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Faculty of Design

In research, Faculty of Design stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,988 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,053 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,684 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,076
of 28,054 · #14,017 all time
Rank in Slovenia
#13
of 51
Research works
3.6k
▼ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
3.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Faculty of Design known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #4,988 of 10,521 13.2%241 #3323
Social SciencesField #4,053 of 6,365 12.5%111 #2394
Physical SciencesDomain #8,684 of 12,888 8.3%255 #12319
EngineeringField #4,891 of 6,636 8.7%131 #6271

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#3,323 #4,988
  2. Social Sciences#2,394 #4,053
  3. Physical Sciences#12,319 #8,684
  4. Engineering#6,271 #4,891
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

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: 0.52× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.92× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.95× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.18× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.59× its world share, 131 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.10× its world share, 57 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.75× its world share, 59 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.07× its world share, 19 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.90× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.95× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 111 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Faculty of Design?

Ranked on the composite score, 小太郎 平手, J G Hawley and 淳 宗方 lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Faculty of Design.

  1. 1 小太郎 平手 Slovenia · #172,073 worldwide 1 citations · 81 works
  2. 2 J G Hawley Slovenia · #192,839 worldwide 163 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 淳 宗方 Slovenia · #246,950 worldwide 2 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Per Krogh Hansen Slovenia · #468,595 worldwide 7 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 惠吾 津田 Slovenia · #479,552 worldwide 0 citations · 43 works
  6. 6 Brenda Schmahmann Slovenia · #518,872 worldwide 5 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Tuija Hautala-Hirvioja Slovenia · #534,175 worldwide 2 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 尚行 大井 Slovenia · #568,841 worldwide 0 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Spencer Hazel Slovenia · #631,734 worldwide 38 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Mari Johanna Mäkiranta Slovenia · #702,019 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Faculty of Design

Which keywords describe research at Faculty of Design?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Cultural Heritage, Community Participation, Urban Development, Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity Conservation, Ecosystem Management 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 2022–2025 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. Sustainability72▲ 5.4×57 topics
  2. Cultural Heritage28▲ 9.3×24 topics
  3. Education26▲ 2.7×31 topics
  4. Community Participation23▲ 11×6 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence23▲ 3.0×21 topics
  6. Climate Change21▲ 1.41×40 topics
  7. Innovation21▲ 3.6×28 topics
  8. Globalization20▲ 1.89×42 topics
  9. Urban Development20▲ 9.8×12 topics
  10. Biodiversity19▲ 4.7×9 topics
  11. Sustainable Development17▲ 1.98×28 topics
  12. Ecosystem Services17▲ 7.9×5 topics
  13. Public Health16▲ 2.1×16 topics
  14. Biodiversity Conservation16▲ 7.9×8 topics
  15. Ecosystem Management16▲ 48×2 topics
  16. Satoyama16▲ 287×1 topic
  17. landscape conservation16▲ 287×1 topic
  18. Engineering Design13▲ 35×3 topics
  19. History13▲ 3.4×13 topics
  20. Virtual Reality13▲ 4.8×12 topics
  21. Urbanization12▲ 5.2×12 topics
  22. Design11▲ 13×4 topics
  23. Urban Morphology11▲ 50×2 topics
  24. Creativity11▲ 33×2 topics
  25. Knowledge Management11▲ 3.6×11 topics
  26. Physical Activity11▲ 4.0×6 topics
  27. Ethics10▲ 4.0×17 topics
  28. Neoliberalism10▲ 5.2×12 topics
  29. Problem-Solving9▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Biomimetics9▲ 62×1 topic
  31. Design Thinking9▲ 62×1 topic
  32. Thermal Comfort9▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Social Sustainability8▲ 21×3 topics
  34. Environmental Justice8▲ 12×5 topics
  35. Emotion8▲ 7.1×8 topics
  36. Urban Planning8▲ 17×6 topics
  37. Community Health8▲ 8.6×3 topics
  38. Participatory Design7▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Digital Fabrication7▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Sustainable Architecture7▲ 56×2 topics

Which research topics does Faculty of Design publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Urban and spatial planning, Design Education and Practice, Urban Green Space and Health and Architecture and Computational Design.

Urban and spatial planning16Urban and spatial planning: 16 fractional worksDesign Education and Practice: 9 fractional worksUrban Green Space and Health: 7 fractional worksArchitecture and Computational Design: 7 fractional worksSmart Cities and Technologies: 6 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comfort Optimization: 5 fractional worksCultural Heritage Manage…5Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation: 5 fractional worksColor perception and des…5Color perception and design: 5 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Phenomena …5Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 5 fractional worksSustainable Building Des…5Sustainable Building Design and Assessment: 5 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationMechanical EngineeringHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisArchitecture5 others

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

  1. 1 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 16 works
  2. 2 Design Education and Practice Mechanical Engineering 9 works
  3. 3 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 7 works
  4. 4 Architecture and Computational Design Architecture 7 works
  5. 5 Smart Cities and Technologies Media Technology 6 works
  6. 6 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 5 works
  7. 7 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Archeology 5 works
  8. 8 Color perception and design Social Psychology 5 works
  9. 9 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  10. 10 Sustainable Building Design and Assessment Building and Construction 5 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Faculty of Design's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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.

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