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Higher Education Academy

In research, Higher Education Academy stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,980 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,183
of 22,385 · #19,091 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#484
of 862
Research works
290
▲ 187% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.6k
12.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Higher Education Academy

What is Higher Education Academy 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
Social SciencesDomain #7,980 of 14,833 14.8%177

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Higher Education Academy 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 Higher Education Academy work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Higher Education Academy is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Medicine (17%), Computer Science (12%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 50 fractional works · 45.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 28 fractional works · 25.5% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 10.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 7.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 27 fractional works · 24.6% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 12.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 8.1% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 7.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 25 fractional works · 22.2% of its workMedicine: 19 fractional works · 17.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 7.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKHigher EducationAcademy111fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences46%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2825.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities87.0%
    3. Psychology54.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting43.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.5%
    6. Decision Sciences21.8%
    1. Computer Science1312.1%
    2. Engineering87.0%
    3. Environmental Science22.1%
    4. Chemistry11.0%
    5. Mathematics10.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    7. Materials Science00.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    9. Energy00.2%
    1. Medicine1917.3%
    2. Health Professions43.3%
    3. Dentistry11.0%
    4. Nursing10.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.2%
    2. Neuroscience21.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics21.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
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: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.13× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.55× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.47× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.15× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.90× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.41× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.21× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.91× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.19× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.61× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.01× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.13×2 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.41×8 works
  3. Dentistry2.15×1 works
  4. Social Sciences2.01×28 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.91×2 works
  6. Psychology1.61×5 works
  7. Computer Science1.55×13 works
  8. Health Professions1.25×4 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.21×4 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.19×3 works
  11. Nursing1.03×1 works
  12. Neuroscience0.98×2 works
  13. Medicine0.90×19 works
  14. Mathematics0.77×1 works
  15. Chemistry0.61×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.60×4 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.58×1 works
  18. Engineering0.47×8 works
  19. Environmental Science0.43×2 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.27×1 works
  21. Energy0.25×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.22×0 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×1 works
  24. Materials Science0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Higher Education Academy?

Ranked on the quality score, Christine Linda Cook, Pauline Hanesworth and Андрей Алексеевич Ларин lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Higher Education Academy.

  1. 1 Christine Linda Cook United Kingdom · #641,475 worldwide 2.1k citations · 107 works
  2. 2 Pauline Hanesworth United Kingdom · #2,573,006 worldwide 98 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Андрей Алексеевич Ларин United Kingdom · #3,223,116 worldwide 0 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Helena Low United Kingdom · #3,854,157 worldwide 179 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Suzanne Hardy United Kingdom · #4,010,029 worldwide 84 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Jo Buchanan United Kingdom · #4,363,873 worldwide 69 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Mohamed Ziad Hamdan United Kingdom · #4,411,424 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Higher Education Academy

What are the most cited papers from Higher Education Academy?

The most cited paper from Higher Education Academy is "Competency-based medical education: theory to practice" (Jason R. Frank, Linda S Snell, Olle ten Cate et al., 2010), with 2,855 citations. Next come "An introduction to threshold concepts" (449) and "Competency-based medical education: implications for undergraduate programs" (250).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Competency-based medical education: theory to practice Jason R. Frank, Linda S Snell, Olle ten Cate et al. · Medical Teacher 27 Jul 2010 2,855
2 An introduction to threshold concepts Glynis Cousin · Planet Open access Dec 2006 449
3 Competency-based medical education: implications for undergraduate programs Peter Harris, Linda S Snell, Martin D. Talbot et al. · Medical Teacher 27 Jul 2010 250
4 Students as Partners: Reflections on a Conceptual Model Mick Healey, Abbi Flint, Kathy Harrington · Teaching & Learning Inquiry The ISSOTL Journal Open access 21 Sep 2016 247
5 Phenomenographic pedagogy and a revised Approaches to teaching inventory Keith Trigwell, Michael Prosser, Paul Ginns · Higher Education Research & Development 6 Oct 2005 237
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Higher Education Academy?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pragmatics, Educational Technology, Prosody, Corpora, Spoken Language, Higher Education, Globalization and Informal Learning.

▲ 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. Pragmatics9▲ 50×3 topics
  2. Educational Technology7▲ 5.5×13 topics
  3. Globalization6▲ 3.0×21 topics
  4. Prosody6▲ 146×2 topics
  5. Corpora6▲ 445×1 topic
  6. Spoken Language6▲ 445×1 topic
  7. Machine Learning6▲ 1.58×23 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence5▲ 3.3×14 topics
  9. Higher Education4▲ 7.4×9 topics
  10. Big Data4▲ 4.1×8 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress4▲ 2.2×17 topics
  12. Digital Learning4▲ 6.3×3 topics
  13. Informal Learning3▲ 24×3 topics
  14. Literature3▲ 5.4×8 topics
  15. Student Achievement3▲ 32×2 topics
  16. Curriculum Development3▲ 4.0×4 topics
  17. Literacy Education3▲ 179×1 topic
  18. Reading Habits3▲ 80×1 topic
  19. Legal Regulation3▲ 12×5 topics
  20. Student Engagement3▲ 6.4×6 topics
  21. History3▲ 3.5×5 topics
  22. Ethnicity3▲ 6.3×5 topics
  23. Culture2▲ 4.3×4 topics
  24. Teacher Training2▲ 3.7×6 topics
  25. Digital Transformation2▲ 4.0×8 topics
  26. Philosophy2▲ 4.8×4 topics
  27. Sociolinguistics2▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Teaching Strategies2▲ 7.3×2 topics
  29. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles2▲ 10×3 topics
  30. Hispanic Linguistics2▲ 106×1 topic
  31. Language Variation2▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Active Learning2▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Assessment Methods2▲ 17×3 topics
  34. Engineering Education2▲ 21×3 topics
  35. Economic Security2▲ 7.6×1 topic
  36. Foresight2▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Transport Policy2▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Air Force2▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Design2▲ 9.6×2 topics
  40. Modernization2▲ 8.2×1 topic

Which research topics does Higher Education Academy publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition, Literacy and Educational Practices, Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies and Legal and Regulatory Analysis.

Linguistic Studies and L…6Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition: 6 fractional worksLiteracy and Educational…3Literacy and Educational Practices: 3 fractional worksSpanish Linguistics and …2Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies: 2 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 2 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 2 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…2Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 2 fractional worksInnovative Teaching Methods: 1 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 1 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 1 fractional worksPublic Policy and Administration Research: 1 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceEducationLanguage and LinguisticsTransportation5 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  2. 2 Literacy and Educational Practices Education 3 works
  3. 3 Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 2 works
  4. 4 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 2 works
  5. 5 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 Innovative Teaching Methods Education 1 works
  8. 8 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 1 works
  9. 9 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Public Policy and Administration Research Public Administration 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 available51.0%not open49.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.0%domestic only73.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Higher Education Academy's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 187% 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 Higher Education Academy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00035% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Higher Education Academy0.00059% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Higher Education Academy over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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