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Faculty of Design

In research, Faculty of Design stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,195 of 10,670 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,500 of 9,585 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,497 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,686
of 22,385 · #6,752 all time
Rank in Slovenia
#7
of 50
Research works
3.6k
▼ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
3.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.75×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
44%
world 18%
Faculty of Design

What is Faculty of Design known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #3,195 of 10,670 5.0%255 #5359
Social SciencesDomain #3,500 of 9,585 7.1%241 #3651
EngineeringField #3,497 of 5,901 5.3%131 #2776
Social SciencesField #3,961 of 5,988 7.0%111 #3582

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Faculty of Design 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#5,359 #3,195
  2. Social Sciences#3,651 #3,500
  3. Engineering#2,776 #3,497
  4. Social Sciences#3,582 #3,961
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Faculty of Design work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research at Faculty of Design is in Physical Sciences, 43% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (24%), Social Sciences (20%), Arts and Humanities (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 307 fractional works · 47.2% of its workEngineering: 159 fractional works · 24.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 35 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 19 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArchitecture: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMedia Technology: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 67 fractional works · 10.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 20 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 48 fractional works · 7.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 281 fractional works · 43.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 128 fractional works · 19.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 37 fractional works · 5.6% of its workUrban Studies: 19 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEducation: 14 fractional works · 2.2% of its workTransportation: 13 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 69 fractional works · 10.6% of its workArcheology: 14 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMuseology: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workConservation: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 37 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 21 fractional works · 3.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 23 fractional works · 3.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 32 fractional works · 5.0% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 30 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFaculty of Design650fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences47%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences43%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering15924.5%
    2. Environmental Science6710.3%
    3. Computer Science487.5%
    4. Materials Science91.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences81.2%
    6. Energy71.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy40.6%
    8. Chemistry20.3%
    9. Mathematics20.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Social Sciences12819.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities6910.6%
    3. Psychology375.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting233.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance142.1%
    6. Decision Sciences101.5%
    1. Health Professions172.5%
    2. Medicine152.3%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences162.4%
    2. Neuroscience101.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology40.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.96× its world share, 48 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.21× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.63× its world share, 159 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.08× its world share, 67 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.97× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.68× its world share, 69 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.11× its world share, 23 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.98× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.88× its world share, 37 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 128 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.68×69 works
  2. Environmental Science2.08×67 works
  3. Psychology1.88×37 works
  4. Engineering1.63×159 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.57×10 works
  6. Social Sciences1.55×128 works
  7. Energy1.21×7 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.11×23 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.98×14 works
  10. Health Professions0.97×17 works
  11. Computer Science0.96×48 works
  12. Neuroscience0.91×10 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.77×8 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.50×16 works
  15. Materials Science0.39×9 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.37×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.28×4 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.24×1 works
  19. Mathematics0.20×2 works
  20. Chemistry0.19×2 works
  21. Veterinary0.19×0 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.12×4 works
  23. Medicine0.12×15 works
  24. Nursing0.07×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.06×0 works
  26. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Faculty of Design?

Ranked on the quality score, Maria M. Egbert, Maurice Nevile and Elina Härkönen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Faculty of Design.

  1. 1 Maria M. Egbert Slovenia · #1,393,714 worldwide 828 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Maurice Nevile Slovenia · #1,896,125 worldwide 1.7k citations · 81 works
  3. 3 Elina Härkönen Slovenia · #2,118,431 worldwide 188 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Birthe Menke Slovenia · #3,039,414 worldwide 35 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Mette Strømgaard Dalby Slovenia · #3,333,005 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Antti Ilmari Stöckell Slovenia · #3,670,548 worldwide 20 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Tomi Santeri Knuutila Slovenia · #3,737,673 worldwide 1 citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Stephen Collins Foster Slovenia · #3,814,714 worldwide 13 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Tine Kochendorf Larsen Slovenia · #3,936,383 worldwide 146 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Seppo Olavi Kuivakari Slovenia · #3,987,721 worldwide 0 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Faculty of Design

What are the most cited papers from Faculty of Design?

