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Government institution · Dundee · United Kingdom

Dundee City Council

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Research works
25
▲ 129% vs 2018-21
Citations
417
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Dundee City Council

Not ranked overall: Dundee City 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 Dundee City Council work in?

In all years, 59% of research at Dundee City Council is in Social Sciences, 22% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (39%), Health Professions (12%), Environmental Science (10%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 15 fractional works · 59.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 38.7% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 19.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 9.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 7.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 22.4% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 12.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 10.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 10.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 15.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 10.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKDundee CityCouncil25fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences59%

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 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1038.7%
    2. Psychology29.1%
    3. Decision Sciences15.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance14.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities12.0%
    1. Health Professions312.4%
    2. Medicine310.0%
    1. Environmental Science310.3%
    2. Engineering14.5%
    3. Computer Science00.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences02.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    3. Neuroscience00.3%
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.

Engineering: 1.58× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 11.92× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.41× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 2.44× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 11.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science11.92×2 works
  2. Psychology2.44×0 works
  3. Engineering1.58×1 works
  4. Health Professions1.41×0 works
  5. Social Sciences0.44×0 works
  6. Arts and Humanities0.10×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Dundee City Council?

The most cited paper from Dundee City Council is "Negotiating the Transition from Primary to Secondary School" (M. Suzanne Zeedyk, Joanne Gallacher, Margie Henderson et al., 2003), with 323 citations. Next come "Constructions of spirituality in contemporary nursing theory" (77) and "Sustainable Disposal of Domestic Sanitary Waste" (55).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Negotiating the Transition from Primary to Secondary School M. Suzanne Zeedyk, Joanne Gallacher, Margie Henderson et al. · School Psychology International Feb 2003 323
2 Constructions of spirituality in contemporary nursing theory Neil Henery · Journal of Advanced Nursing Open access Jun 2003 77
3 Sustainable Disposal of Domestic Sanitary Waste Richard Ashley, David J. Blackwood, N. Souter et al. · Journal of Environmental Engineering 20 Jan 2005 55
4 Sustainable development indicators for major infrastructure projects Daniel Gilmour, David J. Blackwood, Les Banks et al. · Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Municipal Engineer Mar 2011 55
5 Collective teacher efficacy, pupil attainment and socio-economic status in primary school® Karen Parker, Elizabeth F.S. Hannah, Keith James Topping · Improving Schools 21 Jun 2006 54
All 40 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Dundee City Council?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Social Support, Healthcare, Mental Health, Health, Homelessness, Mental Illness and Pedagogy.

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

All 29 words, with their numbers
  1. Public Health3▲ 9.5×6 topics
  2. Social Support3▲ 23×5 topics
  3. Healthcare2▲ 13×3 topics
  4. Mental Health2▲ 7.8×6 topics
  5. Health2▲ 22×2 topics
  6. Homelessness2▲ 159×1 topic
  7. Mental Illness2▲ 96×1 topic
  8. Child Development2▲ 21×3 topics
  9. Pedagogy2▲ 18×3 topics
  10. Elderly Care2▲ 44×2 topics
  11. Communication1▲ 20×2 topics
  12. Education1▲ 4.0×2 topics
  13. Physical Activity1▲ 14×4 topics
  14. Community Health1▲ 33×2 topics
  15. Concept Mapping1▲ 89×1 topic
  16. Digital Technology1▲ 77×1 topic
  17. Direct Payments1▲ 289×1 topic
  18. Ethics1▲ 9.9×2 topics
  19. Parental Mediation1▲ 140×1 topic
  20. Personalisation1▲ 289×1 topic
  21. Qualitative Research1▲ 8.0×2 topics
  22. Resilience1▲ 12×3 topics
  23. Theory-Based Evaluation1▲ 206×1 topic
  24. Epidemiology1◆ 1.03×5 topics
  25. Impact Investing1▲ 394×1 topic
  26. Quality of Life1▲ 3.1×4 topics
  27. Social Impact Bonds1▲ 394×1 topic
  28. Phenomenology1▲ 32×1 topic
  29. Social Sciences1▲ 24×1 topic

Which research topics does Dundee City Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Urban Green Space and Health, Smart Cities and Technologies, Urban Stormwater Management Solutions and Climate Change and Health Impacts.

Urban Green Space and He…1Urban Green Space and Health: 1 fractional worksSmart Cities and Technol…1Smart Cities and Technologies: 1 fractional worksUrban Stormwater Managem…1Urban Stormwater Management Solutions: 1 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 0 fractional worksDelphi Technique in Research: 0 fractional worksChildren's Physical and Motor Development: 0 fractional worksMotivation and Self-Concept in Sports: 0 fractional worksPhysical Education and Pedagogy: 0 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisMedia TechnologyEnvironmental EngineeringSociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  2. 2 Smart Cities and Technologies Media Technology 1 works
  3. 3 Urban Stormwater Management Solutions Environmental Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  5. 5 Delphi Technique in Research Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Children's Physical and Motor Development Developmental and Educational Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports Social Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Physical Education and Pedagogy Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 0 works
  9. 9 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 0 works
  10. 10 Urban Heat Island Mitigation Environmental Engineering 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 available27.7%not open72.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.3%domestic only91.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Dundee City Council's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 129% higher 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 Dundee City Council as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00000054% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%Dundee City Council0.000040% in 2025200020102020

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

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