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Safety Warnings and Signage

Safety Warnings and Signage is a research topic within Social Psychology. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1951. 18.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the design, comprehension, and evaluation of warning symbols and labels, particularly related to traffic signs, safety communication, and risk perception. It explores factors such as age-related differences, cognitive impairment, and cultural ergonomics that influence the effectiveness of warning symbols. The research also delves into the impact of user factors on symbol comprehension and the use of pictograms in conveying safety messages.

  • Warning Design
  • Traffic Signs
  • Safety Communication
  • Symbol Comprehension
  • Risk Perception
  • Age-related Differences
  • Cognitive Impairment
  • Pictograms
  • User Factors
  • Cultural Ergonomics
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
1.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+16%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Safety Warnings and Signage research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (331 and 328 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 331 works
  2. 2 China 328 works
  3. 3 Germany 88 works
  4. 4 Japan 74 works
  5. 5 India 66 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 56 works
  7. 7 South Korea 53 works
  8. 8 Australia 52 works
  9. 9 France 49 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 48 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: 28.9%China: 28.6%Germany: 7.7%Japan: 6.4%6 others listed: 28.3%29%largest
United States331 · 28.9%China328 · 28.6%Germany88 · 7.7%Japan74 · 6.4%6 others listed324 · 28.3%

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

Which institutions lead Safety Warnings and Signage research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Tongji University publishes the most Safety Warnings and Signage research, followed by Purdue University West Lafayette and Tsinghua University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Tongji UniversityChina 17 works
  2. 2 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 13 works
  3. 3 Tsinghua UniversityChina 12 works
  4. 4 Southeast UniversityChina 11 works
  5. 5 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 10 works
  6. 6 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 10 works
  7. 7 Virginia TechUnited States 10 works
  8. 8 Chang'an UniversityChina 9 works
  9. 9 Queensland University of TechnologyAustralia 8 works
  10. 10 Beijing University of TechnologyChina 8 works

Where is Safety Warnings and Signage research done?

The largest centres of Safety Warnings and Signage research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Seoul (South Korea) and Tokyo (Japan).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 74 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 36 works
  3. 3 Seoul South Korea 26 works
  4. 4 Tokyo Japan 24 works
  5. 5 Nanjing China 22 works
  6. 6 Xi'an China 18 works
  7. 7 Wuhan China 17 works
  8. 8 Changsha China 14 works
  9. 9 Brisbane Australia 14 works
  10. 10 West Lafayette United States 13 works
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Where is the best place to study Safety Warnings and Signage?

Among universities, judged by research, Delft University of Technology, Wuhan University of Technology and Queensland University of Technology 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%25%50%75%mean 34.5%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Delft University of Technology: 10, 55.1%Wuhan University of Technology: 10, 59.9%Queensland University of Technology: 8, 28.9%Tongji University: 17, 34.0%Tsinghua University: 12, 43.9%Virginia Tech: 10, 18.7%Purdue University West Lafayette: 13, 22.1%Chang'an University: 9, 24.2%Southeast University: 11, 23.7%Wuhan University of …Delft University of …Tongji UniversityQueensland Universit…
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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 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 76.655.1%9.3×10 +40.7%
2 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 63.959.9%7.5×10 +54.2%
3 Queensland University of TechnologyAustralia 54.528.9%14.5×8 +50.2%
4 Tongji UniversityChina 49.834.0%7.9×17 -34.3%
5 Tsinghua UniversityChina 46.543.9%3.7×12 +65.5%
6 Virginia TechUnited States 39.218.7%10.8×10 +9.3%
7 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 38.922.1%8.6×13 -27.9%
8 Chang'an UniversityChina 35.024.2%14.1×9 -13.1%
9 Southeast UniversityChina 29.623.7%5.2×11 +17.0%

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 Safety Warnings and Signage research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Safety Warnings and Signage.

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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.