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Argans (United Kingdom)

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Research works
84
▲ 206% vs 2018-21
Citations
936
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
83%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Argans (United Kingdom)

Not ranked overall: Argans (United Kingdom) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Argans (United Kingdom) work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at Argans (United Kingdom) is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (29%), Engineering (27%), Business, Management and Accounting (24%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 36 fractional works · 67.9% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 28.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 14.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 26.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 10.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 8.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 29.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13 fractional works · 23.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 11 fractional works · 19.9% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKArgans (UnitedKingdom)54fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences68%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences29%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 10 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science1528.5%
    2. Engineering1426.9%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences36.1%
    4. Environmental Science35.3%
    5. Energy00.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting1323.9%
    2. Decision Sciences35.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.0%
    1. Health Professions00.6%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 3.67× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.89× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.80× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.06× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7.41× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.78× its world share, 3 worksDecision Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting7.41×13 works
  2. Decision Sciences5.78×3 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.89×3 works
  4. Computer Science3.67×15 works
  5. Engineering1.80×14 works
  6. Environmental Science1.06×3 works
  7. Energy1.01×0 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.42×1 works
  9. Health Professions0.24×0 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Argans (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the quality score, Manuel Arias, Rafael Catany and Paul Spurgeon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Argans (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Manuel Arias United Kingdom · #997,450 worldwide 1.3k citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Rafael Catany United Kingdom · #1,402,334 worldwide 568 citations · 63 works
  3. 3 Paul Spurgeon United Kingdom · #3,029,617 worldwide 518 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Argans (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from Argans (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from Argans (United Kingdom) is "Copernicus Sentinel-2A Calibration and Products Validation Status" (Ferran Gascon et al., 2017), with 591 citations. Next come "Sun Glint Correction of High and Low Spatial Resolution Images of Aquatic Scenes: a Review of Methods for Visible and Near-Infrared Wavelengths" (442) and "Intercomparison of shallow water bathymetry, hydro‐optics, and benthos mapping techniques in Australian and Caribbean coastal environments" (336).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Copernicus Sentinel-2A Calibration and Products Validation Status Ferran Gascon et al. · Remote Sensing Open access 10 Jun 2017 591
2 Sun Glint Correction of High and Low Spatial Resolution Images of Aquatic Scenes: a Review of Methods for Visible and Near-Infrared Wavelengths Susan Kay, John D. Hedley, Samantha Lavender · Remote Sensing Open access 12 Oct 2009 442
3 Intercomparison of shallow water bathymetry, hydro‐optics, and benthos mapping techniques in Australian and Caribbean coastal environments Arnold G. Dekker, Stuart Phinn, Janet M. Anstee et al. · Limnology and Oceanography Methods Open access Sep 2011 336
4 A three-component model of phytoplankton size class for the Atlantic Ocean Robert J. W. Brewin, Shubha Sathyendranath, Takafumi Hirata et al. · Ecological Modelling 5 Apr 2010 316
5 Toward the Integrated Marine Debris Observing System Nikolai Maximenko et al. · Frontiers in Marine Science Open access 28 Aug 2019 308
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Argans (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Big Data, Sustainability, Machine Learning, Supply Chain Management, Deep Learning, Analytics, Business Intelligence and Anomaly Detection.

▲ 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 institution'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. Big Data12▲ 24×4 topics
  2. Machine Learning12▲ 6.9×16 topics
  3. Sustainability12▲ 9.2×7 topics
  4. Supply Chain Management12▲ 24×4 topics
  5. Deep Learning10▲ 5.7×11 topics
  6. Analytics9▲ 183×1 topic
  7. Business Intelligence9▲ 183×1 topic
  8. Anomaly Detection6▲ 40×3 topics
  9. Distributed Systems6▲ 63×3 topics
  10. Cyber-Physical Systems5▲ 37×4 topics
  11. Data Mining5▲ 13×4 topics
  12. Neural Networks4▲ 4.6×5 topics
  13. Log Analysis4▲ 151×1 topic
  14. Performance Prediction4▲ 94×1 topic
  15. Internet of Things3▲ 7.2×3 topics
  16. Energy Efficiency3▲ 6.4×4 topics
  17. IoT Security3▲ 19×2 topics
  18. Climate Change3▲ 1.90×14 topics
  19. Cybersecurity3▲ 20×2 topics
  20. Remote Sensing3▲ 3.9×11 topics
  21. Classification2▲ 10×3 topics
  22. Digital Twin2▲ 34×2 topics
  23. Support Vector Machines2▲ 15×3 topics
  24. Intrusion Detection2▲ 30×1 topic
  25. Network Security2▲ 34×1 topic
  26. Resource Management2▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Cloud Manufacturing2▲ 44×1 topic
  28. Smart Manufacturing2▲ 44×1 topic
  29. Imbalanced Data2▲ 98×1 topic
  30. SMOTE2▲ 98×1 topic
  31. Security2▲ 5.6×2 topics
  32. Manufacturing2▲ 75×2 topics
  33. Smart Grid2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  34. Stock Market Prediction2▲ 60×1 topic
  35. Time Series Forecasting2▲ 60×1 topic
  36. Cloud Computing2▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Communication Networks2▲ 56×1 topic
  38. False Data Injection Attacks2▲ 56×1 topic
  39. Churn Prediction1▲ 140×1 topic
  40. Customer Equity1▲ 140×1 topic

Which research topics does Argans (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Big Data and Business Intelligence, Software System Performance and Reliability, Network Security and Intrusion Detection and Digital Transformation in Industry.

Big Data and Business In…9Big Data and Business Intelligence: 9 fractional worksSoftware System Performa…4Software System Performance and Reliability: 4 fractional worksNetwork Security and Int…2Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 2 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 2 fractional worksImbalanced Data Classification Techniques: 2 fractional worksStock Market Forecasting…2Stock Market Forecasting Methods: 2 fractional worksSmart Grid Security and Resilience: 2 fractional worksIndustrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection: 1 fractional worksCloud Computing and Resource Management: 1 fractional worksScheduling and Optimization Algorithms: 1 fractional works
Management Information SystemsComputer Networks and CommunicationsIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringArtificial Intelligence3 others

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

  1. 1 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 9 works
  2. 2 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 4 works
  3. 3 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  4. 4 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Imbalanced Data Classification Techniques Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  6. 6 Stock Market Forecasting Methods Management Science and Operations Research 2 works
  7. 7 Smart Grid Security and Resilience Control and Systems Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 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 available83.2%not open16.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.4%domestic only70.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Argans (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 206% higher 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 Argans (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000018% in 2024.

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

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