed by University of Glasgow and University of Cambridge.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 26 works
  2. 2 University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom 21 works
  3. 3 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 19 works
  4. 4 Film IndependentUnited States 16 works
  5. 5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 14 works
  6. 6 State University of SemarangIndonesia 14 works
  7. 7 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 13 works
  8. 8 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 11 works
  9. 9 University of WarsawPoland 11 works
  10. 10 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 11 works

Who are the leading researchers in Themes in Literature Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Themes in Literature Analysis include Michael L. Rutter and Norman K. Denzin.

  1. 1 Michael L. Rutter United Kingdom 163k citations
  2. 2 Norman K. Denzin United States 130k 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 Themes in Literature Analysis?

The most cited paper in Themes in Literature Analysis is "A manifesto for cyborgs: Science, technology, and socialist feminism in the 1980s" (Donna Haraway, 1994), with 2,045 citations. Next come "Accelerating language development through picture book reading." (1,411) and "Inactivation of the β-catenin gene by Wnt1-Cre -mediated deletion results in dramatic brain malformation and failure of craniofacial development" (1,093).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A manifesto for cyborgs: Science, technology, and socialist feminism in the 1980s Donna Haraway · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 25 Nov 1994 2,045
2 Accelerating language development through picture book reading. Grover J. Whitehurst, Francine L. Falco, Christopher J. Lonigan et al. · Developmental Psychology Jul 1988 1,411
3 Inactivation of the β-catenin gene by Wnt1-Cre -mediated deletion results in dramatic brain malformation and failure of craniofacial development Véronique Brault, Robert H. Moore, Stefanie Kutsch et al. · Development 15 Apr 2001 1,093
4 Handbook of early literacy research Susan B. Neuman, David K. Dickinson 2002 1,082
5 The Consequences of Literacy Jack R. Goody, Ian Watt · Comparative Studies in Society and History Apr 1963 909
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Themes in Literature Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Themes in Literature Analysis research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Moscow (Russia), New York (United States) and Oxford (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Glasgow.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 39 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 35 works
  3. 3 New YorkUnited States 30 works
  4. 4 OxfordUnited Kingdom 28 works
  5. 5 MelbourneAustralia 24 works
  6. 6 ParisFrance 22 works
  7. 7 CambridgeUnited Kingdom 21 works
  8. 8 GlasgowUnited Kingdom 21 works
  9. 9 SurabayaIndonesia 20 works
  10. 10 Los AngelesUnited States 20 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GlasgowGB · 20.7 works6.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Themes in Literature Analysis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Themes in Literature Analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Glasgow, University of Oxford and University of Cambridge 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%30%mean 17.15%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Arizona State Univer…University of GlasgowUniversity of Cambri…University of Oxford
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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.

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
1University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom 90.123.6%12.8×21 +272.5%
2University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 83.414.4%7.4×26 +84.2%
3University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 73.114.7%6.3×18 -28.6%
4Arizona State UniversityUnited States 63.024.2%6.1×10 +47.3%
5Monash UniversityAustralia 59.619.6%3.5×8 +69.8%
6Deakin UniversityAustralia 56.121.3%7.3×8 -30.1%
7The University of MelbourneAustralia 50.817.3%3.3×9 -8.8%
8University of BaghdadIraq 42.015.2%4.8×8 +21.1%
9University of WarsawPoland 36.16.5%8.5×11 -7.1%
10Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 35.414.7%4.3×8 +72.0%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Themes in Literature Analysis, country by country

Is Themes in Literature Analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Themes in Literature Analysis.

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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 Themes in Literature Analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.013% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Themes in Literature Analysis0.012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Themes in Literature Analysis 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%Themes in Literature Analysis10.7% 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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