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Crafts, Textile, and Design

Crafts, Textile, and Design is a research topic within Museology. Science Explorer counts 9.1k research works in it since 1950. 25.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of craft, activism, and well-being, with a focus on topics such as craftivism, feminism, sustainability, and the preservation of cultural heritage. It delves into the role of handcrafts in promoting social change, individual empowerment, and community engagement, while also examining the therapeutic and creative aspects of activities like knitting and textile art. Additionally, it addresses the evolving significance of DIY culture and its impact on contemporary feminist movements.

  • Craftivism
  • Handicraft
  • Feminism
  • Well-being
  • Sustainability
  • Activism
  • Design
  • Knitting
  • Cultural Heritage
  • DIY
Research works
9.1k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
25.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+53%
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Which countries lead Crafts, Textile, and Design research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (460 and 233 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 460 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 233 works
  3. 3 India 216 works
  4. 4 China 178 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 155 works
  6. 6 Brazil 88 works
  7. 7 Australia 84 works
  8. 8 Italy 83 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 65 works
  10. 10 Malaysia 62 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.

United States: 28.3%United Kingdom: 14.3%India: 13.3%China: 11.0%6 others listed: 33.1%28%largest
United States460 · 28.3%United Kingdom233 · 14.3%India216 · 13.3%China178 · 11.0%6 others listed537 · 33.1%

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

Which institutions lead Crafts, Textile, and Design research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Politecnico di Milano publishes the most Crafts, Textile, and Design research, followed by Universiti Teknologi MARA and National Institute of Fashion Technology.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 25 works
  2. 2 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 19 works
  3. 3 National Institute of Fashion TechnologyIndia 19 works
  4. 4 Iowa State UniversityUnited States 19 works
  5. 5 Aalto UniversityFinland 13 works
  6. 6 University of MissouriUnited States 12 works
  7. 7 Film IndependentUnited States 12 works
  8. 8 Helwan UniversityEgypt 11 works
  9. 9 Manchester Metropolitan UniversityUnited Kingdom 11 works
  10. 10 University of the Arts LondonUnited Kingdom 11 works

Where is Crafts, Textile, and Design research done?

The largest centres of Crafts, Textile, and Design research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New Delhi (India), New York (United States) and Beijing (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 61 works
  2. 2 New Delhi India 32 works
  3. 3 New York United States 31 works
  4. 4 Beijing China 31 works
  5. 5 Milan Italy 31 works
  6. 6 Bandung Indonesia 30 works
  7. 7 Shah Alam Malaysia 22 works
  8. 8 Sydney Australia 22 works
  9. 9 Melbourne Australia 21 works
  10. 10 Copenhagen Denmark 21 works
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Where is the best place to study Crafts, Textile, and Design?

Among universities, judged by research, National Institute of Fashion Technology, Politecnico di Milano and Aalto 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.

0%20%40%mean 30.62%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →National Institute of Fashion Technology: 19, 45.7%Politecnico di Milano: 25, 26.7%Aalto University: 13, 29.1%University of the Arts London: 11, 33.9%University of Technology Sydney: 10, 36.5%Manchester Metropolitan University: 11, 35.2%Universiti Teknologi MARA: 19, 27.5%Royal College of Art: 9, 40.3%Iowa State University: 19, 10.9%Helwan University: 11, 20.4%National Institute o…University of the Ar…Aalto UniversityPolitecnico di Milano
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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 National Institute of Fashion TechnologyIndia 76.945.7%297.6×19 —
2 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 75.026.7%14.1×25 +116.7%
3 Aalto UniversityFinland 73.029.1%17.0×13 +408.6%
4 University of the Arts LondonUnited Kingdom 68.933.9%112.4×11 +256.2%
5 University of Technology SydneyAustralia 68.636.5%9.2×10 +136.9%
6 Manchester Metropolitan UniversityUnited Kingdom 68.335.2%26.4×11 +119.3%
7 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 64.627.5%9.8×19 —
8 Royal College of ArtUnited Kingdom 62.140.3%206.5×9 +34.3%
9 Iowa State UniversityUnited States 61.910.9%20.3×19 +254.5%
10 Helwan UniversityEgypt 60.720.4%21.7×11 +326.7%

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 Crafts, Textile, and Design research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 53% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Crafts, Textile, and Design.

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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.

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.