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Cambridgeshire County Council

In research, Cambridgeshire County Council stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,696 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History and Arts and Humanities (History is 84.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#22,500
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,173
of 1,844
Research works
248
▼ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.3k
5.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
10%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Cambridgeshire County Council

What is Cambridgeshire County Council known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #8,696 of 14,833 3.7%172

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cambridgeshire County Council sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Cambridgeshire County Council work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Cambridgeshire County Council is in Social Sciences, 14% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (29%), Social Sciences (16%), Psychology (13%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 90 fractional works · 71.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 36 fractional works · 28.8% of its workHistory: 34 fractional works · 27.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 15.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 7.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 16 fractional works · 12.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 13 fractional works · 9.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 11.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 14 fractional works · 11.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 14.2% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 11.6% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 10.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCambridgeshireCounty Council127fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences71%

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. Arts and Humanities3628.8%
    2. Social Sciences2015.7%
    3. Psychology1612.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1511.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.6%
    6. Decision Sciences10.5%
    1. Engineering75.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy64.7%
    3. Computer Science21.8%
    4. Environmental Science10.8%
    5. Chemistry10.8%
    6. Energy10.4%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Medicine1310.2%
    2. Health Professions11.1%
    3. Veterinary00.3%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Neuroscience32.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Cambridgeshire County Council specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History takes 84.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HistorySubfield · 34.3 works84×
  2. Arts and HumanitiesField · 36.5 works10.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.49× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 2.13× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.93× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 9.96× its world share, 36 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.67× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.19× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 10.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities9.96×36 works
  2. Psychology4.19×16 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting3.67×15 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy2.13×6 works
  5. Veterinary1.93×0 works
  6. Neuroscience1.49×3 works
  7. Social Sciences1.24×20 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.74×2 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.54×1 works
  10. Medicine0.53×13 works
  11. Chemistry0.50×1 works
  12. Energy0.44×0 works
  13. Health Professions0.41×1 works
  14. Engineering0.36×7 works
  15. Computer Science0.23×2 works
  16. Environmental Science0.16×1 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.12×1 works
  19. Nursing0.08×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Cambridgeshire County Council?

Ranked on the quality score, Edzard Ernst, John Maynard Keynes and Sarah Critchley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cambridgeshire County Council.

  1. 1 Edzard Ernst United Kingdom · #2,100,502 worldwide 0 citations · 74 works
  2. 2 John Maynard Keynes United Kingdom · #2,295,243 worldwide 55k citations · 630 works
  3. 3 Sarah Critchley United Kingdom · #3,220,600 worldwide 31 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Cambridgeshire County Council

What are the most cited papers from Cambridgeshire County Council?

The most cited paper from Cambridgeshire County Council is "First and second trimester serum tests with and without first trimester ultrasound tests for Down's syndrome screening" (S Kate Alldred, Yemisi Takwoingi, Boliang Guo et al., 2017), with 529 citations. Next come "The General Theory" (350) and "Barriers and facilitators to young children's physical activity and sedentary behaviour: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative literature" (301).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 First and second trimester serum tests with and without first trimester ultrasound tests for Down's syndrome screening S Kate Alldred, Yemisi Takwoingi, Boliang Guo et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Open access 15 Mar 2017 529
2 The General Theory John Maynard Keynes Book chapter 2018 350
3 Barriers and facilitators to young children's physical activity and sedentary behaviour: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative literature Kathryn R. Hesketh, Rajalakshmi Lakshman, Esther M. F. van Sluijs · Obesity Reviews ReviewOpen access 6 Jun 2017 301
4 New Criteria for the Identification of Animal Fats Preserved in Archaeological Pottery Richard P. Evershed, Hazel R. Mottram, Stephanie N. Dudd et al. · Die Naturwissenschaften 24 Sep 1997 217
5 Premenopausal abnormal uterine bleeding and risk of endometrial cancer ME Pennant, Rupika Mehta, Pamela Moody et al. · BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Open access 20 Oct 2016 160
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Cambridgeshire County Council?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Psychiatry, Medical Ethics, Anatomy, Genetics, Eugenics, Nazi Era, Big Data and Supply Chain Management.

