From the ‘History of Western Philosophy’ to entangled histories of philosophy: the Contribution of Ben Kies

Figures & data

Figure 1. NGram results (1750-2019): ‘Western Philosophy’ (EN), ‘Philosophie occidentale’ (FR), ‘Filosofía Occidental’ (ES), ‘Zapadnaya Filosofiya’ (RU), ‘Abendländischen Philosophie’ (GE). Author Created.

Table 1. Pre-/Post-1945 bibliometrics, ‘Western Philosophy’ (EN). Author created.

Date range	Results for ‘Western Philosophy’	Tot. Results (±)	Source
1865–1918	1	400,000	Scopus (Covers 1865-present)
1918–1945	0	493,000
1945–2022	8,807	76,200,000
1900–1918	0	221,000	Web of Science (All Databases, 1900-present)
1918–1945	2	626,000
1945–2022	1,666	111,779,000
1600–1918	33	1,029,000	Jstor (Covers 1600-present)
1918–1945	223	1,122,000
1945–2022	21,232	11,000,000
1600–1918	34	1,650,000	Combined (Scopus + WoS + JStor)
1918–1945	225	2,241,000
1945–2022	23,872	198,979,000