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Arts University Plymouth

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Research works
72
▲ 65% vs 2013–17
Citations
227
3.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
39.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
18%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Arts University Plymouth is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.83× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 2.77× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.66× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.21× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceArts and Humanities: 7.53× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 2.25× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 1.43× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Arts University Plymouth?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Cultural Heritage, Education, Cultural Studies, Digital Media, Visual Culture, Curriculum Integration and Feminism.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainability8▲ 6.4×13 topics
  2. Cultural Heritage6▲ 18×7 topics
  3. Education5▲ 5.1×9 topics
  4. Globalization4▲ 3.4×9 topics
  5. Cultural Studies4▲ 14×5 topics
  6. Digital Media3▲ 43×3 topics
  7. Visual Culture3▲ 80×3 topics
  8. Curriculum Integration3▲ 173×2 topics
  9. Feminism3▲ 16×4 topics
  10. Identity3▲ 5.7×5 topics
  11. Social Justice3▲ 8.1×4 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence3▲ 4.9×4 topics
  13. Embodiment3▲ 22×3 topics
  14. Academic Achievement3▲ 25×1 topic
  15. Arts Education3▲ 337×1 topic
  16. Innovation3▲ 3.9×3 topics
  17. Virtual Reality2▲ 9.6×4 topics
  18. Assembly Planning2▲ 39×1 topic
  19. Design2▲ 27×2 topics
  20. Design for Manufacture2▲ 39×1 topic
  21. Sociology2▲ 24×2 topics
  22. Activism2▲ 71×2 topics
  23. Clothing2▲ 177×1 topic
  24. Fashion2▲ 105×1 topic
  25. Craftivism2▲ 337×1 topic
  26. Digital Fabrication2▲ 55×1 topic
  27. Handicraft2▲ 337×1 topic
  28. Neuroscience2▲ 8.6×5 topics
  29. Parametricism2▲ 139×1 topic
  30. Stereotypes2▲ 36×2 topics
  31. Urban Development2▲ 8.4×4 topics
  32. Higher Education2▲ 6.7×6 topics
  33. Market Dynamics2▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Climate Change Impacts2▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Creativity2▲ 39×2 topics
  36. Informal Learning2▲ 20×3 topics
  37. Raman Spectroscopy2▲ 8.8×2 topics
  38. Kelp Forests1▲ 54×1 topic
  39. Seagrasses1▲ 54×1 topic
  40. Social Interaction1▲ 7.0×3 topics

Which research topics does Arts University Plymouth publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Smart Cities and Technologies, Sustainable Design and Development, Fashion and Cultural Textiles and Crafts, Textile, and Design.

Smart Cities and Technol…0Smart Cities and Technologies: 0 fractional worksSustainable Design and D…0Sustainable Design and Development: 0 fractional worksFashion and Cultural Tex…0Fashion and Cultural Textiles: 0 fractional worksCrafts, Textile, and Des…0Crafts, Textile, and Design: 0 fractional worksColor perception and design: 0 fractional worksMaritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency: 0 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Manag…0Coastal and Marine Management: 0 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Dynamics: 0 fractional worksSensory Analysis and Statistical Methods: 0 fractional worksCulinary Culture and Tou…0Culinary Culture and Tourism: 0 fractional works
Media TechnologyBuilding and ConstructionMuseologySocial Psychology4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Smart Cities and Technologies Media Technology 0 works
  2. 2 Sustainable Design and Development Building and Construction 0 works
  3. 3 Fashion and Cultural Textiles Museology 0 works
  4. 4 Crafts, Textile, and Design Museology 0 works
  5. 5 Color perception and design Social Psychology 0 works
  6. 6 Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency Environmental Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  8. 8 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 0 works
  9. 9 Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods Food Science 0 works
  10. 10 Culinary Culture and Tourism Food Science 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available17.6%not open82.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.8%domestic only89.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Arts University Plymouth's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 65% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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