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Macaulay Development Trust

In research, Macaulay Development Trust stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,055 of 5,126 worldwide), Environmental Science (#2,199 of 5,407 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,670 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry and Agronomy and Crop Science (Soil Science is 27.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#15,034
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#743
of 1,844
Research works
522
fractional, all time
Citations
21k
40.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.14×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
11%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Macaulay Development Trust

What is Macaulay Development Trust 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,055 of 5,126 14.3%157
Environmental ScienceField #2,199 of 5,407 10.3%155
Life SciencesDomain #4,670 of 11,023 13.7%186
Physical SciencesDomain #10,369 of 17,446 12.5%280

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Macaulay Development Trust 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 Macaulay Development Trust work in?

In all years, 54% of research at Macaulay Development Trust is in Physical Sciences, 36% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (30%), Environmental Science (30%), Engineering (6%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 280 fractional works · 53.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 155 fractional works · 29.7% of its workEcology: 40 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 23 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPollution: 20 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 16 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEngineering: 32 fractional works · 6.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 14 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 28 fractional works · 5.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 25 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBiomaterials: 19 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCeramics and Composites: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 18 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 186 fractional works · 35.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 157 fractional works · 30.1% of its workPlant Science: 51 fractional works · 9.8% of its workSoil Science: 34 fractional works · 6.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 23 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 14 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFood Science: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 27 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 33 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmall Animals: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMacaulayDevelopment Trust522fractional works, all years
Life Sciences36%Physical Sciences54%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences4%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science15529.7%
    2. Engineering326.2%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences285.4%
    4. Materials Science254.9%
    5. Chemistry183.5%
    6. Computer Science102.0%
    7. Energy71.4%
    8. Mathematics20.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    10. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences15730.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology275.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Neuroscience00.0%
    1. Medicine142.7%
    2. Nursing71.3%
    3. Veterinary71.3%
    4. Health Professions50.9%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences112.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance61.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities20.4%
    4. Psychology20.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.2%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Macaulay Development Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Soil Science takes 27.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 34.2 works27×
  2. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 22.7 works18×
  3. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 22.9 works18×
  4. EcologySubfield · 39.5 works8.9×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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.

    Who are the top researchers at Macaulay Development Trust?

    Ranked on the quality score, Victor C. Farmer, W. G. C. Forsyth and Michael L. Berrow lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Macaulay Development Trust.

    1. 1 Victor C. Farmer United Kingdom · #107,116 worldwide 13k citations · 160 works
    2. 2 W. G. C. Forsyth United Kingdom · #742,474 worldwide 1.3k citations · 40 works
    3. 3 Michael L. Berrow United Kingdom · #809,265 worldwide 2.5k citations · 52 works
    4. 4 W. J. McHardy United Kingdom · #856,981 worldwide 3k citations · 76 works
    5. 5 George Anderson United Kingdom · #1,083,186 worldwide 1.6k citations · 39 works
    6. 6 E. G. Williams United Kingdom · #1,132,210 worldwide 1.8k citations · 22 works
    7. 7 A.C. Edwards United Kingdom · #1,179,002 worldwide 6.6k citations · 125 works
    8. 8 D. M. Webley United Kingdom · #1,242,773 worldwide 1.9k citations · 59 works
    9. 9 W. M. Crooke United Kingdom · #1,267,884 worldwide 1.5k citations · 28 works
    10. 10 Derek C. Bain United Kingdom · #1,504,144 worldwide 3.4k citations · 81 works
    All ranked researchers at Macaulay Development Trust

    What are the most cited papers from Macaulay Development Trust?

    The most cited paper from Macaulay Development Trust is "Microbial degradation of organophosphorus compounds" (Brajesh Kumar Singh, Allan Walker, 2006), with 1,178 citations. Next come "Microorganisms and climate change: terrestrial feedbacks and mitigation options" (1,081) and "Seeing Through the ‘Good Farmer's’ Eyes: Towards Developing an Understanding of the Social Symbolic Value of ‘Productivist’ Behaviour" (893).

