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Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology

Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 580 research works in it since 1977. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the impact of liquid modernity on society and culture, addressing topics such as globalization, ethics, identity, inequality, and the workforce. It delves into the sociological implications of capitalism and cultural politics in a rapidly changing world.

  • Liquid Modernity
  • Social Theory
  • Globalization
  • Ethics
  • Identity
  • Inequality
  • Sociology
  • Workforce
  • Capitalism
  • Cultural Politics
Research works
580
fractional, since 1977
In the world top 10%
58
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+3%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Türkiye
19% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology

Which countries lead Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology research?

By volume, Türkiye and the United States publish the most (16 and 14 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Türkiye 16 works
  2. 2 United States 14 works
  3. 3 Poland 9 works
  4. 4 Brazil 8 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 7 works
  6. 6 Italy 7 works
  7. 7 Denmark 6 works
  8. 8 Germany 5 works
  9. 9 Australia 5 works
  10. 10 China 4 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.

Türkiye: 19.1%United States: 17.4%Poland: 11.1%Brazil: 10.3%6 others listed: 42.1%19%largest
Türkiye16 · 19.1%United States14 · 17.4%Poland9 · 11.1%Brazil8 · 10.3%6 others listed34 · 42.1%

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Which institutions lead Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology research?

By volume in 2022-now, Danish Agriculture and Food Council publishes the most Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology research, followed by University of Winchester and Aalborg University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Danish Agriculture and Food CouncilDenmark 2 works
  2. 2 University of WinchesterUnited Kingdom 2 works
  3. 3 Aalborg UniversityDenmark 2 works
  4. 4 Polish Academy of SciencesPoland 2 works
  5. 5 University of WarsawPoland 2 works
  6. 6 Universidade Sociedade Educacional de Santa CatarinaBrazil 1 works
  7. 7 Inonu UniversityTürkiye 1 works
  8. 8 Ankara Sosyal Bilimler ÜniversitesiTürkiye 1 works
  9. 9 Sichuan UniversityChina 1 works
  10. 10 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 1 works

Who are the leading researchers in Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology include Thomas Fraser Pettigrew and Zygmunt Bauman.

  1. 1 Thomas Fraser Pettigrew United States 45k citations
  2. 2 Zygmunt Bauman United Kingdom 40k 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 Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology?

The most cited paper in Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology is "Beck's Sociology of Risk: A Critical Assessment" (Anthony Elliott, 2002), with 265 citations. Next come "The future of career" (237) and "Social Issues of Law and Order" (197).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Beck's Sociology of Risk: A Critical Assessment Anthony Elliott · Sociology May 2002 265
2 The future of career Audrey Collin, Richard A. Young · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 10 Aug 2000 237
3 Social Issues of Law and Order Zygmunt Bauman · The British Journal of Criminology Mar 2000 197
4 The dangerousness of youth-at-risk: the possibilities of surveillance and intervention in uncertain times Peter Kelly · Journal of Adolescence Aug 2000 177
5 Why There Are No People Peter Unger · Midwest Studies in Philosophy 1979 160
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Where is Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology research done?

The largest centres of Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology research in 2022-now are Warsaw (Poland), Copenhagen (Denmark), Winchester (United Kingdom) and Istanbul (Türkiye). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Aalborg.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 WarsawPoland 4 works
  2. 2 CopenhagenDenmark 3 works
  3. 3 WinchesterUnited Kingdom 2 works
  4. 4 IstanbulTürkiye 2 works
  5. 5 AalborgDenmark 2 works
  6. 6 RomeItaly 2 works
  7. 7 AnkaraTürkiye 2 works
  8. 8 WrocławPoland 2 works
  9. 9 OsloNorway 1 works
  10. 10 LeedsUnited Kingdom 1 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AalborgDK · 20.1 works58×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology than the world average.

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Is Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00045% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology 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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