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Laser Scan Engineering (United Kingdom)

In research, Laser Scan Engineering (United Kingdom) stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,278 of 14,833 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,537 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,111
of 22,385 · #19,843 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#684
of 862
Research works
391
▼ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
3k
7.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Laser Scan Engineering (United Kingdom)

What is Laser Scan Engineering (United Kingdom) 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 #5,278 of 14,833 12.4%311
Social SciencesField #4,537 of 9,330 12.4%208

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Laser Scan Engineering (United Kingdom) 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 Laser Scan Engineering (United Kingdom) work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Laser Scan Engineering (United Kingdom) is in Social Sciences, 12% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (50%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (12%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 65 fractional works · 79.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 41 fractional works · 49.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 19.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 14 fractional works · 16.7% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 12.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 8.5% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 9.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 12.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLaser ScanEngineering…82fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences80%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4149.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1012.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting79.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities45.2%
    5. Psychology22.1%
    6. Decision Sciences11.4%
    1. Computer Science33.9%
    2. Engineering33.4%
    3. Environmental Science22.0%
    4. Mathematics11.6%
    5. Energy10.7%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    1. Health Professions44.4%
    2. Medicine11.5%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.4%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
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: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.39× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.67× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.80× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.83× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.66× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.93× its world share, 41 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.66×10 works
  2. Social Sciences3.93×41 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.83×8 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.80×4 works
  5. Health Professions1.67×4 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.41×1 works
  7. Mathematics1.39×1 works
  8. Energy0.78×1 works
  9. Psychology0.70×2 works
  10. Computer Science0.51×3 works
  11. Dentistry0.42×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.39×2 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.32×1 works
  14. Engineering0.23×3 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.18×0 works
  16. Nursing0.18×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×0 works
  18. Medicine0.08×1 works
  19. Neuroscience0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Laser Scan Engineering (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the quality score, Dániel Gugán and Tom Ries lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Laser Scan Engineering (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Dániel Gugán United Kingdom · #2,656,752 worldwide 123 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Tom Ries United Kingdom · #4,663,355 worldwide 13 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Laser Scan Engineering (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from Laser Scan Engineering (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from Laser Scan Engineering (United Kingdom) is "Cool, Creative and Egalitarian? Exploring Gender in Project-Based New Media Work in Euro" (Rosalind Gill, 2002), with 504 citations. Next come "Intergenerational Wealth Mobility in England, 1858-2012: Surnames and Social Mobility" (229) and "HIV/AIDS policy in Africa: what has worked in Uganda and what has failed in Botswana?" (195).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cool, Creative and Egalitarian? Exploring Gender in Project-Based New Media Work in Euro Rosalind Gill · Information Communication & Society Open access 2002 504
2 Intergenerational Wealth Mobility in England, 1858-2012: Surnames and Social Mobility Gregory T. Clark, Neil Cummins · The Economic Journal 3 Jun 2014 229
3 HIV/AIDS policy in Africa: what has worked in Uganda and what has failed in Botswana? Tim M. Allen, Suzette Heald · Journal of International Development Open access Nov 2004 195
4 State Capacity, Reciprocity, and the Social Contract Timothy J. Besley · Econometrica Open access 2020 185
5 Corruption and firm behavior: Evidence from African ports Sandra Sequeira, Simeon Djankov · Journal of International Economics Open access 5 Sep 2014 167
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Which keywords describe research at Laser Scan Engineering (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Globalization, Political Economy, Neoliberalism, Colonialism, Economic Growth, International Law and Global Governance.

▲ 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 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. Globalization8▲ 5.2×23 topics
  2. Human Rights7▲ 8.3×16 topics
  3. Political Economy5▲ 24×9 topics
  4. Neoliberalism5▲ 16×11 topics
  5. Colonialism4▲ 11×11 topics
  6. Economic Growth4▲ 5.8×13 topics
  7. Economic Development3▲ 5.2×9 topics
  8. International Law3▲ 13×6 topics
  9. Global Governance3▲ 16×8 topics
  10. Income Inequality3▲ 27×6 topics
  11. Social Capital3▲ 6.8×9 topics
  12. Cosmopolitanism3▲ 29×4 topics
  13. Gender3▲ 6.0×10 topics
  14. Public Opinion3▲ 26×4 topics
  15. Regulation3▲ 6.0×6 topics
  16. Ethnicity2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  17. Monetary Policy2▲ 13×5 topics
  18. Governance2▲ 8.9×5 topics
  19. Authoritarianism2▲ 32×4 topics
  20. National Identity2▲ 24×3 topics
  21. Security Council2▲ 57×2 topics
  22. Urbanization2▲ 7.1×4 topics
  23. Democracy2▲ 7.5×8 topics
  24. International Relations2▲ 11×6 topics
  25. Migration2▲ 7.8×5 topics
  26. Citizenship2▲ 21×3 topics
  27. European Union2▲ 12×7 topics
  28. Nationalism2▲ 5.8×6 topics
  29. Political Theory2▲ 113×2 topics
  30. State Sovereignty2▲ 53×2 topics
  31. Surveillance2▲ 8.9×3 topics
  32. Multiculturalism2▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Biopolitics2▲ 28×3 topics
  34. Cultural Studies2▲ 6.1×3 topics
  35. Discrimination2▲ 10×3 topics
  36. Health Outcomes2▲ 7.9×2 topics
  37. Inequality2▲ 9.5×5 topics
  38. Labor Market2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  39. Politics2▲ 8.3×3 topics
  40. Economic Policy2▲ 41×3 topics

Which research topics does Laser Scan Engineering (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Migration, Refugees, and Integration, Social Policy and Reform Studies, Global Peace and Security Dynamics and China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance.

Migration, Refugees, and…2Migration, Refugees, and Integration: 2 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform…2Social Policy and Reform Studies: 2 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 1 fractional worksChina's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance: 1 fractional worksGlobal Security and Public Health: 1 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 1 fractional worksInternational Law and Human Rights: 1 fractional worksPolitical and Economic h…1Political and Economic history of UK and US: 1 fractional worksPolitical theory and Gramsci: 1 fractional worksMedical Malpractice and Liability Issues: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsGeneral Health ProfessionsPharmacy

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

  1. 1 Migration, Refugees, and Integration Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  2. 2 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  3. 3 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  4. 4 China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  5. 5 Global Security and Public Health Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 International Law and Human Rights Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  8. 8 Political and Economic history of UK and US Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Political theory and Gramsci Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues Pharmacy 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 available40.7%not open59.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.0%domestic only83.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Laser Scan Engineering (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% lower 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 Laser Scan Engineering (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00033% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Laser Scan Engineering (United Kingdom)0.00040% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Laser Scan Engineering (United Kingdom) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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