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Victoria and Albert Museum

In research, Victoria and Albert Museum stands highest in Arts and Humanities (#1,106 of 3,511 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,172 of 14,833 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,650 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,901
of 22,385 · #6,750 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#726
of 862
Research works
725
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.1k
8.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
18%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Victoria and Albert Museum

What is Victoria and Albert Museum known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,106 of 3,511 10.9%384
Social SciencesDomain #5,172 of 14,833 9.9%566
Social SciencesField #6,650 of 9,330 6.5%131

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Victoria and Albert Museum 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Victoria and Albert Museum work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Victoria and Albert Museum is in Social Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (45%), Social Sciences (15%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (7%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 59 fractional works · 72.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 37 fractional works · 45.3% of its workMuseology: 11 fractional works · 13.1% of its workArcheology: 9 fractional works · 10.9% of its workConservation: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 14.5% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 19.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKVictoria andAlbert Museum81fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences72%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities3745.3%
    2. Social Sciences1214.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance55.9%
    4. Psychology33.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting22.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences67.1%
    2. Engineering34.1%
    3. Computer Science23.0%
    4. Materials Science21.9%
    5. Environmental Science11.2%
    6. Chemistry10.8%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.7%
    8. Mathematics00.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.0%
    2. Neuroscience11.0%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    1. Medicine22.7%
    2. Health Professions10.9%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.55× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 15.71× its world share, 37 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.76× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.21× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 15.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities15.71×37 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.55×6 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.76×5 works
  4. Psychology1.21×3 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.16×0 works
  6. Social Sciences1.15×12 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.79×2 works
  8. Neuroscience0.62×1 works
  9. Materials Science0.55×2 works
  10. Chemistry0.50×1 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.43×2 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.42×0 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.41×0 works
  14. Mathematics0.40×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.39×2 works
  16. Health Professions0.36×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.30×0 works
  18. Engineering0.28×3 works
  19. Dentistry0.28×0 works
  20. Environmental Science0.24×1 works
  21. Medicine0.14×2 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Victoria and Albert Museum?

Ranked on the quality score, Lucía Burgio, Jonathan Ashley‐Smith and N. S. Brommelle lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Victoria and Albert Museum.

  1. 1 Lucía Burgio United Kingdom · #194,630 worldwide 3.4k citations · 79 works
  2. 2 Jonathan Ashley‐Smith United Kingdom · #1,049,089 worldwide 511 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 N. S. Brommelle United Kingdom · #1,086,938 worldwide 482 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Angela McShane United Kingdom · #1,575,755 worldwide 242 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Rosemary Crill United Kingdom · #1,710,595 worldwide 121 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Mariam Rosser-Owen United Kingdom · #1,728,720 worldwide 204 citations · 47 works
  7. 7 John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy United Kingdom · #1,862,488 worldwide 372 citations · 87 works
  8. 8 Herbert C. Andrews United Kingdom · #2,044,459 worldwide 10 citations · 94 works
  9. 9 James W. Stevenson United Kingdom · #2,064,361 worldwide 1.4k citations · 55 works
  10. 10 Paula Nuttall United Kingdom · #2,114,676 worldwide 86 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Victoria and Albert Museum

What are the most cited papers from Victoria and Albert Museum?

The most cited paper from Victoria and Albert Museum is "Material Culture and Mass Consumption" (Claire Smith, 1988), with 773 citations. Next come "Worldly Goods: A New History of the Renaissance" (315) and "On Models of Default Risk" (246).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Material Culture and Mass Consumption Claire Smith · Journal of Design History 1988 773
2 Worldly Goods: A New History of the Renaissance Marta Ajmar · Journal of Design History 1997 315
3 On Models of Default Risk Robert James Elliott, Monique Jeanblanc, Marc Yor · Mathematical Finance Open access Apr 2000 246
4 The relationship of human atrial cellular electrophysiology to clinical function and ultrastructure. Luc Mary-Rabine, Adelin Albert, Tuan Duc Pham et al. · Circulation Research Open access Feb 1983 233
5 Noninvasive evaluation of left ventricular performance based on peak aortic blood acceleration measured with a continuous-wave Doppler velocity meter. Hani N. Sabbah, Fareed Khaja, James F. Brymer et al. · Circulation Aug 1986 165
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Which keywords describe research at Victoria and Albert Museum?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Globalization, Conservation, Identity, Hyperspectral Imaging, Cultural Studies, Raman Spectroscopy and Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy.

