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Information Architecture and Usability

Information Architecture and Usability is a research topic within Information Systems. Science Explorer counts 4.2k research works in it since 1953. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on knowledge mapping, information architecture, and knowledge audit methodologies in the context of virtual communities, organizational knowledge management, and strategic performance evaluation. It also explores the usability and digital marketing aspects of information architecture, as well as the design of cross-channel ecosystems.

  • Knowledge Mapping
  • Information Architecture
  • Knowledge Audit
  • Knowledge Management
  • Virtual Communities
  • Usability
  • Digital Marketing
  • Cross-Channel Ecosystems
  • Organizational Knowledge
  • Strategic Management
Research works
4.2k
fractional, since 1953
In the world top 10%
425
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-8%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Brazil
46% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Information Architecture and Usability

Which countries lead Information Architecture and Usability research?

By volume, Brazil and Mexico publish the most (173 and 51 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Brazil 173 works
  2. 2 Mexico 51 works
  3. 3 United States 39 works
  4. 4 Spain 34 works
  5. 5 Portugal 17 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 16 works
  7. 7 China 14 works
  8. 8 Colombia 13 works
  9. 9 Chile 11 works
  10. 10 Ecuador 11 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.

Brazil: 45.8%Mexico: 13.4%United States: 10.2%Spain: 8.9%6 others listed: 21.7%46%largest
Brazil173 · 45.8%Mexico51 · 13.4%United States39 · 10.2%Spain34 · 8.9%6 others listed82 · 21.7%

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

Which institutions lead Information Architecture and Usability research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México publishes the most Information Architecture and Usability research, followed by Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) and Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de MéxicoMexico 23 works
  2. 2 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 15 works
  3. 3 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 11 works
  4. 4 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 11 works
  5. 5 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 10 works
  6. 6 Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e TecnologiaBrazil 9 works
  7. 7 Universidade Federal da ParaíbaBrazil 6 works
  8. 8 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 6 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal de PernambucoBrazil 5 works
  10. 10 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 5 works

What are the most cited papers in Information Architecture and Usability?

The most cited paper in Information Architecture and Usability is "Readings in Information Visualization: Using Vision to Think" (Stuart K. Card, Jock D. Mackinlay, Ben Shneiderman, 1999), with 3,971 citations. Next come "AIMQ: a methodology for information quality assessment" (1,620) and "The problem of information overload in business organisations: a review of the literature" (1,005).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Readings in Information Visualization: Using Vision to Think Stuart K. Card, Jock D. Mackinlay, Ben Shneiderman 1999 3,971
2 AIMQ: a methodology for information quality assessment Yang W. Lee, Diane M. Strong, Beverly K. Kahn et al. · Information & Management Dec 2002 1,620
3 The problem of information overload in business organisations: a review of the literature Angela Edmunds, Anne E. Morris · International Journal of Information Management Feb 2000 1,005
4 The information system as a competitive weapon Blake Ives, Gerard P. Learmonth · Communications of the ACM Open access Dec 1984 911
5 A BEHAVIOURAL APPROACH TO INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM DESIGN David J. Ellis · Journal of Documentation Mar 1989 899
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Information Architecture and Usability research done?

The largest centres of Information Architecture and Usability research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Toluca (Mexico), Brasília (Brazil) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Toluca, Brasília and São Paulo.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 São PauloBrazil 26 works
  2. 2 TolucaMexico 23 works
  3. 3 BrasíliaBrazil 22 works
  4. 4 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 14 works
  5. 5 FlorianópolisBrazil 14 works
  6. 6 Belo HorizonteBrazil 12 works
  7. 7 MadridSpain 10 works
  8. 8 SantiagoChile 10 works
  9. 9 Mexico CityMexico 9 works
  10. 10 CuritibaBrazil 7 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TolucaMX · 23.4 works226×
  2. BrasíliaBR · 21.7 works31×
  3. São PauloBR · 26.3 works8.6×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Information Architecture and Usability than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Information Architecture and Usability?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) and Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 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%5%10%mean 5.26%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidade Estadua…Universidad Autónoma…Universidade Federal…Universidade de Bras…
above the meannear itbelow it

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.

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
1Universidad Autónoma del Estado de MéxicoMexico 75.07.3%331.2×23 -
2Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 56.58.7%37.8×15 -18.2%
3Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 36.96.6%28.4×10 -29.0%
4Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 30.71.5%40.5×11 +96.2%
5Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 7.82.2%35.7×11 -31.6%

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 Information Architecture and Usability, country by country

Is Information Architecture and Usability research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2011.

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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 Information Architecture and Usability as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0018% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Information Architecture and Usability0.0027% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Information Architecture and Usability 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%Information Architecture and Usability10.0% in 2025200020102020

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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