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Cranfield Impact Centre

Research works
24
▼ 67% vs 2013–17
Citations
159
6.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
19%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Cranfield Impact Centre is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Which keywords describe research at Cranfield Impact Centre?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Finite Element Model, Traumatic Brain Injury, Biomechanics, Brain Injury, Finite Element Simulation, Crash Tests and Guardrail Systems.

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

All 30 words, with their numbers
  1. Mechanical Properties5▲ 21×4 topics
  2. Finite Element Model4▲ 494×2 topics
  3. Traumatic Brain Injury4▲ 146×2 topics
  4. Biomechanics3▲ 42×1 topic
  5. Brain Injury3▲ 430×1 topic
  6. Finite Element Simulation3▲ 360×2 topics
  7. Crash Tests3▲ 1322×1 topic
  8. Guardrail Systems3▲ 1322×1 topic
  9. Finite Element Analysis2▲ 42×4 topics
  10. Autonomous Vehicles2▲ 59×3 topics
  11. Blast Loading2▲ 171×2 topics
  12. Mechanical Behavior2▲ 53×2 topics
  13. Dynamic Behavior2▲ 73×2 topics
  14. Collision Avoidance2▲ 54×2 topics
  15. Composite Springs2▲ 207×1 topic
  16. Control Systems2▲ 24×1 topic
  17. Progressive Collapse2▲ 233×1 topic
  18. Reinforced Concrete2▲ 95×1 topic
  19. Risk Assessment2▲ 11×2 topics
  20. Sustainability2▲ 3.6×2 topics
  21. Vehicle Dynamics2▲ 125×1 topic
  22. Vehicle Suspension2▲ 171×1 topic
  23. Air Traffic Management1▲ 338×1 topic
  24. Ballistic Impact1▲ 76×2 topics
  25. Conflict Resolution1▲ 188×1 topic
  26. Failure Analysis1▲ 37×2 topics
  27. Dynamic Deformation1▲ 134×1 topic
  28. High Strain Rate1▲ 134×1 topic
  29. Internet of Things1▲ 7.9×1 topic
  30. Social Networks1▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does Cranfield Impact Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cellular and Composite Structures, Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics, Transportation Safety and Impact Analysis and High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior.

  1. 1 Cellular and Composite Structures Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  3. 3 Transportation Safety and Impact Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior Materials Chemistry 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 available19.1%not open80.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.2%domestic only86.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cranfield Impact Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 67% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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