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Colchester Institute

In research, Colchester Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,270 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#20,666
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,050
of 1,844
Research works
254
▲ 55% vs 2018-21
Citations
2k
7.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Colchester Institute

What is Colchester Institute 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 #12,270 of 14,833 7.2%131

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Colchester Institute 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 Colchester Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Colchester Institute is in Social Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (21%), Arts and Humanities (13%), Social Sciences (13%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 19 fractional works · 42.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 13.0% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 12.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 8.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 30.5% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 21.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 9.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 20.4% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 11.1% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 8.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 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 workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKColchesterInstitute45fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences30%Social Sciences42%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities613.0%
    2. Social Sciences612.9%
    3. Psychology36.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance25.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting13.1%
    6. Decision Sciences11.5%
    1. Medicine1021.4%
    2. Health Professions49.0%
    1. Computer Science511.1%
    2. Engineering48.2%
    3. Environmental Science00.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    5. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Neuroscience23.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.1%
    4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.6%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.84× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.06× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.42× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 3.42× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.11× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 4.50× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.50× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.07× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.50×6 works
  2. Health Professions3.42×4 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.16×0 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.50×2 works
  5. Psychology2.07×3 works
  6. Neuroscience2.06×2 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.84×1 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.54×1 works
  9. Computer Science1.42×5 works
  10. Medicine1.11×10 works
  11. Social Sciences1.02×6 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.94×1 works
  13. Engineering0.55×4 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.16×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.10×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  19. Nursing0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Colchester Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Charles E. Benham, Corbin Golding and G. H. Martin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Colchester Institute.

  1. 1 Charles E. Benham United Kingdom · #2,563,515 worldwide 74 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Corbin Golding United Kingdom · #2,701,210 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 G. H. Martin United Kingdom · #3,603,061 worldwide 503 citations · 69 works
  4. 4 Terry Smyth United Kingdom · #3,674,109 worldwide 103 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 E. W. Black United Kingdom · #4,424,097 worldwide 163 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Margaret Edgington United Kingdom · #5,039,159 worldwide 50 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Phil McSweeney United Kingdom · #5,154,150 worldwide 107 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Martin F. Camroux United Kingdom · #5,331,906 worldwide 1 citations · 58 works
  9. 9 Peter A. Mapp United Kingdom · #7,063,043 worldwide 128 citations · 121 works
All ranked researchers at Colchester Institute

What are the most cited papers from Colchester Institute?

The most cited paper from Colchester Institute is "Survey of Adverse Events following Acupuncture (Safa): A Prospective Study of 32,000 Consultations" (Adrian White, Simon Hayhoe, Anna Hart et al., 2001), with 198 citations. Next come "Large Sparse Sets of Linear Equations" (180) and "Arguments for an information-centric internetworking architecture" (169).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Survey of Adverse Events following Acupuncture (Safa): A Prospective Study of 32,000 Consultations Adrian White, Simon Hayhoe, Anna Hart et al. · Acupuncture in Medicine Dec 2001 198
2 Large Sparse Sets of Linear Equations C. G. Broyden · The Computer Journal Feb 1972 180
3 Arguments for an information-centric internetworking architecture Dirk Trossen, Mikko Särelä, Karen R. Sollins · ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review 9 Apr 2010 169
4 'I Might as Well Give Up': Self-esteem and mature students' feelings about feedback on assignments Pat Young · Journal of Further and Higher Education Open access Oct 2000 165
5 Double‐masked placebo‐controlled trial of precision spectral filters in children who use coloured overlays Arnold Jonathan Wilkins, Bruce J. W. Evans, J. A. Brown et al. · Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics Oct 1994 152
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Which keywords describe research at Colchester Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Social Justice, Nationalism, Globalization, Colonialism, Religion, Health-related Quality of Life and Healthcare Workers.

▲ 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. History3▲ 9.6×5 topics
  2. Machine Learning3▲ 1.86×6 topics
  3. Globalization3▲ 3.0×4 topics
  4. Public Health2▲ 3.3×9 topics
  5. Social Justice2▲ 8.1×3 topics
  6. Quality of Life2▲ 3.2×4 topics
  7. Nationalism2▲ 9.9×3 topics
  8. Neural Networks2▲ 2.8×3 topics
  9. Colonialism2▲ 7.8×2 topics
  10. Religion2▲ 7.8×3 topics
  11. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 14×2 topics
  12. Healthcare Workers2▲ 14×3 topics
  13. Literature2▲ 6.1×2 topics
  14. Philosophy2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  15. Audio-Visual Speech Recognition1▲ 58×1 topic
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 5.4×3 topics
  17. Feature Extraction1▲ 6.6×2 topics
  18. Inequality1▲ 13×2 topics
  19. Speech Enhancement1▲ 58×1 topic
  20. Cognitive Decline1▲ 21×1 topic
  21. Cultural Studies1▲ 7.0×2 topics
  22. Gender Dynamics1▲ 25×2 topics
  23. Hearing Loss1▲ 22×1 topic
  24. Infection1▲ 10×2 topics
  25. Material Characterization1▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Medieval1▲ 74×1 topic
  27. Society1▲ 14×1 topic
  28. Agency1▲ 55×2 topics
  29. Acoustic Modeling1▲ 59×1 topic
  30. Deep Neural Networks1▲ 18×1 topic
  31. Ecomusicology1▲ 94×1 topic
  32. Economic Policy1▲ 44×1 topic
  33. Eddy Current Testing1▲ 56×1 topic
  34. Ethnomusicology1▲ 55×1 topic
  35. Financial Crisis1▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Height1▲ 117×1 topic
  37. Non-Destructive Evaluation1▲ 56×1 topic
  38. Social Exclusion1▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Wages1▲ 117×1 topic
  40. Youth Transitions1▲ 111×1 topic

Which research topics does Colchester Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Speech and Audio Processing, Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation, Medieval Literature and History and Economic, financial, and policy analysis.

Speech and Audio Process…1Speech and Audio Processing: 1 fractional worksHearing Loss and Rehabil…1Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksMedieval Literature and History: 1 fractional worksEconomic, financial, and policy analysis: 1 fractional worksHistorical Economic and Social Studies: 1 fractional worksDiverse Musicological Studies: 1 fractional worksYouth Education and Societal Dynamics: 1 fractional worksNon-Destructive Testing …1Non-Destructive Testing Techniques: 1 fractional worksSpeech Recognition and Synthesis: 1 fractional worksInfection Control in Healthcare: 1 fractional works
Signal ProcessingCognitive NeuroscienceClassicsGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance6 others

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

  1. 1 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 1 works
  2. 2 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  3. 3 Medieval Literature and History Classics 1 works
  4. 4 Economic, financial, and policy analysis General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 works
  5. 5 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  6. 6 Diverse Musicological Studies Music 1 works
  7. 7 Youth Education and Societal Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Non-Destructive Testing Techniques Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Speech Recognition and Synthesis Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  10. 10 Infection Control in Healthcare Infectious Diseases 1 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 available27.0%not open73.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.8%domestic only93.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Colchester Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 55% 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 Colchester Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00015% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Colchester Institute0.00012% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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