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Constructing Excellence

In research, Constructing Excellence stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,312 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,797 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,166 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Paleontology, Anthropology and Archeology — Paleontology is 77.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,784
of 28,054 · #20,611 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#358
of 1,094
Research works
1.1k
▲ 91% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.5k
3.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is Constructing Excellence known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #4,312 of 10,521 15.6%188 #8840
Social SciencesField #2,797 of 6,365 9.5%105 #5903
Physical SciencesDomain #6,166 of 12,888 8.1%260 #12443
EngineeringField #5,982 of 6,636 4.5%119 #8939

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Constructing Excellence 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#8,840 #4,312
  2. Social Sciences#5,903 #2,797
  3. Physical Sciences#12,443 #6,166
  4. Engineering#8,939 #5,982
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Constructing Excellence specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Paleontology takes 77.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PaleontologySubfield · 45.2 works77×
  2. AnthropologySubfield · 51.3 works38×
  3. ArcheologySubfield · 24.6 works17×
  4. HistorySubfield · 21.1 works14×
  5. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 59.8 works7.9×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.38× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.77× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.88× its world share, 60 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.30× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.65× its world share, 119 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.40× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.92× its world share, 55 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.01× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.71× its world share, 105 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Constructing Excellence?

Ranked on the composite score, Vicente Verdú Maciá lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Constructing Excellence.

  1. 1 Vicente Verdú Maciá United Kingdom · #287,202 worldwide 10 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Constructing Excellence

Which keywords describe research at Constructing Excellence?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Agricultural Origins, Radiocarbon Dating, Cultural Identity, Social Inequality, African Diaspora, Black Feminist Theory, Social History and Cultural History.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Agricultural Origins44▲ 276×1 topic
  2. Radiocarbon Dating44▲ 276×1 topic
  3. Cultural Identity44▲ 17×7 topics
  4. Social Inequality41▲ 32×6 topics
  5. African Diaspora39▲ 208×1 topic
  6. Black Feminist Theory39▲ 916×1 topic
  7. Education22▲ 2.7×29 topics
  8. Sustainability21▲ 1.78×36 topics
  9. Social History15▲ 38×3 topics
  10. Cultural History15▲ 26×3 topics
  11. 19th century15▲ 390×1 topic
  12. British architecture15▲ 1091×1 topic
  13. Sustainable Development15▲ 1.89×20 topics
  14. Environmental Impact12▲ 1.51×20 topics
  15. Hominin Genetics12▲ 113×1 topic
  16. Paleolithic Archaeology12▲ 113×1 topic
  17. Iberian Peninsula11▲ 72×2 topics
  18. Holocene11▲ 19×3 topics
  19. Hydraulic Systems10▲ 37×3 topics
  20. Medieval Architecture10▲ 105×1 topic
  21. Rural Landscapes10▲ 193×1 topic
  22. Cultural Heritage10▲ 3.8×14 topics
  23. Mediterranean10▲ 22×3 topics
  24. Archaeological Analysis9▲ 191×1 topic
  25. Iron Production9▲ 191×1 topic
  26. Maritime Archaeology9▲ 94×1 topic
  27. Sea-Level Change9▲ 94×1 topic
  28. Public Policy9▲ 3.6×11 topics
  29. Orbit Determination8▲ 38×2 topics
  30. Construction8▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Thermal Analysis7▲ 11×2 topics
  32. CubeSat6▲ 68×1 topic
  33. small satellite6▲ 68×1 topic
  34. Trajectory Optimization6▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Archaeology6▲ 9.1×6 topics
  36. Network Centric Warfare6▲ 426×1 topic
  37. Organizational Design6▲ 426×1 topic
  38. Civil Engineering5▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Structural Health Monitoring5▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Global Navigation Satellite Systems5▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does Constructing Excellence publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies, Historical Architecture and Urbanism and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology.

Archaeology and ancient …44Archaeology and ancient environmental studies: 44 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural …39Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies: 39 fractional worksHistorical Architecture and Urbanism: 15 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 12 fractional worksMedieval Architecture an…10Medieval Architecture and Archaeology: 10 fractional worksMetallurgy and Cultural Artifacts: 9 fractional worksMaritime and Coastal Archaeology: 9 fractional worksSpacecraft Design and Technology: 6 fractional worksMilitary Strategy and Technology: 6 fractional worksGNSS positioning and interference: 5 fractional works
PaleontologyAnthropologyHistoryArcheology2 others

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

  1. 1 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 44 works
  2. 2 Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies Anthropology 39 works
  3. 3 Historical Architecture and Urbanism History 15 works
  4. 4 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 12 works
  5. 5 Medieval Architecture and Archaeology Archeology 10 works
  6. 6 Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts Archeology 9 works
  7. 7 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 9 works
  8. 8 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 6 works
  9. 9 Military Strategy and Technology Control and Systems Engineering 6 works
  10. 10 GNSS positioning and interference Aerospace Engineering 5 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 available71.1%not open28.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.7%domestic only62.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Constructing Excellence's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 91% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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