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British Academy

In research, British Academy stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,535 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,092 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,822
of 22,385 · #6,015 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#295
of 862
Research works
1k
▲ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
16.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
British Academy

What is British Academy known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #4,535 of 9,585 16.2%128 #3053
Social SciencesField #4,092 of 5,988 13.5%63 #2319

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where British Academy 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does British Academy work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research at British Academy is in Social Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Arts and Humanities (15%), Medicine (10%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 137 fractional works · 63.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 68 fractional works · 31.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 26 fractional works · 11.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 17 fractional works · 7.7% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 32 fractional works · 14.8% of its workHistory: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMusic: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 4.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 39 fractional works · 17.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 5.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Energy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 33 fractional works · 15.1% of its workMedicine: 22 fractional works · 10.2% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBritish Academy217fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences63%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences6831.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities3214.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance167.5%
    4. Psychology94.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting83.6%
    6. Decision Sciences41.7%
    1. Environmental Science125.7%
    2. Engineering94.0%
    3. Computer Science73.4%
    4. Energy31.3%
    5. Mathematics21.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy20.8%
    7. Materials Science20.7%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine2210.2%
    2. Health Professions104.4%
    3. Dentistry10.3%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.9%
    3. Neuroscience10.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.41× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.15× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.67× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 5.13× its world share, 32 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.13× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.72× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.48× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.32× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.48× its world share, 68 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.13×32 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.48×16 works
  3. Social Sciences2.48×68 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.72×4 works
  5. Health Professions1.67×10 works
  6. Energy1.41×3 works
  7. Psychology1.32×9 works
  8. Environmental Science1.15×12 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.13×8 works
  10. Mathematics0.85×2 works
  11. Dentistry0.69×1 works
  12. Medicine0.53×22 works
  13. Computer Science0.44×7 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.43×2 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×5 works
  16. Neuroscience0.40×1 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.36×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.35×2 works
  19. Engineering0.27×9 works
  20. Nursing0.26×0 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.22×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.21×2 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×2 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×0 works
  25. Chemistry0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at British Academy?

Ranked on the quality score, Aleksy S. Kwilinski, Souphiyeh Samizadeh and Jude Njoku lead among researchers whose main affiliation is British Academy.

  1. 1 Aleksy S. Kwilinski United Kingdom · #25,834 worldwide 7.7k citations · 176 works
  2. 2 Souphiyeh Samizadeh United Kingdom · #1,528,658 worldwide 404 citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Jude Njoku United Kingdom · #3,415,835 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Roy Hattersley United Kingdom · #4,036,477 worldwide 213 citations · 59 works
  5. 5 P. G. Baxter United Kingdom · #4,099,050 worldwide 27 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Robert Fox United Kingdom · #4,360,647 worldwide 74 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 David Napley United Kingdom · #4,486,140 worldwide 19 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 太田 淳 United Kingdom · #5,060,624 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Tif Qureshi United Kingdom · #5,073,813 worldwide 17 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at British Academy

What are the most cited papers from British Academy?

The most cited paper from British Academy is "Evolution in the Social Brain" (Robin Dunbar, Susanne Shultz, 2007), with 1,566 citations. Next come "Business Models as Models" (1,340) and "Fission‐Fusion Dynamics" (1,082).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Evolution in the Social Brain Robin Dunbar, Susanne Shultz · Science 7 Sep 2007 1,566
2 Business Models as Models Charles W. F. Baden‐Fuller, Mary S. Morgan · Long Range Planning 30 Mar 2010 1,340
3 Fission‐Fusion Dynamics Filippo Aureli, Colleen M. Schaffner, Christophe Boesch et al. · Current Anthropology Open access Aug 2008 1,082
4 On What There is Alfred Jules Ayer · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks Book chapter 1972 989
5 The social role of touch in humans and primates: Behavioural function and neurobiological mechanisms Robin Dunbar · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 14 Jul 2008 806
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at British Academy?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Sustainable Development, Nationalism, Financial Security, Renewable Energy, Identity, Environmental Management and Economic Development.

▲ 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 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. Globalization19▲ 4.5×48 topics
  2. Sustainable Development16▲ 4.6×28 topics
  3. Renewable Energy14▲ 4.4×17 topics
  4. Nationalism11▲ 12×13 topics
  5. Financial Security11▲ 49×3 topics
  6. Identity11▲ 6.9×21 topics
  7. Innovation9▲ 4.2×24 topics
  8. Environmental Management9▲ 10×5 topics
  9. Economic Development9▲ 5.2×15 topics
  10. Energy Efficiency9▲ 4.3×10 topics
  11. Human Rights9▲ 3.9×23 topics
  12. History8▲ 5.6×18 topics
  13. Innovation Development7▲ 43×3 topics
  14. Gender7▲ 6.1×13 topics
  15. Culture7▲ 6.0×14 topics
  16. Economic Growth7▲ 3.9×15 topics
  17. Religion7▲ 6.7×16 topics
  18. Green Investments6▲ 54×1 topic
  19. Social Safety6▲ 54×1 topic
  20. Colonialism6▲ 5.8×17 topics
  21. Democracy6▲ 7.6×8 topics
  22. Ethnicity6▲ 6.8×9 topics
  23. Global Governance5▲ 8.8×7 topics
  24. Neoliberalism5▲ 5.9×9 topics
  25. Cosmetic Surgery4▲ 48×2 topics
  26. Literature4▲ 3.8×13 topics
  27. Authoritarianism4▲ 22×4 topics
  28. Politics4▲ 7.2×9 topics
  29. Economic Policy4▲ 37×3 topics
  30. Anatomy4▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Late Antiquity4▲ 35×2 topics
  32. Demography4▲ 37×2 topics
  33. Financial Development4▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Industrial Policy4▲ 15×3 topics
  35. Environmental Regulation3▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Ancient Rome3▲ 49×1 topic
  37. CO2 Emissions3▲ 8.4×1 topic
  38. Greek Literature3▲ 49×1 topic
  39. Panel Data Analysis3▲ 9.8×1 topic
  40. Rhetoric3▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does British Academy publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Business and Economic Development, Classical Antiquity Studies, Energy, Environment, Economic Growth and Political and Economic history of UK and US.

Business and Economic De…6Business and Economic Development: 6 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Studies: 3 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Eco…3Energy, Environment, Economic Growth: 3 fractional worksPolitical and Economic h…3Political and Economic history of UK and US: 3 fractional worksFacial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques: 3 fractional worksEconomic Issues in Ukraine: 3 fractional worksLabor Market and Education2Labor Market and Education: 2 fractional worksIrish and British Studies: 2 fractional worksTurkey's Politics and Society: 2 fractional worksHistorical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes: 2 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawAnthropologyEconomics and EconometricsPolitical Science and International Relations4 others

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

  1. 1 Business and Economic Development Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 6 works
  2. 2 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 3 works
  3. 3 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  4. 4 Political and Economic history of UK and US Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  5. 5 Facial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques Dermatology 3 works
  6. 6 Economic Issues in Ukraine General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 3 works
  7. 7 Labor Market and Education Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Irish and British Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  10. 10 Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes History 2 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 available43.0%not open57.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.6%domestic only78.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has British Academy's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 British Academy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00096% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%British Academy0.00086% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of British Academy over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%British Academy11.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 31.1% in 2020.

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