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Knowledge Now (United Kingdom)

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Research works
22
▲ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
383
17.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
44%
world 18%
Knowledge Now (United Kingdom)

Not ranked overall: Knowledge Now (United Kingdom) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Knowledge Now (United Kingdom) work in?

In all years, 46% of research at Knowledge Now (United Kingdom) is in Physical Sciences, 40% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (29%), Social Sciences (17%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 46.4% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 29.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 10.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 6.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 40.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 17.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 10.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 7.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 6.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 7.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workALL ITS WORKKnowledge Now(United Kingdom)22fractional works, all years
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences40%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering629.0%
    2. Computer Science210.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy12.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.2%
    5. Materials Science01.0%
    6. Chemistry00.8%
    7. Environmental Science00.6%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.5%
    9. Mathematics00.4%
    1. Social Sciences417.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting27.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities16.1%
    4. Decision Sciences15.4%
    5. Psychology13.7%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    1. Medicine27.4%
    2. Health Professions01.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology15.0%
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 Knowledge Now (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from Knowledge Now (United Kingdom) is "Cost-effectiveness of cell salvage and alternative methods of minimising perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion: a systematic review and economic model" (Linda Mary Davies, Tamara J. Brown, Shana M Haynes et al., 2006), with 217 citations. Next come "Outcome Measurement in Clinical Genetics Services: A Systematic Review of Validated Measures" (102) and "The emotional effects of genetic diseases: Implications for clinical genetics" (99).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cost-effectiveness of cell salvage and alternative methods of minimising perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion: a systematic review and economic model Linda Mary Davies, Tamara J. Brown, Shana M Haynes et al. · Health Technology Assessment ReviewOpen access Nov 2006 217
2 Outcome Measurement in Clinical Genetics Services: A Systematic Review of Validated Measures Katherine A. Payne, Stuart Gordon Nicholls, Marion McAllister et al. · Value in Health ReviewOpen access 7 Sep 2007 102
3 The emotional effects of genetic diseases: Implications for clinical genetics Marion McAllister, Linda Mary Davies, Katherine A. Payne et al. · American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A 15 Oct 2007 99
4 Improving Service Evaluation in Clinical Genetics: Identifying Effects of Genetic Diseases on Individuals and Families Marion McAllister, Katherine A. Payne, Stuart Gordon Nicholls et al. · Journal of Genetic Counseling Open access Feb 2007 57
5 Communities of Practice: Going One Step Too Far? Chris Kimble, Paul Hildreth · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 2004 41
All 32 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Knowledge Now (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Media, Data Integration, Semantic Web, Social Capital, Text Mining, Vibration Analysis, Social Network Analysis and Linked Data.

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

All 12 words, with their numbers
  1. Social Media2▲ 12×4 topics
  2. Data Integration2▲ 28×3 topics
  3. Semantic Web1▲ 40×2 topics
  4. Social Capital1▲ 14×2 topics
  5. Text Mining1▲ 62×2 topics
  6. Vibration Analysis1▲ 18×3 topics
  7. Linked Data1▲ 67×1 topic
  8. Ontology1▲ 29×1 topic
  9. Social Network Analysis1▲ 39×2 topics
  10. Digital Humanities1▲ 367×1 topic
  11. Literary History1▲ 138×1 topic
  12. Trust1▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Knowledge Now (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Digital Humanities and Scholarship, Discourse Analysis in Language Studies, Language, Metaphor, and Cognition and Rhetoric and Communication Studies.

Digital Humanities and S…1Digital Humanities and Scholarship: 1 fractional worksDiscourse Analysis in La…0Discourse Analysis in Language Studies: 0 fractional worksLanguage, Metaphor, and …0Language, Metaphor, and Cognition: 0 fractional worksRhetoric and Communication Studies: 0 fractional worksScientific Computing and Data Management: 0 fractional worksData Quality and Management: 0 fractional worksResearch Data Management Practices: 0 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheoryExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyPhilosophyInformation Systems and Management2 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  2. 2 Discourse Analysis in Language Studies Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  3. 3 Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 works
  4. 4 Rhetoric and Communication Studies Philosophy 0 works
  5. 5 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 0 works
  6. 6 Data Quality and Management Management Science and Operations Research 0 works
  7. 7 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 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 available27.5%not open72.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.9%domestic only56.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Knowledge Now (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% 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 Knowledge Now (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000031% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Knowledge Now (United Kingdom)0.000017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Knowledge Now (United Kingdom) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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