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Blastech (United Kingdom)

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Research works
17
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
534
32.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Blastech (United Kingdom)

Not ranked overall: Blastech (United Kingdom) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Blastech (United Kingdom) work in?

In all years, 96% of research at Blastech (United Kingdom) is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (64%), Materials Science (28%), Medicine (2%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 95.6% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 63.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 33.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 14.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 8.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 27.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 26.0% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKBlastech (UnitedKingdom)17fractional works, all years
Life Sciences0%Physical Sciences96%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences2%

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 4 domains and 10 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1163.9%
    2. Materials Science527.7%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy01.3%
    5. Computer Science00.7%
    6. Mathematics00.7%
    1. Medicine02.0%
    1. Decision Sciences01.3%
    2. Social Sciences00.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.4%
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 Blastech (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from Blastech (United Kingdom) is "Energy absorption in lattice structures in dynamics: Experiments" (Zuhal Özdemir, Everth Hernández-Nava, Andrew Tyas et al., 2015), with 326 citations. Next come "The Negative Phase of the Blast Load" (109) and "Predicting the response of plates subjected to near-field explosions using an energy equivalent impulse" (83).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Energy absorption in lattice structures in dynamics: Experiments Zuhal Özdemir, Everth Hernández-Nava, Andrew Tyas et al. · International Journal of Impact Engineering 17 Nov 2015 326
2 The Negative Phase of the Blast Load Sam E. Rigby, Andrew Tyas, Terry Bennett et al. · International Journal of Protective Structures Mar 2014 109
3 Predicting the response of plates subjected to near-field explosions using an energy equivalent impulse Sam E. Rigby, O.I. Akintaro, Benjamin J. Fuller et al. · International Journal of Impact Engineering 15 Feb 2019 83
4 Prediction of clearing effects in far-field blast loading of finite targets A. Tyas, James A. Warren, Terry Bennett et al. · Shock Waves 25 Feb 2011 78
5 Observations from Preliminary Experiments on Spatial and Temporal Pressure Measurements from Near-Field Free Air Explosions Sam E. Rigby, Andrew Tyas, S.D. Clarke et al. · International Journal of Protective Structures Jun 2015 70
All 43 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Blastech (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Structural Response to Dynamic Loads, High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior, Combustion and Detonation Processes and Energetic Materials and Combustion.

Structural Response to D…1Structural Response to Dynamic Loads: 1 fractional worksHigh-Velocity Impact and…1High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior: 1 fractional worksCombustion and Detonatio…0Combustion and Detonation Processes: 0 fractional worksEnergetic Materials and …0Energetic Materials and Combustion: 0 fractional worksAutomotive and Human Injury Biomechanics: 0 fractional worksGeophysical Methods and Applications: 0 fractional worksSeismic Performance and Analysis: 0 fractional worksMilitary Defense Systems Analysis: 0 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 0 fractional worksTissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine: 0 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringMaterials ChemistryAerospace EngineeringMechanics of Materials3 others

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

  1. 1 Structural Response to Dynamic Loads Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior Materials Chemistry 1 works
  3. 3 Combustion and Detonation Processes Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Energetic Materials and Combustion Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  5. 5 Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Geophysical Methods and Applications Ocean Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Seismic Performance and Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Military Defense Systems Analysis Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Surgery 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 available51.9%not open48.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.7%domestic only76.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Blastech (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% 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 Blastech (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000076% in 2024.

still counting0.000025%0.000050%0.000075%Blastech (United Kingdom)0.000027% in 20252020

Fractional works of Blastech (United Kingdom) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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