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IFC Research (United Kingdom)

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World rank, all time
#41,703
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#2,218
of 2,253
Research works
121
▲ 226% vs 2013–17
Citations
509
4.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
86%
world 28%

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: 3.05× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.65× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.79× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 5.37× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.97× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at IFC Research (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Linguistics, Legal Regulation, Food Security, Etymology, Historical Phonology, Language and Sustainable Agriculture.

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

All 32 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change5▲ 5.5×11 topics
  2. Linguistics3▲ 50×4 topics
  3. Legal Regulation2▲ 27×4 topics
  4. Food Security2▲ 9.5×7 topics
  5. Etymology2▲ 96×2 topics
  6. Historical Phonology2▲ 96×2 topics
  7. Human Rights2▲ 4.4×3 topics
  8. Language2▲ 18×3 topics
  9. Epidemiology2◆ 1.10×16 topics
  10. Sustainable Agriculture2▲ 14×2 topics
  11. Agricultural Development1▲ 23×3 topics
  12. Drought Tolerance1▲ 25×2 topics
  13. Soil Fertility1▲ 16×2 topics
  14. Sustainable Development1▲ 2.3×3 topics
  15. Crop Adaptation1▲ 227×1 topic
  16. Digital Economy1▲ 18×2 topics
  17. Forage Production1▲ 127×1 topic
  18. Language Contact1▲ 34×2 topics
  19. Migration1▲ 10×4 topics
  20. Nutrition1▲ 7.8×4 topics
  21. Education1▲ 1.81×4 topics
  22. Ethnicity1▲ 8.2×3 topics
  23. Morphology1▲ 18×1 topic
  24. Religion1▲ 6.4×2 topics
  25. Social Media1▲ 2.1×2 topics
  26. Turkic1▲ 108×1 topic
  27. Environmental Information1▲ 208×1 topic
  28. Forest Biodiversity1▲ 147×1 topic
  29. Global Society1▲ 208×1 topic
  30. Pandemic1▲ 2.7×4 topics
  31. Sustainability1▲ 1.21×4 topics
  32. Tourism Industry1▲ 147×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement, Linguistics and Cultural Studies, Diverse Scientific Research in Ukraine and Food Industry and Aquatic Biology.

Agricultural Productivit…1Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement: 1 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural…1Linguistics and Cultural Studies: 1 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Research in Ukraine: 1 fractional worksFood Industry and Aquati…1Food Industry and Aquatic Biology: 1 fractional worksUkrainian Legal and Fore…1Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies: 1 fractional worksMarine and environmental studies: 1 fractional worksDiscourse Analysis and Cultural Communication: 1 fractional worksCultural, Linguistic, Ec…1Cultural, Linguistic, Economic Studies: 1 fractional worksLinguistics and language evolution: 1 fractional worksArctic and Russian Policy Studies: 1 fractional works
Agronomy and Crop ScienceLanguage and LinguisticsGlobal and Planetary ChangeFood Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  2. 2 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 1 works
  3. 3 Diverse Scientific Research in Ukraine Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  4. 4 Food Industry and Aquatic Biology Food Science 1 works
  5. 5 Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  6. 6 Marine and environmental studies Oceanography 1 works
  7. 7 Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication Cultural Studies 1 works
  8. 8 Cultural, Linguistic, Economic Studies General Social Sciences 1 works
  9. 9 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 1 works
  10. 10 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 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 available85.7%not open14.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors66.1%domestic only33.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 226% 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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