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Hull College

In research, Hull College stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,126 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#22,478
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,172
of 1,844
Research works
247
▲ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.7k
7.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
13%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Hull College

What is Hull College 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 #10,126 of 14,833 5.4%137

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hull College 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 Hull College work in?

In all years, 55% of research at Hull College is in Social Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Arts and Humanities (10%), Engineering (9%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 137 fractional works · 55.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 62 fractional works · 25.0% of its workEducation: 16 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 15 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Administration: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 24 fractional works · 9.8% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 20 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 14 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 19 fractional works · 7.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 71 fractional works · 28.7% of its workEngineering: 23 fractional works · 9.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 6.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 20 fractional works · 8.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 20 fractional works · 7.9% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHull College247fractional works, all years
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences55%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences6225.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities249.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance208.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting197.8%
    5. Psychology62.5%
    6. Decision Sciences52.1%
    1. Engineering239.2%
    2. Computer Science156.3%
    3. Chemistry83.4%
    4. Environmental Science83.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy41.6%
    6. Materials Science41.6%
    7. Mathematics31.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering21.0%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.9%
    10. Energy10.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences114.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology72.8%
    3. Neuroscience10.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine114.6%
    2. Health Professions83.2%
    3. Nursing00.1%
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: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 2.59× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.38× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.82× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.21× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.13× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting4.38×2 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.15×1 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.82×1 works
  4. Health Professions2.59×1 works
  5. Social Sciences2.13×3 works
  6. Psychology1.21×0 works
  7. Computer Science0.87×1 works
  8. Engineering0.67×1 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.64×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.61×0 works
  11. Medicine0.54×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Hull College?

Ranked on the quality score, Brynmor Jones, G. P. Goold and John C. de Wilde lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hull College.

  1. 1 Brynmor Jones United Kingdom · #1,177,416 worldwide 1.3k citations · 68 works
  2. 2 G. P. Goold United Kingdom · #1,204,252 worldwide 665 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 John C. de Wilde United Kingdom · #2,372,324 worldwide 157 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Bill Coleman United Kingdom · #3,200,252 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Erich Roll United Kingdom · #3,283,903 worldwide 190 citations · 13 works
  6. 6 C. B. Gill United Kingdom · #3,385,396 worldwide 164 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Rosamund Billington United Kingdom · #3,543,714 worldwide 249 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 J.A. Lynes United Kingdom · #3,695,641 worldwide 324 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 John H. Lockwood United Kingdom · #3,873,181 worldwide 204 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Jessica Bridger United Kingdom · #4,581,001 worldwide 11 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Hull College

What are the most cited papers from Hull College?

The most cited paper from Hull College is "Sustainability, complexity and learning: insights from complex systems approaches" (Angela M. Espinosa, Terry B. Porter, 2011), with 138 citations. Next come "Digital modulation techniques" (138) and "Acute activation and phosphorylation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase by HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors" (117).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Sustainability, complexity and learning: insights from complex systems approaches Angela M. Espinosa, Terry B. Porter · The Learning Organization Open access 8 Jan 2011 138
2 Digital modulation techniques Grahame Smillie · Elsevier eBooks Book chapter 1999 138
3 Acute activation and phosphorylation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase by HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors Michael Brennan Harris, Michele A. Blackstone, Sarika G. Sood et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology 20 Apr 2004 117
4 Spread spectrum systems Grahame Smillie · Elsevier eBooks Book chapter 1999 113
5 Use of Mobile Applications to Collect Data in Sport, Health, and Exercise Science: A Narrative Review Daniel James Peart, Carlos Balsalobre‐Fernández, Matthew Peter Shaw · The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research ReviewOpen access 25 Nov 2017 104
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hull College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Gender, Globalization, History, Inequality, Feminism, Professional Development and Religion.

▲ 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. Globalization14▲ 3.0×21 topics
  2. Economic Growth13▲ 7.1×15 topics
  3. Gender12▲ 8.3×19 topics
  4. Climate Change9▲ 1.35×19 topics
  5. History8▲ 4.2×10 topics
  6. Religion7▲ 4.6×11 topics
  7. Corporate Governance6▲ 4.8×11 topics
  8. Education6▲ 1.87×15 topics
  9. Culture6▲ 4.9×7 topics
  10. Identity6▲ 3.1×14 topics
  11. Inequality6▲ 9.4×4 topics
  12. Innovation6▲ 2.4×13 topics
  13. Social Justice6▲ 4.4×8 topics
  14. Feminism5▲ 8.2×6 topics
  15. Professional Development5▲ 14×5 topics
  16. Higher Education5▲ 5.3×7 topics
  17. Artificial Neural Networks5▲ 4.8×3 topics
  18. Healthcare5▲ 2.8×5 topics
  19. Health5▲ 5.1×4 topics
  20. Economic Development5▲ 2.8×6 topics
  21. Fiscal Policy5▲ 8.7×6 topics
  22. Neoliberalism4▲ 4.9×10 topics
  23. Height4▲ 53×1 topic
  24. Wages4▲ 53×1 topic
  25. Academic Achievement4▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Literature4▲ 3.5×8 topics
  27. Reflective Practice4▲ 9.6×4 topics
  28. Monetary Policy4▲ 5.8×8 topics
  29. Democracy4▲ 4.2×6 topics
  30. Student Perceptions4▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Political Economy4▲ 6.0×5 topics
  32. Smart Sensors4▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Society4▲ 6.8×5 topics
  34. IEEE 14514▲ 37×1 topic
  35. Transducer Interface Standards4▲ 37×1 topic
  36. Cultural Competence3▲ 10×3 topics
  37. Medicine3▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Burnout3▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Taxation3▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Teaching Methods3▲ 8.5×4 topics

Which research topics does Hull College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: European and International Contract Law, Public Procurement and Policy, Music Technology and Sound Studies and Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

European and Internation…0European and International Contract Law: 0 fractional worksPublic Procurement and P…0Public Procurement and Policy: 0 fractional worksMusic Technology and Sound Studies: 0 fractional worksFeminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies: 0 fractional worksDiverse Musicological St…0Diverse Musicological Studies: 0 fractional worksMaterial Properties and Processing: 0 fractional worksTraffic Prediction and Management Techniques: 0 fractional worksTraffic control and mana…0Traffic control and management: 0 fractional worksGender Roles and Identity Studies: 0 fractional worksHistorical Gender and Feminism Studies: 0 fractional works
LawStrategy and ManagementComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionGender Studies5 others

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

  1. 1 European and International Contract Law Law 0 works
  2. 2 Public Procurement and Policy Strategy and Management 0 works
  3. 3 Music Technology and Sound Studies Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  4. 4 Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Gender Studies 0 works
  5. 5 Diverse Musicological Studies Music 0 works
  6. 6 Material Properties and Processing Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  7. 7 Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques Building and Construction 0 works
  8. 8 Traffic control and management Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Gender Roles and Identity Studies Gender Studies 0 works
  10. 10 Historical Gender and Feminism Studies 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 available12.9%not open87.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.8%domestic only87.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hull College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Hull College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000068% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Hull College0.000057% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hull College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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