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Environment Agency

In research, Environment Agency stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,206 of 3,334 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,147 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,879
of 22,385 · #5,410 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#274
of 862
Research works
1.6k
▲ 62% vs 2018-21
Citations
51k
32.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Environment Agency

What is Environment Agency 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
Environmental ScienceField #1,206 of 3,334 10.1%73 #1079
Physical SciencesDomain #8,147 of 10,670 9.2%107 #5391

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Environment Agency 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 Environment Agency work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at Environment Agency is in Physical Sciences, 22% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (34%), Medicine (19%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (7%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 128 fractional works · 48.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 89 fractional works · 33.9% of its workEcology: 18 fractional works · 7.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 17 fractional works · 6.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 12 fractional works · 4.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPollution: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 5.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 5.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 58 fractional works · 22.1% of its workMedicine: 49 fractional works · 18.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 13 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 45 fractional works · 17.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 18 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 31 fractional works · 12.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKEnvironmentAgency262fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences49%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences12%

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. Environmental Science8933.9%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences155.7%
    3. Engineering135.0%
    4. Computer Science41.4%
    5. Materials Science31.2%
    6. Chemistry20.6%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    8. Energy10.3%
    9. Mathematics10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Medicine4918.6%
    2. Health Professions82.9%
    3. Dentistry10.3%
    4. Veterinary10.2%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences186.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology176.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology72.8%
    4. Neuroscience20.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Social Sciences176.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance51.8%
    3. Psychology31.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities31.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting31.0%
    6. Decision Sciences10.4%
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: 1.43× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.24× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.81× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.61× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.82× its world share, 89 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.97× its world share, 49 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.56× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.86× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science6.82×89 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.61×15 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.81×7 works
  4. Veterinary1.56×1 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.43×18 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.24×17 works
  7. Health Professions1.11×8 works
  8. Medicine0.97×49 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.86×5 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.60×1 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.59×0 works
  12. Dentistry0.56×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.51×17 works
  14. Psychology0.41×3 works
  15. Chemistry0.38×2 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.38×1 works
  17. Neuroscience0.37×2 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.37×3 works
  19. Materials Science0.34×3 works
  20. Engineering0.33×13 works
  21. Energy0.31×1 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.31×3 works
  23. Mathematics0.22×1 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.19×1 works
  25. Nursing0.19×0 works
  26. Computer Science0.17×4 works

Who are the top researchers at Environment Agency?

Ranked on the quality score, Jonathan Warren, Geoff L. Phillips and Kerry A. Walsh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Environment Agency.

  1. 1 Jonathan Warren United Kingdom · #192,807 worldwide 29k citations · 78 works
  2. 2 Geoff L. Phillips United Kingdom · #217,081 worldwide 7.4k citations · 86 works
  3. 3 Kerry A. Walsh United Kingdom · #456,221 worldwide 3k citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Glenn Watts United Kingdom · #493,556 worldwide 2.9k citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Richard P. Chadd United Kingdom · #651,630 worldwide 2.5k citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Paul Whitehouse United Kingdom · #674,230 worldwide 2.8k citations · 65 works
  7. 7 Geoff C. Brighty United Kingdom · #693,881 worldwide 7.4k citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Judy A. England United Kingdom · #737,337 worldwide 3.3k citations · 105 works
  9. 9 Harriet G. Orr United Kingdom · #832,395 worldwide 2.7k citations · 73 works
  10. 10 Chris A. Extence United Kingdom · #1,035,275 worldwide 2.2k citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Environment Agency

What are the most cited papers from Environment Agency?

The most cited paper from Environment Agency is "Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2" (Evan K Bolyen et al., 2019), with 25,165 citations. Next come "Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015" (7,829) and "The Role of Google Scholar in Evidence Reviews and Its Applicability to Grey Literature Searching" (2,434).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2 Evan K Bolyen et al. · Nature Biotechnology Open access112 authors 24 Jul 2019 25,165
2 Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar et al. · The Lancet Open access654 authors Oct 2016 7,829
3 The Role of Google Scholar in Evidence Reviews and Its Applicability to Grey Literature Searching Neal Haddaway, Alexandra Collins, Deborah Coughlin et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 17 Sep 2015 2,434
4 Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990–2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition Christopher J L Murray et al. · The Lancet Open access610 authors 28 Aug 2015 2,031
5 Widespread Sexual Disruption in Wild Fish Susan Jobling, Monique Nolan, Charles R. Tyler et al. · Environmental Science & Technology 30 Jul 1998 1,992
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Environment Agency?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Health Effects, Invasive Species, Public Health, Hydrological Modeling, Sediment Transport and Remote Sensing.

▲ 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. Climate Change43▲ 6.1×57 topics
  2. Epidemiology24▲ 2.3×50 topics
  3. Public Health16▲ 4.1×28 topics
  4. Remote Sensing13▲ 4.2×13 topics
  5. Health Effects13▲ 7.9×13 topics
  6. Invasive Species12▲ 11×15 topics
  7. Hydrological Modeling11▲ 18×4 topics
  8. Environmental Impact11▲ 2.5×23 topics
  9. Biodiversity10▲ 5.2×20 topics
  10. Sediment Transport10▲ 24×5 topics
  11. Fisheries Sustainability10▲ 44×2 topics
  12. Freshwater Biodiversity10▲ 60×2 topics
  13. Pathogenesis9▲ 7.0×11 topics
  14. Risk Perception9▲ 12×6 topics
  15. Habitat Fragmentation8▲ 14×4 topics
  16. Vaccine8▲ 7.5×10 topics
  17. Land Use Change7▲ 9.4×5 topics
  18. Conservation Challenges7▲ 60×1 topic
  19. Flow Regulation7▲ 60×1 topic
  20. Water Resources7▲ 11×6 topics
  21. Immune Response7▲ 4.7×11 topics
  22. Water Quality7▲ 6.4×9 topics
  23. Flood Risk6▲ 29×2 topics
  24. Conservation6▲ 5.4×13 topics
  25. Model Evaluation6▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Flood Inundation Modeling6▲ 30×1 topic
  27. Satellite Imagery6▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Surface Water Mapping6▲ 30×1 topic
  29. River Restoration6▲ 52×2 topics
  30. Phylogenetic Analysis6▲ 6.9×10 topics
  31. Global Warming6▲ 4.9×8 topics
  32. SARS-CoV-25▲ 6.8×4 topics
  33. Infectious Diseases5▲ 6.1×7 topics
  34. Toxicity5▲ 4.7×9 topics
  35. Environmental Exposure5▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Global Hydrology5▲ 28×1 topic
  37. Uncertainty Assessment5▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Ecosystem Functioning4▲ 7.9×7 topics
  39. Geomorphological Effects4▲ 44×2 topics
  40. Pollution4▲ 7.9×3 topics

Which research topics does Environment Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes.

Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 7 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 6 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed …5Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 5 fractional worksHydrology and Sediment T…4Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes: 4 fractional worksNoise Effects and Management: 3 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 3 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…3Marine and fisheries research: 3 fractional worksFreshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology: 2 fractional worksPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts: 2 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology Studies: 2 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary ChangeWater Science and TechnologyEcology4 others

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

  1. 1 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 7 works
  2. 2 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  3. 3 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 5 works
  4. 4 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 4 works
  5. 5 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 3 works
  6. 6 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  7. 7 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  8. 8 Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology Ecology 2 works
  9. 9 Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts Pollution 2 works
  10. 10 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 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 available37.4%not open62.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.1%domestic only75.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Environment Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 62% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Environment Agency as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00088% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Environment Agency0.0014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Environment Agency 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Environment Agency9.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.2% in 2013.

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