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Borders College

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Research works
104
▲ 230% vs 2013–17
Citations
191
1.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
45.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

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

What does Borders College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 21.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 20.7 works22×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.87× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.90× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 21.74× its world share, 21 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 21.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Borders College?

Ranked on the composite score, Leah Tether and Sebastiaan Verweij lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Borders College.

  1. 1 Leah Tether United Kingdom · #474,195 worldwide 0 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Sebastiaan Verweij United Kingdom · #765,679 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Borders College

Which keywords describe research at Borders College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Literature, History, Society, Religion, Culture, Philosophy, Manuscripts and Medieval.

▲ 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. Literature8▲ 45×9 topics
  2. History7▲ 32×7 topics
  3. Society6▲ 94×6 topics
  4. Religion6▲ 36×5 topics
  5. Culture5▲ 31×4 topics
  6. Philosophy5▲ 34×3 topics
  7. Manuscripts5▲ 646×2 topics
  8. Medieval5▲ 383×2 topics
  9. Anglo-Saxon4▲ 817×1 topic
  10. Monasticism4▲ 817×1 topic
  11. Cultural Identity4▲ 23×4 topics
  12. Nationalism3▲ 22×4 topics
  13. Cultural History3▲ 70×4 topics
  14. Colonialism3▲ 17×3 topics
  15. Identity3▲ 11×7 topics
  16. Religious Identity2▲ 115×2 topics
  17. Medieval Literature2▲ 344×2 topics
  18. Medieval Society2▲ 411×2 topics
  19. Postcolonialism2▲ 53×4 topics
  20. Globalization2▲ 3.2×7 topics
  21. Cultural Heritage2▲ 11×3 topics
  22. Intellectual History2▲ 215×2 topics
  23. Literary Criticism2▲ 124×2 topics
  24. Middle Ages2▲ 266×2 topics
  25. Wales2▲ 992×1 topic
  26. Welsh literature2▲ 992×1 topic
  27. Gender2▲ 9.3×5 topics
  28. Narrative Fiction2▲ 474×1 topic
  29. Religious Practices2▲ 117×1 topic
  30. Children's Literature2▲ 116×2 topics
  31. Cultural Studies2▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Legal History2▲ 164×2 topics
  33. Ethnicity1▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Medieval Architecture1▲ 202×2 topics
  35. National Identity1▲ 36×1 topic
  36. Scotland1▲ 510×1 topic
  37. Feminist Perspectives1▲ 140×2 topics
  38. Global Literature1▲ 1124×1 topic
  39. Judicial Systems1▲ 518×1 topic
  40. Medieval Europe1▲ 174×2 topics

Which research topics does Borders College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Medieval Literature and History, Historical Studies of British Isles, Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies and Scottish History and National Identity.

Medieval Literature and …4Medieval Literature and History: 4 fractional worksHistorical Studies of Br…2Historical Studies of British Isles: 2 fractional worksHistorical, Literary, an…2Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies: 2 fractional worksScottish History and National Identity: 1 fractional worksShort Stories in Global Literature: 1 fractional worksMedieval and Early Moder…1Medieval and Early Modern Justice: 1 fractional worksMedieval European History and Architecture: 1 fractional worksNeurology and Historical Studies: 1 fractional worksThemes in Literature Analysis: 1 fractional worksFrench Literature and Poetry: 1 fractional works
ClassicsHistoryLiterature and Literary TheoryPolitical Science and International Relations2 others

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

  1. 1 Medieval Literature and History Classics 4 works
  2. 2 Historical Studies of British Isles History 2 works
  3. 3 Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies Classics 2 works
  4. 4 Scottish History and National Identity History 1 works
  5. 5 Short Stories in Global Literature Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  6. 6 Medieval and Early Modern Justice Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  7. 7 Medieval European History and Architecture Archeology 1 works
  8. 8 Neurology and Historical Studies Neurology 1 works
  9. 9 Themes in Literature Analysis Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  10. 10 French Literature and Poetry Literature and Literary Theory 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 available27.7%not open72.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.7%domestic only90.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Borders College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 230% 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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