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Aberdeenshire Council

In research, Aberdeenshire Council stands highest in Physical Sciences (#13,145 of 21,541 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#3,816 of 6,208 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#17,891
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#972
of 2,253
Research works
469
▼ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
36.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Aberdeenshire Council known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #13,145 of 21,541 25.9%234
Environmental ScienceField #3,816 of 6,208 26.2%135

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Aberdeenshire Council sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.00× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.01× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.05× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.95× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.60× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 2.67× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Aberdeenshire Council?

Ranked on the composite score, M. H. Butterworth lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Aberdeenshire Council.

  1. 1 M. H. Butterworth United Kingdom · #816,136 worldwide 11 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Aberdeenshire Council

Which keywords describe research at Aberdeenshire Council?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, Finite Element Analysis, Natural Gas, Pipeline, Corrosion and Pitting Corrosion.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 17 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change4▲ 4.1×16 topics
  2. Mindfulness2▲ 211×1 topic
  3. Self-Compassion2▲ 211×1 topic
  4. Finite Element Analysis2▲ 24×3 topics
  5. Natural Gas2▲ 58×2 topics
  6. Pipeline2▲ 47×2 topics
  7. Corrosion2▲ 36×2 topics
  8. Pitting Corrosion2▲ 91×2 topics
  9. Reliability Assessment2▲ 102×1 topic
  10. Risk Analysis2▲ 44×1 topic
  11. Biodiversity1▲ 5.7×6 topics
  12. Renewable Energy1▲ 2.7×5 topics
  13. Dog Domestication1▲ 152×1 topic
  14. Genomic Analysis1▲ 14×1 topic
  15. Sustainability1▲ 1.44×5 topics
  16. Ensemble Kalman Filter1▲ 30×1 topic
  17. Optimization1▲ 6.6×1 topic

Which research topics does Aberdeenshire Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions, Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis, Human-Animal Interaction Studies and Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods.

Mindfulness and Compassi…2Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions: 2 fractional worksStructural Integrity and Reliability Analysis: 2 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction Studies: 1 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 1 fractional worksOffshore Engineering and Technologies: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…1Species Distribution and Climate Change: 1 fractional worksStructural Engineering and Vibration Analysis: 1 fractional worksMaritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency: 0 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 0 fractional worksMedieval Literature and History: 0 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyMechanical EngineeringGeneticsOcean Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions Clinical Psychology 2 works
  2. 2 Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 1 works
  4. 4 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Offshore Engineering and Technologies Ocean Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
  7. 7 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency Environmental Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Medieval Literature and History Classics 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available24.5%not open75.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.7%domestic only79.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Aberdeenshire Council's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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