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Hexagon (United Kingdom)

In research, Hexagon (United Kingdom) stands highest in Arts and Humanities (#198 of 3,836 worldwide), Social Sciences (#899 of 16,945 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#3,361 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,469
of 28,054 · #2,924 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#980
of 1,094
Research works
983
▲ 137% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
16.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

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 #198 of 3,836 37.2%142
Social SciencesDomain #899 of 16,945 34.1%284
Physical SciencesDomain #3,361 of 21,541 24.4%600
EngineeringField #5,478 of 11,412 24.9%215
ChemistryField #2,622 of 3,369 21.5%128

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 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: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.93× its world share, 38 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.98× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.27× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, O. L. Davies, A. L. WALPOLE and Lee Sharks lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hexagon (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 O. L. Davies United Kingdom · #231,600 worldwide 395 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 A. L. WALPOLE United Kingdom · #398,773 worldwide 133 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Lee Sharks United Kingdom · #595,921 worldwide 10 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 R. BRIGHTMAN United Kingdom · #1,077,378 worldwide 14 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 David J. Milner United Kingdom · #1,546,903 worldwide 19 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Hexagon (United Kingdom)

Which keywords describe research at Hexagon (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Vibration Control, Wave Propagation, Acoustic Metamaterials, Phononic Crystals, Large-Eddy Simulation, Sound Quality, Transfer Path Analysis and Turbulent Flow.

▲ 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. Vibration Control8▲ 199×4 topics
  2. Wave Propagation4▲ 58×2 topics
  3. Acoustic Metamaterials4▲ 170×1 topic
  4. Machine Learning4▲ 1.83×16 topics
  5. Phononic Crystals4▲ 170×1 topic
  6. Large-Eddy Simulation4▲ 30×4 topics
  7. Sound Quality3▲ 415×1 topic
  8. Transfer Path Analysis3▲ 415×1 topic
  9. Turbulent Flow3▲ 35×3 topics
  10. Acoustic Sources2▲ 160×1 topic
  11. Jet Noise2▲ 160×1 topic
  12. Adaptive Mesh Refinement2▲ 50×2 topics
  13. High-Order Schemes2▲ 50×2 topics
  14. Radial Basis Functions2▲ 40×2 topics
  15. Control Systems2▲ 14×3 topics
  16. Failure Analysis2▲ 27×4 topics
  17. Kinetic Theory2▲ 57×2 topics
  18. Numerical Simulation2▲ 9.1×3 topics
  19. Shock-Wave Interactions2▲ 66×1 topic
  20. Turbulence Modeling2▲ 66×1 topic
  21. Finite Element Method2▲ 26×3 topics
  22. Material Properties2▲ 25×2 topics
  23. Natural Language Processing2▲ 11×4 topics
  24. Boltzmann Equation2▲ 112×1 topic
  25. Design Optimization2▲ 58×1 topic
  26. Fatigue Analysis2▲ 75×1 topic
  27. Multilingualism2▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Rarefied Flows2▲ 112×1 topic
  29. Structural Analysis2▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Electric Vehicles1▲ 7.3×5 topics
  31. Autonomous Vehicles1▲ 9.9×2 topics
  32. Heat Transfer1▲ 4.0×3 topics
  33. Power Electronics1▲ 6.2×4 topics
  34. High-Speed Trains1▲ 29×2 topics
  35. Intercultural Communication1▲ 40×1 topic
  36. Language Education1▲ 16×1 topic
  37. Smart Grid1▲ 5.1×2 topics
  38. Vehicle Dynamics1▲ 33×2 topics
  39. Air Quality1▲ 9.4×2 topics
  40. Automation1▲ 23×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research, Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control, Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows and Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics.

Acoustic Wave Phenomena …4Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 4 fractional worksVehicle Noise and Vibration Control: 3 fractional worksAerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows: 2 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 2 fractional worksGas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory: 2 fractional worksEngineering Applied Rese…2Engineering Applied Research: 2 fractional worksFrench Language Learning Methods: 1 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interaction and Safety: 1 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 1 fractional worksReal-time simulation and control systems: 1 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringAerospace EngineeringComputational Mechanics6 others

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

  1. 1 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control Automotive Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 2 works
  5. 5 Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory Applied Mathematics 2 works
  6. 6 Engineering Applied Research Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 French Language Learning Methods Linguistics and Language 1 works
  8. 8 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Real-time simulation and control systems Control and Systems Engineering 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 available46.3%not open53.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 137% 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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