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Hexagon (United Kingdom)

In research, Hexagon (United Kingdom) stands highest in Arts and Humanities (#809 of 3,511 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#6,245 of 17,446 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,192 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Literature and Literary Theory (Literature and Literary Theory is 19.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,424
of 22,385 · #7,463 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#699
of 862
Research works
983
▲ 134% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
16.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Hexagon (United Kingdom)

What is Hexagon (United Kingdom) 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
Arts and HumanitiesField #809 of 3,511 9.3%142
Physical SciencesDomain #6,245 of 17,446 12.4%600
Social SciencesDomain #6,192 of 14,833 8.4%284
ChemistryField #1,471 of 2,902 18.8%128
EngineeringField #6,599 of 9,532 11.6%215

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hexagon (United Kingdom) 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 Hexagon (United Kingdom) work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Hexagon (United Kingdom) is in Social Sciences, 39% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (30%), Social Sciences (18%), Computer Science (17%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 236 fractional works · 57.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 121 fractional works · 29.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 43 fractional works · 10.5% of its workReligious studies: 16 fractional works · 3.9% of its workArcheology: 15 fractional works · 3.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhilosophy: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMusic: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClassics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workConservation: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 72 fractional works · 17.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 18 fractional works · 4.5% of its workCultural Studies: 13 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSafety Research: 13 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLaw: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 20 fractional works · 5.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 17 fractional works · 4.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 13 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 159 fractional works · 38.9% of its workComputer Science: 71 fractional works · 17.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 33 fractional works · 8.2% of its workInformation Systems: 16 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 51 fractional works · 12.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArchitecture: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHexagon (UnitedKingdom)408fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences58%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities12129.7%
    2. Social Sciences7217.6%
    3. Psychology205.0%
    4. Decision Sciences174.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting51.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
    1. Computer Science7117.3%
    2. Engineering5112.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy92.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences71.7%
    5. Materials Science71.7%
    6. Mathematics61.5%
    7. Environmental Science51.3%
    8. Chemistry10.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology51.2%
    2. Neuroscience30.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    1. Medicine41.0%
    2. Health Professions00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hexagon (United Kingdom) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Literature and Literary Theory takes 19.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 42.9 works20×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.22× its world share, 71 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.84× its world share, 51 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.49× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.29× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.97× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 10.27× its world share, 121 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.33× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.63× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 72 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 10.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities10.27×121 works
  2. Decision Sciences4.33×17 works
  3. Computer Science2.22×71 works
  4. Psychology1.63×20 works
  5. Social Sciences1.39×72 works
  6. Mathematics1.29×6 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.09×7 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.97×9 works
  9. Engineering0.84×51 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.51×1 works
  11. Materials Science0.49×7 works
  12. Neuroscience0.42×3 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.40×5 works
  14. Environmental Science0.27×6 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.23×5 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.20×1 works
  17. Chemistry0.19×1 works
  18. Energy0.09×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×1 works
  20. Medicine0.05×4 works
  21. Health Professions0.04×0 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hexagon (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the quality score, Arthur L. Walpole, R. Docherty and Owen L. Davies lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hexagon (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Arthur L. Walpole United Kingdom · #384,619 worldwide 3.2k citations · 50 works
  2. 2 R. Docherty United Kingdom · #792,946 worldwide 2.7k citations · 322 works
  3. 3 Owen L. Davies United Kingdom · #1,254,985 worldwide 5k citations · 58 works
  4. 4 Geoffrey Dent United Kingdom · #1,702,221 worldwide 3.2k citations · 70 works
  5. 5 A. C. Farthing United Kingdom · #1,942,394 worldwide 1.3k citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Malcolm M. Cross United Kingdom · #2,194,181 worldwide 2.8k citations · 19 works
  7. 7 A. E. Williams United Kingdom · #2,283,649 worldwide 1.5k citations · 37 works
  8. 8 J. A. Hendry United Kingdom · #2,443,694 worldwide 468 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 R.J.W. Reynolds United Kingdom · #2,606,937 worldwide 1.1k citations · 50 works
  10. 10 Albert F. Crowther United Kingdom · #2,632,848 worldwide 1.1k citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Hexagon (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from Hexagon (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from Hexagon (United Kingdom) is "Rheology of non-Newtonian fluids: A new flow equation for pseudoplastic systems" (Malcolm M. Cross, 1965), with 2,071 citations. Next come "Gate Insulators in Organic Field-Effect Transistors" (894) and "Low‐k Insulators as the Choice of Dielectrics in Organic Field‐Effect Transistors" (784).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Rheology of non-Newtonian fluids: A new flow equation for pseudoplastic systems Malcolm M. Cross · Journal of Colloid Science Jun 1965 2,071
2 Gate Insulators in Organic Field-Effect Transistors János Veres, Simon Ogier, Giles Lloyd et al. · Chemistry of Materials 11 Sep 2004 894
3 Low‐k Insulators as the Choice of Dielectrics in Organic Field‐Effect Transistors János Veres, Simon Ogier, Stephen Leeming et al. · Advanced Functional Materials 4 Mar 2003 784
4 Long-term safety and efficacy of vismodegib in patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma: final update of the pivotal ERIVANCE BCC study for the ERIVANCE BCC Investigators, Aleksandar Sekulić, Michael Robert Migden et al. · BMC Cancer Open access 16 May 2017 416
5 Industrial applications of phthalocyanines Peter L. Gregory · Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines Jun 2000 380
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Which keywords describe research at Hexagon (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Artificial Intelligence, Data Visualization, Big Data, Machine Learning, Text Mining, Text Analysis, Digital Humanities and Literary History.

