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Ball (United Kingdom)

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Research works
3
fractional, all time
Citations
18
6.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
22%
world 40%
Ball (United Kingdom)

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

In all years, 62% of research at Ball (United Kingdom) is in Physical Sciences, 21% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (34%), Materials Science (10%), Medicine (10%).

Physical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 62.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 34.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 10.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 6.9% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 20.7% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 10.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 10.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 10.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 10.3% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 6.9% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 6.9% of its workALL ITS WORKBall (UnitedKingdom)3fractional works, all years
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences62%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences10%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. 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 9 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering134.5%
    2. Materials Science010.3%
    3. Energy06.9%
    4. Environmental Science06.9%
    5. Computer Science03.4%
    1. Medicine010.3%
    2. Veterinary010.3%
    1. Decision Sciences010.3%
    1. Neuroscience06.9%
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.

Energy: 10.88× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEnvironmental Science: 2.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.73× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksMedicineVeterinary: 147.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 20.69× its world share, 0 worksDecision Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 147.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary147.19×0 works
  2. Decision Sciences20.69×0 works
  3. Energy10.88×0 works
  4. Materials Science5.73×0 works
  5. Environmental Science2.01×0 works
  6. Medicine1.04×0 works

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

The most cited paper from Ball (United Kingdom) is "Life cycle assessment of a marine biorefinery producing protein, bioactives and polymeric packaging material" (Lorraine Amponsah, Christopher J. Chuck, Sophie Parsons, 2023), with 34 citations. Next come "Cemfree: The development of non-Portland cement based concretes" (4) and "Institutional Jenga: Why We Keep Building Higher on Weaker Foundations" (0).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Life cycle assessment of a marine biorefinery producing protein, bioactives and polymeric packaging material Lorraine Amponsah, Christopher J. Chuck, Sophie Parsons · The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment Open access 17 Oct 2023 34
2 Cemfree: The development of non-Portland cement based concretes Martin Líška, Deirdra Bartholomew · QScience Proceedings 22 Apr 2015 4
3 Institutional Jenga: Why We Keep Building Higher on Weaker Foundations Baraa Shaheen · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 2026 0
All 3 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

By volume in 2022-now: Academic Publishing and Open Access, Biotechnology and Related Fields, Animal testing and alternatives and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties.

Academic Publishing and Open Access: 0 fractional worksBiotechnology and Related Fields: 0 fractional worksAnimal testing and alternatives: 0 fractional worksbiodegradable polymer sy…0biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties: 0 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquac…0Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 0 fractional worksPickering emulsions and …0Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization: 0 fractional worksAlgal biology and biofue…0Algal biology and biofuel production: 0 fractional works
Information Systems and ManagementPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSmall AnimalsBiomaterials3 others

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

  1. 1 Academic Publishing and Open Access Information Systems and Management 0 works
  2. 2 Biotechnology and Related Fields Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  3. 3 Animal testing and alternatives Small Animals 0 works
  4. 4 biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties Biomaterials 0 works
  5. 5 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  6. 6 Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization Materials Chemistry 0 works
  7. 7 Algal biology and biofuel production Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 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 available22.2%not open77.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

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