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Art, Aesthetics, and Perception

Art, Aesthetics, and Perception is a research topic within Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Science Explorer counts 5.4k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of visual culture, society, and modernity, encompassing topics such as photography, art, aesthetics, media, cultural theory, identity, representation, and philosophy. It delves into the complexities of visual expression and its impact on societal constructs and individual identities.

  • Visual Culture
  • Society
  • Photography
  • Art
  • Aesthetics
  • Media
  • Cultural Theory
  • Identity
  • Representation
  • Philosophy
Research works
5.4k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
550
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+57%
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Which countries lead Art, Aesthetics, and Perception research?

By volume, Germany and Austria publish the most (754 and 82 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Germany 754 works
  2. 2 Austria 82 works
  3. 3 Switzerland 69 works
  4. 4 United States 68 works
  5. 5 Poland 40 works
  6. 6 France 37 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 17 works
  8. 8 Italy 13 works
  9. 9 Netherlands 9 works
  10. 10 Brazil 9 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Germany: 68.7%Austria: 7.4%Switzerland: 6.3%United States: 6.2%6 others listed: 11.3%69%largest
Germany754 · 68.7%Austria82 · 7.4%Switzerland69 · 6.3%United States68 · 6.2%6 others listed124 · 11.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Art, Aesthetics, and Perception research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Freie Universität Berlin publishes the most Art, Aesthetics, and Perception research, followed by University of Cologne and Ruhr University Bochum.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Freie Universität BerlinGermany 24 works
  2. 2 University of CologneGermany 22 works
  3. 3 Ruhr University BochumGermany 20 works
  4. 4 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 16 works
  5. 5 Bielefeld UniversityGermany 16 works
  6. 6 University of MünsterGermany 15 works
  7. 7 University of PotsdamGermany 15 works
  8. 8 University of ViennaAustria 13 works
  9. 9 Goethe University FrankfurtGermany 13 works
  10. 10 Philipps University of MarburgGermany 12 works

Where is Art, Aesthetics, and Perception research done?

The largest centres of Art, Aesthetics, and Perception research in 2022–2025 are Berlin (Germany), Munich (Germany), Vienna (Austria) and Cologne (Germany).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Berlin Germany 75 works
  2. 2 Munich Germany 44 works
  3. 3 Vienna Austria 41 works
  4. 4 Cologne Germany 37 works
  5. 5 Zurich Switzerland 31 works
  6. 6 Hamburg Germany 27 works
  7. 7 Frankfurt am Main Germany 23 works
  8. 8 Bochum Germany 23 works
  9. 9 Stuttgart Germany 20 works
  10. 10 Münster Germany 20 works
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Where is the best place to study Art, Aesthetics, and Perception?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Cologne, Ruhr University Bochum and University of Münster score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%5%10%mean 7.51%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Cologne: 22, 6.9%Ruhr University Bochum: 20, 6.5%University of Münster: 15, 11.0%Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz: 10, 10.3%University of Tübingen: 11, 11.8%University of Vienna: 13, 6.9%Goethe University Frankfurt: 13, 8.9%University of Zurich: 11, 4.6%Freie Universität Berlin: 24, 2.8%Bielefeld University: 16, 5.4%University of MünsterJohannes Gutenberg U…University of CologneRuhr University Bochum
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of CologneGermany 56.46.9%58.0×22 +188.2%
2 Ruhr University BochumGermany 54.16.5%45.0×20 +307.1%
3 University of MünsterGermany 53.511.0%38.1×15 +100.7%
4 Johannes Gutenberg University MainzGermany 45.910.3%27.7×10 +112.5%
5 University of TübingenGermany 43.511.8%25.7×11 -30.7%
6 University of ViennaAustria 41.46.9%23.4×13 +65.8%
7 Goethe University FrankfurtGermany 40.88.9%28.1×13 +15.2%
8 University of ZurichSwitzerland 37.14.6%17.7×11 +119.4%
9 Freie Universität BerlinGermany 34.12.8%53.3×24 -21.0%
10 Bielefeld UniversityGermany 33.55.4%57.1×16 +13.6%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Art, Aesthetics, and Perception research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 57% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Art, Aesthetics, and Perception.

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Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.