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University of the Arts London

In research, University of the Arts London stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,876 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,860 of 6,365 worldwide) and Visual Arts and Performing Arts (#15 of 37 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Museology and Human-Computer Interaction — Visual Arts and Performing Arts is 50.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,322
of 28,054 · #10,377 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#243
of 1,094
Research works
2.2k
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
8.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is University of the Arts London 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 #1,876 of 10,521 20.1%549 #1872
Social SciencesField #1,860 of 6,365 18.5%220 #1937
Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield #15 of 37 21.8%64 #64
Arts and HumanitiesField #836 of 1,998 22.5%188 #845
Physical SciencesDomain #6,080 of 12,888 16.1%165 #11873
Computer ScienceField #2,275 of 4,667 15.8%85 #3085
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,639 of 2,578 19.9%78 #1785

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of the Arts London 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#1,872 #1,876
  2. Social Sciences#1,937 #1,860
  3. Visual Arts and Performing Arts#64 #15
  4. Arts and Humanities#845 #836
  5. Physical Sciences#11,873 #6,080
  6. Computer Science#3,085 #2,275
  7. Sociology and Political Science#1,785 #1,639
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 University of the Arts London specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Visual Arts and Performing Arts takes 50.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 64.2 works51×
  2. MuseologySubfield · 45.7 works48×
  3. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 27.6 works17×
  4. Urban StudiesSubfield · 26.5 works12×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.07× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.42× its world share, 85 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 48 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 8.47× its world share, 188 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.24× its world share, 55 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.55× its world share, 26 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.17× its world share, 51 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.26× its world share, 220 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of the Arts London?

Ranked on the composite score, Lucy Kimbell, Ramia Mazé and Daniel Rubinstein lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of the Arts London.

  1. 1 Lucy Kimbell United Kingdom · #88,226 worldwide 307 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Ramia Mazé United Kingdom · #203,064 worldwide 91 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Daniel Rubinstein United Kingdom · #220,607 worldwide 118 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Reina Lewis United Kingdom · #362,814 worldwide 16 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Jeremy Till United Kingdom · #417,310 worldwide 11 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 John Wynne United Kingdom · #493,883 worldwide 20 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Dilys Williams United Kingdom · #549,154 worldwide 47 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Jane Tynan United Kingdom · #571,246 worldwide 5 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Emmanuel Sirimal Silva United Kingdom · #589,382 worldwide 90 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Caroline Dakers United Kingdom · #675,488 worldwide 12 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at University of the Arts London

Which keywords describe research at University of the Arts London?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Cultural Studies, Identity, Sustainability, Sociology, Embodiment, Feminism and Aesthetics.

▲ 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. Globalization82▲ 5.4×51 topics
  2. Sustainability65▲ 3.5×40 topics
  3. Cultural Studies57▲ 20×13 topics
  4. Identity56▲ 10×36 topics
  5. Education43▲ 3.2×30 topics
  6. Social Media39▲ 3.5×23 topics
  7. Sociology35▲ 33×5 topics
  8. Embodiment35▲ 24×7 topics
  9. Innovation34▲ 4.1×21 topics
  10. Feminism33▲ 15×14 topics
  11. Aesthetics32▲ 55×6 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence32▲ 3.0×27 topics
  13. Digital Media31▲ 23×4 topics
  14. Gender30▲ 7.2×26 topics
  15. Literature30▲ 7.2×23 topics
  16. Cultural Heritage28▲ 6.6×16 topics
  17. Urban Development28▲ 9.8×7 topics
  18. Fashion28▲ 87×3 topics
  19. Clothing26▲ 171×1 topic
  20. Material Culture26▲ 80×1 topic
  21. Social Capital24▲ 6.0×11 topics
  22. Participatory Design24▲ 61×2 topics
  23. Market Dynamics23▲ 38×3 topics
  24. Economic Impact22▲ 4.9×5 topics
  25. Virtual Reality22▲ 5.6×12 topics
  26. Entrepreneurship22▲ 7.2×7 topics
  27. Narrative21▲ 17×8 topics
  28. Culture20▲ 5.0×17 topics
  29. Regional Growth20▲ 41×2 topics
  30. Box Office19▲ 95×1 topic
  31. Film Industry19▲ 95×1 topic
  32. Creative Economy19▲ 68×1 topic
  33. Cultural Policy19▲ 60×1 topic
  34. User Experience19▲ 29×2 topics
  35. Creativity18▲ 40×2 topics
  36. Art18▲ 27×4 topics
  37. Performativity18▲ 82×2 topics
  38. Health Behavior Change17▲ 44×2 topics
  39. Visual Culture17▲ 40×5 topics
  40. Postmodernism17▲ 61×5 topics

Which research topics does University of the Arts London publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fashion and Cultural Textiles, Cinema and Media Studies, Cultural Industries and Urban Development and Innovative Human-Technology Interaction.

Fashion and Cultural Tex…26Fashion and Cultural Textiles: 26 fractional worksCinema and Media Studies19Cinema and Media Studies: 19 fractional worksCultural Industries and …19Cultural Industries and Urban Development: 19 fractional worksInnovative Human-Technol…16Innovative Human-Technology Interaction: 16 fractional worksArt, Politics, and Modernism: 13 fractional worksComics and Graphic Narratives: 13 fractional worksDesign Education and Pra…12Design Education and Practice: 12 fractional worksCrafts, Textile, and Design: 11 fractional worksTheatre and Performance Studies: 10 fractional worksDigital Media and Visual Art: 8 fractional works
MuseologyEconomics and EconometricsUrban StudiesHuman-Computer Interaction3 others

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

  1. 1 Fashion and Cultural Textiles Museology 26 works
  2. 2 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 19 works
  3. 3 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 19 works
  4. 4 Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Human-Computer Interaction 16 works
  5. 5 Art, Politics, and Modernism Visual Arts and Performing Arts 13 works
  6. 6 Comics and Graphic Narratives Visual Arts and Performing Arts 13 works
  7. 7 Design Education and Practice Mechanical Engineering 12 works
  8. 8 Crafts, Textile, and Design Museology 11 works
  9. 9 Theatre and Performance Studies Visual Arts and Performing Arts 10 works
  10. 10 Digital Media and Visual Art Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 8 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 available41.6%not open58.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.0%domestic only83.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of the Arts London's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% 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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