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Bath College

In research, Bath College stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,765 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#22,991
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,202
of 1,844
Research works
285
▲ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.2k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
17%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Bath College

What is Bath College 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
Social SciencesDomain #12,765 of 14,833 6.5%151

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bath College 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 Bath College work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Bath College is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (29%), Social Sciences (16%), Physics and Astronomy (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 18 fractional works · 61.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 28.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 7.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 16.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 7.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 22.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 7.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 6.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 9.0% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKBath College28fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences62%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities828.7%
    2. Social Sciences516.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting27.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance14.1%
    5. Psychology13.8%
    6. Decision Sciences01.5%
    1. Physics and Astronomy27.6%
    2. Engineering26.9%
    3. Environmental Science13.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.8%
    5. Materials Science01.8%
    6. Chemistry01.2%
    1. Medicine25.9%
    2. Health Professions12.9%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.4%
    2. Neuroscience01.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.32× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 3.43× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 9.93× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.31× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.51× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.91× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.24× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 9.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities9.93×8 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy3.43×2 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.32×0 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.31×2 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.91×1 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.51×0 works
  7. Social Sciences1.27×5 works
  8. Psychology1.24×1 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.12×0 works
  10. Health Professions1.09×1 works
  11. Neuroscience1.08×0 works
  12. Veterinary1.08×0 works
  13. Chemistry0.75×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.71×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.64×1 works
  16. Materials Science0.50×0 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.47×0 works
  18. Engineering0.46×2 works
  19. Medicine0.31×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Bath College?

Ranked on the quality score, Kenneth G. Ponting, Nicholas Lewis and R. L. J. M. Scheerder lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bath College.

  1. 1 Kenneth G. Ponting United Kingdom · #1,626,868 worldwide 345 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Nicholas Lewis United Kingdom · #2,094,208 worldwide 799 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 R. L. J. M. Scheerder United Kingdom · #5,033,300 worldwide 4 citations · 14 works
All ranked researchers at Bath College

What are the most cited papers from Bath College?

The most cited paper from Bath College is "Pain demands attention: A cognitive–affective model of the interruptive function of pain." (Christopher Eccleston, Geert Crombez, 1999), with 1,684 citations. Next come "The Microbiology of Cocoa Fermentation and its Role in Chocolate Quality" (748) and "John Aitken's chain saw" (373).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Pain demands attention: A cognitive–affective model of the interruptive function of pain. Christopher Eccleston, Geert Crombez · Psychological Bulletin 1999 1,684
2 The Microbiology of Cocoa Fermentation and its Role in Chocolate Quality Rosane Freitas Schwan, Alan E. Wheals · Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition Jul 2004 748
3 John Aitken's chain saw John Kirkup · Journal of Medical Biography 28 Apr 2009 373
4 Is animal research sufficiently evidence based to be a cornerstone of biomedical research? Pandora Pound, Michael B. Bracken · BMJ 30 May 2014 210
5 Tin doping speeds up hole transfer during light-driven water oxidation at hematite photoanodes Halina K. Dunn, Johann M. Feckl, Alexander Müller et al. · Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Open access 2014 185
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Bath College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Innovation, History, Culture, Literature, Globalization, Artistic Exchange and Cultural Transfer.

▲ 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 16 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Gender2▲ 16×7 topics
  2. Globalization2▲ 3.9×5 topics
  3. Innovation2▲ 7.1×3 topics
  4. History2▲ 9.7×6 topics
  5. Culture2▲ 11×6 topics
  6. Literature2▲ 11×6 topics
  7. Artistic Exchange2▲ 471×1 topic
  8. Cultural Transfer2▲ 471×1 topic
  9. Colonialism1▲ 8.6×4 topics
  10. Cultural Impact1▲ 84×2 topics
  11. Cultural Studies1▲ 12×4 topics
  12. Imperialism1▲ 57×4 topics
  13. Supply Chain Management1▲ 4.6×2 topics
  14. Corporate Governance1▲ 5.2×2 topics
  15. Management1▲ 4.4×1 topic
  16. Strategic Renewal1▲ 1865×1 topic

Which research topics does Bath College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Historical Art and Culture Studies, Organizational Management and Leadership, Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis and Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics.

Historical Art and Cultu…2Historical Art and Culture Studies: 2 fractional worksOrganizational Management and Leadership: 1 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…1Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Thermodynamics …1Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics: 1 fractional worksFrench Historical and Cultural Studies: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Theoretical and Applied Studies in Material Sciences and Geometry: 0 fractional worksUnderwater Acoustics Res…0Underwater Acoustics Research: 0 fractional worksEducation Systems and Po…0Education Systems and Policy: 0 fractional worksVisual Culture and Art T…0Visual Culture and Art Theory: 0 fractional worksInternational Arbitratio…0International Arbitration and Investment Law: 0 fractional works
MuseologyManagement of Technology and InnovationHistory and Philosophy of ScienceStatistical and Nonlinear Physics6 others

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

  1. 1 Historical Art and Culture Studies Museology 2 works
  2. 2 Organizational Management and Leadership Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
  3. 3 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  4. 4 Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 1 works
  5. 5 French Historical and Cultural Studies History 1 works
  6. 6 Advanced Theoretical and Applied Studies in Material Sciences and Geometry Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 0 works
  8. 8 Education Systems and Policy Education 0 works
  9. 9 Visual Culture and Art Theory Visual Arts and Performing Arts 0 works
  10. 10 International Arbitration and Investment Law Strategy and Management 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 available16.8%not open83.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bath College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Bath College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000044% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Bath College0.00023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Bath College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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