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Fife College

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Research works
36
▼ 38% vs 2018-21
Citations
226
6.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
16%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Fife College

Not ranked overall: Fife College is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Fife College work in?

In all years, 40% of research at Fife College is in Health Sciences, 38% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Health Professions (19%), Medicine (17%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Health Sciences: 15 fractional works · 40.0% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 19.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 11.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedical Terminology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 17.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 37.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 19.8% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 11.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 19.4% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFife College36fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences40%Social Sciences38%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Health Professions719.5%
    2. Medicine617.4%
    3. Nursing12.8%
    4. Veterinary00.4%
    1. Social Sciences719.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities411.7%
    3. Psychology24.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    1. Engineering24.8%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences24.7%
    3. Computer Science13.9%
    4. Environmental Science13.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.7%
    6. Mathematics00.5%
    7. Materials Science00.5%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.5%
    2. Neuroscience00.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.6%
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: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Chemical Engineering: 6.67× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 2.38× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 1.71× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 4.85× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.20× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 1.71× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering6.67×0 works
  2. Arts and Humanities4.85×0 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.20×0 works
  4. Mathematics2.38×0 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.06×0 works
  6. Medicine1.71×1 works
  7. Social Sciences1.71×0 works
  8. Engineering0.50×0 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.42×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.40×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.36×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fife College?

Ranked on the quality score, Murdoch Currie lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fife College.

  1. 1 Murdoch Currie United Kingdom · #4,754,820 worldwide 197 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Fife College

What are the most cited papers from Fife College?

The most cited paper from Fife College is "Cevimeline for the Treatment of Xerostomia in Patients With Sjögren Syndrome" (Rose Spitz Fife, Walter F. Chase, Robin K. Dore et al., 2002), with 195 citations. Next come "Nominal Group Technique: A process for initiating curriculum development in higher education" (102) and "The Logic of Knowing How and Ability" (96).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cevimeline for the Treatment of Xerostomia in Patients With Sjögren Syndrome Rose Spitz Fife, Walter F. Chase, Robin K. Dore et al. · Archives of Internal Medicine Open access 10 Jun 2002 195
2 Nominal Group Technique: A process for initiating curriculum development in higher education Michael J. OʼNeil, Lorna Jackson · Studies in Higher Education 1983 102
3 The Logic of Knowing How and Ability David T. Carr · Mind 1979 96
4 The evolution of the pathway and its role in improving patient care Gill Mould, John Bowers, Mikhail Ghattas · BMJ Quality & Safety Open access 29 Apr 2010 53
5 Non-alimentary aspects of the irritable bowel syndrome Henry Nyhlin, Matthew J. Ford, Jenny Eastwood et al. · Journal of Psychosomatic Research Feb 1993 50
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fife College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Health Workforce, Patient Satisfaction, Advanced Practice Nursing, Nurse Practitioners, Physical Education, Sport Education and Teaching Games for Understanding.

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

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Primary Care3▲ 22×3 topics
  2. Health Workforce3▲ 158×2 topics
  3. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 29×2 topics
  4. Advanced Practice Nursing2▲ 362×1 topic
  5. Nurse Practitioners2▲ 362×1 topic
  6. Physical Education2▲ 64×2 topics
  7. Sport Education2▲ 325×1 topic
  8. Teaching Games for Understanding2▲ 325×1 topic
  9. Epidemiology2▲ 1.33×17 topics
  10. Nursing Education2▲ 39×2 topics
  11. Economic Impact2▲ 13×3 topics
  12. Education2▲ 3.2×2 topics
  13. Meta-Analysis1▲ 6.8×4 topics
  14. Identity1▲ 4.8×6 topics
  15. Semantics1▲ 109×1 topic
  16. Syntax1▲ 52×1 topic
  17. Holocene1▲ 20×2 topics
  18. Maritime Archaeology1▲ 147×1 topic
  19. Mediterranean1▲ 30×1 topic
  20. Public Health1▲ 2.4×2 topics
  21. Social Capital1▲ 7.8×2 topics
  22. Gender1▲ 5.2×5 topics
  23. Agricultural Origins1▲ 77×1 topic
  24. Creative Economy1▲ 77×1 topic
  25. Critical Thinking Skills1▲ 27×1 topic
  26. Health Policy1▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Instructional Interventions1▲ 48×1 topic
  28. Radiocarbon Dating1▲ 77×1 topic
  29. Remote Sensing1▲ 2.6×3 topics
  30. Smart Sensors1▲ 35×2 topics
  31. Urban Development1▲ 8.4×1 topic

Which research topics does Fife College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Historical Art and Culture Studies, Financial Crisis of the 21st Century, Historical Influence and Diplomacy and Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity.

Historical Art and Cultu…0Historical Art and Culture Studies: 0 fractional worksFinancial Crisis of the …0Financial Crisis of the 21st Century: 0 fractional worksHistorical Influence and Diplomacy: 0 fractional worksLinguistics, Language Di…0Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity: 0 fractional worksBirth, Development, and …0Birth, Development, and Health: 0 fractional worksGender Studies in Language0Gender Studies in Language: 0 fractional worksLinguistic Variation and…0Linguistic Variation and Morphology: 0 fractional worksPain Management and Opioid Use: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 0 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 0 fractional works
MuseologyFinancePolitical Science and International RelationsLanguage and Linguistics6 others

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

  1. 1 Historical Art and Culture Studies Museology 0 works
  2. 2 Financial Crisis of the 21st Century Finance 0 works
  3. 3 Historical Influence and Diplomacy Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  4. 4 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity Language and Linguistics 0 works
  5. 5 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  6. 6 Gender Studies in Language Gender Studies 0 works
  7. 7 Linguistic Variation and Morphology Linguistics and Language 0 works
  8. 8 Pain Management and Opioid Use Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 0 works
  10. 10 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available15.8%not open84.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.1%domestic only85.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fife College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% 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 Fife College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000014% in 2022.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Fife College0.000028% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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