▲ 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. Psychiatry36▲ 1171×2 topics
  2. Medical Ethics27▲ 168×2 topics
  3. Anatomy25▲ 267×2 topics
  4. Genetics25▲ 27×4 topics
  5. Eugenics24▲ 741×1 topic
  6. Nazi Era24▲ 3201×1 topic
  7. Big Data19▲ 16×7 topics
  8. Sustainability18▲ 5.7×7 topics
  9. Supply Chain Management16▲ 14×2 topics
  10. Analytics14▲ 125×1 topic
  11. Business Intelligence14▲ 125×1 topic
  12. History13▲ 15×4 topics
  13. Mental Health13▲ 7.0×5 topics
  14. Medical History12▲ 259×2 topics
  15. Psychiatric Treatment12▲ 369×2 topics
  16. Colonial Psychiatry12▲ 1394×1 topic
  17. Psychopharmacology12▲ 803×1 topic
  18. Epidemiology11▲ 2.2×9 topics
  19. Surgery10▲ 22×3 topics
  20. Blood Transfusion9▲ 162×2 topics
  21. Anesthesia9▲ 93×1 topic
  22. Obstetrics9▲ 861×1 topic
  23. Social History7▲ 66×2 topics
  24. Nazi Propaganda7▲ 288×1 topic
  25. Sexuality7▲ 72×1 topic
  26. Chemotherapy5▲ 5.2×2 topics
  27. Immunology5▲ 34×2 topics
  28. Paul Ehrlich5▲ 1186×1 topic
  29. Translational Medicine5▲ 1186×1 topic
  30. Philosophical Anthropology3▲ 274×2 topics
  31. Space Policy3▲ 175×1 topic
  32. Space Tourism3▲ 175×1 topic
  33. Epistemic Practices3▲ 374×1 topic
  34. Sociological History3▲ 374×1 topic
  35. neurological history3▲ 253×1 topic
  36. neuroscience pioneers3▲ 253×1 topic
  37. Astrobiology3▲ 70×1 topic
  38. Cyber-Physical Systems3▲ 8.5×2 topics
  39. Extraterrestrial Life3▲ 103×1 topic
  40. Informed Consent3▲ 28×3 topics

Which research topics does Cambridgeshire County Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Medical History and Research, Big Data and Business Intelligence, Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices and Medical History and Innovations.

Medical History and Rese…24Medical History and Research: 24 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 14 fractional worksHistorical Psychiatry and Medical Practices: 12 fractional worksMedical History and Innovations: 9 fractional worksEuropean history and politics: 7 fractional worksHistorical Medical Resea…5Historical Medical Research and Treatments: 5 fractional worksSpace exploration and regulation: 3 fractional worksNeurology and Historical Studies: 3 fractional worksGerman Social Sciences and History: 3 fractional worksSpace Science and Extraterrestrial Life: 3 fractional works
HistoryManagement Information SystemsClinical PsychologyPolitical Science and International Relations4 others

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

  1. 1 Medical History and Research History 24 works
  2. 2 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 14 works
  3. 3 Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices Clinical Psychology 12 works
  4. 4 Medical History and Innovations History 9 works
  5. 5 European history and politics Political Science and International Relations 7 works
  6. 6 Historical Medical Research and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 works
  7. 7 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  8. 8 Neurology and Historical Studies Neurology 3 works
  9. 9 German Social Sciences and History Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  10. 10 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 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 available10.3%not open89.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.7%domestic only95.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cambridgeshire County Council's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% lower 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 Cambridgeshire County Council as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000032% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Cambridgeshire County Council0.000093% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cambridgeshire County Council over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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