Research Trends
A quantitative analysis of 404 papers spanning 139 years of inquiry.
Time Span
1886 — 2025
Total Papers
404
Publication Volume by Decade
Pre-1970
7 papers (1.7%)
Overview
1970s
8 papers (2.0%)
Remote Viewing
1980s
19 papers (4.7%)
Psychokinesis
1990s
35 papers (8.7%)
Telepathy
2000s
107 papers (26.5%)
Telepathy
2010s
167 papers (41.3%)
Methodology
2020s
61 papers (15.1%)
Overview
Bar color indicates the dominant research domain for that decade.
The Growth Story
Research activity saw a significant surge in the 2010s, producing 167 papers—representing 41.3% of the entire library's collection. During this period, Telepathy remained the dominant focus, reflecting sustained academic inquiry in this area.
Dominant 1990s
Telepathy
Dominant 2000s
Telepathy
Key Milestones
Earliest Record
1886
Phantasms of the Living
Peak Activity
2010s
167 papers published
Most Recent
2025
Experimental Investigation of Precognition in Yoga Practitioners
Domain Evolution
How the share of research focus has shifted across major domains over time.
| Domain | Pre-1970 | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s | Total Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Telepathy | - | - | - | - | 1% | - | - | 0.2% |
| Healing | - | - | 5% | 11% | 11% | 4% | 2% | 6.2% |
| Mediumship | - | - | - | 3% | 3% | 4% | - | 2.7% |
| Meta Analysis | - | - | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 0.7% |
| Methodology | - | 38% | 16% | 14% | 12% | 25% | 15% | 18.3% |
| Mind Matter Interaction | - | - | - | 6% | 7% | 2% | 5% | 4.0% |
| Nde | - | 13% | 11% | 3% | 7% | 13% | 15% | 10.6% |
| Nonverbal Communication | - | - | - | - | - | 3% | 2% | 1.5% |
| Obe | - | - | - | - | 2% | - | - | 0.5% |
| Overview | 57% | - | 16% | - | 10% | 13% | 20% | 12.9% |
| Precognition | - | - | 5% | 3% | 5% | 10% | 8% | 6.9% |
| Psychokinesis | - | - | 21% | 11% | 5% | 5% | 11% | 7.2% |
| Remote Viewing | - | 38% | 11% | 11% | 2% | 2% | 5% | 4.2% |
| Skeptical | - | 13% | 5% | 11% | 6% | 11% | 2% | 7.9% |
| Staring Detection | 14% | - | - | - | 2% | - | - | 0.7% |
| Survival | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2% | 0.2% |
| Telepathy | 29% | - | 11% | 26% | 27% | 7% | 11% | 15.1% |