▲ 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-now 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. Cultural Heritage18▲ 42×14 topics
  2. Globalization10▲ 6.0×10 topics
  3. Conservation8▲ 24×4 topics
  4. Sustainability8▲ 3.9×9 topics
  5. Identity8▲ 13×10 topics
  6. Hyperspectral Imaging6▲ 29×2 topics
  7. Cultural Studies6▲ 20×8 topics
  8. Raman Spectroscopy6▲ 39×2 topics
  9. Archaeological Science6▲ 352×1 topic
  10. Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy6▲ 124×2 topics
  11. X-Ray Fluorescence6▲ 352×1 topic
  12. Climate Change5▲ 2.3×7 topics
  13. Digital Media5▲ 32×2 topics
  14. Fashion5▲ 147×2 topics
  15. Clothing4▲ 274×1 topic
  16. Material Culture4▲ 129×1 topic
  17. Environmental Monitoring4▲ 13×1 topic
  18. History4▲ 7.5×12 topics
  19. Museum Environments4▲ 265×1 topic
  20. Feminism4▲ 16×6 topics
  21. Inequality4▲ 21×3 topics
  22. Economic Growth4▲ 5.8×2 topics
  23. Cosmopolitanism4▲ 42×3 topics
  24. Biodeterioration4▲ 155×1 topic
  25. Geomycology4▲ 155×1 topic
  26. Colonialism3▲ 8.9×9 topics
  27. Cultural Sustainability3▲ 75×2 topics
  28. Innovation3▲ 4.1×6 topics
  29. Artistic Exchange3▲ 348×1 topic
  30. Cultural Transfer3▲ 348×1 topic
  31. Gender3▲ 7.4×8 topics
  32. Health3▲ 9.0×2 topics
  33. Nationalism3▲ 8.1×7 topics
  34. Height3▲ 182×1 topic
  35. Wages3▲ 182×1 topic
  36. Culture2▲ 5.7×7 topics
  37. Neuroscience2▲ 7.6×3 topics
  38. Cultural Exchange2▲ 17×4 topics
  39. Informal Education2▲ 123×1 topic
  40. Museum Learning2▲ 123×1 topic

Which research topics does Victoria and Albert Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis, Fashion and Cultural Textiles, Conservation Techniques and Studies and Building materials and conservation.

Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis: 6 fractional worksFashion and Cultural Textiles: 4 fractional worksConservation Techniques …4Conservation Techniques and Studies: 4 fractional worksBuilding materials and c…4Building materials and conservation: 4 fractional worksHistorical Art and Culture Studies: 3 fractional worksHistorical Economic and Social Studies: 3 fractional worksMuseums and Cultural Heritage: 2 fractional worksCultural Heritage Management and Preservation: 2 fractional worksArt History and Market Analysis: 1 fractional worksCrafts, Textile, and Design: 1 fractional works
ArcheologyMuseologyConservationEarth-Surface Processes2 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis Archeology 6 works
  2. 2 Fashion and Cultural Textiles Museology 4 works
  3. 3 Conservation Techniques and Studies Conservation 4 works
  4. 4 Building materials and conservation Earth-Surface Processes 4 works
  5. 5 Historical Art and Culture Studies Museology 3 works
  6. 6 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  7. 7 Museums and Cultural Heritage Museology 2 works
  8. 8 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Archeology 2 works
  9. 9 Art History and Market Analysis Visual Arts and Performing Arts 1 works
  10. 10 Crafts, Textile, and Design Museology 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 available18.1%not open81.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.0%domestic only88.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Victoria and Albert Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Victoria and Albert Museum as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00046% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Victoria and Albert Museum0.00023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Victoria and Albert Museum over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2024Victoria and Albert Museum4.9% in 202420102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.5% in 2018.

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