The most cited paper from Faculty of Design is "Sustainable construction—The role of environmental assessment tools" (Grace K. C. Ding, 2007), with 1,159 citations. Next come "Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (762) and "Screen Media Exposure and Obesity in Children and Adolescents" (614).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Sustainable construction—The role of environmental assessment tools Grace K. C. Ding · Journal of Environmental Management 8 Feb 2007 1,159
2 Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Simon I Hay et al. · The Lancet Open access2,780 authors Oct 2025 762
3 Screen Media Exposure and Obesity in Children and Adolescents Thomas Nichols Robinson, Jorge A. Banda, Lauren E. Hale et al. · PEDIATRICS Open access Nov 2017 614
4 Cost Overruns and Failure in Project Management: Understanding the Roles of Key Stakeholders in Construction Projects Hemanta Kumar Doloi · Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 25 Jul 2012 326
5 Virtual Reality interventions for acute and chronic pain management Naseem Ahmadpour, Hayden Randall, Harsham Choksi et al. · The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology 12 Jul 2019 305
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Faculty of Design?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Cultural Heritage, Community Participation, Urban Development, Ecosystem Services, Ecosystem Management, Biodiversity Conservation and landscape conservation.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022-now 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. Sustainability80▲ 5.1×64 topics
  2. Cultural Heritage30▲ 8.8×24 topics
  3. Education28▲ 2.5×32 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence27▲ 2.9×22 topics
  5. Climate Change26▲ 1.48×50 topics
  6. Community Participation25▲ 11×6 topics
  7. Globalization25▲ 1.94×47 topics
  8. Urban Development23▲ 10×13 topics
  9. Innovation22▲ 3.3×30 topics
  10. Sustainable Development20▲ 2.0×33 topics
  11. Biodiversity20▲ 4.1×10 topics
  12. Ecosystem Services18▲ 7.3×5 topics
  13. Public Health18▲ 1.91×18 topics
  14. Biodiversity Conservation18▲ 7.2×9 topics
  15. Ecosystem Management17▲ 44×2 topics
  16. Satoyama17▲ 269×1 topic
  17. landscape conservation17▲ 269×1 topic
  18. Virtual Reality15▲ 4.7×13 topics
  19. Urbanization15▲ 5.7×12 topics
  20. Engineering Design14▲ 31×3 topics
  21. Ethics14▲ 4.2×21 topics
  22. History14▲ 3.0×13 topics
  23. Urban Morphology14▲ 49×2 topics
  24. Physical Activity12▲ 4.0×6 topics
  25. Neoliberalism12▲ 5.2×12 topics
  26. Design12▲ 11×4 topics
  27. Thermal Comfort12▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Creativity11▲ 30×2 topics
  29. Social Sustainability10▲ 22×3 topics
  30. Problem-Solving9▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Biomimetics9▲ 55×1 topic
  32. Design Thinking9▲ 55×1 topic
  33. Urban Planning9▲ 16×8 topics
  34. User Experience9▲ 17×3 topics
  35. Environmental Justice9▲ 10×5 topics
  36. Urbanism9▲ 34×4 topics
  37. Participatory Design9▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Digital Fabrication9▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Sustainable Architecture8▲ 54×2 topics
  40. Community Health8▲ 7.8×4 topics

Which research topics does Faculty of Design publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Urban and spatial planning, Design Education and Practice, Architecture and Computational Design and Urban Green Space and Health.

Urban and spatial planning17Urban and spatial planning: 17 fractional worksDesign Education and Practice: 9 fractional worksArchitecture and Computational Design: 8 fractional worksUrban Green Space and Health: 8 fractional worksSmart Cities and Technologies: 7 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comfort Optimization: 7 fractional worksInnovative Human-Technol…6Innovative Human-Technology Interaction: 6 fractional worksCultural Heritage Management and Preservation: 6 fractional worksUrban Design and Spatial Analysis: 6 fractional worksSustainable Building Des…6Sustainable Building Design and Assessment: 6 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationMechanical EngineeringArchitectureHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis4 others

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

  1. 1 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 17 works
  2. 2 Design Education and Practice Mechanical Engineering 9 works
  3. 3 Architecture and Computational Design Architecture 8 works
  4. 4 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 8 works
  5. 5 Smart Cities and Technologies Media Technology 7 works
  6. 6 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 7 works
  7. 7 Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Human-Computer Interaction 6 works
  8. 8 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Archeology 6 works
  9. 9 Urban Design and Spatial Analysis Building and Construction 6 works
  10. 10 Sustainable Building Design and Assessment Building and Construction 6 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 available45.4%not open54.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.5%domestic only55.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Faculty of Design's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Faculty of Design as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0024% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Faculty of Design0.0032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Faculty of Design over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%Faculty of Design10.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.8% in 2025.

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