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British Athletics

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World rank, all time
#25,339
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,346
of 1,844
Research works
159
▲ 105% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.4k
21.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
47%
world 18%
British Athletics

Which fields of science does British Athletics work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at British Athletics is in Health Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (46%), Social Sciences (12%), Health Professions (10%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 32 fractional works · 56.5% of its workMedicine: 26 fractional works · 45.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 8 fractional works · 15.2% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 7.2% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 9.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 23.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 12.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 13.7% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 8.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBritish Athletics56fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences57%Social Sciences23%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2645.8%
    2. Health Professions69.9%
    3. Nursing00.7%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Social Sciences712.3%
    2. Psychology34.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance23.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting12.5%
    5. Decision Sciences00.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.0%
    1. Engineering58.8%
    2. Computer Science12.4%
    3. Materials Science11.1%
    4. Mathematics00.9%
    5. Environmental Science00.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology24.2%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.8%
    3. Neuroscience00.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.09× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.58× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.75× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.38× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 1.46× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.53× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.58× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.09×1 works
  2. Health Professions3.75×6 works
  3. Medicine2.38×26 works
  4. Psychology1.58×3 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.53×2 works
  6. Nursing1.46×0 works
  7. Social Sciences0.97×7 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.79×2 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.77×1 works
  10. Mathematics0.76×0 works
  11. Engineering0.58×5 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.41×0 works
  13. Dentistry0.35×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.31×1 works
  15. Materials Science0.31×1 works
  16. Neuroscience0.26×0 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works
  18. Environmental Science0.08×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at British Athletics?

Ranked on the quality score, Noel Pollock, Robin Chakraverty and James A. Moore lead among researchers whose main affiliation is British Athletics.

  1. 1 Noel Pollock United Kingdom · #167,767 worldwide 2.7k citations · 55 works
  2. 2 Robin Chakraverty United Kingdom · #848,144 worldwide 1.6k citations · 40 works
  3. 3 James A. Moore United Kingdom · #1,035,918 worldwide 488 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Shane Kelly United Kingdom · #1,190,606 worldwide 883 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Ben Macdonald United Kingdom · #1,541,504 worldwide 549 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at British Athletics

What are the most cited papers from British Athletics?

The most cited paper from British Athletics is "Monitoring Athlete Training Loads: Consensus Statement" (Pitre Collier Bourdon, Marco Cardinale, Andrew M. Murray et al., 2017), with 1,189 citations. Next come "Foot Strike and Injury Rates in Endurance Runners" (501) and "British athletics muscle injury classification: a new grading system" (423).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Monitoring Athlete Training Loads: Consensus Statement Pitre Collier Bourdon, Marco Cardinale, Andrew M. Murray et al. · International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance Open access Apr 2017 1,189
2 Foot Strike and Injury Rates in Endurance Runners Adam I. Daoud, GARY J. GEISSLER, Fengqiu Wang et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 4 Jan 2012 501
3 British athletics muscle injury classification: a new grading system Noel Pollock, Steven James, Justin C. Lee et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 16 Jul 2014 423
4 The coaching schematic: Validation through expert coach consensus Andy Abraham, Dave J. Collins, Russell J. J. Martindale · Journal of Sports Sciences Open access 31 Mar 2006 389
5 Talent identification and promotion programmes of Olympic athletes Roel Vaeyens, Arne Güllich, Chelsea Warr et al. · Journal of Sports Sciences 28 Sep 2009 389
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at British Athletics?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Athletic Training, Epidemiology, Injury Prevention, Resistance Training, Risk Factors, Prevention, High-Intensity Interval Training and Muscle Injuries.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 3.7×18 topics
  2. Athletic Training6▲ 121×3 topics
  3. Injury Prevention5▲ 79×4 topics
  4. Resistance Training5▲ 101×2 topics
  5. Risk Factors5▲ 8.1×5 topics
  6. Prevention5▲ 20×3 topics
  7. High-Intensity Interval Training5▲ 77×2 topics
  8. Muscle Injuries4▲ 123×1 topic
  9. Sports Injury4▲ 123×1 topic
  10. Physical Activity4▲ 14×6 topics
  11. Performance Analysis4▲ 31×1 topic
  12. Training Load4▲ 100×1 topic
  13. Biomechanics3▲ 17×5 topics
  14. Clinical Trials3▲ 7.1×4 topics
  15. Sport Psychology3▲ 47×2 topics
  16. Kinematics2▲ 88×2 topics
  17. Qualitative Research2▲ 4.8×3 topics
  18. Biomechanical Analysis2▲ 54×2 topics
  19. Exercise2▲ 28×3 topics
  20. Gait Analysis2▲ 34×2 topics
  21. Metabolism2▲ 6.0×2 topics
  22. Muscle Strength2▲ 30×4 topics
  23. Expert Performance2▲ 97×1 topic
  24. Motor Imagery2▲ 23×1 topic
  25. Nutrition2▲ 6.3×1 topic
  26. Protein2▲ 23×1 topic
  27. Shoulder Function2▲ 34×2 topics
  28. Competitive Balance2▲ 107×1 topic
  29. Prediction Markets2▲ 107×1 topic
  30. Low Back Pain1▲ 14×4 topics
  31. Foot Strike Patterns1▲ 65×1 topic
  32. Physical Education1▲ 19×3 topics
  33. Recovery1▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Running Injuries1▲ 65×1 topic
  35. Student Retention1▲ 61×2 topics
  36. Accessibility1▲ 25×2 topics
  37. Health Promotion1▲ 6.7×3 topics
  38. Immune Function1▲ 29×2 topics
  39. Exercise-Induced Oxidative Stress1▲ 70×1 topic
  40. Muscle-Derived Interleukin-61▲ 70×1 topic

Which research topics does British Athletics publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sports injuries and prevention, Sports Performance and Training, Sport Psychology and Performance and Muscle metabolism and nutrition.

Sports injuries and prev…4Sports injuries and prevention: 4 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 4 fractional worksSport Psychology and Performance: 2 fractional worksMuscle metabolism and nutrition: 2 fractional worksSports Analytics and Performance: 2 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomecha…1Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 1 fractional worksExercise and Physiological Responses: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 1 fractional worksPhysical Education and Training Studies: 1 fractional worksSchool Health and Nursing Education: 1 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyCell BiologyEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 2 works
  4. 4 Muscle metabolism and nutrition Cell Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Sports Analytics and Performance Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  6. 6 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Exercise and Physiological Responses Rehabilitation 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Physical Education and Training Studies Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 1 works
  10. 10 School Health and Nursing Education Speech and Hearing 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 available39.1%not open60.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.1%domestic only52.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has British Athletics's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 105% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is British Athletics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00020% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%British Athletics0.00030% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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