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Dartington Service Design Lab

In research, Dartington Service Design Lab stands highest in Social Sciences (#15,879 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

World rank, all time
#42,274
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#2,247
of 2,253
Research works
158
▼ 51% vs 2013–17
Citations
1k
6.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
18%
world 28%

What is Dartington Service Design Lab known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #15,879 of 16,945 14.0%126

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Dartington Service Design Lab sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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.

Health Professions: 7.16× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 4.77× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 6.47× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 5.10× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.98× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Dartington Service Design Lab?

Ranked on the composite score, Nick Axford, John L. Drever and Tim Hobbs lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dartington Service Design Lab.

  1. 1 Nick Axford United Kingdom · #399,423 worldwide 58 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 John L. Drever United Kingdom · #1,045,364 worldwide 5 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Tim Hobbs United Kingdom · #1,309,023 worldwide 31 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Dartington Service Design Lab

Which keywords describe research at Dartington Service Design Lab?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Child Welfare, Ethical Considerations, Public Health, Social Justice, Developmental Trajectories, Healthcare and Evidence-Based Practice.

▲ 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. Mental Health23▲ 13×15 topics
  2. Child Welfare14▲ 226×2 topics
  3. Public Health14▲ 6.3×10 topics
  4. Ethical Considerations13▲ 25×4 topics
  5. Social Justice12▲ 15×7 topics
  6. Developmental Trajectories11▲ 53×3 topics
  7. Healthcare11▲ 9.5×3 topics
  8. Evidence-Based Practice11▲ 40×5 topics
  9. Globalization10▲ 3.5×10 topics
  10. Elderly Care10▲ 47×2 topics
  11. Primary Care10▲ 14×7 topics
  12. Resilience8▲ 13×4 topics
  13. Job Satisfaction8▲ 20×2 topics
  14. Reflective Practice8▲ 29×2 topics
  15. Stress8▲ 12×2 topics
  16. Burnout8▲ 50×1 topic
  17. Children's Participation8▲ 468×1 topic
  18. Research with Children8▲ 468×1 topic
  19. Retention8▲ 246×1 topic
  20. Child Development7▲ 16×4 topics
  21. Academic Achievement7▲ 31×2 topics
  22. Self-Regulation7▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Direct Payments7▲ 279×1 topic
  24. Personalisation7▲ 279×1 topic
  25. School Engagement7▲ 99×1 topic
  26. Social Support7▲ 9.6×4 topics
  27. Student-Teacher Relationships7▲ 99×1 topic
  28. Attachment7▲ 34×2 topics
  29. Health Equity7▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Adoption6▲ 197×1 topic
  31. Foster Care6▲ 244×1 topic
  32. Adolescents6▲ 12×5 topics
  33. Community Health6▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Pediatrics6▲ 95×1 topic
  35. Participatory Design6▲ 94×2 topics
  36. Qualitative Research6▲ 6.1×3 topics
  37. Children5▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Communication5▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Mental Illness5▲ 44×2 topics
  40. Emotion Regulation5▲ 9.1×3 topics

Which research topics does Dartington Service Design Lab publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gender, Security, and Conflict, Community Health and Development, Historical and Linguistic Studies and Health Policy Implementation Science.

  1. 1 Gender, Security, and Conflict Gender Studies 1 works
  2. 2 Community Health and Development General Health Professions 0 works
  3. 3 Historical and Linguistic Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  4. 4 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 0 works
  5. 5 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 0 works
  6. 6 Byzantine Studies and History Classics 0 works
  7. 7 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 0 works
  9. 9 Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions General Health Professions 0 works
  10. 10 Science, Research, and Medicine Reproductive Medicine 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 available18.1%not open81.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.0%domestic only95.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Dartington Service Design Lab's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 51% lower 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.