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Edinburgh College

In research, Edinburgh College stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,635 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,287 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,378
of 22,385 · #4,594 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#235
of 862
Research works
5.1k
▼ 61% vs 2018-21
Citations
25k
5.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
16%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Edinburgh College

What is Edinburgh College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #4,635 of 9,585 12.2%99 #3079
Physical SciencesDomain #7,287 of 10,670 7.1%66 #6589

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Edinburgh College 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Edinburgh College work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Edinburgh College is in Social Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Medicine (13%), Arts and Humanities (12%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 110 fractional works · 44.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 51 fractional works · 20.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 18 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 29 fractional works · 11.7% of its workMuseology: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 4.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 74 fractional works · 29.9% of its workEngineering: 25 fractional works · 10.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArchitecture: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 23 fractional works · 9.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 4.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Energy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 44 fractional works · 17.6% of its workMedicine: 33 fractional works · 13.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 20 fractional works · 8.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKEdinburgh College247fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences44%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5120.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities2911.7%
    3. Psychology114.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance93.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting83.4%
    6. Decision Sciences20.8%
    1. Engineering2510.2%
    2. Computer Science239.1%
    3. Environmental Science124.7%
    4. Materials Science31.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy31.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences31.0%
    7. Energy20.9%
    8. Mathematics20.8%
    9. Chemistry10.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine3313.4%
    2. Health Professions103.9%
    3. Nursing10.2%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology83.3%
    2. Neuroscience62.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences51.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.39× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.17× its world share, 23 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.68× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.95× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.48× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 33 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.04× its world share, 29 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.05× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.73× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.45× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 51 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.04×29 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.73×9 works
  3. Social Sciences1.62×51 works
  4. Health Professions1.48×10 works
  5. Psychology1.45×11 works
  6. Neuroscience1.39×6 works
  7. Computer Science1.17×23 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.05×8 works
  9. Energy1.02×2 works
  10. Environmental Science0.95×12 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.85×2 works
  12. Mathematics0.70×2 works
  13. Medicine0.70×33 works
  14. Engineering0.68×25 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.66×2 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.61×8 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.57×3 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.51×1 works
  19. Nursing0.43×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.41×5 works
  21. Materials Science0.38×3 works
  22. Veterinary0.38×0 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.29×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.27×1 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.13×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Edinburgh College?

Ranked on the quality score, Dave O’Brien, Catharine Ward Thompson and Michelle Bastian lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Edinburgh College.

  1. 1 Dave O’Brien United Kingdom · #296,304 worldwide 3.5k citations · 295 works
  2. 2 Catharine Ward Thompson United Kingdom · #355,277 worldwide 9.1k citations · 183 works
  3. 3 Michelle Bastian United Kingdom · #609,719 worldwide 1.1k citations · 73 works
  4. 4 Elaine A Kelly United Kingdom · #978,145 worldwide 2.5k citations · 138 works
  5. 5 Paul Jenkins United Kingdom · #1,103,818 worldwide 4.3k citations · 388 works
  6. 6 Christopher J. W. Breward United Kingdom · #1,781,066 worldwide 1.2k citations · 105 works
  7. 7 Louise S. Milne United Kingdom · #1,891,935 worldwide 2.1k citations · 60 works
  8. 8 Raymond MacDonald United Kingdom · #1,910,975 worldwide 5.7k citations · 312 works
  9. 9 Claudia Bolgia United Kingdom · #2,016,460 worldwide 339 citations · 61 works
  10. 10 Penny Travlou United Kingdom · #2,028,605 worldwide 892 citations · 66 works
All ranked researchers at Edinburgh College

What are the most cited papers from Edinburgh College?

