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Economic and Social Research Council

In research, Economic and Social Research Council stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,686 of 16,945 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,876 of 10,206 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#11,995
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#662
of 2,253
Research works
629
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
26k
41.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

What is Economic and Social Research Council known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #2,686 of 16,945 45.2%442
Social SciencesField #2,876 of 10,206 46.6%209

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Economic and Social Research Council sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.06× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.28× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.94× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.90× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.69× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.28× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.83× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.81× its world share, 11 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.

Which keywords describe research at Economic and Social Research Council?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Opinion, Public Perception, Political Economy, Climate Change, Globalization, Renewable Energy, Social Acceptance and Wind Power.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 30 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 30 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change2▲ 3.0×14 topics
  2. Globalization2▲ 3.6×7 topics
  3. Public Opinion2▲ 56×2 topics
  4. Renewable Energy2▲ 4.4×5 topics
  5. Neural Networks2▲ 3.9×4 topics
  6. Public Perception2▲ 46×3 topics
  7. Political Economy2▲ 21×3 topics
  8. Sustainability2▲ 2.3×8 topics
  9. Healthcare2▲ 4.5×2 topics
  10. Deep Learning2▲ 1.47×4 topics
  11. Economic Growth1▲ 5.5×5 topics
  12. Machine Learning1▲ 1.35×6 topics
  13. Income Inequality1▲ 29×3 topics
  14. Social Acceptance1▲ 158×1 topic
  15. Wind Power1▲ 46×1 topic
  16. Big Data1▲ 4.2×4 topics
  17. Human Rights1▲ 3.9×5 topics
  18. Artificial Intelligence1▲ 2.7×5 topics
  19. Clinical Practice1▲ 24×3 topics
  20. Environmental Impact1▲ 2.1×5 topics
  21. Global Governance1▲ 15×4 topics
  22. Medical Education1▲ 13×2 topics
  23. Public Health1▲ 2.4×11 topics
  24. Vulnerability1▲ 16×5 topics
  25. Democracy1▲ 9.1×3 topics
  26. Empathy1▲ 29×1 topic
  27. Neuroscience1▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Physician1▲ 116×1 topic
  29. Risk Management1▲ 6.7×1 topic
  30. Supply Chain Resilience1▲ 69×1 topic

Which research topics does Economic and Social Research Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy, Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management, Empathy and Medical Education and Social Policy and Reform Studies.

Social Acceptance of Ren…1Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy: 1 fractional worksSupply Chain Resilience …1Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management: 1 fractional worksEmpathy and Medical Educ…1Empathy and Medical Education: 1 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform…1Social Policy and Reform Studies: 1 fractional worksResearch Data Management Practices: 1 fractional worksDigital Humanities and Scholarship: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …1Artificial Intelligence Applications: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Resp…1HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 1 fractional worksData Quality and Managem…1Data Quality and Management: 1 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Securit…0Global Peace and Security Dynamics: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceStrategy and ManagementPsychiatry and Mental healthPolitical Science and International Relations5 others

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

  1. 1 Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Strategy and Management 1 works
  3. 3 Empathy and Medical Education Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  4. 4 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  5. 5 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 1 works
  6. 6 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  7. 7 Artificial Intelligence Applications Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  8. 8 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  9. 9 Data Quality and Management Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  10. 10 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 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 available22.1%not open77.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.7%domestic only84.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Economic and Social Research Council's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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