▲ 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-now 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. Machine Learning43▲ 3.1×25 topics
  2. Artificial Intelligence37▲ 6.3×18 topics
  3. Data Visualization30▲ 137×3 topics
  4. Big Data29▲ 7.4×11 topics
  5. Text Mining27▲ 49×2 topics
  6. Text Analysis25▲ 136×2 topics
  7. Digital Humanities25▲ 410×1 topic
  8. Literary History25▲ 201×1 topic
  9. Ethics24▲ 12×12 topics
  10. Surveillance20▲ 18×4 topics
  11. Education16▲ 2.3×19 topics
  12. Cultural Transmission15▲ 48×5 topics
  13. Religion15▲ 7.8×13 topics
  14. Cultural Identity13▲ 6.6×9 topics
  15. Ontologies13▲ 57×2 topics
  16. Workflow Management13▲ 44×2 topics
  17. Algorithmic Bias12▲ 34×1 topic
  18. Fairness12▲ 28×1 topic
  19. Software Development12▲ 55×2 topics
  20. Language12▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Reproducibility12▲ 73×1 topic
  22. Scientific Workflows12▲ 73×1 topic
  23. Cultural Studies11▲ 7.5×5 topics
  24. Biblical Monotheism11▲ 106×1 topic
  25. Jewish Society11▲ 106×1 topic
  26. Data Citation11▲ 52×2 topics
  27. Cultural Evolution10▲ 50×2 topics
  28. Literary Criticism10▲ 48×3 topics
  29. Digital Repositories9▲ 66×2 topics
  30. Gender Studies9▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Phylogenetics9▲ 43×1 topic
  32. Social Learning9▲ 75×1 topic
  33. Cognitive Science9▲ 35×3 topics
  34. Cybercrime9▲ 35×2 topics
  35. Postmodernism9▲ 58×2 topics
  36. Modernist Poetry8▲ 275×1 topic
  37. Sylvia Plath8▲ 275×1 topic
  38. Copyright8▲ 73×2 topics
  39. Vibration Control8▲ 31×4 topics
  40. Ecology8▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Hexagon (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Digital Humanities and Scholarship, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, Scientific Computing and Data Management and Biblical Studies and Interpretation.

Digital Humanities and S…25Digital Humanities and Scholarship: 25 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 12 fractional worksScientific Computing and…12Scientific Computing and Data Management: 12 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Int…11Biblical Studies and Interpretation: 11 fractional worksLanguage and cultural evolution: 9 fractional worksPoetry Analysis and Criticism: 8 fractional worksResearch Data Management…7Research Data Management Practices: 7 fractional worksFreedom of Expression and Defamation: 7 fractional worksHistorical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies: 7 fractional worksLaw, AI, and Intellectual Property: 6 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheorySafety ResearchInformation Systems and ManagementReligious studies5 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 25 works
  2. 2 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 12 works
  3. 3 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 12 works
  4. 4 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 11 works
  5. 5 Language and cultural evolution Cultural Studies 9 works
  6. 6 Poetry Analysis and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 8 works
  7. 7 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 7 works
  8. 8 Freedom of Expression and Defamation Law 7 works
  9. 9 Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies Archeology 7 works
  10. 10 Law, AI, and Intellectual Property Artificial Intelligence 6 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 available46.3%not open53.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.5%domestic only84.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hexagon (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 134% higher 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 Hexagon (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00025% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Hexagon (United Kingdom)0.00036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hexagon (United Kingdom) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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