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Diversity and Impact of Dance

Diversity and Impact of Dance is a research topic within Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 10.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the biomechanics and psychology of dance performance, including topics such as injury patterns in ballet dancers, the effects of dance movement therapy on emotional responses, the role of neuroscience in dance therapy, and the impact of somatic practices on dancers' well-being and performance. It also explores the relationship between physical fitness and psychological outcomes in dancers.

  • Dance Movement Therapy
  • Injury Patterns
  • Ballet Dancers
  • Emotional Responses
  • Neuroscience
  • Empathy Enhancement
  • Somatic Practices
  • Physical Fitness
  • Psychological Outcomes
  • Body Composition
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+34%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
34% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Diversity and Impact of Dance

Which countries lead Diversity and Impact of Dance research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (799 and 387 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 799 works
  2. 2 China 387 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 322 works
  4. 4 India 179 works
  5. 5 Brazil 159 works
  6. 6 Canada 133 works
  7. 7 Australia 121 works
  8. 8 France 91 works
  9. 9 Russia 82 works
  10. 10 Germany 74 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: 34.0%China: 16.5%United Kingdom: 13.7%India: 7.6%6 others listed: 28.1%34%largest
United States799 · 34.0%China387 · 16.5%United Kingdom322 · 13.7%India179 · 7.6%6 others listed659 · 28.1%

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

Which institutions lead Diversity and Impact of Dance research?

By volume in 2022-now, Film Independent publishes the most Diversity and Impact of Dance research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Independent Dance.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Film IndependentUnited States 31 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 23 works
  3. 3 Independent DanceUnited Kingdom 21 works
  4. 4 The University of MelbourneAustralia 21 works
  5. 5 Sultan Idris Education UniversityMalaysia 15 works
  6. 6 Coventry UniversityUnited Kingdom 13 works
  7. 7 University of CalgaryCanada 12 works
  8. 8 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 12 works
  9. 9 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 12 works
  10. 10 University of TorontoCanada 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in Diversity and Impact of Dance?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Diversity and Impact of Dance include James F. Sallis.

  1. 1 James F. Sallis United States 169k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Diversity and Impact of Dance?

The most cited paper in Diversity and Impact of Dance is "Throwing like a girl: A phenomenology of feminine body comportment motility and spatiality" (Iris Marion Young, 1980), with 1,116 citations. Next come "Body Images: Development, Deviance, and Change" (877) and "Everybody Dance Now" (669).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Throwing like a girl: A phenomenology of feminine body comportment motility and spatiality Iris Marion Young · Human Studies Dec 1980 1,116
2 Body Images: Development, Deviance, and Change Norman B. Levy · American Journal of Psychiatry Mar 1992 877
3 Everybody Dance Now Caroline Chan, Shiry Ginosar, Tinghui Zhou et al. Conference paper Oct 2019 669
4 Releasing the Imagination Maxine Greene · NJ 2011 608
5 Evaluation of performance as a function of performer's reward and attractiveness. Melvin J. Lerner · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Apr 1965 556
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Where is Diversity and Impact of Dance research done?

The largest centres of Diversity and Impact of Dance research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China), Los Angeles (United States) and New York (United States).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 100 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 62 works
  3. 3 Los AngelesUnited States 53 works
  4. 4 New YorkUnited States 52 works
  5. 5 MoscowRussia 41 works
  6. 6 MelbourneAustralia 33 works
  7. 7 TokyoJapan 32 works
  8. 8 BudapestHungary 31 works
  9. 9 São PauloBrazil 31 works
  10. 10 TorontoCanada 29 works
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Where is the best place to study Diversity and Impact of Dance?

Among universities, judged by research, The University of Melbourne, University of Calgary and Beijing Sport University score highest, combining citation 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 16.34%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Beijing Sport Univer…University of CalgaryThe University of Me…University of Alberta
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1The University of MelbourneAustralia 73.517.2%6.0×21 +118.6%
2University of CalgaryCanada 70.827.4%5.8×12 +181.1%
3Beijing Sport UniversityChina 56.840.5%39.2×8 -
4University of AlbertaCanada 49.015.4%3.6×10 +212.9%
5Sultan Idris Education UniversityMalaysia 46.310.0%23.7×15 -
6University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 46.110.7%4.4×12 +131.1%
7University of TorontoCanada 45.021.1%1.9×12 -34.0%
8Coventry UniversityUnited Kingdom 41.16.4%32.8×13 -15.7%
9Emory UniversityUnited States 36.66.1%4.5×11 +318.6%
10University of HelsinkiFinland 36.28.6%4.3×9 +219.6%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Diversity and Impact of Dance, country by country

Is Diversity and Impact of Dance research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Diversity and Impact of Dance.

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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 Diversity and Impact of Dance as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.013% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Diversity and Impact of Dance 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.

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Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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