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Media Design School

In research, Media Design School stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,855 of 14,833 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#11,710 of 17,446 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,598 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#18,010
of 34,923
Rank in New Zealand
#66
of 104
Research works
668
▼ 70% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
3.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.67×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
41%
world 18%
Media Design School

What is Media Design School 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 #7,855 of 14,833 3.4%295
Physical SciencesDomain #11,710 of 17,446 3.9%304
Social SciencesField #6,598 of 9,330 3.5%142
EngineeringField #7,377 of 9,532 4.3%129
Computer ScienceField #5,669 of 6,336 3.5%141

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Media Design School 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 fields of science does Media Design School work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Media Design School is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (42%), Computer Science (16%), Medicine (9%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 41 fractional works · 64.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 42.0% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 10.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 8.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 8.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 6.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 21.8% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 16.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 11.7% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 8.9% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMedia DesignSchool64fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences64%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2742.0%
    2. Psychology68.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities46.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting35.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.8%
    1. Computer Science1016.0%
    2. Engineering23.5%
    3. Environmental Science11.1%
    4. Materials Science00.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Energy00.0%
    1. Medicine68.9%
    2. Health Professions22.6%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Neuroscience11.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.9%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 2.06× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.29× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.60× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.85× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.32× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.32×27 works
  2. Psychology2.85×6 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.29×4 works
  4. Computer Science2.06×10 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.60×3 works
  6. Health Professions1.00×2 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.81×0 works
  8. Neuroscience0.78×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.55×1 works
  10. Medicine0.46×6 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.37×0 works
  12. Dentistry0.36×0 works
  13. Engineering0.23×2 works
  14. Environmental Science0.23×1 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.19×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×1 works
  17. Materials Science0.15×0 works
  18. Energy0.06×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Media Design School?

Ranked on the quality score, Sarah Elsie Baker, Michael J. R. Martin and Taki Eddin Sonbli lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Media Design School.

  1. 1 Sarah Elsie Baker New Zealand · #2,095,924 worldwide 1.2k citations · 88 works
  2. 2 Michael J. R. Martin New Zealand · #2,818,390 worldwide 506 citations · 77 works
  3. 3 Taki Eddin Sonbli New Zealand · #2,914,422 worldwide 13 citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Don Chooi New Zealand · #3,593,473 worldwide 2 citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Peter Mandal Hansen New Zealand · #4,468,808 worldwide 64 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Nis Ovesen New Zealand · #4,546,836 worldwide 117 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Imran Khaliq New Zealand · #4,638,049 worldwide 182 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Dipu Sebastian New Zealand · #4,820,944 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Bill Rosenblatt New Zealand · #5,037,249 worldwide 108 citations · 52 works
  10. 10 Anne Kirkegaard Bejder New Zealand · #5,097,761 worldwide 52 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Media Design School

What are the most cited papers from Media Design School?

The most cited paper from Media Design School is "Sousveillance: Inventing and Using Wearable Computing Devices for Data Collection in Surveillance Environments." (Steve Mann, Jason Nolan, Barry Wellman, 2002), with 839 citations. Next come "MetaLimbs" (147) and "Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications" (114).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Sousveillance: Inventing and Using Wearable Computing Devices for Data Collection in Surveillance Environments. Steve Mann, Jason Nolan, Barry Wellman · Surveillance & Society Open access Sep 2002 839
2 MetaLimbs Tomoya Sasaki, Mhd Yamen Saraiji, Charith Lasantha Fernando et al. Conference paper 25 Jul 2017 147
3 Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications Rikke Gade, A. M. Jorgensen, Thomas Baltzer Moeslund 2012 114
4 Software visualization for debugging Ron Baecker, Chris DiGiano, Aaron Marcus · Communications of the ACM Apr 1997 86
5 Augmented Coliseum: An Augmented Game Environment with Small Vehicles Minoru Kojima, Maki Sugimoto, Akihiro Nakamura et al. Conference paper 25 Jan 2006 70
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Media Design School?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Machine Learning, Ethics, Lifelong Learning, Deep Learning, Higher Education, Gender and Emotion.

▲ 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. Machine Learning6▲ 2.9×13 topics
  2. Globalization5▲ 4.1×17 topics
  3. Deep Learning5▲ 2.1×10 topics
  4. Ethics3▲ 9.1×3 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence3▲ 3.2×5 topics
  6. Healthcare3▲ 4.0×5 topics
  7. Lifelong Learning3▲ 21×3 topics
  8. Big Data2▲ 4.0×3 topics
  9. Educational Technology2▲ 3.3×6 topics
  10. Higher Education2▲ 7.4×5 topics
  11. Gender2▲ 6.9×7 topics
  12. Emotion2▲ 16×4 topics
  13. Informal Learning2▲ 26×3 topics
  14. User Experience2▲ 40×3 topics
  15. Economic Impact2▲ 5.9×2 topics
  16. Geography2▲ 91×2 topics
  17. Medical Imaging2▲ 5.9×3 topics
  18. Pedagogy2▲ 6.2×4 topics
  19. Melanoma2▲ 47×2 topics
  20. Competency-Based Education2▲ 33×2 topics
  21. Dermoscopy2▲ 62×1 topic
  22. Learning Outcomes2▲ 6.6×3 topics
  23. Skin Cancer2▲ 36×1 topic
  24. Affect2▲ 63×2 topics
  25. Anthropocene2▲ 43×2 topics
  26. Clinical Decision Support2▲ 17×1 topic
  27. Ethical Challenges2▲ 13×2 topics
  28. Health Equity2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  29. Precision Medicine2▲ 5.5×2 topics
  30. Prior Learning2▲ 102×1 topic
  31. Professional Development2▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Radiology2▲ 18×1 topic
  33. Recognition2▲ 71×1 topic
  34. Social Interaction2▲ 6.5×3 topics
  35. Student Engagement2▲ 6.1×2 topics
  36. Gender Dynamics2▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Health Behavior Change1▲ 40×2 topics
  38. Medical Image Analysis1▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Interactive Television1▲ 218×1 topic
  40. Learning Environments1▲ 72×2 topics

Which research topics does Media Design School publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, Higher Education Learning Practices and AI in cancer detection.

Cutaneous Melanoma Detec…2Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …2Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 2 fractional worksHigher Education Learning Practices: 2 fractional worksAI in cancer detection1AI in cancer detection: 1 fractional worksGeographies of human-animal interactions: 1 fractional worksMultimedia Communication and Technology: 1 fractional worksInnovative Human-Technology Interaction: 1 fractional worksEducation, Psychology, a…1Education, Psychology, and Social Research: 1 fractional worksCommonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism: 1 fractional worksCultural Industries and Urban Development: 1 fractional works
OncologyHealth InformaticsEducationArtificial Intelligence5 others

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

  1. 1 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 2 works
  2. 2 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 2 works
  3. 3 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 2 works
  4. 4 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  5. 5 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 1 works
  6. 6 Multimedia Communication and Technology Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Human-Computer Interaction 1 works
  8. 8 Education, Psychology, and Social Research Education 1 works
  9. 9 Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  10. 10 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 1 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 available41.9%not open58.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.2%domestic only58.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Media Design School's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 70% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Media Design School as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00024% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Media Design School0.00031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Media Design School 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.

5%10%all institutions10.0% in 2021Media Design School1.4% in 20212020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.6% in 2010.

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