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Gower College Swansea

In research, Gower College Swansea stands highest in Physical Sciences (#11,248 of 17,446 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#9,773 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#16,005
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#787
of 1,844
Research works
382
▼ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
7k
18.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
17%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Gower College Swansea

What is Gower College Swansea known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #11,248 of 17,446 9.4%183
Social SciencesDomain #9,773 of 14,833 8.0%129

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Gower College Swansea 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 Gower College Swansea work in?

In all years, 48% of research at Gower College Swansea is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (19%), Social Sciences (16%), Arts and Humanities (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 183 fractional works · 47.8% of its workEngineering: 73 fractional works · 19.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 14 fractional works · 3.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 31 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMathematical Physics: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNumerical Analysis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 5.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 129 fractional works · 33.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 60 fractional works · 15.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 18 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 18 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPublic Administration: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 36 fractional works · 9.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHistory: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 39 fractional works · 10.1% of its workMedicine: 32 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 32 fractional works · 8.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGower CollegeSwansea382fractional works, all years
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences34%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering7319.0%
    2. Mathematics318.1%
    3. Computer Science215.6%
    4. Environmental Science143.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy112.9%
    6. Chemistry102.7%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences102.7%
    8. Materials Science102.6%
    9. Chemical Engineering20.5%
    1. Social Sciences6015.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities369.3%
    3. Psychology133.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance82.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting71.9%
    6. Decision Sciences41.2%
    1. Medicine328.3%
    2. Health Professions51.4%
    3. Nursing10.2%
    4. Veterinary10.2%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology143.7%
    2. Neuroscience92.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences82.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 2.00× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.51× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.23× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.99× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 3.20× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.26× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.96× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.16× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.26×2 works
  2. Neuroscience3.23×1 works
  3. Veterinary3.20×0 works
  4. Psychology2.16×1 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.00×2 works
  6. Environmental Science1.99×2 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.96×1 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.51×0 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.12×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.99×2 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.92×0 works
  12. Engineering0.78×2 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.70×1 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.62×0 works
  15. Medicine0.57×2 works
  16. Health Professions0.49×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.47×0 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.35×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Gower College Swansea?

Ranked on the quality score, E. Mervyn Evans, H. G. Eggleston and Lisa Pauline Condé lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gower College Swansea.

  1. 1 E. Mervyn Evans United Kingdom · #1,746,296 worldwide 1.5k citations · 15 works
  2. 2 H. G. Eggleston United Kingdom · #2,856,731 worldwide 2.1k citations · 104 works
  3. 3 Lisa Pauline Condé United Kingdom · #4,898,292 worldwide 16 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 J.D. Huffington United Kingdom · #5,013,427 worldwide 111 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Andy Heath United Kingdom · #6,342,897 worldwide 12 citations · 54 works
All ranked researchers at Gower College Swansea

What are the most cited papers from Gower College Swansea?

The most cited paper from Gower College Swansea is "Theory of Recursive Functions and Effective Computability" (D. Craig Cooper, 1969), with 2,581 citations. Next come "Guidelines for the management of thyroid cancer" (1,378) and "Finite elements in plasticity: Theory and practice" (1,167).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Theory of Recursive Functions and Effective Computability D. Craig Cooper · The Computer Journal Feb 1969 2,581
2 Guidelines for the management of thyroid cancer Petros Perros, Kristien Boelaert, Steve Colley et al. · Clinical Endocrinology Jul 2014 1,378
3 Finite elements in plasticity: Theory and practice E. Hinton · Applied Ocean Research Jul 1981 1,167
4 Relations between the ‘percolation’ and ‘colouring’ problem and other graph-theoretical problems associated with regular planar lattices: some exact results for the ‘percolation’ problem H. N. V. Temperley, Élliott H. Lieb · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences 20 Apr 1971 1,041
5 Local and global smoothing of discontinuous finite element functions using a least squares method Emma D. Hinton, John S. Campbell · International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 1974 622
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Which keywords describe research at Gower College Swansea?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Colonialism, Nationalism, Climate Change, Identity, Gender, History, Fluid-Structure Interaction and Adaptive Mesh Refinement.

