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Durham Cathedral

durhamcathedral.co.ukROR OpenAlex
Research works
7
fractional, all time
Citations
3
0.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
15%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Durham Cathedral

Not ranked overall: Durham Cathedral 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 Durham Cathedral work in?

In all years, 85% of research at Durham Cathedral is in Social Sciences, 10% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (37%), Social Sciences (28%), Psychology (15%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 6 fractional works · 85.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 37.4% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 14.9% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 12.8% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 10.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 27.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 16.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 7.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 14.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 10.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 4.9% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 10.0% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 10.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 10.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 0 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 4.9% of its workALL ITS WORKDurham Cathedral7fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences85%

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 3 domains and 6 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities337.4%
    2. Social Sciences227.9%
    3. Psychology114.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance04.9%
    1. Medicine110.0%
    1. Engineering04.9%
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 Durham Cathedral?

The most cited paper from Durham Cathedral is "Psychiatrists, spirituality and religion" (Rob Poole, Christopher C. H. Cook, Robert Higgo, 2018), with 53 citations. Next come "Reflecting on Angels" (1) and "In safe hands: moving the medieval archive of Durham Cathedral" (0).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Psychiatrists, spirituality and religion Rob Poole, Christopher C. H. Cook, Robert Higgo · The British Journal of Psychiatry Open access 16 Nov 2018 53
2 Reflecting on Angels David L. Kennedy · The Expository Times Aug 2006 1
3 In safe hands: moving the medieval archive of Durham Cathedral Tony King, Katie Brew, Alison Cullingford et al. · Archives and Records Open access 2 Sep 2025 0
4 Expanding the Theological Foundation of the Deacon’s Ministry Rosalind Brown · Ecclesiology 23 May 2017 0
5 The Early Roman Canon Missae Edward C. Ratcliff, A. H. Couratin · The Journal of Ecclesiastical History Oct 1969 0
All 7 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Durham Cathedral publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health, Reproductive Health and Technologies and Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies.

Biblical Studies and Interpretation: 0 fractional worksGrief, Bereavement, and Mental Health: 0 fractional worksReproductive Health and Technologies: 0 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural …0Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies: 0 fractional worksHistorical Studies of Br…0Historical Studies of British Isles: 0 fractional worksHistorical Architecture and Urbanism: 0 fractional works
Religious studiesClinical PsychologyReproductive MedicineAnthropology1 others

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

  1. 1 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 0 works
  2. 2 Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 0 works
  3. 3 Reproductive Health and Technologies Reproductive Medicine 0 works
  4. 4 Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies Anthropology 0 works
  5. 5 Historical Studies of British Isles History 0 works
  6. 6 Historical Architecture and Urbanism History 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 available14.9%not open85.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.3%domestic only81.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Durham Cathedral's research output changed?

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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.

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