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British Cycling

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Research works
66
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
870
13.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
50%
world 18%
British Cycling

Not ranked overall: British Cycling 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 Cycling work in?

In all years, 48% of research at British Cycling is in Health Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (45%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%), Engineering (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 32 fractional works · 48.1% of its workMedicine: 30 fractional works · 44.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 9 fractional works · 13.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 19.5% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 9.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 16.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 12.7% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 5.9% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 15.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.5% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKBritish Cycling66fractional works, all years
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences48%Social Sciences16%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3044.7%
    2. Health Professions23.2%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Engineering69.8%
    2. Environmental Science35.0%
    3. Computer Science12.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.0%
    5. Materials Science00.8%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.7%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology812.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.3%
    3. Neuroscience00.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences57.5%
    2. Psychology33.9%
    3. Decision Sciences22.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.5%
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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.71× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.38× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.24× its world share, 8 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.05× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.71×3 works
  2. Health Professions2.38×1 works
  3. Medicine2.24×8 works
  4. Psychology2.05×1 works
  5. Social Sciences1.09×2 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology0.90×0 works
  7. Environmental Science0.73×1 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.57×0 works
  9. Engineering0.41×1 works
  10. Materials Science0.39×0 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.34×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.19×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at British Cycling?

Ranked on the quality score, Nigel Edward Jones and Paula Daunt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is British Cycling.

  1. 1 Nigel Edward Jones United Kingdom · #2,444,262 worldwide 331 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Paula Daunt United Kingdom · #4,163,436 worldwide 176 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at British Cycling

What are the most cited papers from British Cycling?

The most cited paper from British Cycling is "Adaptive responses of human skeletal muscle to vibration exposure" (Bosco, Colli, Introini et al., 1999), with 488 citations. Next come "Consensus recommendations on training and competing in the heat" (344) and "The influence of whole body vibration on jumping performance" (181).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Adaptive responses of human skeletal muscle to vibration exposure Bosco, Colli, Introini et al. · Clinical Physiology Feb 1999 488
2 Consensus recommendations on training and competing in the heat Sébastien Racinais, Juan Manuel Alonso, Aaron J. Coutts et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 11 Jun 2015 344
3 The influence of whole body vibration on jumping performance Carmelo Bosco, Marco Cardinale, Olga Tsarpela et al. · UCL Discovery (University College London) 1998 181
4 Intensity of exercise during road race pro-cycling competition Benjamín Fernández‐Garcia, J Pérez-Landaluce, Manuel Rodríguez-Alonso et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise Open access May 2000 152
5 Cycling: Getting Australia moving - Barriers, facilitators and interventions to get more Australians physically active through cycling Adrian Ernest Bauman, Chris E. Rissel, Jan Garrard et al. · Figshare Conference paper 17 Jun 2024 152
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at British Cycling?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Resistance Training, High-Intensity Interval Training, Physical Activity, Performance Analysis, Training Load, Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Injury Prevention.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Resistance Training9▲ 132×2 topics
  2. Epidemiology8▲ 3.1×20 topics
  3. High-Intensity Interval Training7▲ 106×2 topics
  4. Physical Activity6▲ 25×8 topics
  5. Performance Analysis6▲ 50×1 topic
  6. Training Load6▲ 151×1 topic
  7. Risk Factors5▲ 7.2×6 topics
  8. Injury Prevention4▲ 61×2 topics
  9. Aging4▲ 12×4 topics
  10. Exercise4▲ 39×2 topics
  11. Athletic Training3▲ 73×2 topics
  12. Public Health3▲ 3.6×10 topics
  13. Metabolism3▲ 7.2×1 topic
  14. Prevention3▲ 12×2 topics
  15. Protein3▲ 31×1 topic
  16. Muscle Injuries3▲ 83×1 topic
  17. Sports Injury3▲ 83×1 topic
  18. Genetic Variation3▲ 13×3 topics
  19. Mental Health2▲ 3.3×4 topics
  20. Transportation2▲ 23×2 topics
  21. Global Burden2▲ 5.7×3 topics
  22. Muscle Strength2▲ 24×3 topics
  23. Accessibility2▲ 45×2 topics
  24. Active Travel2▲ 58×1 topic
  25. Built Environment2▲ 58×1 topic
  26. Heart Failure2▲ 6.1×2 topics
  27. Cardiorespiratory Fitness2▲ 54×1 topic
  28. Exercise Capacity2▲ 54×1 topic
  29. Muscle Damage2▲ 55×2 topics
  30. Child Injury2▲ 81×1 topic
  31. Unintentional Injuries2▲ 81×1 topic
  32. Biomechanics2▲ 6.9×4 topics
  33. Exercise Performance2▲ 35×2 topics
  34. Waste Management2▲ 9.0×4 topics
  35. Cerebral Blood Flow1▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Exercise-Induced Oxidative Stress1▲ 68×1 topic
  37. Muscle-Derived Interleukin-61▲ 68×1 topic
  38. ACE Gene1▲ 216×1 topic
  39. Occupational Health1▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Thermoregulation1▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does British Cycling publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sports Performance and Training, Muscle metabolism and nutrition, Urban Transport and Accessibility and Exercise and Physiological Responses.

Sports Performance and Training: 1 fractional worksMuscle metabolism and nutrition: 1 fractional worksUrban Transport and Acce…1Urban Transport and Accessibility: 1 fractional worksExercise and Physiologic…1Exercise and Physiological Responses: 1 fractional worksPhysical Education and Training Studies: 0 fractional worksGenetic Associations and Epidemiology: 0 fractional worksInjury Epidemiology and …0Injury Epidemiology and Prevention: 0 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…0Sports injuries and prevention: 0 fractional worksCardiovascular and exerc…0Cardiovascular and exercise physiology: 0 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury R…0Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 0 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineCell BiologyTransportationRehabilitation5 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Muscle metabolism and nutrition Cell Biology 1 works
  3. 3 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 1 works
  4. 4 Exercise and Physiological Responses Rehabilitation 1 works
  5. 5 Physical Education and Training Studies Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 0 works
  6. 6 Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics 0 works
  7. 7 Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  8. 8 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 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 available50.9%not open49.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.6%domestic only50.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has British Cycling's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% 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 British Cycling as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000064% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%British Cycling0.000079% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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