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Belfast Metropolitan College

belfastmet.ac.ukROR OpenAlex
Research works
74
▲ 114% vs 2013–17
Citations
673
9.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Belfast Metropolitan College is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.80× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.24× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 3.20× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.39× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 2.10× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.19× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.84× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 6.68× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Belfast Metropolitan College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Conflict, Consociationalism, Northern Ireland, Religion, Health, Biblical Monotheism and Jewish Society.

▲ 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 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. Identity4▲ 6.6×3 topics
  2. Epidemiology3▲ 1.16×15 topics
  3. Deep Learning3▲ 2.0×8 topics
  4. Conflict3▲ 27×3 topics
  5. Consociationalism3▲ 188×1 topic
  6. Northern Ireland3▲ 188×1 topic
  7. Religion3▲ 6.8×6 topics
  8. Neural Networks3▲ 3.6×5 topics
  9. Health3▲ 9.3×4 topics
  10. Quality of Life2▲ 2.5×6 topics
  11. Biblical Monotheism2▲ 71×1 topic
  12. Jewish Society2▲ 71×1 topic
  13. Sustainability2▲ 1.71×7 topics
  14. Mental Health2▲ 2.4×6 topics
  15. Ethics2▲ 5.5×4 topics
  16. Phenomenology2▲ 21×3 topics
  17. Higher Education2▲ 6.5×3 topics
  18. History2▲ 3.0×5 topics
  19. Social Support2▲ 5.4×3 topics
  20. African Christianity2▲ 76×2 topics
  21. Assembly Planning2▲ 25×1 topic
  22. Design for Manufacture2▲ 25×1 topic
  23. Gender Differences2▲ 6.5×4 topics
  24. Grasping2▲ 69×1 topic
  25. Kinematic Analysis2▲ 74×1 topic
  26. Robot Learning2▲ 69×1 topic
  27. Robot Manipulators2▲ 74×1 topic
  28. Alchemy1▲ 45×2 topics
  29. Communication1▲ 6.3×3 topics
  30. End-of-Life Care1▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Global Christianity1▲ 105×1 topic
  32. Lifelong Learning1▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Pedagogy1▲ 5.2×2 topics
  34. Risk Management1▲ 5.2×4 topics
  35. Short-Term Missions1▲ 105×1 topic
  36. Spirituality1▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Competency-Based Education1▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Psychological Adjustment1▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Social Sciences1▲ 9.1×2 topics
  40. Video Analysis1▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Belfast Metropolitan College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Christian Theology and Mission, Neural Networks and Applications and Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity.

Biblical Studies and Int…2Biblical Studies and Interpretation: 2 fractional worksChristian Theology and Mission: 1 fractional worksNeural Networks and Appl…1Neural Networks and Applications: 1 fractional worksHermeneutics and Narrati…1Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity: 1 fractional worksFuzzy Logic and Control Systems: 1 fractional worksInnovative Teaching Methods: 0 fractional worksVarious Chemistry Resear…0Various Chemistry Research Topics: 0 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 0 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 0 fractional worksElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides: 0 fractional works
Religious studiesArtificial IntelligencePhilosophyEducation4 others

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

  1. 1 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 2 works
  2. 2 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 1 works
  3. 3 Neural Networks and Applications Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  4. 4 Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity Philosophy 1 works
  5. 5 Fuzzy Logic and Control Systems Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  6. 6 Innovative Teaching Methods Education 0 works
  7. 7 Various Chemistry Research Topics Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 0 works
  8. 8 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 0 works
  10. 10 Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides Materials Chemistry 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 available32.5%not open67.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.3%domestic only85.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Belfast Metropolitan College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 114% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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