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Spatial Cognition (United States)

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Research works
43
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.2k
27.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
56%
world 18%
Spatial Cognition (United States)

Not ranked overall: Spatial Cognition (United States) 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 Spatial Cognition (United States) work in?

In all years, 45% of research at Spatial Cognition (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 38% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (28%), Social Sciences (23%), Engineering (15%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 19 fractional works · 44.6% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 28.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 12.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 14.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 11.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 38.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 23.1% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 5 fractional works · 11.9% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 10.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 11.7% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 10.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 9.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSpatial Cognition(United States)43fractional works, all years
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences45%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences38%

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 4 domains and 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science1228.3%
    2. Engineering614.8%
    3. Environmental Science00.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1023.1%
    2. Psychology510.7%
    3. Decision Sciences11.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    1. Neuroscience410.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.2%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Medicine23.6%
    2. Health Professions11.2%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 10.72× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 4.23× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 4.53× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.48× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 4.65× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 10.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience10.72×1 works
  2. Psychology4.65×1 works
  3. Dentistry4.53×0 works
  4. Computer Science4.23×2 works
  5. Health Professions1.48×0 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.01×0 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.97×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.82×1 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.63×0 works
  10. Mathematics0.52×0 works
  11. Medicine0.39×0 works
  12. Engineering0.35×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.07×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Spatial Cognition (United States)?

The most cited paper from Spatial Cognition (United States) is "Path selection and route preference in human navigation: A progress report" (Reginald G. Golledge, 1995), with 265 citations. Next come "Cognitive Mapping and Wayfinding by Adults Without Vision" (144) and "The “Intelligent Container”—A Cognitive Sensor Network for Transport Management" (121).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Path selection and route preference in human navigation: A progress report Reginald G. Golledge · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paper 1995 265
2 Cognitive Mapping and Wayfinding by Adults Without Vision Reginald G. Golledge, Roberta L. Klatzky, Jack M. Loomis Book chapter 22 Aug 2007 144
3 The “Intelligent Container”—A Cognitive Sensor Network for Transport Management Walter Lang, Reiner Jedermann, Damian Mrugala et al. · IEEE Sensors Journal 29 Sep 2010 121
4 Integrating route knowledge in an unfamiliar neighborhood: Along and across route experiments Reginald G. Golledge, Amy J. Ruggles, James W. Pellegrino et al. · Journal of Environmental Psychology Dec 1993 105
5 The Hidden Demand for Participation in Activities and Travel by Persons who are Visually Impaired James R. Marston, Reginald G. Golledge · Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness Aug 2003 103
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Spatial Cognition (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender Differences, STEM Education, Semantic Web, Neuroimaging Studies, Mental Rotation, Spatial Ability, Spatial Reasoning and Citizen Science.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Gender Differences4▲ 32×4 topics
  2. STEM Education4▲ 36×3 topics
  3. Semantic Web4▲ 68×3 topics
  4. Mental Rotation4▲ 624×1 topic
  5. Neuroimaging Studies4▲ 150×2 topics
  6. Spatial Ability4▲ 624×1 topic
  7. Spatial Reasoning3▲ 293×2 topics
  8. Citizen Science3▲ 70×2 topics
  9. Geospatial Crowdsourcing3▲ 245×1 topic
  10. Volunteered Geographic Information3▲ 245×1 topic
  11. Deep Learning2▲ 2.4×6 topics
  12. Neural Networks2▲ 4.8×7 topics
  13. Cognition2▲ 31×4 topics
  14. Constraint Optimization2▲ 313×1 topic
  15. Distributed Algorithms2▲ 313×1 topic
  16. Language2▲ 20×3 topics
  17. Knowledge Representation2▲ 28×3 topics
  18. Data Integration1▲ 14×3 topics
  19. Description Logics1▲ 32×2 topics
  20. Experiential Learning1▲ 53×2 topics
  21. Physical Activity1▲ 8.5×2 topics
  22. Active Travel1▲ 66×1 topic
  23. Built Environment1▲ 66×1 topic
  24. Categorical Perception1▲ 266×1 topic
  25. Color Perception1▲ 266×1 topic
  26. GPS Trajectories1▲ 63×1 topic
  27. Neuronal Oscillations1▲ 30×2 topics
  28. Trajectory Data Mining1▲ 63×1 topic
  29. Cognitive Architecture1▲ 81×2 topics
  30. Cortical Connectivity1▲ 37×2 topics
  31. Geography Education1▲ 218×1 topic
  32. Linked Data1▲ 38×1 topic
  33. Ontology1▲ 16×1 topic
  34. Spatial Thinking1▲ 335×1 topic
  35. Travel Behavior1▲ 33×2 topics
  36. Working Memory1▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Cortical Networks1▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Digital Labor Platforms1▲ 122×1 topic
  39. Neural Processing1▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Synchronization1▲ 14×1 topic

Which research topics does Spatial Cognition (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: AI-based Problem Solving and Planning, Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI and Tactile and Sensory Interactions.

AI-based Problem Solving and Planning: 1 fractional worksMulti-Agent Systems and Negotiation: 0 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 0 fractional worksTactile and Sensory Interactions: 0 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 0 fractional worksNeural Networks and Applications: 0 fractional worksAction Observation and S…0Action Observation and Synchronization: 0 fractional worksSpatial Cognition and Navigation: 0 fractional worksCognitive Science and Education Research: 0 fractional worksVisual and Cognitive Learning Processes: 0 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceSafety ResearchCognitive NeuroscienceSocial Psychology2 others

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

  1. 1 AI-based Problem Solving and Planning Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  2. 2 Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  3. 3 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 0 works
  4. 4 Tactile and Sensory Interactions Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  5. 5 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  6. 6 Neural Networks and Applications Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  7. 7 Action Observation and Synchronization Social Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Spatial Cognition and Navigation Automotive Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Cognitive Science and Education Research Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  10. 10 Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 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 available34.6%not open65.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.2%domestic only43.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Spatial Cognition (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Spatial Cognition (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000026% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Spatial Cognition (United States)0.000026% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Spatial Cognition (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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