Belfast City Council
In research, Belfast City Council stands highest in Engineering (#5,283 of 11,412 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#13,133 of 21,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#13,311 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.
- World rank, all time
- #23,772 of 42,892
- Rank in United Kingdom
- #1,283 of 2,253
- Research works
- 822 ▼ 46% vs 2013–17
- Citations
- 6.2k 7.5 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 9.7% record average 16.5%
- Open access
- 36% world 28%
What is Belfast City Council known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EngineeringField | #5,283 of 11,412 | 12.2% | 355 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #13,133 of 21,541 | 11.6% | 461 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #13,311 of 16,945 | 12.5% | 326 |
Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Belfast City Council 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.
- Veterinary 6.8×
- Engineering 2.2×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 2.0×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2.0×
- Environmental Science 1.9×
- Social Sciences 1.7×
- Decision Sciences 1.7×
- Neuroscience 1.6×
- Arts and Humanities 1.5×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.7×
- Medicine 0.6×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.6×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.4×
Who are the top researchers at Belfast City Council?
Ranked on the composite score, David Woodward, Jim Berry and Stanley McGreal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Belfast City Council.
- 1 David Woodward United Kingdom · #80,632 worldwide 237 citations · 85 works
- 2 Jim Berry United Kingdom · #156,056 worldwide 117 citations · 36 works
- 3 Stanley McGreal United Kingdom · #430,602 worldwide 211 citations · 92 works
- 4 Philip Griffiths United Kingdom · #536,517 worldwide 94 citations · 23 works
- 5 Robert Eadie United Kingdom · #615,725 worldwide 37 citations · 20 works
- 6 Michael McCord United Kingdom · #825,718 worldwide 35 citations · 34 works
- 7 Shane Colclough United Kingdom · #1,286,755 worldwide 30 citations · 18 works
- 8 Faris Ali United Kingdom · #1,448,536 worldwide 32 citations · 15 works
- 9 Martin Haran United Kingdom · #1,481,363 worldwide 6 citations · 20 works
Which keywords describe research at Belfast City Council?
By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Risk Management, Urban Development, Energy Efficiency, Construction, Facilities Management, Renewable Energy and Neoliberalism.
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Project Success
- Construction Projects
- Sustainable Buildings
- Climate Change Impact
- Energy Simulation
- Cultural Heritage
- Housing
- Tunnel Fires
- Ventilation Systems
- Detonation Propulsion
- Mortgage Credit Expansion
- Income Inequality
- Corporate Governance
- Prefabrication
- Supply Chain Management
- Sustainable Development
- Construction
- Energy Efficiency
- Risk Management
- Sustainability
- Urban Development
- Renewable Energy
- Facilities Management
- Neoliberalism
- BIM
- Real Estate Market
- Artificial Neural Networks
- Housing Supply
- Shareholder Value
- Pulse Detonation Engines
- Smoke Control
- Financialization
- Model Predictive Control
- Heat Transfer
- Thermal Comfort
- Building Energy Consumption
- Blast Loading
- Leadership Style
- Stakeholder Analysis
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 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 40 words, with their numbers
- Sustainability92▲ 6.3×43 topics
- Risk Management52▲ 18×7 topics
- Urban Development48▲ 18×7 topics
- Energy Efficiency45▲ 6.9×16 topics
- Renewable Energy41▲ 5.0×28 topics
- Construction36▲ 42×3 topics
- Facilities Management35▲ 83×2 topics
- Sustainable Development31▲ 3.2×20 topics
- Neoliberalism30▲ 10×5 topics
- Supply Chain Management30▲ 7.0×8 topics
- BIM29▲ 87×1 topic
- Prefabrication29▲ 87×1 topic
- Real Estate Market29▲ 69×2 topics
- Corporate Governance28▲ 6.3×8 topics
- Artificial Neural Networks28▲ 8.2×3 topics
- Income Inequality28▲ 24×5 topics
- Housing Supply26▲ 75×1 topic
- Mortgage Credit Expansion26▲ 75×1 topic
- Shareholder Value26▲ 34×3 topics
- Detonation Propulsion26▲ 106×1 topic
- Pulse Detonation Engines26▲ 106×1 topic
- Ventilation Systems25▲ 111×2 topics
- Smoke Control24▲ 131×1 topic
- Tunnel Fires24▲ 131×1 topic
- Financialization24▲ 32×1 topic
- Housing24▲ 59×1 topic
- Model Predictive Control24▲ 13×3 topics
- Cultural Heritage23▲ 6.5×11 topics
- Heat Transfer23▲ 5.5×7 topics
- Energy Simulation23▲ 40×2 topics
- Thermal Comfort23▲ 32×2 topics
- Climate Change Impact22▲ 14×2 topics
- Building Energy Consumption22▲ 48×1 topic
- Sustainable Buildings22▲ 48×1 topic
- Blast Loading21▲ 57×2 topics
- Construction Projects20▲ 67×2 topics
- Leadership Style20▲ 36×2 topics
- Project Success19▲ 74×1 topic
- Stakeholder Analysis19▲ 56×1 topic
- Life Cycle Assessment19▲ 13×6 topics
Which research topics does Belfast City Council publish most on?
By volume in 2022–2025: Irish and British Studies, Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering, Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development and Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Irish and British Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
- 2 Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering Sociology and Political Science 0 works
- 3 Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development Demography 0 works
- 4 Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control Automotive Engineering 0 works
- 5 Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting Environmental Engineering 0 works
- 6 Sustainable Design and Development Building and Construction 0 works
- 7 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 0 works
- 8 Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research Mechanical Engineering 0 works
- 9 Combustion and Detonation Processes Aerospace Engineering 0 works
- 10 Sustainable Development and Policies Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
World: 19% is written across borders.
How has Belfast City Council's research output changed?
Output in 2018–2022 was 46% lower than in 2013–2017.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Other research institutions in Belfast
- Queen's University Belfast
- Royal Victoria Hospital
- Belfast City Hospital
- Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
- Institute for Conflict Research
- Agri Food and Biosciences Institute
- Education Authority
- Government of Northern Ireland
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.