Question 1

What is British Museum known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, British Museum stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,907 of 9,585 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#974 of 1,896 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Archeology and Anthropology (Archeology is 82.2× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does British Museum rank in research?

Accepted Answer

British Museum ranks #12,447 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#5,905 all time), and #410 of 862 in the United Kingdom.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at British Museum?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Nick M. Ashton, Diego Tamburini and Rebecca J. Stacey lead among researchers whose main affiliation is British Museum.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from British Museum?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from British Museum is "Genetic and Fossil Evidence for the Origin of Modern Humans" (C. B. Stringer, Peter Andrews, 1988), with 972 citations. Next come "The timing and spatiotemporal patterning of Neanderthal disappearance" (911) and "A new review of the chlorites" (795).

Question 5

Which research topics does British Museum publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology and Archaeology and Historical Studies.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at British Museum?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Archaeology, Raman Spectroscopy, Agricultural Origins, Radiocarbon Dating, Hyperspectral Imaging, Archaeological Science and X-Ray Fluorescence.

Question 7

Which fields of science does British Museum work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 68% of research at British Museum is in Social Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (39%), Social Sciences (25%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (14%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Question 8

Is British Museum's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% lower than in 2018-2021.