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World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact

World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 7.6k research works in it since 1950. 10.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to the global impact of World Wars, international relations, League of Nations, cultural memory, military history, colonialism, humanitarianism, gender roles, and psychological trauma. It explores the interconnectedness of these themes and their significance in shaping the modern world.

  • World War
  • International Relations
  • Global Impact
  • League of Nations
  • Cultural Memory
  • Military History
  • Colonialism
  • Humanitarianism
  • Gender Roles
  • Psychological Trauma
Research works
7.6k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
807
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-4%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact research?

By volume, the United Kingdom and the United States publish the most (258 and 254 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United Kingdom 258 works
  2. 2 United States 254 works
  3. 3 France 61 works
  4. 4 Australia 53 works
  5. 5 Canada 42 works
  6. 6 Germany 41 works
  7. 7 Russia 36 works
  8. 8 Italy 33 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 31 works
  10. 10 Ukraine 17 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 Kingdom: 31.2%United States: 30.7%France: 7.4%Australia: 6.4%6 others listed: 24.3%31%largest
United Kingdom258 · 31.2%United States254 · 30.7%France61 · 7.4%Australia53 · 6.4%6 others listed201 · 24.3%

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

Which institutions lead World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact research?

By volume in 2022–2025, King's College London publishes the most World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact research, followed by University of Cambridge and University of St Andrews.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 15 works
  2. 2 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 13 works
  3. 3 University of St AndrewsUnited Kingdom 13 works
  4. 4 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 11 works
  5. 5 University of LeedsUnited Kingdom 9 works
  6. 6 Film IndependentUnited States 8 works
  7. 7 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 8 works
  8. 8 University of StirlingUnited Kingdom 8 works
  9. 9 University of KentUnited Kingdom 7 works
  10. 10 London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom 7 works

Where is World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact research done?

The largest centres of World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Paris (France), Moscow (Russia) and Cambridge (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 60 works
  2. 2 Paris France 20 works
  3. 3 Moscow Russia 19 works
  4. 4 Cambridge United Kingdom 15 works
  5. 5 New York United States 15 works
  6. 6 Washington D.C. United States 15 works
  7. 7 Oxford United Kingdom 14 works
  8. 8 St Andrews United Kingdom 13 works
  9. 9 Los Angeles United States 11 works
  10. 10 Leeds United Kingdom 10 works
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Where is the best place to study World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact?

Among universities, judged by research, University of St Andrews, University of Cambridge and King's College London 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.

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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 St AndrewsUnited Kingdom 81.824.7%59.5×13 +43.4%
2 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 68.411.7%12.0×13 +29.7%
3 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 61.53.3%20.2×15 +22.2%
4 University of LeedsUnited Kingdom 44.00.0%17.4×9 +54.7%
5 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 25.44.6%8.7×11 -31.1%

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 World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2018. The fastest-growing topics are World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact.

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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.