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Canal and River Trust

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Research works
22
▲ 62% vs 2018-21
Citations
53
2.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
12%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Canal and River Trust

Not ranked overall: Canal and River Trust 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 Canal and River Trust work in?

In all years, 61% of research at Canal and River Trust is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (32%), Environmental Science (22%), Social Sciences (14%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 60.9% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 32.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 24.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 22.0% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 9.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 29.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 13.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 9.0% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 8.2% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workALL ITS WORKCanal and RiverTrust22fractional works, all years
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences61%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences30%

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 12 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering732.2%
    2. Environmental Science522.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences13.1%
    4. Materials Science02.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy01.1%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Social Sciences313.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities29.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance26.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences27.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.5%
    1. Health Professions02.0%
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: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Chemical Engineering: 1.74× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.75× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.57× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.49× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.43× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.15× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsArts and Humanities: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7.95× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 8.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance7.95×1 works
  2. Environmental Science5.49×2 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.75×1 works
  4. Health Professions2.15×0 works
  5. Chemical Engineering1.74×0 works
  6. Engineering1.57×2 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.43×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.95×1 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.74×0 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Canal and River Trust?

Ranked on the quality score, David Henthorn Brown lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Canal and River Trust.

  1. 1 David Henthorn Brown United Kingdom · #4,368,083 worldwide 10 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Canal and River Trust

What are the most cited papers from Canal and River Trust?

The most cited paper from Canal and River Trust is "The mental health benefits of visiting canals and rivers: An ecological momentary assessment study" (Nicol Bergou, Ryan Hammoud, Michael Smythe et al., 2022), with 42 citations. Next come "Valuing Blue Spaces for Health and Wellbeing from the Community Perspective" (8) and "Inland Waterways and Population Health and Wellbeing: A Cross-Sectional Study of Waterway Users in the UK" (7).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The mental health benefits of visiting canals and rivers: An ecological momentary assessment study Nicol Bergou, Ryan Hammoud, Michael Smythe et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 31 Aug 2022 42
2 Valuing Blue Spaces for Health and Wellbeing from the Community Perspective Nafsika Afentou, Louise E. Jackson, Luiz Flavio Andrade et al. · Sustainability Open access 19 Jun 2024 8
3 Inland Waterways and Population Health and Wellbeing: A Cross-Sectional Study of Waterway Users in the UK Nafsika Afentou, Patrick V. Moore, Katrina Hull et al. · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Open access 24 Oct 2022 7
4 Mixtures of sediment chemical contaminants at freshwater sampling sites across Europe with different contaminant burdens Samantha Richardson, William M. Mayes, Sonja Faetsch et al. · The Science of The Total Environment Open access 2 Jun 2023 6
5 London 2012 legacy: Olympic Park waterways Andrew D. Nicholls · Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering 15 Oct 2014 6
All 32 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Canal and River Trust?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Embankment Dams, Internal Erosion, Sediment Transport, Model Predictive Control, Hydraulic Engineering, Scale Effects, Riparian Vegetation and River Restoration.

▲ 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 26 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Embankment Dams3▲ 941×1 topic
  2. Internal Erosion3▲ 941×1 topic
  3. Sediment Transport2▲ 67×2 topics
  4. Model Predictive Control2▲ 46×2 topics
  5. Hydraulic Engineering2▲ 510×1 topic
  6. Scale Effects2▲ 596×1 topic
  7. Climate Change2▲ 3.5×6 topics
  8. Riparian Vegetation2▲ 256×1 topic
  9. River Restoration2▲ 174×1 topic
  10. Globalization2▲ 4.5×3 topics
  11. Arid Regions2▲ 366×2 topics
  12. Sustainable Development2▲ 5.8×2 topics
  13. Economic Growth1▲ 8.0×2 topics
  14. Inequality1▲ 24×2 topics
  15. Urban Development1▲ 18×2 topics
  16. Adaptive Reuse1▲ 184×1 topic
  17. Environmental Impact1▲ 4.1×4 topics
  18. Height1▲ 161×1 topic
  19. Hydrological Modeling1▲ 27×2 topics
  20. Intangible Heritage1▲ 184×1 topic
  21. Wages1▲ 161×1 topic
  22. Land Use Change1▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Public Health1▲ 3.5×2 topics
  24. Water Resources1▲ 21×2 topics
  25. Ancient Civilizations1▲ 794×1 topic
  26. Water Management1▲ 46×1 topic

Which research topics does Canal and River Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Historical Economic and Social Studies, Urban Green Space and Health, Dam Engineering and Safety and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes.

Historical Economic and Social Studies: 1 fractional worksUrban Green Space and Health: 1 fractional worksDam Engineering and Safety1Dam Engineering and Safety: 1 fractional worksHydrology and Sediment T…1Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes: 1 fractional worksHydraulic flow and structures: 0 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 0 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelect…0Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 0 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 0 fractional worksEconomic, financial, and policy analysis: 0 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 0 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisCivil and Structural EngineeringEcology5 others

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

  1. 1 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  2. 2 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  3. 3 Dam Engineering and Safety Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 1 works
  5. 5 Hydraulic flow and structures Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 0 works
  8. 8 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 0 works
  9. 9 Economic, financial, and policy analysis General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0 works
  10. 10 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 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 available11.8%not open88.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.9%domestic only94.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Canal and River Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 62% 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 Canal and River Trust as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000059% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Canal and River Trust over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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