Cognitive Science and Mapping
Cognitive Science and Mapping is a research topic within Artificial Intelligence. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1950. 20.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the application of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCMs) in modeling complex systems, decision support, and knowledge representation. It explores various learning algorithms for FCMs, their use in scenario development for social-ecological systems, prediction in healthcare decision making, and their role in multi-criteria analysis.
- Fuzzy Cognitive Maps
- Modeling
- Decision Support
- Knowledge Representation
- Learning Algorithms
- Scenario Development
- Social-Ecological Systems
- Prediction
- Healthcare Decision Making
- Multi-Criteria Analysis
- Research works
- 17k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 20.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +23% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Cognitive Science and Mapping research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (556 and 521 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 556 works
- 2 China 521 works
- 3 Russia 186 works
- 4 India 152 works
- 5 United Kingdom 144 works
- 6 Germany 141 works
- 7 Italy 95 works
- 8 Canada 73 works
- 9 France 72 works
- 10 Japan 66 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.
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Which institutions lead Cognitive Science and Mapping research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Beijing Normal University publishes the most Cognitive Science and Mapping research, followed by Peking University and Sichuan University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 17 works
- 2 Peking UniversityChina 12 works
- 3 Sichuan UniversityChina 11 works
- 4 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands 10 works
- 5 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 10 works
- 6 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 10 works
- 7 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 9 works
- 8 Zhejiang UniversityChina 9 works
- 9 University of ThessalyGreece 9 works
- 10 National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”Ukraine 8 works
Who are the leading researchers in Cognitive Science and Mapping?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Cognitive Science and Mapping include Witold Pedrycz, Robert J. Sternberg and Herbert A. Simon.
- 1 Witold Pedrycz Canada 5.4k citations
- 2 Robert J. Sternberg United States 4.4k citations
- 3 Herbert A. Simon United States 4.2k citations
- 4 Fei–Yue Wang China 4.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Cognitive Science and Mapping research done?
The largest centres of Cognitive Science and Mapping research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Nanjing (China) and London (United Kingdom).
Where is the best place to study Cognitive Science and Mapping?
Among universities, judged by research, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Sichuan University and Beijing Normal University 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands | 61.4 | 24.1% | 8.7× | 10 | +85.6% |
| 2 | Sichuan UniversityChina | 55.4 | 44.4% | 2.1× | 11 | +282.7% |
| 3 | Beijing Normal UniversityChina | 54.9 | 17.2% | 8.3× | 17 | -67.9% |
| 4 | University of ThessalyGreece | 50.2 | 17.5% | 14.4× | 9 | +52.0% |
| 5 | National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”Ukraine | 39.6 | 0.0% | 12.1× | 8 | +174.5% |
| 6 | University of OxfordUnited Kingdom | 37.3 | 21.4% | 2.5× | 9 | +52.9% |
| 7 | Peking UniversityChina | 30.6 | 18.4% | 2.5× | 12 | -34.8% |
| 8 | Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia | 23.0 | 0.6% | 3.1× | 8 | +95.8% |
| 9 | University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States | 19.5 | 6.0% | 1.9× | 10 | +121.0% |
| 10 | Zhejiang UniversityChina | 15.2 | 12.4% | 1.5× | 9 | -40.1% |
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 Cognitive Science and Mapping research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Cognitive Science and Mapping.
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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.