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Discovery Center Museum

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Research works
7
▼ 75% vs 2018-21
Citations
1
0.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Discovery Center Museum

Not ranked overall: Discovery Center Museum is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Discovery Center Museum work in?

In all years, 42% of research at Discovery Center Museum is in Physical Sciences, 33% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (35%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (25%), Arts and Humanities (18%).

Physical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 41.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 35.5% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 15.2% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 10.2% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 5.0% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 32.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 18.1% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 15.2% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 9.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 6.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 5.0% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 25.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 25.4% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 15.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 10.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDiscovery CenterMuseum7fractional works, all years
Life Sciences25%Physical Sciences42%Social Sciences33%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 3 domains and 7 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences235.5%
    2. Materials Science05.0%
    3. Engineering01.2%
    1. Arts and Humanities118.1%
    2. Psychology19.7%
    3. Social Sciences05.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences225.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

What are the most cited papers from Discovery Center Museum?

The most cited paper from Discovery Center Museum is "Touch ground: Introducing design inquiry in higher education" (Guido Stompff, Manon Joosten, Andrea Prince et al., 2022), with 2 citations. Next come "How Two Museums Support Memory and Connection in Older-Adult–Caregiver Dyads: A Photo-Elicited Thematic Analysis" (0) and "Cognition, Care, and Cultural Place-Making: Narrative Responses Across Two Museum Settings" (0).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Touch ground: Introducing design inquiry in higher education Guido Stompff, Manon Joosten, Andrea Prince et al. · Proceedings of DRS Conference paperOpen access 16 Jun 2022 2
2 How Two Museums Support Memory and Connection in Older-Adult–Caregiver Dyads: A Photo-Elicited Thematic Analysis Supalak Khemthong, Chewasit Boonyakiet, Wilasinee Triyarat et al. · Research Square PreprintOpen access 10 Jul 2026 0
3 Cognition, Care, and Cultural Place-Making: Narrative Responses Across Two Museum Settings Supalak Khemthong, Chewasit Boonyakiet, Wilasinee Triyarat et al. · Research Square PreprintOpen access 3 Oct 2025 0
4 Stories of Emotional Well-Being: Older Adults and Caregivers Engaging in a Museum-Based Social Prescription Supalak Khemthong, Chewasit Boonyakiet, Winai Chatthong · Research Square PreprintOpen access 29 Sep 2025 0
5 Preventing Cognitive Decline through Museum-Based Psychosocial Rehabilitation for Elders and Caregivers Supalak Khemthong, Chewasit Boonyakiet, Winai Chatthong · Research Square PreprintOpen access 26 Sep 2025 0
All 11 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Discovery Center Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Fossil Insects in Amber and Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior.

Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology: 0 fractional worksEvolution and Paleontology Studies: 0 fractional worksFossil Insects in Amber0Fossil Insects in Amber: 0 fractional worksNostalgia and Consumer Behavior: 0 fractional worksIdentity, Memory, and Therapy: 0 fractional worksArt Therapy and Mental Health: 0 fractional worksArchitecture, Art, Education: 0 fractional worksDesign Education and Practice: 0 fractional worksCreativity in Education and Neuroscience: 0 fractional works
PaleontologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSocial PsychologyDevelopmental and Educational Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology Paleontology 0 works
  2. 2 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 0 works
  3. 3 Fossil Insects in Amber Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  4. 4 Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior Social Psychology 0 works
  5. 5 Identity, Memory, and Therapy Developmental and Educational Psychology 0 works
  6. 6 Art Therapy and Mental Health Conservation 0 works
  7. 7 Architecture, Art, Education Visual Arts and Performing Arts 0 works
  8. 8 Design Education and Practice Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Creativity in Education and Neuroscience Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 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 available24.2%not open75.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.2%domestic only75.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Discovery Center Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 75% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting20202025

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