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Forum for the Future

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World rank, all time
#37,149
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,993
of 2,253
Research works
203
▲ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.7k
18.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
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: 2.95× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.52× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.88× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.78× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.39× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Forum for the Future?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Surveillance, Sustainability, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Drought Tolerance, Discrimination, Ethics and Algorithmic Bias.

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

All 13 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainability2▲ 3.2×12 topics
  2. Surveillance2▲ 27×3 topics
  3. Machine Learning2▲ 2.1×9 topics
  4. Climate Change2▲ 2.4×11 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence2▲ 4.3×6 topics
  6. Big Data1▲ 5.8×5 topics
  7. Drought Tolerance1▲ 31×5 topics
  8. Discrimination1▲ 22×2 topics
  9. Ethics1▲ 8.9×2 topics
  10. Algorithmic Bias1▲ 57×1 topic
  11. Box Office1▲ 144×1 topic
  12. Fairness1▲ 45×1 topic
  13. Film Industry1▲ 144×1 topic

Which research topics does Forum for the Future publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, Cinema and Media Studies, Privacy, Security, and Data Protection and Agricultural pest management studies.

Ethics and Social Impact…1Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 1 fractional worksCinema and Media Studies1Cinema and Media Studies: 1 fractional worksPrivacy, Security, and D…1Privacy, Security, and Data Protection: 1 fractional worksAgricultural pest manage…1Agricultural pest management studies: 1 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 1 fractional worksClimate Change Communication and Perception: 0 fractional worksForgiveness and Related …0Forgiveness and Related Behaviors: 0 fractional worksComplex Systems and Decision Making: 0 fractional worksExplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): 0 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehea…0Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 0 fractional works
Safety ResearchEconomics and EconometricsSociology and Political SciencePlant Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 1 works
  2. 2 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  3. 3 Privacy, Security, and Data Protection Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 1 works
  5. 5 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 Climate Change Communication and Perception Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  7. 7 Forgiveness and Related Behaviors Social Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Complex Systems and Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 0 works
  9. 9 Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  10. 10 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation 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 available37.5%not open62.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.9%domestic only68.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Forum for the Future's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% higher 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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