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Cobalt Institute

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World rank, all time
#25,249
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,338
of 1,844
Research works
149
▲ 194% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.1k
7.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
Cobalt Institute

Which fields of science does Cobalt Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 33% of research at Cobalt Institute is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (19%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (18%), Environmental Science (17%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 33.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 17.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 8.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 27.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 17.9% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 7.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 23.3% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 19.1% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 15.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 9.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCobalt Institute43fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences28%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences16%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science717.1%
    2. Engineering48.2%
    3. Computer Science24.3%
    4. Materials Science11.2%
    5. Chemical Engineering00.9%
    6. Energy00.7%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences817.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology36.9%
    3. Neuroscience11.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology01.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Medicine819.1%
    2. Nursing11.7%
    3. Dentistry01.0%
    4. Veterinary00.8%
    5. Health Professions00.7%
    1. Social Sciences49.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting12.5%
    3. Psychology12.5%
    4. Decision Sciences00.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
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: 3.78× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.30× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.47× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.45× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.99× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 3.57× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.72× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary5.72×0 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.78×8 works
  3. Nursing3.57×1 works
  4. Environmental Science3.45×7 works
  5. Chemical Engineering2.47×0 works
  6. Dentistry2.14×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.30×3 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.14×0 works
  9. Medicine0.99×8 works
  10. Neuroscience0.96×1 works
  11. Psychology0.83×1 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.78×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.78×4 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.73×0 works
  15. Energy0.70×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.56×2 works
  17. Engineering0.55×4 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.40×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.35×0 works
  20. Health Professions0.25×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.20×0 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.18×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.17×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Cobalt Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Ruth Danzeisen, Ugis Zeltins and Dace Silava-Tomsone lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cobalt Institute.

  1. 1 Ruth Danzeisen United Kingdom · #1,760,867 worldwide 1.4k citations · 453 works
  2. 2 Ugis Zeltins United Kingdom · #4,371,783 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Dace Silava-Tomsone United Kingdom · #4,402,656 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Cobalt Institute

What are the most cited papers from Cobalt Institute?

The most cited paper from Cobalt Institute is "Cobalt and secondary poisoning in the terrestrial food chain: Data review and research gaps to support risk assessment" (Judit Gál, Andrew S. Hursthouse, Paul Tatner et al., 2007), with 171 citations. Next come "Parietal seeding of carcinoma of the gallbladder after laparoscopic cholecystectomy" (142) and "Recent advances in the application of transmission Raman spectroscopy to pharmaceutical analysis" (127).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cobalt and secondary poisoning in the terrestrial food chain: Data review and research gaps to support risk assessment Judit Gál, Andrew S. Hursthouse, Paul Tatner et al. · Environment International 6 Dec 2007 171
2 Parietal seeding of carcinoma of the gallbladder after laparoscopic cholecystectomy Denis Pezet, É. Fondrinier, Nelly Rotman et al. · British journal of surgery Mar 1992 142
3 Recent advances in the application of transmission Raman spectroscopy to pharmaceutical analysis Kevin Buckley, Pavel Matousek · Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis 10 Nov 2010 127
4 Demonstrating the translocation of nanoplastics across the fish intestine using palladium-doped polystyrene in a salmon gut-sac Nathaniel J. Clark, Farhan R. Khan, Denise M. Mitrano et al. · Environment International Open access 16 Dec 2021 106
5 Detached-eddy simulation of fighter aircraft at high alpha James Forsythe, Kyle D. Squires, Kenneth E. Wurtzler et al. Conference paper 14 Jan 2002 99
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Which keywords describe research at Cobalt Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Sustainability, Cultural Landscape, Ecosystem Services, Ecosystem Management, Climate Change, landscape conservation and Satoyama.

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

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainability4▲ 3.4×12 topics
  2. Climate Change3▲ 2.6×20 topics
  3. Biodiversity2▲ 7.5×5 topics
  4. Cultural Landscape2▲ 157×2 topics
  5. Ecosystem Services2▲ 12×6 topics
  6. Ecosystem Management2▲ 76×2 topics
  7. Satoyama2▲ 442×1 topic
  8. landscape conservation2▲ 442×1 topic
  9. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 10×4 topics
  10. Machine Learning2◆ 1.15×6 topics
  11. Epidemiology2◆ 0.87×13 topics
  12. Deep Learning1◆ 0.97×4 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress1▲ 2.0×7 topics
  14. Risk Assessment1▲ 5.0×4 topics
  15. Social Media1▲ 2.2×2 topics
  16. Genetics1▲ 3.9×5 topics
  17. Inflammation1▲ 1.20×8 topics
  18. Anthocyanins1▲ 33×2 topics
  19. Detection1▲ 8.3×1 topic
  20. Endoscopic Stenting1▲ 52×1 topic
  21. Esophageal Perforation1▲ 52×1 topic
  22. Hate Speech1▲ 65×1 topic
  23. Public Health1▲ 1.64×5 topics

Which research topics does Cobalt Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Urban and spatial planning, Esophageal and GI Pathology, Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection and Urban Green Space and Health.

Urban and spatial planning2Urban and spatial planning: 2 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 1 fractional worksHate Speech and Cyberbul…1Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection: 1 fractional worksUrban Green Space and He…1Urban Green Space and Health: 1 fractional worksHorticultural and Viticultural Research: 1 fractional worksE-commerce and Technology Innovations: 0 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fung…0Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 0 fractional worksInhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery: 0 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 0 fractional worksLysosomal Storage Disorders Research: 0 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationSurgeryArtificial IntelligenceHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis5 others

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

  1. 1 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  2. 2 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  4. 4 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  5. 5 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 1 works
  6. 6 E-commerce and Technology Innovations Business and International Management 0 works
  7. 7 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 0 works
  8. 8 Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  10. 10 Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research Physiology 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 available37.2%not open62.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.4%domestic only57.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cobalt Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 194% 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 Cobalt Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Cobalt Institute0.00013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cobalt Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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