The most cited paper from Edinburgh College is "Transport and release of chemicals from plastics to the environment and to wildlife" (Emma L. Teuten et al., 2009), with 2,927 citations. Next come "Enrichment, Isolation and Some Properties of Methane-utilizing Bacteria" (1,483) and "Migrants’ and refugees’ health status and healthcare in Europe: a scoping literature review" (743).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Transport and release of chemicals from plastics to the environment and to wildlife Emma L. Teuten et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences Open access 15 Jun 2009 2,927
2 Enrichment, Isolation and Some Properties of Methane-utilizing Bacteria Roger Whittenbury, K. C. Phillips, JOHN FREDERICK WILKINSON · Journal of General Microbiology May 1970 1,483
3 Migrants’ and refugees’ health status and healthcare in Europe: a scoping literature review Adele Lebano, Sarah Hamed, Hannah Bradby et al. · BMC Public Health Open access 30 Jun 2020 743
4 Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference Stefan Bilbao, Maarten van Walstijn 2005 724
5 The Boston criteria version 2.0 for cerebral amyloid angiopathy: a multicentre, retrospective, MRI–neuropathology diagnostic accuracy study Andreas Charidimou et al. · The Lancet Neurology Open access 13 Jul 2022 715
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Edinburgh College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Artificial Intelligence, Feminism, Globalization, National Identity, Identity, Aesthetics and Cultural Heritage.

▲ 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-now 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. Sustainability14▲ 2.3×32 topics
  2. Globalization11▲ 2.3×29 topics
  3. Artificial Intelligence10▲ 2.9×22 topics
  4. Identity7▲ 4.1×17 topics
  5. Public Health7▲ 2.0×22 topics
  6. Feminism6▲ 8.6×10 topics
  7. History6▲ 3.6×7 topics
  8. Cultural Heritage6▲ 4.6×12 topics
  9. Human Rights6▲ 2.2×19 topics
  10. Virtual Reality6▲ 4.6×7 topics
  11. Literature6▲ 4.1×14 topics
  12. National Identity5▲ 19×4 topics
  13. Nationalism5▲ 4.5×8 topics
  14. Ecosystem Services5▲ 5.2×8 topics
  15. Aesthetics5▲ 25×4 topics
  16. Cultural Studies5▲ 5.3×7 topics
  17. Regulation4▲ 3.4×10 topics
  18. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 4.7×7 topics
  19. Embodiment4▲ 9.1×5 topics
  20. Urban Development4▲ 4.8×4 topics
  21. Colonialism4▲ 3.5×11 topics
  22. Urban Morphology4▲ 36×2 topics
  23. Design4▲ 8.9×2 topics
  24. Digital Media3▲ 7.3×2 topics
  25. Cultural Politics3▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Cultural Sustainability3▲ 22×2 topics
  27. Digital Fabrication3▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Participatory Design3▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Sociology3▲ 8.6×2 topics
  30. Activism3▲ 27×3 topics
  31. Anthropocene3▲ 20×3 topics
  32. China3▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Christianity3▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Environmental Justice3▲ 8.6×2 topics
  35. Fashion3▲ 30×2 topics
  36. User Experience3▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Architectural Design3▲ 44×1 topic
  38. Confucianism3▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Falun Gong3▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Parametricism3▲ 50×1 topic

Which research topics does Edinburgh College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Architecture and Computational Design, Crafts, Textile, and Design, Chinese history and philosophy and Fashion and Cultural Textiles.

Architecture and Computa…3Architecture and Computational Design: 3 fractional worksCrafts, Textile, and Des…3Crafts, Textile, and Design: 3 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 3 fractional worksFashion and Cultural Tex…3Fashion and Cultural Textiles: 3 fractional worksInnovative Human-Technol…3Innovative Human-Technology Interaction: 3 fractional worksUrban Green Space and Health: 2 fractional worksCultural Heritage Management and Preservation: 2 fractional worksAustralian History and S…2Australian History and Society: 2 fractional worksScottish History and National Identity: 2 fractional worksCultural Industries and Urban Development: 2 fractional works
ArchitectureMuseologySociology and Political ScienceHuman-Computer Interaction4 others

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

  1. 1 Architecture and Computational Design Architecture 3 works
  2. 2 Crafts, Textile, and Design Museology 3 works
  3. 3 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  4. 4 Fashion and Cultural Textiles Museology 3 works
  5. 5 Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Human-Computer Interaction 3 works
  6. 6 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  7. 7 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Archeology 2 works
  8. 8 Australian History and Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Scottish History and National Identity History 2 works
  10. 10 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 2 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 available16.1%not open83.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.2%domestic only92.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Edinburgh College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 61% lower 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 Edinburgh College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Edinburgh College0.00098% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Edinburgh College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%Edinburgh College12.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.4% in 2005.

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