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Lancaster City Council

In research, Lancaster City Council stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,760 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

lancaster.gov.ukROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#21,842
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,182
of 2,253
Research works
400
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
5k
12.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Lancaster City Council 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 #12,760 of 16,945 6.2%215

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lancaster City Council 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.35× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.35× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.46× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 1.10× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.45× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.85× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 3.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.88× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.64× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.13× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lancaster City Council?

Ranked on the composite score, Malcolm Quainton, Hic Et Ubique and T. Çann Hughes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lancaster City Council.

  1. 1 Malcolm Quainton United Kingdom · #446,775 worldwide 18 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Hic Et Ubique United Kingdom · #654,505 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 T. Çann Hughes United Kingdom · #960,868 worldwide 20 citations · 150 works
All ranked researchers at Lancaster City Council

Which research topics does Lancaster City Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: American Constitutional Law and Politics, Historical Economic and Social Studies, Digital Humanities and Scholarship and Colonialism, slavery, and trade.

American Constitutional …1American Constitutional Law and Politics: 1 fractional worksHistorical Economic and …0Historical Economic and Social Studies: 0 fractional worksDigital Humanities and Scholarship: 0 fractional worksColonialism, slavery, an…0Colonialism, slavery, and trade: 0 fractional worksOpen Source Software Inn…0Open Source Software Innovations: 0 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 0 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…0COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 0 fractional worksCanadian Identity and History: 0 fractional worksChristian Theology and Mission: 0 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsEconomics and EconometricsLiterature and Literary TheoryAnthropology6 others

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

  1. 1 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  2. 2 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  3. 3 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  4. 4 Colonialism, slavery, and trade Anthropology 0 works
  5. 5 Open Source Software Innovations Computer Science Applications 0 works
  6. 6 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 0 works
  7. 7 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 0 works
  9. 9 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 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 available25.3%not open74.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.7%domestic only78.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lancaster City Council's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower 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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