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Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation

Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation is a research topic within Philosophy. Science Explorer counts 3.1k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the cultural and philosophical influence of Walter Benjamin, focusing on topics such as urban culture, media theory, postcolonial theory, visual culture, messianism, and aesthetics. It delves into Benjamin's concepts of cultural history, the city, and the impact of modernity on various aspects of society.

  • Walter Benjamin
  • Cultural History
  • Urban Culture
  • Media Theory
  • Philosophy of History
  • Postcolonial Theory
  • Visual Culture
  • Messianism
  • Literary Theory
  • Aesthetics
Research works
3.1k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
305
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+8%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation

Which countries lead Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (153 and 68 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 153 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 68 works
  3. 3 Brazil 58 works
  4. 4 Germany 55 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 43 works
  6. 6 Italy 38 works
  7. 7 Spain 35 works
  8. 8 France 34 works
  9. 9 Argentina 22 works
  10. 10 China 21 works

How concentrated that is

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United States: 29.1%United Kingdom: 13.0%Brazil: 11.0%Germany: 10.4%6 others listed: 36.6%29%largest
United States153 · 29.1%United Kingdom68 · 13.0%Brazil58 · 11.0%Germany55 · 10.4%6 others listed192 · 36.6%

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

Which institutions lead Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation research?

By volume in 2022-now, Film Independent publishes the most Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation research, followed by Uniwersytet SWPS and KU Leuven.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Film IndependentUnited States 7 works
  2. 2 Uniwersytet SWPSPoland 6 works
  3. 3 KU LeuvenBelgium 6 works
  4. 4 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 6 works
  5. 5 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 6 works
  6. 6 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 6 works
  7. 7 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 5 works
  8. 8 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 5 works
  9. 9 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 4 works
  10. 10 University of FlorenceItaly 4 works

Who are the leading researchers in Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation include Anselm L. Strauss, Michael J. Mack and Bruno Latour.

  1. 1 Anselm L. Strauss United States 205k citations
  2. 2 Michael J. Mack United States 154k citations
  3. 3 Bruno Latour France 129k citations
  4. 4 Judith Butler United States 116k 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 Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation?

The most cited paper in Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation is "Affective atmospheres" (Ben Anderson, 2009), with 1,963 citations. Next come "Ethnicity and the Multicultural City: Living with Diversity" (1,392) and "The Ideology of the Aesthetic" (1,205).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Affective atmospheres Ben Anderson · Emotion, space and society Open access 20 Sep 2009 1,963
2 Ethnicity and the Multicultural City: Living with Diversity Ash Amin · Environment and Planning A Economy and Space Open access Jun 2002 1,392
3 The Ideology of the Aesthetic Terry Eagleton · Poetics Today Open access 1988 1,205
4 The Origin of German Tragic Drama Don Callen, Walter W Benjamin · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 1978 1,109
5 The Fate of Place: A Philosophical History Miles Richardson · American Anthropologist Mar 1998 968
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Where is Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation research done?

The largest centres of Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Madrid (Spain) and São Paulo (Brazil).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 16 works
  2. 2 New YorkUnited States 13 works
  3. 3 MadridSpain 12 works
  4. 4 São PauloBrazil 12 works
  5. 5 ParisFrance 11 works
  6. 6 IstanbulTürkiye 11 works
  7. 7 BerlinGermany 9 works
  8. 8 Buenos AiresArgentina 9 works
  9. 9 SantiagoChile 9 works
  10. 10 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 8 works
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Is Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0026% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation 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.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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