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Savannah College of Art and Design

In research, Savannah College of Art and Design stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,291 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities — Arts and Humanities is 13.4× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#26,461
of 28,054 · #31,583 all time
Rank in United States
#3,983
of 4,192
Research works
404
▲ 48% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.7k
4.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Savannah College of Art and 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 #9,291 of 10,521 4.6%97 #10024

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Savannah College of Art and 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 Savannah College of Art and Design specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 13.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 47.7 works13×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.21× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 13.36× its world share, 48 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.84× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.48× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.24× its world share, 35 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 13.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Savannah College of Art and Design?

Ranked on the composite score, John Edgar Browning, Anne Swartz and Michael Betancourt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Savannah College of Art and Design.

  1. 1 John Edgar Browning United States · #660,002 worldwide 6 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Anne Swartz United States · #951,875 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Michael Betancourt United States · #1,181,002 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Christine Miller United States · #1,255,590 worldwide 10 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Savannah College of Art and Design

Which keywords describe research at Savannah College of Art and Design?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Literature, Gender, Race, Culture, Identity, Cultural Studies, Media and Adaptation.

▲ 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. Literature23▲ 35×20 topics
  2. Gender22▲ 32×17 topics
  3. Race12▲ 86×8 topics
  4. Culture11▲ 17×10 topics
  5. Identity10▲ 11×17 topics
  6. Globalization10▲ 4.2×24 topics
  7. Cultural Studies9▲ 18×11 topics
  8. Media8▲ 42×2 topics
  9. Adaptation8▲ 22×1 topic
  10. Film8▲ 453×1 topic
  11. Postcolonialism8▲ 50×7 topics
  12. Education7▲ 3.3×15 topics
  13. Social Media7▲ 3.9×9 topics
  14. Narrative7▲ 35×4 topics
  15. History6▲ 7.4×15 topics
  16. Innovation5▲ 3.9×10 topics
  17. Photography5▲ 99×3 topics
  18. Visual Culture5▲ 72×3 topics
  19. Society4▲ 18×10 topics
  20. Horror4▲ 333×1 topic
  21. Zombies4▲ 333×1 topic
  22. Technology4▲ 5.9×9 topics
  23. Art4▲ 34×5 topics
  24. Box Office4▲ 108×1 topic
  25. Colonialism4▲ 6.0×10 topics
  26. Film Industry4▲ 108×1 topic
  27. Cultural Heritage3▲ 5.1×6 topics
  28. Social Movements3▲ 9.2×6 topics
  29. Cultural History3▲ 22×3 topics
  30. Democracy3▲ 7.6×4 topics
  31. Psychology3▲ 19×3 topics
  32. Art History3▲ 87×2 topics
  33. Stereotypes3▲ 24×2 topics
  34. American Musical Theatre3▲ 395×1 topic
  35. Cosmopolitanism3▲ 20×3 topics
  36. Feminism3▲ 7.6×9 topics
  37. Medicine3▲ 26×3 topics
  38. Melodrama3▲ 395×1 topic
  39. Surveillance3▲ 8.0×3 topics
  40. Media Studies2▲ 30×2 topics

Which research topics does Savannah College of Art and Design publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism, Gothic Literature and Media Analysis, Cinema and Media Studies and Theater, Performance, and Music History.

  1. 1 Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 8 works
  2. 2 Gothic Literature and Media Analysis Cultural Studies 4 works
  3. 3 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  4. 4 Theater, Performance, and Music History Music 3 works
  5. 5 Photography and Visual Culture History 2 works
  6. 6 Historical Art and Culture Studies Museology 2 works
  7. 7 Comics and Graphic Narratives Visual Arts and Performing Arts 2 works
  8. 8 Visual Culture and Art Theory Visual Arts and Performing Arts 2 works
  9. 9 Digital Games and Media Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 American and British Literature Analysis Literature and Literary Theory 2 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 available25.8%not open74.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.8%domestic only86.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Savannah College of Art and Design's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% 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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