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Food Standards Agency

food.gov.ukROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#26,057
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,392
of 2,253
Research works
287
▼ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.3k
25.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

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: 5.70× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.05× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.44× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.89× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.09× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 3.41× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 11.77× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.73× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 11.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Food Standards Agency?

Ranked on the composite score, Charles T. Little, Mamta Singh and Roger Dettmer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Food Standards Agency.

  1. 1 Charles T. Little United Kingdom · #966,206 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Mamta Singh United Kingdom · #1,174,658 worldwide 33 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Roger Dettmer United Kingdom · #1,195,859 worldwide 28 citations · 60 works
All ranked researchers at Food Standards Agency

Which keywords describe research at Food Standards Agency?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Food Safety, Infection, Public Health, Pathogenicity, Foodborne Illness, Health Effects and Pathogenesis.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology11▲ 5.2×14 topics
  2. Food Safety8▲ 53×10 topics
  3. Infection5▲ 41×2 topics
  4. Public Health5▲ 7.0×8 topics
  5. Pathogenicity5▲ 136×3 topics
  6. Foodborne Illness4▲ 222×2 topics
  7. Health Effects4▲ 13×11 topics
  8. Pathogenesis4▲ 14×6 topics
  9. Environmental Impact4▲ 4.2×11 topics
  10. Consumer Behavior3▲ 10×3 topics
  11. Vaccine3▲ 15×3 topics
  12. Antimicrobial Resistance3▲ 27×3 topics
  13. Environmental Risk Assessment3▲ 60×2 topics
  14. Feed Additives3▲ 91×1 topic
  15. Genome Sequencing3▲ 34×2 topics
  16. Norovirus3▲ 114×1 topic
  17. Obesity3▲ 6.9×3 topics
  18. Pesticide Risk Assessment3▲ 1674×1 topic
  19. Rotavirus3▲ 114×1 topic
  20. Campylobacter3▲ 244×1 topic
  21. Salmonella3▲ 244×1 topic
  22. Cancer2▲ 3.5×3 topics
  23. Risk Perception2▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Consumer Awareness2▲ 248×1 topic
  25. Hygiene Practices2▲ 248×1 topic
  26. Pandemic2▲ 4.1×6 topics
  27. Physical Activity2▲ 8.9×2 topics
  28. Antioxidant2▲ 6.0×3 topics
  29. Food Authentication2▲ 37×2 topics
  30. Prevalence2▲ 10.0×3 topics
  31. DNA Barcoding2▲ 23×1 topic
  32. Fraud Detection2▲ 28×1 topic
  33. Neuroprotective2▲ 25×2 topics
  34. Clinical Trials2▲ 5.5×4 topics
  35. Microbial Inactivation2▲ 107×2 topics
  36. Childhood2▲ 50×1 topic
  37. Overweight2▲ 52×1 topic
  38. Listeria monocytogenes2▲ 193×1 topic
  39. fresh produce2▲ 193×1 topic
  40. Chronic Diseases2▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Food Standards Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural safety and regulations, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology and Food Safety and Hygiene.

Agricultural safety and …3Agricultural safety and regulations: 3 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis re…3Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 3 fractional worksSalmonella and Campyloba…3Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology: 3 fractional worksFood Safety and Hygiene2Food Safety and Hygiene: 2 fractional worksIdentification and Quantification in Food: 2 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 2 fractional worksListeria monocytogenes i…2Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety: 2 fractional worksAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 1 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Medicinal Plants: 1 fractional works
Food ScienceInfectious DiseasesMolecular BiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural safety and regulations Food Science 3 works
  2. 2 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 3 works
  3. 3 Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology Food Science 3 works
  4. 4 Food Safety and Hygiene Food Science 2 works
  5. 5 Identification and Quantification in Food Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety Biotechnology 2 works
  8. 8 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  9. 9 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants Complementary and alternative medicine 1 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 available42.0%not open58.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.5%domestic only86.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Food Standards Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% 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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