Research Trends
A quantitative analysis of 354 papers spanning 139 years of inquiry.
Time Span
1886 — 2025
Total Papers
354
Publication Volume by Decade
Pre-1970
3 papers (0.8%)
Telepathy
1970s
8 papers (2.3%)
Remote Viewing
1980s
16 papers (4.5%)
Psychokinesis
1990s
34 papers (9.6%)
Telepathy
2000s
94 papers (26.6%)
Telepathy
2010s
150 papers (42.4%)
Methodology
2020s
49 papers (13.8%)
Psychokinesis
Bar color indicates the dominant research domain for that decade.
The Growth Story
Research activity saw a significant surge in the 2010s, producing 150 papers—representing 42.4% 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
150 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healing | - | - | 6% | 12% | 13% | 5% | 2% | 7.1% |
| Mediumship | - | - | - | 3% | 3% | 5% | - | 3.1% |
| Meta Analysis | - | - | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 0.8% |
| Methodology | - | 38% | 19% | 15% | 12% | 26% | 18% | 19.8% |
| Nde | - | 13% | 6% | 3% | 11% | 13% | 16% | 11.6% |
| Nonverbal | - | - | - | - | - | 3% | 2% | 1.7% |
| Overview | 33% | - | 6% | - | 3% | 7% | 10% | 5.6% |
| Precognition | - | - | 6% | 3% | 5% | 11% | 8% | 7.6% |
| Psychokinesis | - | - | 25% | 18% | 14% | 8% | 20% | 12.7% |
| Remote Viewing | - | 38% | 13% | 12% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 4.5% |
| Skeptical | - | 13% | 6% | 9% | 4% | 12% | 2% | 7.9% |
| Telepathy | 67% | - | 13% | 26% | 33% | 8% | 12% | 17.5% |