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Birmingham Museums Trust

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Research works
15
▲ 102% vs 2018-21
Citations
2
0.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
9%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Birmingham Museums Trust

Not ranked overall: Birmingham Museums Trust is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Birmingham Museums Trust work in?

In all years, 89% of research at Birmingham Museums Trust is in Social Sciences, 10% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (50%), Social Sciences (35%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (10%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 14 fractional works · 88.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 49.7% of its workMuseology: 3 fractional works · 19.4% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 11.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 10.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 35.2% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 13.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 10.2% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 7.6% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 10.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 9.7% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workALL ITS WORKBirminghamMuseums Trust15fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences89%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 3 domains and 6 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities849.7%
    2. Social Sciences535.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance14.0%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences29.7%
    2. Engineering00.7%
    1. Medicine00.7%
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.

What are the most cited papers from Birmingham Museums Trust?

The most cited paper from Birmingham Museums Trust is "Children's and adolescents’ evaluations of wealth‐related STEM inequality" (Luke McGuire, Christina S. Marlow, Adam J. Hoffman et al., 2023), with 1 citations. Next come "The Archaeology of Medieval Spain 1100–1500" (1) and "求人情報から見る英国ミュージアムの寄附金獲得戦略（1）" (0).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Children's and adolescents’ evaluations of wealth‐related STEM inequality Luke McGuire, Christina S. Marlow, Adam J. Hoffman et al. · Social Development Open access 22 Sep 2023 1
2 The Archaeology of Medieval Spain 1100–1500 Rebecca Bridgman · Journal of Islamic Archaeology 15 Feb 2017 1
3 求人情報から見る英国ミュージアムの寄附金獲得戦略（1） 真理子 瀧端 · Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB) Open access 31 Mar 2024 0
4 Stories from small museums Felicity Mcwilliams · Folk Life 2 Jan 2025 0
5 Moseley 1850-1900: space, place, and people in a middle-class Suburb of Birmingham Jo-Ann Curtis · Folk Life 2 Jul 2024 0
All 18 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Birmingham Museums Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cultural Industries and Urban Development, Fashion and Cultural Textiles, Australian History and Society and Museums and Cultural Heritage.

Cultural Industries and Urban Development: 2 fractional worksFashion and Cultural Textiles: 2 fractional worksAustralian History and Society: 1 fractional worksMuseums and Cultural Heritage: 1 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 0 fractional worksUrbanization and City Planning: 0 fractional worksHistory of Science and Medicine: 0 fractional worksHistorical Economic and Social Studies: 0 fractional worksCrafts, Textile, and Design: 0 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 0 fractional works
Urban StudiesMuseologySociology and Political ScienceHistory and Philosophy of Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 2 works
  2. 2 Fashion and Cultural Textiles Museology 2 works
  3. 3 Australian History and Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Museums and Cultural Heritage Museology 1 works
  5. 5 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  6. 6 Urbanization and City Planning Urban Studies 0 works
  7. 7 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  8. 8 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  9. 9 Crafts, Textile, and Design Museology 0 works
  10. 10 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 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 available9.3%not open90.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.0%domestic only94.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Birmingham Museums Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 102% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Birmingham Museums Trust as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000072% in 2024.

still counting0.000025%0.000050%0.000075%Birmingham Museums Trust0.000017% in 202520102020

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

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