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Arts and Humanities papers

Pofolia organises Arts and Humanities into 13 subfields: 950 papers in total (1994–2026), each with a short summary. The subfields come first, then the most-cited work across the whole field.

Subfields

At a glance

  • Most cited: The Location of Culture (2012, 14,225 citations).
  • The 12 papers listed have 88,643 citations between them.
  • 1 of the 1 with a known journal quartile appeared in a Q1 journal.
  • Most frequent journals: Anthem Press eBooks, DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library), Open MIND.
  • Published between 1994 and 2026.

Most cited across the field

Ranked by citation count. Because citations accumulate over time, this list naturally leans towards work published a few years ago; for where the field is now, see “recently added”.

  • The Location of Culture

    2012 · FWCI 941.92 · 14,225 citations

    This abstract outlines a book or collection of essays exploring the complex relationship between culture, identity, and colonialism, particularly through the lens of postcolonial theory.

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  • Childhood and Society

    Open MIND · 2026 · 11,316 citations

    Erik Erikson's "Childhood and Society" introduced a groundbreaking theory of psychosocial development, positing that identity is shaped by eight distinct stages of psychosocial crises throughout life.

  • Descarte's error : emotion, reason, and the human brain

    DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) · 1994 · 9,503 citations

    Neurological evidence shows rational decision-making requires emotion and feeling, not just logic.

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  • One size fits all? What counts as quality practice in (reflexive) thematic analysis?

    Qualitative Research in Psychology · 2020 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 2376.04 · 8,571 citations

    Developing a universal quality standard for thematic analysis (TA) is complicated by its many different versions, yet editors and reviewers often wrongly demand 'coding reliability measures' as a universal requirement.

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  • The Minimalist Program

    The MIT Press eBooks · 2014 · FWCI 300.28 · 8,130 citations

    Noam Chomsky's 1995 book, "The Minimalist Program," presents a foundational framework for linguistic theory within the cognitive sciences, proposing a new research program based on Universal Grammar as an optimal computational system.

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  • The Logic of Scientific Discovery

    2013 · FWCI 4033.50 · 7,809 citations

    Karl Popper's "The Logic of Scientific Discovery" introduced the influential doctrine of falsificationism, fundamentally altering how science and knowledge are understood.

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  • Playing and Reality

    2012 · FWCI 285.79 · 5,634 citations

    This work explores the origins of imaginative living and cultural experience, focusing on what enables individuals to live creatively and find life meaningful.

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  • Principles of Pragmatics

    2016 · FWCI 312.38 · 4,990 citations

    This work presents pragmatics as the study of how utterances derive meaning within specific contexts and conditions.

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  • Tractatus logico-philosophicus

    Anthem Press eBooks · 2021 · FWCI 479.78 · 4,902 citations

    This abstract describes the historical significance and publication of Ludwig Wittgenstein's "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus," the only philosophical work he published during his lifetime, first appearing in 1921.

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  • Social Construction of Reality

    The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society · 2020 · 4,756 citations

    This entry outlines the development of the sociology of knowledge, emphasizing that reality is socially constructed and that this field analyzes how knowledge becomes socially recognized truth.

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  • Phenomenology of Perception

    2013 · FWCI 233.37 · 4,750 citations

    This is a new translation of Maurice Merleau-Ponty's seminal 1945 work, "Phénoménologie de la perception," making a landmark of 20th-century thought accessible to a new generation.

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  • Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

    SAGE Research Methods Foundations · 2020 · 4,057 citations

    Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) is a research approach focused on understanding how individuals make sense of their personal and social worlds, valuing participants' meanings above objective accounts.

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