▲ 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 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 Change16▲ 1.57×39 topics
  2. Identity10▲ 3.4×20 topics
  3. Colonialism10▲ 5.1×11 topics
  4. Nationalism10▲ 4.3×10 topics
  5. History9▲ 3.0×19 topics
  6. Globalization9▲ 1.24×24 topics
  7. Education8▲ 1.67×19 topics
  8. Gender8▲ 3.8×15 topics
  9. Mechanical Properties6▲ 1.80×16 topics
  10. Heat Transfer6▲ 3.0×7 topics
  11. Cultural Studies6▲ 4.0×10 topics
  12. Religion6▲ 2.5×12 topics
  13. Adaptive Mesh Refinement5▲ 15×2 topics
  14. Fluid-Structure Interaction5▲ 7.7×5 topics
  15. High-Order Schemes5▲ 15×2 topics
  16. Literature5▲ 2.7×14 topics
  17. Transition5▲ 14×3 topics
  18. Higher Education5▲ 3.4×7 topics
  19. Parallel Computing5▲ 7.2×3 topics
  20. Ethnicity5▲ 4.3×5 topics
  21. Pressure Drop5▲ 16×3 topics
  22. Feminism4▲ 4.3×9 topics
  23. Neuroscience4▲ 3.6×8 topics
  24. Holocene4▲ 6.7×3 topics
  25. Reflective Practice4▲ 6.2×7 topics
  26. Conflict4▲ 6.6×3 topics
  27. Iterative Methods4▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Radial Basis Functions3▲ 9.1×2 topics
  29. Student Perceptions3▲ 6.3×4 topics
  30. Consociationalism3▲ 42×1 topic
  31. Northern Ireland3▲ 42×1 topic
  32. Rhetoric3▲ 6.4×2 topics
  33. Matrix Computations3▲ 18×1 topic
  34. Numerical Linear Algebra3▲ 18×1 topic
  35. British Politics3▲ 37×1 topic
  36. Depoliticisation3▲ 37×1 topic
  37. Discontinuous Galerkin Methods3▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Finite Element Methods3▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Literary Criticism3▲ 14×4 topics
  40. Postmodernism3▲ 18×3 topics

Which research topics does Gower College Swansea publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Higher Education Learning Practices, Crafts, Textile, and Design, Animal Behavior and Reproduction and Art, Politics, and Modernism.

Higher Education Learnin…1Higher Education Learning Practices: 1 fractional worksCrafts, Textile, and Design: 0 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Repr…0Animal Behavior and Reproduction: 0 fractional worksArt, Politics, and Moder…0Art, Politics, and Modernism: 0 fractional worksAmerican and British Literature Analysis: 0 fractional worksInsect Utilization and Effects: 0 fractional worksShort Stories in Global …0Short Stories in Global Literature: 0 fractional worksEntomological Studies and Ecology: 0 fractional worksIrish and British Studies: 0 fractional worksBiotechnology and Relate…0Biotechnology and Related Fields: 0 fractional works
EducationMuseologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsVisual Arts and Performing Arts4 others

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

  1. 1 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 1 works
  2. 2 Crafts, Textile, and Design Museology 0 works
  3. 3 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  4. 4 Art, Politics, and Modernism Visual Arts and Performing Arts 0 works
  5. 5 American and British Literature Analysis Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  6. 6 Insect Utilization and Effects Insect Science 0 works
  7. 7 Short Stories in Global Literature Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  8. 8 Entomological Studies and Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  9. 9 Irish and British Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Biotechnology and Related Fields 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 available16.6%not open83.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.3%domestic only86.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Gower College Swansea's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% 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 Gower College Swansea as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000042% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Gower College Swansea0.000095% in 202519801990200020102020

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