Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Institution · Edinburgh · United Kingdom

Digital Curation Centre

dcc.ac.ukROR OpenAlex
Research works
98
▼ 79% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.6k
36.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
70%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Digital Curation Centre

Not ranked overall: Digital Curation Centre 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 Digital Curation Centre work in?

In all years, 63% of research at Digital Curation Centre is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (35%), Engineering (24%), Decision Sciences (17%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 62 fractional works · 63.1% of its workComputer Science: 34 fractional works · 35.0% of its workInformation Systems: 20 fractional works · 20.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 6.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 24 fractional works · 24.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 18 fractional works · 18.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 32.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 17 fractional works · 17.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 11 fractional works · 10.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 5.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workConservation: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDigital CurationCentre98fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences63%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences32%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science3435.0%
    2. Engineering2424.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy11.2%
    4. Environmental Science11.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.8%
    6. Mathematics00.4%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Decision Sciences1717.3%
    2. Social Sciences66.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities54.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting32.6%
    5. Psychology21.8%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Health Professions21.9%
    2. Medicine11.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.3%
    2. Neuroscience00.1%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 4.45× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.85× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringPhysics and Astronomy: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.80× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.69× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences4.69×1 works
  2. Computer Science4.45×5 works
  3. Engineering1.85×4 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.80×1 works
  5. Social Sciences1.35×2 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.08×0 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.02×0 works
  8. Psychology0.49×0 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.48×0 works
  10. Health Professions0.28×0 works
  11. Medicine0.09×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Digital Curation Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Angus Whyte, Sarah L. Jones and Graham Pryor lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Digital Curation Centre.

  1. 1 Angus Whyte United Kingdom · #1,272,177 worldwide 1.6k citations · 204 works
  2. 2 Sarah L. Jones United Kingdom · #1,762,765 worldwide 2.8k citations · 212 works
  3. 3 Graham Pryor United Kingdom · #2,173,830 worldwide 303 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Kevin Ashley United Kingdom · #2,460,083 worldwide 875 citations · 94 works
  5. 5 Chris Rusbridge United Kingdom · #2,668,710 worldwide 293 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Thomas G. Weiss United Kingdom · #3,448,908 worldwide 67 citations · 87 works
  7. 7 Nancy J. Hoebelheinrich United Kingdom · #3,712,874 worldwide 94 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Digital Curation Centre

What are the most cited papers from Digital Curation Centre?

The most cited paper from Digital Curation Centre is "The DCC Curation Lifecycle Model" (Sarah Higgins, 2008), with 284 citations. Next come "Mental state language and quality of conversational experience in deaf and hearing children" (118) and "Ten principles for machine-actionable data management plans" (95).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The DCC Curation Lifecycle Model Sarah Higgins · International Journal of Digital Curation Open access 2 Dec 2008 284
2 Mental state language and quality of conversational experience in deaf and hearing children GARY S. MORGAN, Marek Meristo, Wolfgang J. Mann et al. · Cognitive Development 28 Nov 2013 118
3 Ten principles for machine-actionable data management plans Tomasz Miksa, Stephanie Simms, Daniel Mietchen et al. · PLoS Computational Biology Open access 28 Mar 2019 95
4 High-Speed Visible Light Communication Based on a III-Nitride Series-Biased Micro-LED Array Enyuan Xie, Xiangyu He, Mohamed Sufyan Islim et al. · Journal of Lightwave Technology Open access 24 Dec 2018 77
5 Key components of data publishing: using current best practices to develop a reference model for data publishing Claire C. Austin, Theodora Bloom, Sünje Dallmeier-Tiessen et al. · International Journal on Digital Libraries Open access 20 Jun 2016 67
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Digital Curation Centre?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Digital Repositories, Data Sharing, Open Science, Scientific Data Management, Workflow Management, Software Development, Bioinformatics and Reproducibility.

▲ 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. Digital Repositories18▲ 745×2 topics
  2. Data Sharing18▲ 927×2 topics
  3. Open Science17▲ 1149×1 topic
  4. Scientific Data Management17▲ 1149×1 topic
  5. Software Development9▲ 155×2 topics
  6. Workflow Management9▲ 94×2 topics
  7. Bioinformatics9▲ 77×2 topics
  8. Reproducibility9▲ 266×1 topic
  9. Scientific Workflows9▲ 266×1 topic
  10. Big Data8▲ 16×10 topics
  11. Data Integration6▲ 24×5 topics
  12. Energy Efficiency6▲ 7.4×7 topics
  13. Channel Modeling5▲ 53×4 topics
  14. Machine Learning5▲ 2.4×13 topics
  15. Free-Space Optical Communication5▲ 252×1 topic
  16. Visible Light Communication5▲ 252×1 topic
  17. Data Cleaning4▲ 179×1 topic
  18. Deep Learning4▲ 1.99×19 topics
  19. Record Linkage4▲ 179×1 topic
  20. Wireless Communication4▲ 29×4 topics
  21. Metadata Standards3▲ 119×2 topics
  22. MIMO Systems3▲ 57×3 topics
  23. Channel Estimation3▲ 36×3 topics
  24. Archives3▲ 220×1 topic
  25. Digital Preservation3▲ 189×1 topic
  26. Microwave Photonics3▲ 25×1 topic
  27. Photonic Signal Processing3▲ 72×1 topic
  28. Supply Chain Management3▲ 5.1×2 topics
  29. Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces2▲ 126×1 topic
  30. Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access2▲ 126×1 topic
  31. Semantic Web2▲ 16×4 topics
  32. 5G Networks2▲ 18×5 topics
  33. Spectral Efficiency2▲ 26×2 topics
  34. Cellular Networks2▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Linked Data2▲ 23×2 topics
  36. Massive MIMO2▲ 24×1 topic
  37. Analytics2▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Business Intelligence2▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Beamforming2▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Text Mining2▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Digital Curation Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Research Data Management Practices, Digital and Traditional Archives Management, Antenna Design and Analysis and Digital Rights Management and Security.

Research Data Management…2Research Data Management Practices: 2 fractional worksDigital and Traditional …1Digital and Traditional Archives Management: 1 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analy…0Antenna Design and Analysis: 0 fractional worksDigital Rights Managemen…0Digital Rights Management and Security: 0 fractional worksScientific Computing and…0Scientific Computing and Data Management: 0 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigura…0Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 0 fractional worksModel-Driven Software Engineering Techniques: 0 fractional worksDiaspora, migration, transnational identity: 0 fractional worksMigration, Refugees, and Integration: 0 fractional worksBusiness Process Modeling and Analysis: 0 fractional works
Information SystemsConservationAerospace EngineeringInformation Systems and Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 2 works
  2. 2 Digital and Traditional Archives Management Conservation 1 works
  3. 3 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Digital Rights Management and Security Information Systems 0 works
  5. 5 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 0 works
  6. 6 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques Software 0 works
  8. 8 Diaspora, migration, transnational identity Demography 0 works
  9. 9 Migration, Refugees, and Integration Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Business Process Modeling and Analysis Management Information Systems 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 available70.5%not open29.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.4%domestic only70.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Digital Curation Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 79% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020052010201520202025
grewheldshrank

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 Digital Curation Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000054% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Digital Curation Centre0.000029% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Digital Curation Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

Other research institutions in Edinburgh

All research institutions in Edinburgh

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Digital Curation Centre. Posts are plain text and can be reported.