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Birmingham City Council

birmingham.gov.ukROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#30,854
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,657
of 1,844
Research works
134
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
2k
15.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Birmingham City Council

Which fields of science does Birmingham City Council work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Birmingham City Council is in Health Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Health Professions (29%), Medicine (12%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 9 fractional works · 41.9% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 29.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 16.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 9.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 11.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 26.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 10.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 8.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 26.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 11.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKBirmingham CityCouncil22fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences42%Social Sciences26%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Health Professions629.1%
    2. Medicine311.7%
    3. Nursing01.1%
    1. Social Sciences210.9%
    2. Psychology28.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting13.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance02.2%
    5. Decision Sciences00.9%
    1. Environmental Science211.0%
    2. Computer Science15.5%
    3. Engineering15.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences13.6%
    5. Mathematics00.6%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology02.3%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics02.3%
    3. Neuroscience01.1%
    4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.0%
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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.28× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.52× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.28× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.22× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 11.05× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 2.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.84× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 11.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions11.05×6 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics6.52×0 works
  3. Psychology2.84×2 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.28×0 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.28×1 works
  6. Environmental Science2.22×2 works
  7. Nursing2.19×0 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.12×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.00×0 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.95×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.86×2 works
  12. Neuroscience0.71×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.71×1 works
  14. Medicine0.61×3 works
  15. Mathematics0.52×0 works
  16. Engineering0.36×1 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Birmingham City Council?

Ranked on the quality score, Justin Varney, Jessica; id_orcid 0000-0002-0036-9639 Pykett and Hali; id_orcid 0000-0001-7795-381X Healy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Birmingham City Council.

  1. 1 Justin Varney United Kingdom · #1,426,755 worldwide 1k citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Jessica; id_orcid 0000-0002-0036-9639 Pykett United Kingdom · #2,885,703 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  3. 2 Hali; id_orcid 0000-0001-7795-381X Healy United Kingdom · #2,885,703 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  4. 2 Marianne Walker United Kingdom · #2,885,703 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Nick Grayson United Kingdom · #2,946,740 worldwide 366 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 D.J. Quinn United Kingdom · #4,197,812 worldwide 61 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 DAVID WINTERBOTTOM United Kingdom · #4,503,285 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Birmingham City Council

What are the most cited papers from Birmingham City Council?

The most cited paper from Birmingham City Council is "Structure and Function of South-east Australian Estuaries" (P.S. Roy, Robert J. Williams, A. R. Jones et al., 2001), with 740 citations. Next come "Chemokine and Chemokine Receptor Interactions Provide a Mechanism for Selective T Cell Recruitment to Specific Liver Compartments Within Hepatitis C-Infected Liver" (428) and "Sources and processes affecting concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5 particulate matter in Birmingham (U.K.)" (326).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Structure and Function of South-east Australian Estuaries P.S. Roy, Robert J. Williams, A. R. Jones et al. · Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science Sep 2001 740
2 Chemokine and Chemokine Receptor Interactions Provide a Mechanism for Selective T Cell Recruitment to Specific Liver Compartments Within Hepatitis C-Infected Liver Philip L. Shields, Clare M. Morland, Michael A Salmon et al. · The Journal of Immunology Dec 1999 428
3 Sources and processes affecting concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5 particulate matter in Birmingham (U.K.) Roy M. Harrison, Andrew R. Deacon, Marcus R. Jones et al. · Atmospheric Environment Dec 1997 326
4 Airborne contamination of wounds in joint replacement operations: the relationship to sepsis rates Owen M. Lidwell, E. J. L. Lowbury, William Whyte et al. · Journal of Hospital Infection Jun 1983 287
5 ATP-Mediated Killing of Intracellular Mycobacteria by Macrophages Is a P2X7-Dependent Process Inducing Bacterial Death by Phagosome-Lysosome Fusion Ian P. Fairbairn, Carmel B. Stober, Dinakantha S Kumararatne et al. · The Journal of Immunology Sep 2001 236
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Which keywords describe research at Birmingham City Council?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Health Effects, Environmental Noise, Noise Pollution, Physical Activity, Community Health, Infectious Diseases and Global Burden of Disease.

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

All 14 words, with their numbers
  1. Public Health6▲ 21×13 topics
  2. Health Effects4▲ 32×3 topics
  3. Environmental Noise3▲ 362×1 topic
  4. Noise Pollution3▲ 362×1 topic
  5. Machine Learning1▲ 1.95×4 topics
  6. Community Health1▲ 37×4 topics
  7. Epidemiology1▲ 1.50×8 topics
  8. Physical Activity1▲ 12×4 topics
  9. Mental Health1▲ 3.8×9 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence1▲ 3.5×2 topics
  11. Infectious Diseases1▲ 15×4 topics
  12. Global Burden of Disease1▲ 19×4 topics
  13. Interactive Evolutionary Computation1▲ 212×1 topic
  14. Music Generation1▲ 212×1 topic

Which research topics does Birmingham City Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Noise Effects and Management, Music Technology and Sound Studies, Child and Adolescent Health and Pharmacy and Medical Practices.

Noise Effects and Manage…3Noise Effects and Management: 3 fractional worksMusic Technology and Sound Studies: 1 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 1 fractional worksPharmacy and Medical Practices: 0 fractional worksUrban and Freight Transport Logistics: 0 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 0 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 0 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 0 fractional worksUrban Green Space and Health: 0 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 0 fractional works
Speech and HearingComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionGeneral Health ProfessionsPharmacology5 others

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

  1. 1 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 3 works
  2. 2 Music Technology and Sound Studies Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  3. 3 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 1 works
  4. 4 Pharmacy and Medical Practices Pharmacology 0 works
  5. 5 Urban and Freight Transport Logistics Building and Construction 0 works
  6. 6 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  7. 7 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 0 works
  8. 8 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 0 works
  9. 9 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  10. 10 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available31.3%not open68.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.8%domestic only86.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Birmingham City Council's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% 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 Birmingham City Council as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00020% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Birmingham City Council0.000074% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Birmingham City Council over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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