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Graphic Design and Typography

Graphic Design and Typography is a research topic within History and Philosophy of Science. Science Explorer counts 1.1k research works in it since 1957. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers represents an interdisciplinary research approach that spans across fields such as qualitative research, graphic design, leadership, semiconductors, environmentalism, renewable energy, innovation capability, supply chain management, and art theory. The topics covered in these papers indicate a convergence of scientific and humanistic inquiry, exploring diverse subjects and their interconnectedness.

  • Interdisciplinary Research
  • Qualitative Research
  • Graphic Design
  • Leadership
  • Semiconductors
  • Environmentalism
  • Renewable Energy
  • Innovation Capability
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Art Theory
Research works
1.1k
fractional, since 1957
In the world top 10%
109
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+128%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
52% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Graphic Design and Typography

Which countries lead Graphic Design and Typography research?

By volume, Indonesia and the United States publish the most (159 and 40 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 159 works
  2. 2 United States 40 works
  3. 3 Croatia 18 works
  4. 4 Brazil 18 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 17 works
  6. 6 China 15 works
  7. 7 Portugal 10 works
  8. 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 9 works
  10. 10 Spain 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.

Indonesia: 52.3%United States: 13.3%Croatia: 6.0%Brazil: 5.9%6 others listed: 22.5%52%largest
Indonesia159 · 52.3%United States40 · 13.3%Croatia18 · 6.0%Brazil18 · 5.9%6 others listed68 · 22.5%

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

Which institutions lead Graphic Design and Typography research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universitas Negeri Surabaya publishes the most Graphic Design and Typography research, followed by Telkom University and Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 9 works
  2. 2 Telkom UniversityIndonesia 8 works
  3. 3 Institut Seni Indonesia YogyakartaIndonesia 6 works
  4. 4 Institut Seni Indonesia SurakartaIndonesia 6 works
  5. 5 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 6 works
  6. 6 University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa TimurIndonesia 5 works
  7. 7 University of ZagrebCroatia 5 works
  8. 8 State University of PadangIndonesia 5 works
  9. 9 State University of MedanIndonesia 4 works
  10. 10 Institut Seni Indonesia PadangpanjangIndonesia 4 works

What are the most cited papers in Graphic Design and Typography?

The most cited paper in Graphic Design and Typography is "A developmental study of the discrimination of letter-like forms." (Eleanor P. Gibson, James J. Gibson, Anne D. Pick et al., 1962), with 417 citations. Next come "Visual product evaluation: exploring users’ emotional relationships with products" (227) and "How Nothing Became Something: White Space, Rhetoric, History, and Meaning" (179).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A developmental study of the discrimination of letter-like forms. Eleanor P. Gibson, James J. Gibson, Anne D. Pick et al. · Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology Dec 1962 417
2 Visual product evaluation: exploring users’ emotional relationships with products Deana McDonagh, Anne Bruseberg, Cheryl O. Haslam · Applied Ergonomics May 2002 227
3 How Nothing Became Something: White Space, Rhetoric, History, and Meaning John W. Pracejus, G. Douglas Olsen, Thomas C. O’Guinn · Journal of Consumer Research Jun 2006 179
4 Visual Literacy and Science Communication Jean Trumbo · Science Communication Jun 1999 153
5 Designing the annual reports of burton plc from 1930 to 1994 Sam McKinstry · Accounting Organizations and Society 1996 127
All 104 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Graphic Design and Typography research done?

The largest centres of Graphic Design and Typography research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia), Surabaya (Indonesia) and Surakarta (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Surabaya, Bandung and Jakarta.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 JakartaIndonesia 23 works
  2. 2 BandungIndonesia 23 works
  3. 3 SurabayaIndonesia 21 works
  4. 4 SurakartaIndonesia 13 works
  5. 5 SemarangIndonesia 9 works
  6. 6 MedanIndonesia 9 works
  7. 7 ZagrebCroatia 9 works
  8. 8 BantulIndonesia 6 works
  9. 9 DenpasarIndonesia 6 works
  10. 10 PadangIndonesia 6 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SurabayaID · 21.5 works9.8×
  2. BandungID · 22.6 works9.4×
  3. JakartaID · 22.7 works6.0×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Graphic Design and Typography than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Graphic Design and Typography?

Among universities, judged by research, Universitas Negeri Surabaya 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.

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
1Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 5.013.5%29.9×9 -

Universities only. The score blends 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 Graphic Design and Typography, country by country

Is Graphic Design and Typography research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 128% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Graphic Design and Typography.

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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 Graphic Design and Typography as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Graphic Design and Typography0.0033% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Graphic Design and Typography 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.

still counting5%10%15%Graphic Design and Typography9.5% in 202520102020

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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