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Government institution · Exeter · United Kingdom

Devon County Council

new.devon.gov.ukROR OpenAlex
Research works
111
▼ 43% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.1k
9.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
18%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Devon County Council

Not ranked overall: Devon County Council 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 Devon County Council work in?

In all years, 49% of research at Devon County Council is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Health Professions (11%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 54 fractional works · 48.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 29.2% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 7.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 6.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 5.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 25 fractional works · 22.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 9.3% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 6.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFuel Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 22 fractional works · 19.8% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 11.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 6.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEquine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 8.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.7% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDevon CountyCouncil111fractional works, all years
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences49%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3229.2%
    2. Psychology76.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities65.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance54.7%
    5. Decision Sciences22.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting21.4%
    1. Environmental Science109.3%
    2. Engineering76.3%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences54.8%
    4. Mathematics11.2%
    5. Computer Science10.9%
    6. Energy00.2%
    1. Health Professions1311.4%
    2. Medicine87.2%
    3. Veterinary10.9%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences76.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.8%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
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.

Immunology and Microbiology: 1.75× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.81× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.67× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 5.03× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMedicineVeterinary: 64.97× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 6.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.51× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 65.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary64.97×0 works
  2. Decision Sciences6.09×0 works
  3. Health Professions5.03×1 works
  4. Environmental Science3.81×1 works
  5. Social Sciences2.51×2 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.75×0 works
  7. Mathematics1.67×0 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.45×0 works
  9. Psychology0.89×0 works
  10. Engineering0.59×0 works
  11. Medicine0.20×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Devon County Council?

Ranked on the quality score, Ian Maxted and Lachlan Grant lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Devon County Council.

  1. 1 Ian Maxted United Kingdom · #3,092,195 worldwide 120 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Lachlan Grant United Kingdom · #3,266,404 worldwide 49 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Devon County Council

What are the most cited papers from Devon County Council?

The most cited paper from Devon County Council is "Mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy for adults with intellectual disabilities: an evaluation of the effectiveness of mindfulness in reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety" (Helen Idusohan-Moizer, Agata Sawicka, Jac Dendle et al., 2013), with 104 citations. Next come "C‐type lectin receptors of the Dectin‐1 cluster: Physiological roles and involvement in disease" (96) and "Effectiveness of the Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP) to prevent obesity in UK primary-school children: a cluster randomised controlled trial" (94).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy for adults with intellectual disabilities: an evaluation of the effectiveness of mindfulness in reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety Helen Idusohan-Moizer, Agata Sawicka, Jac Dendle et al. · Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 10 Sep 2013 104
2 C‐type lectin receptors of the Dectin‐1 cluster: Physiological roles and involvement in disease Kazuya Tone, Mark H. T. Stappers, Janet A. Willment et al. · European Journal of Immunology Open access 3 Oct 2019 96
3 Effectiveness of the Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP) to prevent obesity in UK primary-school children: a cluster randomised controlled trial Jenny Lloyd, Siobhan Creanor, Stuart Logan et al. · The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Open access Dec 2017 94
4 Temporal GIS: Advanced Functions for Field-based Applications Paul Hewson · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D (The Statistician) 21 Nov 2003 89
5 Biodiversity tradeoffs and offsets in impact assessment and decision making: can we stop the loss? Susie Brownlie, Nicholas King, Jo Treweek · Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Open access 21 Nov 2012 72
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Devon County Council?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Environmental Impact, Cultural Competence, Climate Change, Sediment Transport, Sea-Level Rise, Diversity and Library Services.

▲ 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 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. Climate Change8▲ 2.5×16 topics
  2. Public Health6▲ 4.2×18 topics
  3. Environmental Impact6▲ 4.2×11 topics
  4. Sustainability5▲ 2.4×14 topics
  5. Cultural Competence4▲ 32×3 topics
  6. Quality of Life4▲ 2.4×10 topics
  7. Healthcare3▲ 4.3×6 topics
  8. Sea-Level Rise3▲ 29×2 topics
  9. Sediment Transport3▲ 18×4 topics
  10. Diversity3▲ 16×2 topics
  11. Sustainable Development3▲ 2.4×7 topics
  12. Library Services3▲ 167×1 topic
  13. Social Inclusion3▲ 77×1 topic
  14. Risk Perception3▲ 13×4 topics
  15. Identity3▲ 3.3×7 topics
  16. Physical Activity3▲ 6.7×6 topics
  17. Rural Development3▲ 8.5×3 topics
  18. Primary Care3▲ 5.7×8 topics
  19. Water Quality3▲ 5.6×3 topics
  20. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Health Impact Assessment2▲ 38×2 topics
  22. Income Inequality2▲ 16×4 topics
  23. Risk Management2▲ 6.5×4 topics
  24. Urban Development2▲ 6.6×5 topics
  25. Wave Modeling2▲ 34×2 topics
  26. Reflective Practice2▲ 11×4 topics
  27. Freshwater Salinization2▲ 76×1 topic
  28. Professional Development2▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Road Salt2▲ 76×1 topic
  30. Well-being2▲ 6.6×5 topics
  31. Active Travel2▲ 36×1 topic
  32. Built Environment2▲ 36×1 topic
  33. Climate Change Impacts2▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Coastal Dynamics2▲ 48×1 topic
  35. Global Carbon Budget2▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Shoreline Change2▲ 48×1 topic
  37. Training Pathways2▲ 45×1 topic
  38. Vocational Education2▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Vulnerability2▲ 9.9×3 topics
  40. Parenting Stress2▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Devon County Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Disability Education and Employment, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Urban Stormwater Management Solutions and Environmental Justice and Health Disparities.

Disability Education and…1Disability Education and Employment: 1 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 0 fractional worksUrban Stormwater Management Solutions: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental Justice an…0Environmental Justice and Health Disparities: 0 fractional worksSustainability and Climate Change Governance: 0 fractional worksdemographic modeling and climate adaptation: 0 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welf…0Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 0 fractional worksConcrete and Cement Materials Research: 0 fractional worksVeterinary Equine Medical Research: 0 fractional worksPublic Health Policies and Education: 0 fractional works
Safety ResearchGlobal and Planetary ChangeEnvironmental EngineeringSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Disability Education and Employment Safety Research 1 works
  2. 2 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  3. 3 Urban Stormwater Management Solutions Environmental Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Environmental Justice and Health Disparities Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  5. 5 Sustainability and Climate Change Governance Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  6. 6 demographic modeling and climate adaptation Management Science and Operations Research 0 works
  7. 7 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 0 works
  8. 8 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Veterinary Equine Medical Research Equine 0 works
  10. 10 Public Health Policies and Education General Health Professions 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 available18.0%not open82.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.9%domestic only91.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Devon County Council's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 43% lower 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 Devon County Council as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000024% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Devon County Council0.000028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Devon County Council over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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