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Research in Dunfermline

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Dunfermline, United Kingdom. The largest by output are Queen Margaret Hospital, Scottish Water (United Kingdom) and Fife College.

Research institutions
6
Research works
542
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.6k
15.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
26.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Dunfermline

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Dunfermline?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Queen Margaret HospitalHospital / health system 371 #21,736 all time
2Scottish Water (United Kingdom)Company 113 not ranked
3Fife CollegeUniversity 36 not ranked
4Carnegie UK TrustNonprofit 13 not ranked
5Carnegie Dunfermline TrustInstitution 5 not ranked
6Carnegie Trust for the Universities of ScotlandNonprofit 3 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Queen Margaret Hospital: 68.6%Scottish Water (United Kingdom): 20.9%Fife College: 6.7%Carnegie UK Trust: 2.4%2 others listed: 1.5%69%largest
Queen Margaret Hospital371 · 68.6%Scottish Water (United Kingdom)113 · 20.9%Fife College36 · 6.7%Carnegie UK Trust13 · 2.4%2 others listed8 · 1.5%

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

Which fields of science does Dunfermline work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Dunfermline is in Physical Sciences, 37% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (31%), Environmental Science (25%), Engineering (12%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 25 fractional works · 45.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 24.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 11.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 5.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 21 fractional works · 36.8% of its workMedicine: 17 fractional works · 30.8% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 9.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 12.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDunfermline56fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences45%Health Sciences37%Social Sciences12%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1424.8%
    2. Engineering711.6%
    3. Computer Science35.9%
    4. Chemistry11.1%
    5. Energy00.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    9. Materials Science00.2%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Medicine1730.8%
    2. Health Professions23.7%
    3. Veterinary11.2%
    4. Nursing11.1%
    1. Social Sciences35.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting22.7%
    3. Psychology12.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.9%
    5. Decision Sciences00.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.9%
    4. Neuroscience00.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Dunfermline?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Distal Radius Fractures, Flexor Tendon Repair, Climate Change, Health Effects, Sustainability, Water Treatment, Microbial Ecology and Disinfection By-Products.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change5▲ 3.4×17 topics
  2. Sustainability4▲ 2.8×9 topics
  3. Distal Radius Fractures4▲ 128×1 topic
  4. Flexor Tendon Repair4▲ 128×1 topic
  5. Epidemiology3▲ 1.32×30 topics
  6. Machine Learning3▲ 1.53×10 topics
  7. Health Effects2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  8. Microbial Ecology2▲ 22×2 topics
  9. Water Treatment2▲ 32×3 topics
  10. Environmental Impact2▲ 2.1×7 topics
  11. Disinfection By-Products2▲ 175×1 topic
  12. Drinking Water2▲ 104×1 topic
  13. Healthcare2▲ 3.1×6 topics
  14. Microbial Communities2▲ 8.3×4 topics
  15. Water Resources2▲ 14×3 topics
  16. Oxidative Stress2▲ 1.91×7 topics
  17. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome2▲ 147×1 topic
  18. Electrodiagnostic Studies2▲ 147×1 topic
  19. Macular Degeneration2▲ 24×3 topics
  20. Diabetic Retinopathy2▲ 28×2 topics
  21. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Ecotoxicity2▲ 46×2 topics
  23. Wastewater Treatment2▲ 11×5 topics
  24. Antibiotics1▲ 29×1 topic
  25. Big Data1▲ 2.6×4 topics
  26. Glaucoma1▲ 16×3 topics
  27. Resistance Genes1▲ 47×1 topic
  28. Governance1▲ 7.3×2 topics
  29. Urbanization1▲ 5.9×2 topics
  30. International Relations1▲ 8.6×2 topics
  31. Reservoir Operation1▲ 65×1 topic
  32. Water Demand1▲ 65×1 topic
  33. Water Quality1▲ 5.3×5 topics
  34. Biodegradation1▲ 19×3 topics
  35. Optic Nerve1▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Arctic1▲ 16×1 topic
  37. Pathogen Transport1▲ 149×1 topic
  38. Shipping1▲ 36×1 topic
  39. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor1▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Waterborne Disease1▲ 149×1 topic

What research is done in Dunfermline?

Orthopedic Surgery and R…4Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional worksWater Treatment and Disi…2Water Treatment and Disinfection: 2 fractional worksPeripheral Nerve Disorders1Peripheral Nerve Disorders: 1 fractional worksWater resources management and optimization: 1 fractional worksArctic and Russian Policy Studies: 1 fractional worksPharmaceutical and Antib…1Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts: 1 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksFecal contamination and water quality: 1 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksWastewater Treatment and Reuse: 1 fractional works
SurgeryHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOcean Engineering6 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Water Treatment and Disinfection Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  3. 3 Peripheral Nerve Disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  4. 4 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts Pollution 1 works
  7. 7 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 1 works
  8. 8 Fecal contamination and water quality Water Science and Technology 1 works
  9. 9 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  10. 10 Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

20%40%60%Dunfermline47.0% in 2024all institutions10.0% in 202420102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 47.0% in 2024.

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