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Digital Media and Visual Art

Digital Media and Visual Art is a research topic within Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 4.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the innovations and applications of visual communication design, digital media technology, and artificial intelligence in various fields such as art, education, urban landscape design, and animation. It explores the intersection of technology and design, including topics like interactive design, virtual reality, multimedia technology, and the impact of color research on graphic design.

  • Visual Communication Design
  • Digital Media Technology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Interactive Design
  • Animation
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Virtual Reality
  • Multimedia Technology
  • Color Research
  • Graphic Design
Research works
31k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
4.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+64%
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Which countries lead Digital Media and Visual Art research?

By volume, China and Indonesia publish the most (4.8k and 445 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 4.8k works
  2. 2 Indonesia 445 works
  3. 3 Malaysia 388 works
  4. 4 United States 321 works
  5. 5 Russia 253 works
  6. 6 India 231 works
  7. 7 South Korea 219 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 203 works
  9. 9 Ukraine 189 works
  10. 10 Thailand 170 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.

China: 66.7%Indonesia: 6.1%Malaysia: 5.3%United States: 4.4%6 others listed: 17.4%67%largest
China4,839 · 66.7%Indonesia445 · 6.1%Malaysia388 · 5.3%United States321 · 4.4%6 others listed1,266 · 17.4%

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

Which institutions lead Digital Media and Visual Art research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Wuhan Textile University publishes the most Digital Media and Visual Art research, followed by Anhui University of Finance and Economics and Universiti Teknologi MARA.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Wuhan Textile UniversityChina 135 works
  2. 2 Anhui University of Finance and EconomicsChina 103 works
  3. 3 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 94 works
  4. 4 Hubei University of TechnologyChina 87 works
  5. 5 Jingdezhen Ceramic InstituteChina 65 works
  6. 6 Shenyang Jianzhu UniversityChina 62 works
  7. 7 City University MalaysiaMalaysia 48 works
  8. 8 Communication University of ChinaChina 47 works
  9. 9 Sichuan UniversityChina 42 works
  10. 10 Sultan Idris Education UniversityMalaysia 40 works

Where is Digital Media and Visual Art research done?

The largest centres of Digital Media and Visual Art research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Wuhan (China), Shanghai (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jingdezhen and Bengbu.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 433 works
  2. 2 Wuhan China 422 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 222 works
  4. 4 Xi'an China 216 works
  5. 5 Guangzhou China 216 works
  6. 6 Shenyang China 178 works
  7. 7 Nanjing China 140 works
  8. 8 Chengdu China 137 works
  9. 9 Hangzhou China 134 works
  10. 10 Jinan China 124 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. JingdezhenCN · 69.9 works124×
  2. BengbuCN · 105.8 works48×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Digital Media and Visual Art than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Digital Media and Visual Art?

Among universities, judged by research, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Macau University of Science and Technology and City University Malaysia 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 15.01%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universiti Teknologi MARA: 94, 7.4%Macau University of Science and Technology: 19, 24.4%City University Malaysia: 48, 13.0%Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts: 26, 18.7%Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology: 32, 7.7%Kookmin University: 14, 23.0%Beijing Union University: 8, 35.3%City University of Macau: 24, 8.2%Helwan University: 35, 0.8%Xijing University: 13, 11.6%Macau University of …Kyiv National Univer…City University Mala…Universiti Teknologi…
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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 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 66.87.4%14.4×94 +275.6%
2 Macau University of Science and TechnologyMacau 63.724.4%10.5×19 -17.8%
3 City University MalaysiaMalaysia 58.213.0%137.2×48 —
4 Kyiv National University of Culture and ArtsUkraine 58.218.7%47.5×26 —
5 Beijing Institute of Fashion TechnologyChina 57.97.7%100.8×32 +272.1%
6 Kookmin UniversitySouth Korea 57.223.0%17.4×14 —
7 Beijing Union UniversityChina 56.635.3%20.0×8 -78.8%
8 City University of MacauMacau 55.68.2%18.6×24 —
9 Helwan UniversityEgypt 54.70.8%20.1×35 +750.9%
10 Xijing UniversityChina 54.711.6%26.1×13 +348.4%

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 Digital Media and Visual Art research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 64% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023.

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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.