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Ida Darwin hospital

In research, Ida Darwin hospital stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,551 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,332
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#752
of 1,844
Research works
325
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.2k
12.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Ida Darwin hospital

What is Ida Darwin hospital 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 #5,551 of 14,833 11.5%225

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ida Darwin hospital 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 Ida Darwin hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Ida Darwin hospital is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (27%), Social Sciences (24%), Arts and Humanities (12%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 12 fractional works · 45.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 23.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 9.2% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 12.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 35.3% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 26.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 17.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 12.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workALL ITS WORKIda Darwinhospital27fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences7%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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences623.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities312.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance25.6%
    4. Psychology13.7%
    1. Engineering726.8%
    2. Computer Science12.7%
    3. Environmental Science12.1%
    4. Materials Science11.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy01.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    1. Neuroscience15.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences14.3%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Medicine14.6%
    2. Health Professions12.5%
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: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.27× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.78× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 4.33× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.60× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.88× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.33×3 works
  2. Neuroscience3.27×1 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.60×2 works
  4. Social Sciences1.88×6 works
  5. Engineering1.78×7 works
  6. Psychology1.22×1 works
  7. Health Professions0.94×1 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.92×1 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.58×0 works
  10. Materials Science0.55×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.42×1 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.40×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.34×1 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.32×0 works
  15. Medicine0.24×1 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.20×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ida Darwin hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Peter Gathercole, James L. Barnes and Michael Scott lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ida Darwin hospital.

  1. 1 Peter Gathercole United Kingdom · #1,956,335 worldwide 969 citations · 74 works
  2. 2 James L. Barnes United Kingdom · #3,268,159 worldwide 419 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Michael Scott United Kingdom · #3,603,914 worldwide 243 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Tony Jaffa United Kingdom · #4,521,417 worldwide 537 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 György Gömöri United Kingdom · #4,572,114 worldwide 1 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Ida Darwin hospital

What are the most cited papers from Ida Darwin hospital?

The most cited paper from Ida Darwin hospital is "Technology Roadmap for Flexible Sensors" (Yifei Luo et al., 2023), with 1,368 citations. Next come "Capuchin Stone Tool Use in Caatinga Dry Forest" (331) and "Quantifying the Sources of Slaves in the Early Roman Empire" (277).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Technology Roadmap for Flexible Sensors Yifei Luo et al. · ACS Nano Open access142 authors 9 Mar 2023 1,368
2 Capuchin Stone Tool Use in Caatinga Dry Forest Antonio C. de A. Moura, Phyllis C. Lee · Science 10 Dec 2004 331
3 Quantifying the Sources of Slaves in the Early Roman Empire Walter Scheidel · The Journal of Roman Studies Nov 1997 277
4 Digital twinning of existing reinforced concrete bridges from labelled point clusters Ruodan Lu, Ioannis Brilakis · Automation in Construction Open access 16 May 2019 259
5 Firm size, firm growth, and persistence of chance: Testing GIBRAT's law with establishment data from Lower Saxony, 1978?1989 Joachim Wagner · Small Business Economics Jun 1992 204
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ida Darwin hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Health, Religion, Economic Growth, Height, Wages, Nationalism and Flexible Electronics.

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

All 11 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization3▲ 5.1×6 topics
  2. Health2▲ 19×3 topics
  3. Religion2▲ 15×5 topics
  4. Economic Growth2▲ 8.1×3 topics
  5. Height2▲ 291×1 topic
  6. Wages2▲ 291×1 topic
  7. Nationalism1▲ 12×3 topics
  8. Flexible Electronics1▲ 24×2 topics
  9. History1▲ 5.8×4 topics
  10. Innovation1▲ 3.8×4 topics
  11. CMOS1▲ 77×2 topics

Which research topics does Ida Darwin hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Historical Economic and Social Studies, Thin-Film Transistor Technologies, American Constitutional Law and Politics and Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design.

Historical Economic and …2Historical Economic and Social Studies: 2 fractional worksThin-Film Transistor Technologies: 1 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 1 fractional worksAnalog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Memory and Neural Computing: 1 fractional worksHistory of Science and Natural History: 0 fractional worksAdvancements in Semicond…0Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design: 0 fractional worksRadio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design: 0 fractional worksInternational Law and Human Rights: 0 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…0Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 0 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringPolitical Science and International RelationsBiomedical Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  2. 2 Thin-Film Transistor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  4. 4 Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 History of Science and Natural History History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  7. 7 Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 International Law and Human Rights Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  10. 10 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of 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 available20.8%not open79.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.7%domestic only86.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ida Darwin hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Ida Darwin hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000098% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Ida Darwin hospital0.00012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ida Darwin hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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