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British Biophysical Society

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Research works
9
▲ 117% vs 2018-21
Citations
92
10.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
88%
world 40%
International
63%
world 18%
British Biophysical Society

Not ranked overall: British Biophysical Society 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 British Biophysical Society work in?

In all years, 37% of research at British Biophysical Society is in Social Sciences, 28% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (17%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (15%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (13%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 3 fractional works · 37.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 17.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 5.5% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 9.1% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 7.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 6.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 3.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 28.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 15.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 6.0% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 13.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 3.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 21.2% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 10.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 3.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 6.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 6.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 13.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 5.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 3.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 3.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKBritishBiophysical…9fractional works, all years
Life Sciences28%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences37%

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 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences217.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting19.1%
    3. Decision Sciences16.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance04.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology115.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences113.1%
    1. Medicine110.2%
    2. Nursing16.7%
    3. Health Professions04.3%
    1. Computer Science05.5%
    2. Energy03.6%
    3. Environmental Science03.6%
    4. Engineering00.4%
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 British Biophysical Society?

The most cited paper from British Biophysical Society is "Energy metabolism in Bardet–Biedl syndrome" (Clare Grace, Phillip Beales, Carolyn Summerbell et al., 2003), with 80 citations. Next come "Challenges to professionalism: Social accountability and global environmental change" (42) and "A Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assay for Rapid and Specific Detection of Airborne Inoculum of Uromyces betae (Sugar Beet Rust)" (33).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Energy metabolism in Bardet–Biedl syndrome Clare Grace, Phillip Beales, Carolyn Summerbell et al. · International Journal of Obesity Open access 23 Oct 2003 80
2 Challenges to professionalism: Social accountability and global environmental change DAVID J. PEARSON, Sarah Catherine Walpole, Stefi Barna · Medical Teacher Open access Jun 2015 42
3 A Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assay for Rapid and Specific Detection of Airborne Inoculum of Uromyces betae (Sugar Beet Rust) Agata M. Kaczmarek, Kevin M. King, Jonathan S. West et al. · Plant Disease Open access 29 Aug 2018 33
4 Phylogenetic heterogeneity of the genus Williopsis as revealed by 18S rRNA gene sequences Steve A. James, Ian N. Roberts, Matthew David Collins · International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Apr 1998 29
5 Molecular analysis of the Lactococcus lactis sex factor. Jean‐Jacques Godon, Christopher J. Pillidge, Karen L. Jury et al. · PubMed 1995 20
All 15 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does British Biophysical Society publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation, Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia, Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases and Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies.

Security, Politics, and …0Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation: 0 fractional worksSociopolitical Dynamics …0Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia: 0 fractional worksGenetic and Kidney Cyst …0Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases: 0 fractional worksHedgehog Signaling Pathw…0Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies: 0 fractional worksGenetic Syndromes and Imprinting: 0 fractional worksRestless Legs Syndrome Research: 0 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceGeneticsMolecular Biology1 others

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

  1. 1 Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  2. 2 Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  3. 3 Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases Genetics 0 works
  4. 4 Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies Molecular Biology 0 works
  5. 5 Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting Genetics 0 works
  6. 6 Restless Legs Syndrome Research Epidemiology 0 works
  7. 7 Connective tissue disorders research Genetics 0 works
  8. 8 Bone Metabolism and Diseases Molecular Biology 0 works
  9. 9 Dermatological and Skeletal Disorders Genetics 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 available88.5%not open11.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors63.1%domestic only36.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has British Biophysical Society's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 117% 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 Biophysical Society as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000018% in 2024.

still counting0.000025%0.000050%0.000075%British Biophysical Society0.0000088% in 20251990200020102020

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

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