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Highland Council

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Research works
22
▼ 60% vs 2018-21
Citations
213
9.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
10%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Highland Council

Not ranked overall: Highland Council is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Highland Council work in?

In all years, 68% of research at Highland Council is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (38%), Psychology (28%), Engineering (12%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 15 fractional works · 67.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 37.6% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 18.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 7.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 27.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 13.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 9.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 25.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 12.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 10.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 8.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workALL ITS WORKHighland Council22fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences68%

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 12 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences837.6%
    2. Psychology627.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities01.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.9%
    1. Engineering312.5%
    2. Environmental Science28.8%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.5%
    4. Computer Science00.8%
    5. Materials Science00.8%
    1. Medicine12.9%
    2. Health Professions01.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences02.3%
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.

What are the most cited papers from Highland Council?

The most cited paper from Highland Council is "Creation and recreation: motivating collaboration to generate knowledge capital in online communities" (Hazel Hall, Dianne Graham, 2004), with 182 citations. Next come "Developing performance indicators for local government: The Scottish experience" (62) and "An integrated framework to guide educational psychologist practice" (45).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Creation and recreation: motivating collaboration to generate knowledge capital in online communities Hazel Hall, Dianne Graham · International Journal of Information Management Open access 14 Apr 2004 182
2 Developing performance indicators for local government: The Scottish experience Arthur Midwinter · Public Money & Management Apr 1994 62
3 An integrated framework to guide educational psychologist practice Lisa Marks Woolfson, Ruth Whaling, Angela S. Stewart et al. · Educational Psychology in Practice Dec 2003 45
4 Peering through the smoke? Tensions in landscape visualisation Robert MacFarlane, Harry Stagg, Keith Turner et al. · Computers Environment and Urban Systems 15 Feb 2005 38
5 Effective healthcare communication with children and young people: a systematic review of barriers and facilitators Alice Navein, James McTaggart, Xanthe Hodgson et al. · Archives of Disease in Childhood ReviewOpen access 25 Aug 2022 31
All 37 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Highland Council?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Dynamic Assessment, Educational Psychology, Resilience, Social Justice, Academic Achievement, Caregiver Well-Being, Parenting Stress and Self-Regulation.

▲ 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 22 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Dynamic Assessment2▲ 322×1 topic
  2. Educational Psychology2▲ 158×1 topic
  3. Resilience2▲ 21×4 topics
  4. Social Justice2▲ 13×2 topics
  5. Academic Achievement1▲ 40×2 topics
  6. Caregiver Well-Being1▲ 131×1 topic
  7. Mental Health1▲ 5.4×5 topics
  8. Parenting Stress1▲ 91×1 topic
  9. Ethnicity1▲ 18×2 topics
  10. Self-Regulation1▲ 34×2 topics
  11. Sustainable Development1▲ 4.6×2 topics
  12. Child Development1▲ 17×3 topics
  13. Civil Engineering1▲ 72×1 topic
  14. Construction1▲ 43×1 topic
  15. Ethical Principles1▲ 113×1 topic
  16. Hydraulic Engineering1▲ 238×1 topic
  17. Language Change1▲ 168×1 topic
  18. Multicultural Counseling1▲ 231×1 topic
  19. Scale Effects1▲ 278×1 topic
  20. School Engagement1▲ 100×1 topic
  21. Sociolinguistic Variation1▲ 168×1 topic
  22. Student-Teacher Relationships1▲ 100×1 topic

Which research topics does Highland Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Counseling Practices and Supervision, Family and Disability Support Research, Educational and Psychological Assessments and Child Abuse and Trauma.

Counseling Practices and Supervision: 0 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 0 fractional worksEducational and Psycholo…0Educational and Psychological Assessments: 0 fractional worksChild Abuse and Trauma0Child Abuse and Trauma: 0 fractional worksChild Abuse and Related …0Child Abuse and Related Trauma: 0 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Dis…0Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 0 fractional worksEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare: 0 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 0 fractional worksInfant Development and Preterm Care: 0 fractional worksChildren's Rights and Participation: 0 fractional works
Social PsychologyClinical PsychologyDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1 others

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

  1. 1 Counseling Practices and Supervision Social Psychology 0 works
  2. 2 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 0 works
  3. 3 Educational and Psychological Assessments Developmental and Educational Psychology 0 works
  4. 4 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 0 works
  5. 5 Child Abuse and Related Trauma Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  6. 6 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  8. 8 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  9. 9 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  10. 10 Children's Rights and Participation Sociology and Political Science 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 available9.9%not open90.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.1%domestic only91.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Highland Council's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 60% 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 Highland Council as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000037% in 2023.

0.00020%0.00040%Highland Council0.000020% in 202419801990200020102020

Fractional works of Highland Council over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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