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Research in Penicuik

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Penicuik, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Moredun Research Institute.

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2k
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
69k
34.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Penicuik

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 Penicuik?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Moredun Research InstituteResearch facility 1,972 #19,692
2Moredun FoundationNonprofit 25 not ranked
3British Society of Animal ScienceInstitution 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.

Which fields of science does Penicuik work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research in Penicuik is in Life Sciences, 32% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Immunology and Microbiology (23%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (22%), Medicine (15%). It does 3.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 71 fractional works · 58.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 29 fractional works · 23.5% of its workParasitology: 15 fractional works · 11.9% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMicrobiology: 6 fractional works · 5.2% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 26 fractional works · 21.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 8 fractional works · 6.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAquatic Science: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 11.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 38 fractional works · 31.5% of its workMedicine: 19 fractional works · 15.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVeterinary: 15 fractional works · 12.1% of its workSmall Animals: 15 fractional works · 12.1% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 9.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPenicuik122fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences58%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences32%Social Sciences1%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Immunology and Microbiology2923.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2621.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1511.9%
    4. Neuroscience10.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Medicine1915.3%
    2. Veterinary1512.1%
    3. Nursing43.7%
    4. Health Professions10.5%
    1. Environmental Science119.0%
    2. Engineering10.5%
    3. Materials Science00.1%
    4. Computer Science00.1%
    5. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Psychology00.3%
    2. Social Sciences00.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Penicuik strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Penicuik is most concentrated in Immunology and Microbiology (21.3× the world share in Immunology and Microbiology).

  1. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 20.9 works21×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 24 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 5.09× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.93× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 21.26× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.81× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.75× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 9.39× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 93.65× its world share, 12 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 93.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary93.65×12 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology21.26×21 works
  3. Nursing9.39×4 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.09×24 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.93×10 works
  6. Environmental Science1.81×9 works
  7. Medicine0.75×14 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.72×0 works
  9. Neuroscience0.53×1 works
  10. Health Professions0.19×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×0 works
  12. Psychology0.10×0 works
  13. Engineering0.04×1 works
  14. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.03×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Penicuik?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Ivermectin, Drug Resistance, Genetics, Nematodes, Immune Response and Anthelmintic Resistance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology38▲ 7.9×37 topics
  2. Pathogenesis11▲ 18×13 topics
  3. Ivermectin10▲ 297×2 topics
  4. Public Health10▲ 5.8×8 topics
  5. Drug Resistance10▲ 28×4 topics
  6. Genetics10▲ 11×5 topics
  7. Nematodes10▲ 166×2 topics
  8. Anthelmintic Resistance10▲ 504×1 topic
  9. Immune Response10▲ 14×11 topics
  10. Veterinary Parasites10▲ 504×1 topic
  11. Vaccine9▲ 18×8 topics
  12. Zoonotic Transmission8▲ 92×3 topics
  13. Gut Microbiota8▲ 18×6 topics
  14. Aquaculture7▲ 24×5 topics
  15. Biodiversity7▲ 7.9×7 topics
  16. Molecular Epidemiology7▲ 240×2 topics
  17. Nutrition7▲ 12×5 topics
  18. Probiotics7▲ 23×5 topics
  19. Genomic Characterization6▲ 40×2 topics
  20. Cryptosporidium6▲ 278×1 topic
  21. Giardia6▲ 278×1 topic
  22. Vaccine Development6▲ 19×7 topics
  23. Molecular Phylogeny6▲ 29×3 topics
  24. Aquatic Environment6▲ 56×2 topics
  25. Invasive Species6▲ 11×4 topics
  26. Host-Pathogen Interactions6▲ 55×4 topics
  27. Genomic Sequencing5▲ 37×4 topics
  28. Antimicrobial Resistance5▲ 21×6 topics
  29. Immune Regulation5▲ 37×2 topics
  30. Virulence Factors5▲ 28×6 topics
  31. Ecosystem5▲ 38×1 topic
  32. Parasites5▲ 135×1 topic
  33. Genetic Diversity5▲ 9.1×8 topics
  34. Antibiotic Resistance5▲ 9.8×5 topics
  35. Innate Immunity5▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Helminth Infections4▲ 89×2 topics
  37. Cytokines4▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Toxicity4▲ 7.5×8 topics
  39. Fish Immunology4▲ 71×1 topic
  40. Stress Response4▲ 54×1 topic

What research is done in Penicuik?

Helminth infection and c…9Helminth infection and control: 9 fractional worksParasite Biology and Hos…5Parasite Biology and Host Interactions: 5 fractional worksParasitic Infections and…4Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksAquaculture disease management and microbiota: 4 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 3 fractional worksTrace Elements in Health2Trace Elements in Health: 2 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections Studies: 2 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 2 fractional worksVector-Borne Animal Diseases: 2 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 2 fractional works
Small AnimalsEcologyParasitologyImmunology4 others

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

  1. 1 Helminth infection and control Small Animals 9 works
  2. 2 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 5 works
  3. 3 Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics Parasitology 4 works
  4. 4 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 4 works
  5. 5 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 3 works
  6. 6 Trace Elements in Health Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  7. 7 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 2 works
  8. 8 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 2 works
  9. 9 Vector-Borne Animal Diseases Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  10. 10 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 2 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.

still counting20%40%Penicuik26.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 39.0% in 2016.

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