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Asymptote (United Kingdom)

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Research works
56
▼ 74% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4k
24.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Asymptote (United Kingdom)

Not ranked overall: Asymptote (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 Asymptote (United Kingdom) work in?

In all years, 43% of research at Asymptote (United Kingdom) is in Health Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (43%), Engineering (19%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 24 fractional works · 43.1% of its workMedicine: 24 fractional works · 42.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 17.9% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 7.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 32.6% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 19.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 21.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 14.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.3% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workALL ITS WORKAsymptote (UnitedKingdom)56fractional works, all years
Life Sciences22%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences43%Social Sciences3%

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. Medicine2442.8%
    2. Nursing00.3%
    1. Engineering1119.4%
    2. Environmental Science46.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences24.1%
    4. Chemistry11.0%
    5. Computer Science00.6%
    6. Energy00.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology814.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences47.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting11.8%
    2. Psychology00.9%
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: 1.61× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.99× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 1.64× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.95× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 1.57× its world share, 1 worksMedicine1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science6.95×1 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.99×0 works
  3. Computer Science1.64×0 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.61×0 works
  5. Medicine1.57×1 works
  6. Engineering0.28×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, G. John Morris, Elizabeth Acton and Peter Kilbride lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Asymptote (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 G. John Morris United Kingdom · #695,942 worldwide 4.1k citations · 86 works
  2. 2 Elizabeth Acton United Kingdom · #914,274 worldwide 1.1k citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Peter Kilbride United Kingdom · #3,149,475 worldwide 980 citations · 82 works
All ranked researchers at Asymptote (United Kingdom)

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

The most cited paper from Asymptote (United Kingdom) is "The promise of organ and tissue preservation to transform medicine" (Sebastian Eriksson Giwa et al., 2017), with 552 citations. Next come "Controlled ice nucleation in cryopreservation – A review" (296) and "Freezing injury: The special case of the sperm cell" (194).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The promise of organ and tissue preservation to transform medicine Sebastian Eriksson Giwa et al. · Nature Biotechnology Open access Jun 2017 552
2 Controlled ice nucleation in cryopreservation – A review G. John Morris, Elizabeth Acton · Cryobiology 12 Dec 2012 296
3 Freezing injury: The special case of the sperm cell G. John Morris, Elizabeth Acton, Benjamin John Murray et al. · Cryobiology 14 Dec 2011 194
4 A technique for quantifying heterogeneous ice nucleation in microlitre supercooled water droplets Thomas Francis Whale, Benjamin John Murray, Daniel J. O'Sullivan et al. · Atmospheric measurement techniques Open access 15 Jun 2015 187
5 A Low Temperature Limit for Life on Earth Andrew C. Clarke, G. John Morris, Fernanda F. Fonseca et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 19 Jun 2013 182
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Asymptote (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Fertility Preservation, Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation, Regenerative Medicine, Oxidative Stress, Decellularization, Extracellular Matrix, Sperm DNA Fragmentation and Spermatogonial Stem Cells.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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 38 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 38 words, with their numbers
  1. Fertility Preservation10▲ 249×1 topic
  2. Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation10▲ 249×1 topic
  3. Oxidative Stress4▲ 4.0×5 topics
  4. Regenerative Medicine4▲ 29×2 topics
  5. Nanoparticles3▲ 4.2×3 topics
  6. Decellularization3▲ 145×1 topic
  7. Extracellular Matrix3▲ 23×1 topic
  8. Sperm DNA Fragmentation3▲ 97×1 topic
  9. Spermatogonial Stem Cells3▲ 97×1 topic
  10. Epidemiology2◆ 1.05×6 topics
  11. Climate Change2▲ 1.33×6 topics
  12. Concentration2▲ 259×1 topic
  13. Freeze Desalination2▲ 259×1 topic
  14. Ice Nucleation2▲ 50×2 topics
  15. Melting2▲ 81×1 topic
  16. Molecular Dynamics Simulation2▲ 20×1 topic
  17. Stirling Engines2▲ 250×1 topic
  18. Thermoacoustic2▲ 250×1 topic
  19. Genomics2▲ 7.9×2 topics
  20. Cell Culture2▲ 24×2 topics
  21. Magnetic Fields2▲ 26×1 topic
  22. Microbiota2▲ 12×3 topics
  23. Water Treatment2▲ 22×1 topic
  24. Infertility1▲ 18×2 topics
  25. Assisted Reproductive Technology1▲ 34×1 topic
  26. Reproductive Technologies1▲ 63×1 topic
  27. Ecology1▲ 10×2 topics
  28. Glycosylation1▲ 8.8×2 topics
  29. Inflammation1▼ 0.84×2 topics
  30. Pluripotent Stem Cells1▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Rheology1▲ 9.1×2 topics
  32. Biopharmaceutical Production1▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Co-Creation1▲ 56×1 topic
  34. Digital Fabrication1▲ 35×1 topic
  35. Discrete Particle Simulation1▲ 68×1 topic
  36. Granular Flows1▲ 68×1 topic
  37. Parametricism1▲ 89×1 topic
  38. Value Creation1▲ 39×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Modeling and Simulation Systems and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology.

Bacteriophages and micro…1Bacteriophages and microbial interactions: 1 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plasti…0Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 0 fractional worksModeling and Simulation …0Modeling and Simulation Systems: 0 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 0 fractional worksPancreatic function and diabetes: 0 fractional worksRespiratory viral infect…0Respiratory viral infections research: 0 fractional worksXenotransplantation and immune response: 0 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 0 fractional worksEntomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control: 0 fractional worksPolyomavirus and related diseases: 0 fractional works
EcologyPollutionComputational Theory and MathematicsInfectious Diseases5 others

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

  1. 1 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 1 works
  2. 2 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 0 works
  3. 3 Modeling and Simulation Systems Computational Theory and Mathematics 0 works
  4. 4 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 0 works
  5. 5 Pancreatic function and diabetes Surgery 0 works
  6. 6 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 0 works
  7. 7 Xenotransplantation and immune response Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 0 works
  9. 9 Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control Insect Science 0 works
  10. 10 Polyomavirus and related diseases Oncology 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 available27.5%not open72.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.8%domestic only72.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 74% 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 Asymptote (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000096% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Asymptote (United Kingdom)0.0000056% in 2025200020102020

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

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