Twentieth Century Scientific Developments
Twentieth Century Scientific Developments is a research topic within History and Philosophy of Science. Science Explorer counts 6.7k research works in it since 1950. 15.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the intersection of science and technology with the geopolitical and ideological dynamics of the Cold War era. It delves into topics such as international scientific cooperation, atomic energy, scientific intelligence, social sciences, and the impact of political ideologies on scientific research and knowledge production.
- Cold War
- Science
- Technology
- Internationalism
- Atomic Energy
- Nuclear Power
- Scientific Intelligence
- Social Sciences
- Lysenkoism
- Global Regulation
- Research works
- 6.7k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 15.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -6% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Twentieth Century Scientific Developments research?
By volume, the United States and Germany publish the most (201 and 75 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 201 works
- 2 Germany 75 works
- 3 United Kingdom 50 works
- 4 France 45 works
- 5 Russia 38 works
- 6 Italy 32 works
- 7 Spain 18 works
- 8 Sweden 16 works
- 9 Australia 16 works
- 10 Canada 16 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Twentieth Century Scientific Developments research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Institute of World Literature of the Slovak Academy of Sciences publishes the most Twentieth Century Scientific Developments research, followed by Uppsala University and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Institute of World Literature of the Slovak Academy of Sciences Slovakia 7 works
- 2 Uppsala University Sweden 6 works
- 3 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati Italy 5 works
- 4 University of Vienna Austria 5 works
- 5 Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Germany 5 works
- 6 Union College United States 4 works
- 7 University of Oxford United Kingdom 4 works
- 8 S.I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology Russia 4 works
- 9 University of Chicago United States 4 works
- 10 Johns Hopkins University United States 4 works
Where is Twentieth Century Scientific Developments research done?
The largest centres of Twentieth Century Scientific Developments research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Moscow (Russia), London (United Kingdom) and Berlin (Germany). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Paris.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- ParisFR · 23.9 works4.1×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Twentieth Century Scientific Developments than the world average.
Is Twentieth Century Scientific Developments research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 6% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Twentieth Century Scientific Developments.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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