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Rhode Island School of Design

In research, Rhode Island School of Design stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,297 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities — Arts and Humanities is 9.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,065
of 28,054 · #23,380 all time
Rank in United States
#3,446
of 4,192
Research works
692
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.6k
6.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Rhode Island School 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 #8,297 of 10,521 18.2%78 #6721

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rhode Island School 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).

What does Rhode Island School of Design specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 9.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 30.1 works9.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.68× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.79× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.70× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 8.97× its world share, 30 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.88× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.31× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.57× its world share, 38 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 9.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Rhode Island School of Design?

Ranked on the composite score, Siegfried Kracauer, David A. Warner and Arthur Upham Pope lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rhode Island School of Design.

  1. 1 Siegfried Kracauer United States · #12,571 worldwide 241 citations · 57 works
  2. 2 David A. Warner United States · #180,164 worldwide 91 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Arthur Upham Pope United States · #181,187 worldwide 50 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Yuriko Saito United States · #356,535 worldwide 54 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Dominick V. Rosato United States · #1,167,981 worldwide 31 citations · 51 works
  6. 6 Donald V. Rosato United States · #1,252,633 worldwide 26 citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Special Collections United States · #1,375,212 worldwide 0 citations · 592 works
  8. 8 Fleet Library United States · #1,375,221 worldwide 0 citations · 868 works
All ranked researchers at Rhode Island School of Design

Which keywords describe research at Rhode Island School of Design?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Literature, Gender, Feminism, Identity, Globalization, Virtual Reality, Sustainability and Innovation.

▲ 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. Globalization9▲ 3.8×19 topics
  2. Sustainability8▲ 3.0×24 topics
  3. Literature8▲ 12×14 topics
  4. Gender8▲ 12×13 topics
  5. Feminism7▲ 22×11 topics
  6. Identity6▲ 7.6×15 topics
  7. Innovation6▲ 5.2×8 topics
  8. Virtual Reality6▲ 10×4 topics
  9. Climate Change6▲ 1.84×17 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 3.4×6 topics
  11. Education5▲ 2.5×10 topics
  12. Sustainable Development5▲ 2.5×5 topics
  13. Social Media5▲ 2.8×11 topics
  14. Cultural Heritage4▲ 7.0×10 topics
  15. Race4▲ 33×7 topics
  16. Digital Fabrication4▲ 48×2 topics
  17. History4▲ 5.2×8 topics
  18. Sustainable Architecture4▲ 148×2 topics
  19. Anthropocene4▲ 64×3 topics
  20. Community Participation4▲ 9.5×4 topics
  21. Nationalism4▲ 7.5×11 topics
  22. Parametricism4▲ 157×1 topic
  23. Urban Morphology4▲ 86×1 topic
  24. Colonialism4▲ 7.2×9 topics
  25. Ethics4▲ 7.0×9 topics
  26. Technology4▲ 6.5×7 topics
  27. Religion4▲ 7.1×6 topics
  28. Science4▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Urban Development4▲ 8.4×4 topics
  30. Culture4▲ 5.7×9 topics
  31. Philosophy3▲ 6.7×6 topics
  32. Medicine3▲ 35×3 topics
  33. Art3▲ 32×4 topics
  34. Affect3▲ 68×2 topics
  35. Visual Culture3▲ 47×5 topics
  36. Neoliberalism3▲ 6.6×7 topics
  37. China3▲ 25×3 topics
  38. Cultural Sustainability3▲ 41×2 topics
  39. Activism2▲ 53×3 topics
  40. Aesthetics2▲ 29×4 topics

Which research topics does Rhode Island School of Design publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Architecture and Computational Design, Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation, Translation Studies and Practices and Moravian Church and William Blake.

Architecture and Computational Design: 4 fractional worksCultural Heritage Management and Preservation: 2 fractional worksTranslation Studies and Practices: 2 fractional worksMoravian Church and William Blake: 2 fractional worksAesthetic Perception and Analysis: 2 fractional worksPosthumanist Ethics and Activism: 2 fractional worksArt, Technology, and Cul…2Art, Technology, and Culture: 2 fractional worksEastern European Communism and Reforms: 2 fractional worksArt Education and Development: 2 fractional worksData Visualization and A…1Data Visualization and Analytics: 1 fractional works
ArchitectureArcheologyLanguage and LinguisticsLiterature and Literary Theory5 others

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

  1. 1 Architecture and Computational Design Architecture 4 works
  2. 2 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Archeology 2 works
  3. 3 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 2 works
  4. 4 Moravian Church and William Blake Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  5. 5 Aesthetic Perception and Analysis Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  6. 6 Posthumanist Ethics and Activism Cultural Studies 2 works
  7. 7 Art, Technology, and Culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 2 works
  8. 8 Eastern European Communism and Reforms Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Art Education and Development Visual Arts and Performing Arts 2 works
  10. 10 Data Visualization and Analytics Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 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 available41.2%not open58.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Rhode Island School of Design's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher 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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