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Applied Functional Materials (United Kingdom)

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Research works
15
▼ 100% vs 2018-21
Citations
193
12.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
51%
world 18%
Applied Functional Materials (United Kingdom)

Not ranked overall: Applied Functional Materials (United Kingdom) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Applied Functional Materials (United Kingdom) work in?

In all years, 57% of research at Applied Functional Materials (United Kingdom) is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (32%), Medicine (16%), Materials Science (15%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 56.6% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 31.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 14.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 10.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 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 workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 23.7% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 16.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 15.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 6.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 6.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKAppliedFunctional…15fractional works, all years
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences57%Health Sciences24%Social Sciences15%

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

Its 4 domains and 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering531.8%
    2. Materials Science214.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy13.7%
    4. Environmental Science02.4%
    5. Chemistry02.2%
    6. Computer Science01.1%
    7. Energy00.5%
    1. Medicine216.4%
    2. Health Professions16.2%
    3. Dentistry01.1%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting16.6%
    2. Psychology16.6%
    3. Social Sciences02.2%
    1. Neuroscience02.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology02.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

What are the most cited papers from Applied Functional Materials (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from Applied Functional Materials (United Kingdom) is "Intensive communication: Four-year follow-up from a clinical practice study" (Craig M. Lilly, Larry A. Sonna, Kathleen J. Haley et al., 2003), with 197 citations. Next come "Intraoperative Ultrasound-Guided Resection of Gliomas: A Meta-Analysis and Review of the Literature" (127) and "Self-sacrificial templated synthesis of a three-dimensional hierarchical macroporous honeycomb-like ZnO/ZnCo 2 O 4 hybrid for carbon monoxide sensing" (81).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Intensive communication: Four-year follow-up from a clinical practice study Craig M. Lilly, Larry A. Sonna, Kathleen J. Haley et al. · Critical Care Medicine May 2003 197
2 Intraoperative Ultrasound-Guided Resection of Gliomas: A Meta-Analysis and Review of the Literature Syed Osama Mahboob, Rachael McPhillips, Zhen Qiu et al. · World Neurosurgery ReviewOpen access 10 May 2016 127
3 Self-sacrificial templated synthesis of a three-dimensional hierarchical macroporous honeycomb-like ZnO/ZnCo 2 O 4 hybrid for carbon monoxide sensing Yusuf Valentino Kaneti, Ni Luh Wulan Septiani, Indra Saptiama et al. · Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2019 81
4 Graphitic carbon nitride decorated with FeNi 3 nanoparticles for flexible planar micro-supercapacitor with ultrahigh energy density and quantum storage capacity Meenakshi Talukdar, Sushant Kumar Behera, Pritam Deb · Dalton Transactions 2019 37
5 Investigation of dental samples using a 35MHz focussed ultrasound piezocomposite transducer David Allan Hughes, John M. Girkin, Simon P. Poland et al. · Ultrasonics Open access 10 Sep 2008 34
All 33 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Applied Functional Materials (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems, Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems, Tribology and Lubrication Engineering and Electrochemical sensors and biosensors.

Vehicle Dynamics and Con…0Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems: 0 fractional worksHydraulic and Pneumatic …0Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems: 0 fractional worksTribology and Lubricatio…0Tribology and Lubrication Engineering: 0 fractional worksElectrochemical sensors …0Electrochemical sensors and biosensors: 0 fractional worksCopper-based nanomateria…0Copper-based nanomaterials and applications: 0 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 0 fractional works
Automotive EngineeringMechanical EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringMaterials Chemistry1 others

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

  1. 1 Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems Automotive Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Tribology and Lubrication Engineering Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Electrochemical sensors and biosensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Copper-based nanomaterials and applications Materials Chemistry 0 works
  6. 6 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 0 works
  7. 7 Collagen: Extraction and Characterization Biomaterials 0 works
  8. 8 Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications Biomaterials 0 works
  9. 9 Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research Biophysics 0 works
  10. 10 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 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 available47.1%not open52.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.1%domestic only48.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Applied Functional Materials (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 100% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Applied Functional Materials (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000037% in 2020.

0.00020%0.00040%Applied Functional Materials (United Kingdom)0.0000017% in 202119801990200020102020

Fractional works of Applied Functional Materials (United Kingdom) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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