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Spark Imagination and Science Center

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Research works
6
▲ 75% vs 2018-21
Citations
8
1.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Spark Imagination and Science Center

Not ranked overall: Spark Imagination and Science Center is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Spark Imagination and Science Center work in?

In all years, 86% of research at Spark Imagination and Science Center is in Social Sciences, 14% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (38%), Psychology (28%), Business, Management and Accounting (18%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 6 fractional works · 86.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 37.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 15.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 7.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 7.7% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 5.1% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 28.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 20.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 7.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 18.4% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 10.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 14.0% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 9.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 5.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workALL ITS WORKSpark Imaginationand Science…6fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences14%Social Sciences86%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 2 domains and 6 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences237.7%
    2. Psychology228.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting118.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.7%
    1. Computer Science19.0%
    2. Engineering05.1%
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.

What are the most cited papers from Spark Imagination and Science Center?

The most cited paper from Spark Imagination and Science Center is "Destination Imagination: Creativity in a World of Complacency" (Joshua Calkin, Megan Karlsen, 2014), with 5 citations. Next come "Project-Based Learning: Helping students thrive socially and emotionally" (2) and "Superior Performance Competencies Achieved Through Destination Imagination Experiences" (1).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Destination Imagination: Creativity in a World of Complacency Joshua Calkin, Megan Karlsen · Journal of Applied Research on Children Informing Policy for Children at Risk Open access 23 May 2014 5
2 Project-Based Learning: Helping students thrive socially and emotionally Kris Beisel · Childhood Education 3 Sep 2021 2
3 Superior Performance Competencies Achieved Through Destination Imagination Experiences James Gordon Ward, Yaprak Dalat Ward, Johnny Wells et al. · Archives of Business Research Open access Oct 2023 1
4 Creativity Exercises and Design Methods to Enhance Innovation in Engineering Students Michael L. Anderson, Karen Tucker Anderson, Daniel D Jensen Conference paper 10 Sep 2020 1
5 A Preliminary Study: The Destination Imagination Challenge Experience and the Emergence of (Workforce) Agility James Gordon Ward, Yaprak Dalat Ward, Kris Beisel et al. · Archives of Business Research Open access 14 Feb 2026 0
All 7 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Spark Imagination and Science Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hospitality and Tourism Education, Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research, Human Resource and Talent Management and Cruise Tourism Development and Management.

Hospitality and Tourism …1Hospitality and Tourism Education: 1 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 0 fractional worksHuman Resource and Talent Management: 0 fractional worksCruise Tourism Development and Management: 0 fractional worksOrganizational and Employee Performance: 0 fractional worksPsychological and Educat…0Psychological and Educational Research Studies: 0 fractional worksRecreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management: 0 fractional worksTourism, Volunteerism, and Development: 0 fractional worksSharing Economy and Platforms: 0 fractional worksCommunity Development and Social Impact: 0 fractional works
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementSociology and Political ScienceOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementTransportation6 others

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

  1. 1 Hospitality and Tourism Education Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 1 works
  2. 2 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  3. 3 Human Resource and Talent Management Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 0 works
  4. 4 Cruise Tourism Development and Management Transportation 0 works
  5. 5 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  6. 6 Psychological and Educational Research Studies Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management Social Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development Demography 0 works
  9. 9 Sharing Economy and Platforms Marketing 0 works
  10. 10 Community Development and Social Impact Finance 0 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 available38.5%not open61.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.3%domestic only89.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Spark Imagination and Science Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 75% higher than in 2018-2021.

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