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Association for Language Learning

In research, Association for Language Learning stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,695 of 16,688 worldwide), Social Sciences (#8,706 of 14,833 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,765 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

World rank, 2022-now
#11,435
of 22,385 · #8,846 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#378
of 862
Research works
771
▲ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.1k
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%

What is Association for Language Learning 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
Health SciencesDomain #9,695 of 16,688 8.2%153
Social SciencesDomain #8,706 of 14,833 6.7%383
Physical SciencesDomain #10,765 of 17,446 6.0%185
Social SciencesField #7,191 of 9,330 7.5%172

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Association for Language Learning 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Association for Language Learning work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research at Association for Language Learning is in Social Sciences, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Medicine (18%), Arts and Humanities (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 68 fractional works · 39.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 19.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 18 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 48 fractional works · 27.8% of its workMedicine: 30 fractional works · 17.6% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 9.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 14 fractional works · 8.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 41 fractional works · 24.0% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 8.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAssociation forLanguage Learning172fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences28%Social Sciences39%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3419.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities1810.4%
    3. Psychology63.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance52.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting31.9%
    6. Decision Sciences21.2%
    1. Medicine3017.6%
    2. Health Professions179.8%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Engineering116.2%
    2. Environmental Science95.2%
    3. Computer Science84.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences52.8%
    5. Chemistry31.8%
    6. Materials Science21.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy21.1%
    8. Mathematics10.6%
    9. Energy10.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences63.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology63.2%
    3. Neuroscience20.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
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: 0.72× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.83× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.16× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.81× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.04× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.73× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.92× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.60× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.26× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.12× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 34 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.73×17 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.60×18 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.83×1 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.81×5 works
  5. Social Sciences1.57×34 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.26×5 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.22×2 works
  8. Chemistry1.16×3 works
  9. Psychology1.12×6 works
  10. Environmental Science1.04×9 works
  11. Medicine0.92×30 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.72×6 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.61×6 works
  14. Energy0.59×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.58×8 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.58×3 works
  17. Neuroscience0.56×2 works
  18. Nursing0.55×0 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.48×1 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.48×2 works
  21. Mathematics0.47×1 works
  22. Engineering0.42×11 works
  23. Materials Science0.35×2 works
  24. Veterinary0.24×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.17×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Association for Language Learning?

Ranked on the quality score, A. W. Cornelius Hallen, Penderel Moon and Shoichi Sano lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Association for Language Learning.

  1. 1 A. W. Cornelius Hallen United Kingdom · #2,558,430 worldwide 5 citations · 64 works
  2. 2 Penderel Moon United Kingdom · #2,668,577 worldwide 202 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Shoichi Sano United Kingdom · #3,288,292 worldwide 451 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Maureen Hunt United Kingdom · #3,920,103 worldwide 3 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Brian Coleman United Kingdom · #4,080,929 worldwide 45 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Yoshimi Furukawa United Kingdom · #4,670,749 worldwide 693 citations · 70 works
  7. 7 Pierre Buis United Kingdom · #4,969,395 worldwide 27 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Beth Thomas United Kingdom · #5,685,629 worldwide 129 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Brenda Williams United Kingdom · #7,090,920 worldwide 41 citations · 97 works
  10. 10 Lynne Garner United Kingdom · #7,564,417 worldwide 16 citations · 155 works
All ranked researchers at Association for Language Learning

What are the most cited papers from Association for Language Learning?

