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Photographic and Visual Arts

Photographic and Visual Arts is a research topic within Museology. Science Explorer counts 8.6k research works in it since 1950. 11.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the cultural significance of photography and visual arts, delving into topics such as the societal representation, memory, identity, and historical documentation through artistic expression. It also examines the influence of photography on social perception and its role in media studies.

  • Photography
  • Cultural History
  • Visual Arts
  • Societal Representation
  • Memory
  • Identity
  • Artistic Expression
  • Social Perception
  • Historical Documentation
  • Media Studies
Research works
8.6k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
945
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+20%
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Which countries lead Photographic and Visual Arts research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (569 and 275 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Spain 569 works
  2. 2 Mexico 275 works
  3. 3 Argentina 210 works
  4. 4 Brazil 146 works
  5. 5 United States 90 works
  6. 6 Colombia 67 works
  7. 7 Chile 59 works
  8. 8 Peru 53 works
  9. 9 France 41 works
  10. 10 Portugal 26 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.

Spain: 37.0%Mexico: 17.9%Argentina: 13.7%Brazil: 9.5%6 others listed: 21.9%37%largest
Spain569 · 37.0%Mexico275 · 17.9%Argentina210 · 13.7%Brazil146 · 9.5%6 others listed337 · 21.9%

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

Which institutions lead Photographic and Visual Arts research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad Complutense de Madrid publishes the most Photographic and Visual Arts research, followed by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Universidad Nacional de La Plata.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 57 works
  2. 2 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 52 works
  3. 3 Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina 36 works
  4. 4 Universidad de SevillaSpain 36 works
  5. 5 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 35 works
  6. 6 Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaSpain 30 works
  7. 7 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 27 works
  8. 8 Universidad de MálagaSpain 27 works
  9. 9 Universidad de GranadaSpain 26 works
  10. 10 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain 19 works

Who are the leading researchers in Photographic and Visual Arts?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Photographic and Visual Arts include S. Fajardo.

  1. 1 S. Fajardo Spain 501 citations

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

Where is Photographic and Visual Arts research done?

The largest centres of Photographic and Visual Arts research in 2022–2025 are Madrid (Spain), Mexico City (Mexico), Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Valencia (Spain). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in La Plata and Málaga.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Madrid Spain 162 works
  2. 2 Mexico City Mexico 118 works
  3. 3 Buenos Aires Argentina 95 works
  4. 4 Valencia Spain 48 works
  5. 5 Seville Spain 42 works
  6. 6 Santiago Chile 41 works
  7. 7 La Plata Argentina 37 works
  8. 8 Lima Peru 35 works
  9. 9 São Paulo Brazil 34 works
  10. 10 Barcelona Spain 30 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. La PlataAR · 37.4 works83×
  2. MálagaES · 27.1 works39×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Photographic and Visual Arts than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Photographic and Visual Arts?

Among universities, judged by research, Universitat Politècnica de València, University of Castilla-La Mancha and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos 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%10%20%30%mean 17.85%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universitat Politècnica de València: 30, 13.3%University of Castilla-La Mancha: 10, 26.0%Universidad Rey Juan Carlos: 16, 20.3%Universidad de Sevilla: 36, 9.9%Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú: 13, 26.6%University of Chile: 14, 25.1%Universidad Nacional de La Plata: 36, 10.1%Universidad Complutense de Madrid: 57, 14.0%Universidad de Zaragoza: 19, 18.2%Universidad de Murcia: 19, 15.0%University of Castil…Universidad Rey Juan…Universitat Politècn…Universidad de Sevilla
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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 Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaSpain 75.113.3%51.1×30 +194.8%
2 University of Castilla-La ManchaSpain 74.126.0%26.1×10 +163.9%
3 Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 73.420.3%38.5×16 +207.5%
4 Universidad de SevillaSpain 71.49.9%41.3×36 +222.7%
5 Pontificia Universidad Católica del PerúPeru 71.126.6%53.7×13 +94.5%
6 University of ChileChile 71.025.1%25.3×14 +54.4%
7 Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina 70.510.1%112.8×36 +533.6%
8 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 69.714.0%46.0×57 +68.4%
9 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain 67.418.2%31.6×19 +104.4%
10 Universidad de MurciaSpain 65.415.0%39.3×19 +149.8%

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 Photographic and Visual Arts research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Photographic and Visual Arts.

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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.