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Government institution · Swansea · United Kingdom

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

gov.uk/government/organisations/driver-and-vehicle-licensing-agencyROR OpenAlex
Research works
7
▲ 300% vs 2018-21
Citations
37
5.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
32.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

Not ranked overall: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency work in?

In all years, 66% of research at Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is in Health Sciences, 20% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Health Professions (33%), Medicine (33%), Engineering (7%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 5 fractional works · 66.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 33.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 15.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 15.2% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 32.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 14.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 11.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 4.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 19.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 7.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 4.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 7.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 5.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workALL ITS WORKDriver andVehicle Licensin…7fractional works, all years
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences66%Social Sciences20%

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 11 fields, with their numbers
    1. Health Professions233.3%
    2. Medicine232.9%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting07.2%
    2. Psychology05.6%
    3. Social Sciences05.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance02.0%
    1. Engineering07.2%
    2. Computer Science01.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology03.3%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.6%
    3. Neuroscience00.9%
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.

What are the most cited papers from Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency?

The most cited paper from Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is "The Stigma and Self-Stigma Scales for attitudes to mental health problems: Psychometric properties and its relationship to mental health problems and absenteeism." (Alys E. Docksey, Nicola S. Gray, Helen B. Davies et al., 2022), with 32 citations. Next come "Insulin‐treated diabetes and driving in the UK" (16) and "Excessive daytime sleepiness and driving: regulations for road safety" (15).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Stigma and Self-Stigma Scales for attitudes to mental health problems: Psychometric properties and its relationship to mental health problems and absenteeism. Alys E. Docksey, Nicola S. Gray, Helen B. Davies et al. · Health Psychology Research Open access 28 Jun 2022 32
2 Insulin‐treated diabetes and driving in the UK G Gill, JC Durston, Roy Johnston et al. · Diabetic Medicine Jun 2002 16
3 Excessive daytime sleepiness and driving: regulations for road safety Tim Carter, Heather Major, Graham Wetherall et al. · Clinical Medicine Open access Sep 2004 15
4 THE USE OF SERUM CARBOHYDRATE-DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN IN THE ASSESSMENT OF 'HIGH RISK OFFENDERS' IN GREAT BRITAIN MY Morgan, Heather Major · Alcohol and Alcoholism Open access Nov 1996 15
5 Reducing stigma and increasing workplace productivity due to mental health difficulties in a large government organization in the UK: a protocol for a randomised control treatment trial (RCT) of a low intensity psychological intervention and stigma reduction programme for common mental disorder (Prevail) Nicola S. Gray, Helen Davies, Robert J. Snowden · BMC Public Health Open access 9 Jun 2020 9
All 22 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Mental Health Treatment and Access, Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues, Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout and Occupational Health and Safety Research.

Mental Health Treatment …0Mental Health Treatment and Access: 0 fractional worksMedical Malpractice and …0Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues: 0 fractional worksHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 0 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety Research: 0 fractional worksWorkplace Health and Wel…0Workplace Health and Well-being: 0 fractional worksOlder Adults Driving Studies: 0 fractional worksSpatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction: 0 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…0Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 0 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 0 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 0 fractional works
Social PsychologyPharmacyGeneral Health ProfessionsRadiological and Ultrasound Technology4 others

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

  1. 1 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 0 works
  2. 2 Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues Pharmacy 0 works
  3. 3 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 0 works
  4. 4 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 0 works
  5. 5 Workplace Health and Well-being General Health Professions 0 works
  6. 6 Older Adults Driving Studies Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 0 works
  7. 7 Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  8. 8 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  9. 9 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Employment and Welfare Studies 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 available44.6%not open55.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.0%domestic only90.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 300% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000096% in 2022.

0.00010%0.00020%Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency0.0000093% in 202319801990200020102020

Fractional works of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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