The most cited paper from Association for Language Learning is "Circus movement in rabbit atrial muscle as a mechanism of tachycardia. III. The "leading circle" concept: a new model of circus movement in cardiac tissue without the involvement of an anatomical obstacle." (Maurits A. Allessie, FELIX I. M. BONKE, Francien J. G. Schopman, 1977), with 1,073 citations. Next come "The Rise and Function of the Holy Man in Late Antiquity" (906) and "Ethernet passive optical network (EPON): building a next-generation optical access network" (672).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Circus movement in rabbit atrial muscle as a mechanism of tachycardia. III. The "leading circle" concept: a new model of circus movement in cardiac tissue without the involvement of an anatomical obstacle. Maurits A. Allessie, FELIX I. M. BONKE, Francien J. G. Schopman · Circulation Research Jul 1977 1,073
2 The Rise and Function of the Holy Man in Late Antiquity Peter Brown · The Journal of Roman Studies Nov 1971 906
3 Ethernet passive optical network (EPON): building a next-generation optical access network Gerrit Kramer, Gerry A. Pesavento · IEEE Communications Magazine 2002 672
4 Circus movement in rabbit atrial muscle as a mechanism of tachycardia. II. The role of nonuniform recovery of excitability in the occurrence of unidirectional block, as studied with multiple microelectrodes. Maurits A. Allessie, FELIX I. M. BONKE, Francien J. G. Schopman · Circulation Research Open access Aug 1976 480
5 Waiting List Mortality Among Children Listed for Heart Transplantation in the United States Christopher S.D. Almond, Ravi R. Thiagarajan, Gary E. Piercey et al. · Circulation Open access 27 Jan 2009 388
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Which keywords describe research at Association for Language Learning?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Religion, Ethics, Philosophy, Mental Health, Public Health Policy, Social Support and Medical Ethics.

▲ 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. Identity11▲ 8.9×18 topics
  2. Mental Health10▲ 3.9×19 topics
  3. Healthcare8▲ 4.2×11 topics
  4. Religion8▲ 9.8×5 topics
  5. Ethics8▲ 8.6×6 topics
  6. History7▲ 6.0×11 topics
  7. Philosophy7▲ 9.3×6 topics
  8. Quality of Life7▲ 2.9×15 topics
  9. Public Health Policy7▲ 15×3 topics
  10. Social Support7▲ 7.3×6 topics
  11. Climate Change7▲ 1.42×25 topics
  12. Medical Ethics6▲ 30×2 topics
  13. Education6▲ 2.1×23 topics
  14. Phenomenology6▲ 35×3 topics
  15. Cultural Studies6▲ 9.8×6 topics
  16. Healthcare Legislation6▲ 64×1 topic
  17. Palliative Care6▲ 24×2 topics
  18. Patient Rights6▲ 52×1 topic
  19. Aging6▲ 6.5×7 topics
  20. Hermeneutics6▲ 41×2 topics
  21. Narrative6▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Caregiving6▲ 46×1 topic
  23. Elderly6▲ 13×2 topics
  24. Retirement6▲ 51×1 topic
  25. Interpretation5▲ 82×1 topic
  26. Biodiversity5▲ 3.7×13 topics
  27. Pedagogy5▲ 5.6×9 topics
  28. Literature4▲ 4.8×16 topics
  29. Gender4▲ 3.8×9 topics
  30. Social Sciences3▲ 14×5 topics
  31. Cultural Exchange3▲ 15×4 topics
  32. Conservation Biology3▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Constitutionalism3▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Archaeology3▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Population Dynamics3▲ 6.0×7 topics
  36. Social Change3▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Legal History2▲ 49×1 topic
  38. Religious Influence2▲ 75×1 topic
  39. Aesthetics2▲ 16×4 topics
  40. Taxonomy2▲ 8.9×5 topics

Which research topics does Association for Language Learning publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Health, Medicine and Society, Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues, Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity and Historical Legal Studies and Society.

  1. 1 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 6 works
  2. 2 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 6 works
  3. 3 Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity Philosophy 5 works
  4. 4 Historical Legal Studies and Society Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  5. 5 Historical and Archaeological Studies History 2 works
  6. 6 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  7. 7 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
  8. 8 Spectroscopy and Laser Applications Spectroscopy 1 works
  9. 9 Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  10. 10 Critical Theory and Political Philosophy Education 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 available41.7%not open58.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.5%domestic only67.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Association for Language Learning's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Association for Language Learning as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00044% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Association for Language Learning0.00062% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Association for Language Learning over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Association for Language Learning7.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.0% in 2024.

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