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BCS — The Chartered Institute for IT

In research, BCS — The Chartered Institute for IT stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,004 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#20,852
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,065
of 1,844
Research works
307
▲ 139% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.2k
7.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
BCS — The Chartered Institute for IT

What is BCS — The Chartered Institute for IT 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 #12,004 of 14,833 7.4%122

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where BCS — The Chartered Institute for IT 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 BCS — The Chartered Institute for IT work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research at BCS — The Chartered Institute for IT is in Social Sciences, 37% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (22%), Social Sciences (14%), Medicine (12%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 25 fractional works · 38.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 14.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 11.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 24 fractional works · 36.9% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 22.1% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 8.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 18.4% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 11.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedical Terminology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKBCS — TheChartered…65fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences18%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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences914.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities711.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting34.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance23.3%
    5. Decision Sciences22.9%
    6. Psychology22.5%
    1. Computer Science1422.1%
    2. Physics and Astronomy45.4%
    3. Engineering34.6%
    4. Environmental Science23.2%
    5. Mathematics00.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.7%
    7. Energy00.2%
    1. Medicine811.8%
    2. Health Professions46.0%
    3. Dentistry00.5%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences34.4%
    2. Neuroscience11.2%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.5%
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: 0.92× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 2.85× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.43× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.26× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.61× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.82× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.41× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.04× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.56× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.82×7 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.04×2 works
  3. Computer Science2.85×14 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy2.43×4 works
  5. Health Professions2.26×4 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.56×2 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.41×3 works
  8. Social Sciences1.12×9 works
  9. Dentistry0.97×0 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.92×3 works
  11. Psychology0.82×2 works
  12. Neuroscience0.73×1 works
  13. Mathematics0.65×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.64×2 works
  15. Medicine0.61×8 works
  16. Nursing0.47×0 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.43×0 works
  18. Engineering0.31×3 works
  19. Energy0.19×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at BCS — The Chartered Institute for IT?

Ranked on the quality score, Harold Osborne, Adam Leon Smith and Richard Sizer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BCS — The Chartered Institute for IT.

  1. 1 Harold Osborne United Kingdom · #1,071,386 worldwide 1.1k citations · 113 works
  2. 2 Adam Leon Smith United Kingdom · #2,292,488 worldwide 195 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Richard Sizer United Kingdom · #4,124,267 worldwide 94 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Jeremy Barlow United Kingdom · #6,326,901 worldwide 19 citations · 63 works
  5. 5 Dick Bowman United Kingdom · #6,405,658 worldwide 3 citations · 61 works
All ranked researchers at BCS — The Chartered Institute for IT

What are the most cited papers from BCS — The Chartered Institute for IT?

The most cited paper from BCS — The Chartered Institute for IT is "FAIR Principles: Interpretations and Implementation Considerations" (Annika Jacobsen et al., 2019), with 478 citations. Next come "Restart" (249) and "A RANDOMIZED, PROSPECTIVE MULTICENTER PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY OF CYCLOSPORINE MICROEMULSION IN STABLE RENAL GRAFT RECIPIENTS1,2,3" (206).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 FAIR Principles: Interpretations and Implementation Considerations Annika Jacobsen et al. · Data Intelligence Open access Nov 2019 478
2 Restart Neil C. C. Brown, Sue Sentance, Tom Crick et al. · ACM Transactions on Computing Education Open access Jun 2014 249
3 A RANDOMIZED, PROSPECTIVE MULTICENTER PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY OF CYCLOSPORINE MICROEMULSION IN STABLE RENAL GRAFT RECIPIENTS1,2,3 Paul A. Keown, David Landsberg, Philip F. Halloran et al. · Transplantation Dec 1996 206
4 Prospective audit of perforation rates following upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in two regions of England M A Quine, G. D. Bell, R F McCloy et al. · British journal of surgery Apr 1995 156
5 Autism spectrum features in Smith–Magenis syndrome Gonzalo Laje, Rebecca S. Morse, William L. Richter et al. · American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C Seminars in Medical Genetics Open access 27 Oct 2010 108
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at BCS — The Chartered Institute for IT?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Risk Management, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Primary Care, Healthcare, Literature and International Law.

▲ 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. Machine Learning7▲ 3.4×13 topics
  2. Risk Management4▲ 12×6 topics
  3. Artificial Intelligence4▲ 3.8×5 topics
  4. Big Data3▲ 5.5×5 topics
  5. Healthcare3▲ 3.5×8 topics
  6. Literature2▲ 5.6×3 topics
  7. Mental Health2▲ 2.1×14 topics
  8. Primary Care2▲ 7.6×4 topics
  9. Ethics2▲ 5.2×3 topics
  10. International Law2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  11. Conflict2▲ 14×2 topics
  12. Health Behavior Change2▲ 43×2 topics
  13. Organizational Performance2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  14. Security2▲ 3.4×4 topics
  15. Discrimination1▲ 10×2 topics
  16. Gender1▲ 4.0×3 topics
  17. Interpretable Models1▲ 39×1 topic
  18. Machine Learning Interpretability1▲ 39×1 topic
  19. Natural Language Processing1▲ 8.8×3 topics
  20. Precision Medicine1▲ 4.3×3 topics
  21. Requirements Engineering1▲ 48×2 topics
  22. Algorithmic Bias1▲ 24×1 topic
  23. Astrobiology1▲ 62×1 topic
  24. Cybercrime1▲ 33×2 topics
  25. Emotion1▲ 9.8×2 topics
  26. Environmental Monitoring1▲ 5.3×2 topics
  27. Extraterrestrial Life1▲ 90×1 topic
  28. Fairness1▲ 20×1 topic
  29. Information Security1▲ 21×1 topic
  30. Policy Compliance1▲ 51×1 topic
  31. Wireless Sensor Networks1▲ 4.6×2 topics
  32. Ethical Challenges1▲ 8.3×2 topics
  33. Industrial Policy1▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Space Policy1▲ 131×1 topic
  35. Space Tourism1▲ 131×1 topic
  36. Behavioral Analysis1▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Consociationalism1▲ 133×1 topic
  38. Corpus Linguistics1▲ 7.5×3 topics
  39. Dark Web1▲ 61×1 topic
  40. Regulatory Challenges1▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does BCS — The Chartered Institute for IT publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI), Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, Information and Cyber Security and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life.

Explainable Artificial I…1Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): 1 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…1Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 1 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Security: 1 fractional worksSpace Science and Extrat…1Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life: 1 fractional worksSpace exploration and re…1Space exploration and regulation: 1 fractional worksWater Governance and Infrastructure: 1 fractional worksEconomic Issues in Ukraine: 1 fractional worksIrish and British Studies1Irish and British Studies: 1 fractional worksNursing Roles and Practices: 1 fractional worksCybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies: 1 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceSafety ResearchInformation SystemsAstronomy and Astrophysics4 others

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

  1. 1 Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  2. 2 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 1 works
  3. 3 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 1 works
  4. 4 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  5. 5 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  6. 6 Water Governance and Infrastructure Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  7. 7 Economic Issues in Ukraine General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 works
  8. 8 Irish and British Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Nursing Roles and Practices General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies Information Systems 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 available30.5%not open69.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.9%domestic only79.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has BCS — The Chartered Institute for IT's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 139% 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 BCS — The Chartered Institute for IT as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000089% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%BCS — The Chartered Institute for IT0.00036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of BCS — The Chartered Institute for IT over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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