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Defence and Security Accelerator

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Research works
6
▼ 87% vs 2018-21
Citations
62
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
48%
world 40%
Defence and Security Accelerator

Not ranked overall: Defence and Security Accelerator 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 Defence and Security Accelerator work in?

In all years, 54% of research at Defence and Security Accelerator is in Health Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (37%), Health Professions (16%), Engineering (15%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 3 fractional works · 53.5% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 36.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 16.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 15.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 11.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 4.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 30.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 14.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 8.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 8.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 5.9% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 4.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 13.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 4.8% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 4.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workALL ITS WORKDefence andSecurity…6fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences54%Social Sciences13%

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. Medicine236.5%
    2. Health Professions115.6%
    3. Veterinary01.4%
    1. Engineering114.7%
    2. Materials Science08.2%
    3. Computer Science05.9%
    4. Environmental Science01.4%
    1. Arts and Humanities04.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting04.4%
    3. Psychology02.7%
    4. Social Sciences01.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences03.0%
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: 2.63× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 1.61× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.39× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 5.97× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 3.16× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsArts and Humanities: 8.66× its world share, 0 worksArts and Humanities1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 8.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities8.66×0 works
  2. Materials Science5.97×0 works
  3. Health Professions3.16×0 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.63×0 works
  5. Computer Science1.61×0 works
  6. Engineering1.39×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Defence and Security Accelerator?

The most cited paper from Defence and Security Accelerator is "The use of gelatine in wound ballistics research" (Debra J. Carr, Tom Stevenson, Peter F. Mahoney, 2018), with 94 citations. Next come "Skin and skin simulants" (32) and "The effect of military clothing on gunshot wounding patterns in gelatine" (23).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The use of gelatine in wound ballistics research Debra J. Carr, Tom Stevenson, Peter F. Mahoney · International Journal of Legal Medicine Open access 25 Apr 2018 94
2 Skin and skin simulants Leigh Fenton, Ian Horsfall, Debra J. Carr · Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences 30 Apr 2018 32
3 The effect of military clothing on gunshot wounding patterns in gelatine Tom Stevenson, Debra J. Carr, Sarah A. Stapley · International Journal of Legal Medicine Open access 28 Nov 2018 23
4 The effect of breast size and bra type on comfort for UK female police officers wearing body armour CHRISTOPHER MALBON, Clare Knock, Richard Critchley et al. · Applied Ergonomics Open access 5 Dec 2019 22
5 The ballistic performance of bone when impacted by fragments A. J. Caister, Debra J. Carr, Patrick D. Campbell et al. · International Journal of Legal Medicine Open access May 2020 20
All 23 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Defence and Security Accelerator publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis, Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites, Occupational Health and Performance and Mechanical Behavior of Composites.

Generative Adversarial N…0Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis: 0 fractional worksNatural Fiber Reinforced…0Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites: 0 fractional worksOccupational Health and Performance: 0 fractional worksMechanical Behavior of C…0Mechanical Behavior of Composites: 0 fractional worksConservation Techniques …0Conservation Techniques and Studies: 0 fractional worksFashion and Cultural Tex…0Fashion and Cultural Textiles: 0 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing a…0Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 0 fractional worksTextile materials and ev…0Textile materials and evaluations: 0 fractional worksForensic Entomology and …0Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies: 0 fractional works
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionPolymers and PlasticsOccupational TherapyMechanics of Materials4 others

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

  1. 1 Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  2. 2 Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites Polymers and Plastics 0 works
  3. 3 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 0 works
  4. 4 Mechanical Behavior of Composites Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  5. 5 Conservation Techniques and Studies Conservation 0 works
  6. 6 Fashion and Cultural Textiles Museology 0 works
  7. 7 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Textile materials and evaluations Polymers and Plastics 0 works
  9. 9 Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies Insect Science 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 available47.7%not open52.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

How has Defence and Security Accelerator's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 87% lower than in 2018-2021.

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