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Blackburn College

In research, Blackburn College stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,568 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#9,885 of 17,978 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#12,585 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,884
of 28,054 · #20,566 all time
Rank in United States
#3,416
of 4,192
Research works
936
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Blackburn College 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
Health SciencesDomain #9,568 of 20,462 10.9%362
MedicineField #9,885 of 17,978 10.7%275
Social SciencesDomain #12,585 of 16,945 14.3%249
Physical SciencesDomain #18,657 of 21,541 12.4%237

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Blackburn College 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.26× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.71× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.25× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.08× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.75× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 3.93× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.28× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.17× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Blackburn College?

Ranked on the composite score, Alexander Balloch Grosart, E. H. W. Dunkin and Diane J. Angelini lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Blackburn College.

  1. 1 Alexander Balloch Grosart United States · #265,458 worldwide 62 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 E. H. W. Dunkin United States · #613,617 worldwide 2 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Diane J. Angelini United States · #1,402,674 worldwide 5 citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at Blackburn College

Which keywords describe research at Blackburn College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, History, Cardiovascular Disease, Immunotherapy, Occupation, Atherosclerosis, Primary Care and Deep Learning.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology4▲ 1.47×30 topics
  2. Deep Learning3▲ 1.33×17 topics
  3. Machine Learning3▲ 1.29×11 topics
  4. Sustainability3▲ 1.62×9 topics
  5. Climate Change3▲ 1.39×15 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 2.9×13 topics
  7. History2▲ 4.0×4 topics
  8. Quality of Life2▲ 1.89×10 topics
  9. Immunotherapy2▲ 3.8×6 topics
  10. Public Health2▲ 1.75×10 topics
  11. Human Rights2▲ 2.2×6 topics
  12. Mortality2▲ 3.7×7 topics
  13. Anxiety2▲ 4.5×6 topics
  14. Primary Care2▲ 5.5×7 topics
  15. Risk Factors2▲ 1.88×9 topics
  16. Atherosclerosis1▲ 6.9×7 topics
  17. Gender1▲ 3.6×3 topics
  18. Social Justice1▲ 3.3×5 topics
  19. International Law1▲ 6.0×5 topics
  20. IoT Security1▲ 5.8×3 topics
  21. Occupation1▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Patient Satisfaction1▲ 5.9×6 topics
  23. Vulnerability1▲ 7.7×3 topics
  24. Feminism1▲ 5.7×3 topics
  25. Myocardial Infarction1▲ 7.0×4 topics
  26. Clinical Guidelines1▲ 5.2×4 topics
  27. Global Warming1▲ 3.8×2 topics
  28. Infectious Diseases1▲ 4.7×2 topics
  29. Philanthropy1▲ 35×2 topics
  30. BAP1 mutations1▲ 82×1 topic
  31. BIM1▲ 22×1 topic
  32. Construction1▲ 10×1 topic
  33. Food Tourism1▲ 42×1 topic
  34. France1▲ 77×1 topic
  35. Gastronomy1▲ 42×1 topic
  36. Heat Waves1▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Human Health1▲ 9.0×1 topic
  38. Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma1▲ 82×1 topic
  39. Sharia Law1▲ 9.6×2 topics
  40. Sociopolitical1▲ 41×1 topic

Which research topics does Blackburn College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Climate Change and Health Impacts, Occupational and environmental lung diseases, Culinary Culture and Tourism and French Historical and Cultural Studies.

Climate Change and Healt…1Climate Change and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksOccupational and environ…1Occupational and environmental lung diseases: 1 fractional worksCulinary Culture and Tourism: 1 fractional worksFrench Historical and Cu…1French Historical and Cultural Studies: 1 fractional worksBIM and Construction Int…1BIM and Construction Integration: 1 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 1 fractional worksMedical Malpractice and Liability Issues: 1 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …1Military Technology and Strategies: 1 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 1 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 1 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineFood ScienceHistory6 others

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

  1. 1 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  2. 2 Occupational and environmental lung diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Culinary Culture and Tourism Food Science 1 works
  4. 4 French Historical and Cultural Studies History 1 works
  5. 5 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 1 works
  6. 6 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues Pharmacy 1 works
  8. 8 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  10. 10 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 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 available28.7%not open71.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.6%domestic only70.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Blackburn College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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