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British Transplantation Society

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Research works
6
▲ 536% vs 2018-21
Citations
20
3.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
British Transplantation Society

Not ranked overall: British Transplantation Society is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does British Transplantation Society work in?

In all years, 53% of research at British Transplantation Society is in Health Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (48%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (12%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 3 fractional works · 53.2% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 48.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 12.5% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 11.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 5.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 5.5% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 28.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 12.2% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 8.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 5.5% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 11.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 8.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 5.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBritishTransplantation…6fractional works, all years
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences53%Social Sciences7%

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 11 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine348.0%
    2. Veterinary04.7%
    3. Health Professions00.5%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences112.2%
    2. Engineering18.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy05.5%
    4. Computer Science02.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology08.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences03.2%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance05.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities01.2%
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: 1.89× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.69× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMedicine: 1.79× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 19.47× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7.42× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 19.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary19.47×0 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance7.42×0 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.02×0 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.89×0 works
  5. Medicine1.79×1 works
  6. Engineering1.69×0 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.10×0 works
  8. Computer Science0.82×0 works

What are the most cited papers from British Transplantation Society?

The most cited paper from British Transplantation Society is "Defining Priorities for Future Research: Results of the UK Kidney Transplant Priority Setting Partnership" (Simon R Knight, Leanne N. Metcalfe, Katriona O’Donoghue et al., 2016), with 31 citations. Next come "Equivalent source modeling of the core magnetic field using magsat data." (24) and "ASSESSMENT OF RESOURCES FOR RENAL TRANSPLANTATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM" (6).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Defining Priorities for Future Research: Results of the UK Kidney Transplant Priority Setting Partnership Simon R Knight, Leanne N. Metcalfe, Katriona O’Donoghue et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 24 Oct 2016 31
2 Equivalent source modeling of the core magnetic field using magsat data. M. A. Mayhew, Ronald H. Estes · Journal of geomagnetism and geoelectricity Open access 1983 24
3 ASSESSMENT OF RESOURCES FOR RENAL TRANSPLANTATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM R A Sells, Stuart G. MacPherson, John Redcliffe Salaman · The Lancet Jul 1985 6
4 Shortage of organs for transplantation: Living donors should be used more often Robert W. Johnson · BMJ Open access 25 May 1996 4
5 Large-scale crustal magnetization models derived from satellite magnetic anomaly data M. A. Mayhew Conference paper 1982 0
All 5 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does British Transplantation Society publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life and Robotics and Automated Systems.

COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 0 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 0 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 0 fractional worksRobotics and Automated Systems: 0 fractional worksGeotechnical and construction materials studies: 0 fractional worksAluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals: 0 fractional worksArchitectural and Urban Studies: 0 fractional worksOpportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks: 0 fractional worksInnovations in Concrete and Construction Materials: 0 fractional worksSoft Robotics and Applications: 0 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesNeurologyEconomics and EconometricsControl and Systems Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 0 works
  2. 2 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 0 works
  3. 3 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  4. 4 Robotics and Automated Systems Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Geotechnical and construction materials studies Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals Plant Science 0 works
  7. 7 Architectural and Urban Studies Conservation 0 works
  8. 8 Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  9. 9 Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials Building and Construction 0 works
  10. 10 Soft Robotics and Applications Biomedical Engineering 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 available22.4%not open77.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.6%domestic only73.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has British Transplantation Society's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 536% 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 Transplantation Society as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000036% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%British Transplantation Society0.0000085% in 20251990200020102020

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

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