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School of Visual Arts

In research, School of Visual Arts stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,934 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#11,951 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,919 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Visual Arts and Performing Arts — Visual Arts and Performing Arts is 41.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,492
of 28,054 · #20,084 all time
Rank in United States
#2,833
of 4,192
Research works
1.4k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.5k
3.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is School of Visual Arts 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 #6,934 of 10,521 9.4%194 #5211
Physical SciencesDomain #11,951 of 12,888 8.0%77 #16321
Social SciencesField #5,919 of 6,365 7.0%83 #5256
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,862 of 1,998 12.3%71 #1886

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where School of Visual Arts 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#5,211 #6,934
  2. Physical Sciences#16,321 #11,951
  3. Social Sciences#5,256 #5,919
  4. Arts and Humanities#1,886 #1,862
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.

What does School of Visual Arts specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Visual Arts and Performing Arts takes 41.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 20.3 works41×
← 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: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.13× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.75× its world share, 41 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 8.24× its world share, 71 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.86× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.67× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.97× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.24× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.19× its world share, 83 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at School of Visual Arts?

Ranked on the composite score, Max Liljefors, Augusto Boal and Johanna Rosenqvist lead among researchers whose main affiliation is School of Visual Arts.

  1. 1 Max Liljefors United States · #590,673 worldwide 2 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Augusto Boal United States · #595,090 worldwide 6 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Johanna Rosenqvist United States · #844,742 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Louis Phillips United States · #900,655 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Torsten Weimarck United States · #919,837 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Cécile Whiting United States · #1,044,470 worldwide 6 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Arthur L. Loeb United States · #1,195,027 worldwide 29 citations · 106 works
  8. 8 Peter Bengtsen United States · #1,262,796 worldwide 1 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Caroline L. Smith United States · #1,407,280 worldwide 11 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Emiliano Roia United States · #1,486,904 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at School of Visual Arts

Which keywords describe research at School of Visual Arts?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Artificial Intelligence, History, Virtual Reality, Cultural Studies, Cultural Heritage, Identity and Education.

▲ 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. Globalization24▲ 4.1×40 topics
  2. Artificial Intelligence21▲ 5.1×26 topics
  3. Education18▲ 3.6×32 topics
  4. Sustainability17▲ 2.3×30 topics
  5. History17▲ 8.1×22 topics
  6. Virtual Reality17▲ 11×11 topics
  7. Cultural Studies16▲ 14×15 topics
  8. Cultural Heritage15▲ 9.3×19 topics
  9. Deep Learning15▲ 1.47×36 topics
  10. Identity15▲ 6.7×32 topics
  11. Literature12▲ 7.4×22 topics
  12. Gender12▲ 7.2×22 topics
  13. Social Justice12▲ 6.6×20 topics
  14. Human-Computer Interaction10▲ 20×6 topics
  15. Colonialism10▲ 7.2×20 topics
  16. Nationalism9▲ 6.7×12 topics
  17. Cultural Identity9▲ 5.8×13 topics
  18. Innovation9▲ 2.9×13 topics
  19. Feminism9▲ 11×12 topics
  20. Religion9▲ 6.3×12 topics
  21. Philosophy9▲ 6.5×10 topics
  22. Visual Culture9▲ 53×4 topics
  23. Culture8▲ 5.3×16 topics
  24. Graphic Design8▲ 64×2 topics
  25. Neuroscience8▲ 8.8×8 topics
  26. Digital Media Technology7▲ 60×1 topic
  27. Visual Communication Design7▲ 60×1 topic
  28. Cultural Exchange6▲ 16×7 topics
  29. Cultural Politics6▲ 32×7 topics
  30. Urban Development6▲ 5.7×10 topics
  31. Art6▲ 23×7 topics
  32. Embodiment6▲ 10×4 topics
  33. Design6▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Activism5▲ 42×3 topics
  35. Narrative5▲ 10×5 topics
  36. Academic Achievement5▲ 9.4×2 topics
  37. Big Data Analytics5▲ 7.5×5 topics
  38. Material Culture5▲ 38×2 topics
  39. Race5▲ 15×11 topics
  40. Aesthetics5▲ 21×3 topics

Which research topics does School of Visual Arts publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Digital Media and Visual Art, Art Education and Development, Art, Politics, and Modernism and Chinese history and philosophy.

Digital Media and Visual Art: 7 fractional worksArt Education and Development: 4 fractional worksArt, Politics, and Modernism: 4 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 4 fractional worksAsian Culture and Media Studies: 4 fractional worksCrafts, Textile, and Design: 3 fractional worksCultural Industries and …3Cultural Industries and Urban Development: 3 fractional worksFashion and Cultural Textiles: 3 fractional worksCreativity in Education and Neuroscience: 3 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applicat…2Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 2 fractional works
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignVisual Arts and Performing ArtsSociology and Political ScienceCultural Studies4 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Media and Visual Art Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 7 works
  2. 2 Art Education and Development Visual Arts and Performing Arts 4 works
  3. 3 Art, Politics, and Modernism Visual Arts and Performing Arts 4 works
  4. 4 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  5. 5 Asian Culture and Media Studies Cultural Studies 4 works
  6. 6 Crafts, Textile, and Design Museology 3 works
  7. 7 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 3 works
  8. 8 Fashion and Cultural Textiles Museology 3 works
  9. 9 Creativity in Education and Neuroscience Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 3 works
  10. 10 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 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 available42.3%not open57.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.6%domestic only81.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has School of Visual Arts's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% higher than in 2013–2017.

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