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Southern California Institute of Architecture

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World rank, all time
#33,300
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#7,100
of 8,685
Research works
157
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.9k
12.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

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: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.50× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.15× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.21× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.03× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 7.53× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.60× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Southern California Institute of Architecture?

Ranked on the composite score, Graham Harman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southern California Institute of Architecture.

  1. 1 Graham Harman United States · #261,170 worldwide 68 citations · 67 works
All ranked researchers at Southern California Institute of Architecture

Which keywords describe research at Southern California Institute of Architecture?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethics, Philosophy, Capitalism, Politics, Religion, Thermal Comfort, Derrida and Levinas.

▲ 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 34 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 34 words, with their numbers
  1. Ethics5▲ 37×8 topics
  2. Philosophy3▲ 21×4 topics
  3. Capitalism2▲ 127×3 topics
  4. Politics2▲ 31×2 topics
  5. Religion2▲ 16×3 topics
  6. Remote Sensing2▲ 5.7×2 topics
  7. Thermal Comfort2▲ 54×2 topics
  8. Derrida2▲ 622×1 topic
  9. Levinas2▲ 622×1 topic
  10. Neoliberalism2▲ 17×2 topics
  11. Subjectivity2▲ 460×2 topics
  12. Perception2▲ 84×2 topics
  13. Truth2▲ 174×2 topics
  14. Globalization2▲ 2.7×3 topics
  15. Cultural Heritage2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  16. Culture2▲ 9.6×2 topics
  17. Lacanian Discourse Analysis2▲ 1246×1 topic
  18. Psychoanalysis2▲ 62×1 topic
  19. Climate Change1▲ 1.58×3 topics
  20. Consciousness1▲ 65×1 topic
  21. Phenomenal Experience1▲ 330×1 topic
  22. Sustainability1▲ 1.66×6 topics
  23. Building Energy Consumption1▲ 45×1 topic
  24. Energy Simulation1▲ 39×1 topic
  25. Green Roofs1▲ 69×1 topic
  26. Numerical Simulation1▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Urban Heat Island1▲ 37×1 topic
  28. Aristotle1▲ 131×1 topic
  29. Caribbean1▲ 210×1 topic
  30. Identity1▲ 4.6×1 topic
  31. Photogrammetry1▲ 54×1 topic
  32. Plato1▲ 178×1 topic
  33. Public Health1▲ 2.4×5 topics
  34. UAV1▲ 54×1 topic

Which research topics does Southern California Institute of Architecture publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism, Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics, Philosophy and Theoretical Science and Urban Heat Island Mitigation.

Philosophy, Ethics, and …2Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism: 2 fractional worksPsychoanalysis, Philosop…2Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics: 2 fractional worksPhilosophy and Theoretic…1Philosophy and Theoretical Science: 1 fractional worksUrban Heat Island Mitiga…1Urban Heat Island Mitigation: 1 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comfort Optimization: 1 fractional worksCaribbean history, culture, and politics: 1 fractional worksClassical Philosophy and…1Classical Philosophy and Thought: 1 fractional works3D Surveying and Cultura…13D Surveying and Cultural Heritage: 1 fractional worksCritical Theory and Phil…1Critical Theory and Philosophy: 1 fractional worksSolar Energy Systems and…1Solar Energy Systems and Technologies: 1 fractional works
PhilosophyClinical PsychologyExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyEnvironmental Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism Philosophy 2 works
  2. 2 Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics Clinical Psychology 2 works
  3. 3 Philosophy and Theoretical Science Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 works
  4. 4 Urban Heat Island Mitigation Environmental Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 1 works
  6. 6 Caribbean history, culture, and politics Cultural Studies 1 works
  7. 7 Classical Philosophy and Thought Philosophy 1 works
  8. 8 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage Geology 1 works
  9. 9 Critical Theory and Philosophy Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Solar Energy Systems and Technologies Mechanical Engineering 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 available44.0%not open56.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Southern California Institute of Architecture's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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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