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Gower College Swansea

In research, Gower College Swansea stands highest in Physical Sciences (#13,056 of 21,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#12,962 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#21,252
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,158
of 2,253
Research works
382
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
7k
18.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
17%
world 28%

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 #13,056 of 21,541 14.8%183
Social SciencesDomain #12,962 of 16,945 24.4%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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 2.26× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.72× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.68× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.27× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 3.64× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.28× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.85× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.19× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.93× 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, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Gower College Swansea?

Ranked on the composite score, Andy Heath lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gower College Swansea.

  1. 1 Andy Heath United Kingdom · #923,591 worldwide 2 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Gower College Swansea

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 2022–2025: Higher Education Learning Practices, Art, Politics, and Modernism, Animal Behavior and Reproduction and Crafts, Textile, and Design.

Higher Education Learnin…1Higher Education Learning Practices: 1 fractional worksArt, Politics, and Modernism: 0 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Repr…0Animal Behavior and Reproduction: 0 fractional worksCrafts, Textile, and Des…0Crafts, Textile, and Design: 0 fractional worksInsect Utilization and Effects: 0 fractional worksEntomological Studies and Ecology: 0 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connect…0Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 0 fractional worksBiotechnology and Related Fields: 0 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 0 fractional worksMinerals Flotation and Separation Techniques: 0 fractional works
EducationVisual Arts and Performing ArtsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsMuseology5 others

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

  1. 1 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 1 works
  2. 2 Art, Politics, and Modernism Visual Arts and Performing Arts 0 works
  3. 3 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  4. 4 Crafts, Textile, and Design Museology 0 works
  5. 5 Insect Utilization and Effects Insect Science 0 works
  6. 6 Entomological Studies and Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  7. 7 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  8. 8 Biotechnology and Related Fields Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  9. 9 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 0 works
  10. 10 Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques Water Science and Technology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Gower College Swansea's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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