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Research in Wallingford

Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Wallingford, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, CAB International and HR Wallingford.

Research institutions
7
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
12k
▼ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
335k
27.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
23.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Wallingford

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 Wallingford?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1CAB InternationalFunder 6,192 #15,176
2UK Centre for Ecology & HydrologyInstitution 4,819 #2,815
3HR WallingfordResearch facility 1,110 #20,854
4Fugro (United Kingdom)Company 135 #34,151 all time
5Kentech Instruments (United Kingdom)Company 47 not ranked
6Science and Development NetworkNonprofit 8 not ranked
7International Association of Hydrological SciencesNonprofit 5 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.

CAB International: 50.3%UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology: 39.1%HR Wallingford: 9.0%Fugro (United Kingdom): 1.1%3 others listed: 0.5%50%largest
CAB International6,192 · 50.3%UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology4,819 · 39.1%HR Wallingford1,110 · 9.0%Fugro (United Kingdom)135 · 1.1%3 others listed60 · 0.5%

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

Which fields of science does Wallingford work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research in Wallingford is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (38%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (24%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 551 fractional works · 52.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 391 fractional works · 37.5% of its workEcology: 100 fractional works · 9.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 93 fractional works · 8.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 33 fractional works · 3.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 30 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 28 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 27 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcological Modeling: 21 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPollution: 20 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 69 fractional works · 6.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 32 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOceanography: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 50 fractional works · 4.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 353 fractional works · 33.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 249 fractional works · 23.9% of its workPlant Science: 106 fractional works · 10.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 50 fractional works · 4.8% of its workInsect Science: 43 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSoil Science: 21 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHorticulture: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 88 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 36 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCell Biology: 21 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 72 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMedicine: 60 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPharmacology: 17 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 65 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKWallingford1,041fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences34%Physical Sciences53%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences6%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science39137.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences696.6%
    3. Engineering504.8%
    4. Computer Science181.8%
    5. Materials Science111.1%
    6. Chemistry40.4%
    7. Energy30.3%
    8. Chemical Engineering20.2%
    9. Mathematics20.2%
    10. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences24923.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology888.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology80.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.5%
    5. Neuroscience40.4%
    1. Medicine605.8%
    2. Health Professions70.6%
    3. Veterinary20.2%
    4. Nursing20.2%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences232.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities111.1%
    3. Decision Sciences100.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance80.8%
    5. Psychology70.7%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting50.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Wallingford strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Wallingford is most concentrated in Insect Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology (15.1× the world share in Insect Science).

  1. Insect ScienceSubfield · 36.9 works15×
  2. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 26.4 works13×
  3. EcologySubfield · 80.2 works12×
  4. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 73.2 works11×
  5. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 43.8 works11×
← 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 26 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: 5.50× its world share, 226 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.64× its world share, 76 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.03× its world share, 55 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 43 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.41× its world share, 318 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 47 worksMedicineNursing: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.79× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science7.41×318 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.50×226 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.03×55 works
  4. Veterinary1.79×2 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.64×76 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.77×2 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.73×6 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.60×5 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.52×2 works
  10. Nursing0.51×2 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.42×8 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.35×9 works
  13. Engineering0.33×43 works
  14. Energy0.30×2 works
  15. Medicine0.28×47 works
  16. Health Professions0.27×6 works
  17. Materials Science0.25×8 works
  18. Psychology0.22×6 works
  19. Chemistry0.19×3 works
  20. Neuroscience0.18×3 works
  21. Mathematics0.18×2 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.18×5 works
  23. Social Sciences0.17×18 works
  24. Computer Science0.16×10 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Wallingford?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Remote Sensing, Global Warming, Hydrological Modeling, Phylogenetic Analysis and Conservation.

▲ 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 Change265▲ 9.4×86 topics
  2. Biodiversity87▲ 11×30 topics
  3. Invasive Species86▲ 19×21 topics
  4. Remote Sensing71▲ 5.6×30 topics
  5. Global Warming56▲ 13×13 topics
  6. Hydrological Modeling47▲ 19×5 topics
  7. Phylogenetic Analysis47▲ 14×13 topics
  8. Conservation44▲ 9.9×19 topics
  9. Model Evaluation43▲ 33×2 topics
  10. Global Change43▲ 16×6 topics
  11. Land Use Change42▲ 13×8 topics
  12. Ecosystem Services41▲ 10×11 topics
  13. Habitat Fragmentation41▲ 18×5 topics
  14. Environmental Impact40▲ 2.3×44 topics
  15. Biological Control40▲ 25×9 topics
  16. Sediment Transport38▲ 22×6 topics
  17. Ecosystem Functioning35▲ 16×7 topics
  18. Host Specificity35▲ 30×5 topics
  19. Water Resources33▲ 13×9 topics
  20. Water Quality30▲ 7.3×14 topics
  21. Fungal Pathogens30▲ 22×5 topics
  22. Ecosystem Resilience30▲ 18×5 topics
  23. DNA Barcoding29▲ 16×8 topics
  24. Biodiversity Conservation26▲ 6.8×17 topics
  25. Conservation Biology26▲ 23×4 topics
  26. Ecosystem25▲ 23×4 topics
  27. Population Dynamics25▲ 9.4×13 topics
  28. Biological Invasions25▲ 26×3 topics
  29. Greenhouse Gas Emissions25▲ 8.7×7 topics
  30. Endophytic Fungi24▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Taxonomy24▲ 16×13 topics
  32. Biogeography23▲ 7.8×19 topics
  33. Nutrient Cycling23▲ 29×3 topics
  34. Global Hydrology23▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Uncertainty Assessment23▲ 32×1 topic
  36. Citizen Science22▲ 21×3 topics
  37. Eutrophication22▲ 19×4 topics
  38. Community Ecology22▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Genomic Characterization22▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Taxonomic Revision21▲ 29×2 topics

What research is done in Wallingford?

Plant Pathogens and Fung…19Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 19 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…18Species Distribution and Climate Change: 18 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 18 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…16Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 16 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Stu…14Plant Virus Research Studies: 14 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 14 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 13 fractional worksPlant and animal studies13Plant and animal studies: 13 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 12 fractional worksFungal Biology and Applications: 10 fractional works
Cell BiologyEcological ModelingWater Science and TechnologyNature and Landscape Conservation4 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 19 works
  2. 2 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 18 works
  3. 3 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 18 works
  4. 4 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 16 works
  5. 5 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 14 works
  6. 6 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 14 works
  7. 7 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 13 works
  8. 8 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 13 works
  9. 9 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 12 works
  10. 10 Fungal Biology and Applications Pharmacology 10 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%Wallingford18.1% 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 38.5% in 2013.

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