    Most cited papers
    #PaperReleasedCitations
    1 Microbial degradation of organophosphorus compounds Brajesh Kumar Singh, Allan Walker · FEMS Microbiology Reviews 29 Mar 2006 1,178
    2 Microorganisms and climate change: terrestrial feedbacks and mitigation options Brajesh Kumar Singh, Richard D. Bardgett, Pete Smith et al. · Nature Reviews Microbiology Review 15 Oct 2010 1,081
    3 Seeing Through the ‘Good Farmer's’ Eyes: Towards Developing an Understanding of the Social Symbolic Value of ‘Productivist’ Behaviour Rob J.F. Burton · Sociologia Ruralis Open access 19 Mar 2004 893
    4 Moving beyond heterogeneity and process complexity: A new vision for watershed hydrology Jeffrey J. McDonnell, Murugesu Sivapalan, Kellie B. Vaché et al. · Water Resources Research Open access Jul 2007 851
    5 OBSERVATIONS ON THE DETERMINATION OF TOTAL ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS IN SOILS William M. Saunders, E. G. Williams · Journal of Soil Science Jul 1955 713
    All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

    Which keywords describe research at Macaulay Development Trust?

    By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Ecosystem Functioning, Soil Fertility, Toxicity, Water Quality, Microbial Communities, Soil Carbon Sequestration and Nutrient Limitation.

    ▲ 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 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. Climate Change96▲ 6.9×51 topics
    2. Ecosystem Functioning30▲ 27×5 topics
    3. Soil Fertility29▲ 32×6 topics
    4. Toxicity28▲ 12×12 topics
    5. Water Quality27▲ 12×11 topics
    6. Microbial Communities26▲ 15×9 topics
    7. Invasive Species23▲ 7.6×13 topics
    8. Soil Carbon Sequestration23▲ 62×2 topics
    9. Nutrient Limitation22▲ 39×2 topics
    10. Biomedical Applications22▲ 4.0×7 topics
    11. Biochar Application22▲ 51×1 topic
    12. Biodiversity22▲ 5.5×15 topics
    13. Nitrogen Cycle22▲ 76×1 topic
    14. Remote Sensing20▲ 3.5×20 topics
    15. Remediation20▲ 52×2 topics
    16. Surface Modification19▲ 22×2 topics
    17. Drug Delivery19▲ 7.7×3 topics
    18. Nanocomposites19▲ 4.6×2 topics
    19. Tissue Engineering19▲ 6.7×2 topics
    20. Clay Nanotubes18▲ 130×1 topic
    21. Halloysite18▲ 130×1 topic
    22. Nutrient Cycling18▲ 44×2 topics
    23. Wetlands17▲ 89×2 topics
    24. Conservation17▲ 6.7×7 topics
    25. Ecosystem Resilience16▲ 21×5 topics
    26. Heavy Metals16▲ 17×6 topics
    27. Bioavailability16▲ 18×4 topics
    28. Pollution16▲ 22×2 topics
    29. Eutrophication16▲ 20×4 topics
    30. Land Use Change15▲ 10×5 topics
    31. Hyporheic Zone14▲ 91×1 topic
    32. Phosphorus Management14▲ 91×1 topic
    33. Contamination14▲ 31×2 topics
    34. Health Risk14▲ 47×1 topic
    35. Soil14▲ 47×1 topic
    36. Hydrology13▲ 22×4 topics
    37. Microbial Processes12▲ 37×2 topics
    38. Methane Emissions12▲ 44×2 topics
    39. Carbon11▲ 27×1 topic
    40. Peatlands11▲ 104×1 topic

    Which research topics does Macaulay Development Trust publish most on?

    By volume: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Clay minerals and soil interactions, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics and Heavy metals in environment.

    Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 22 fractional worksClay minerals and soil interactions: 18 fractional worksSoil and Water Nutrient …14Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics: 14 fractional worksHeavy metals in environm…14Heavy metals in environment: 14 fractional worksPeatlands and Wetlands Ecology: 11 fractional worksSoil and Unsaturated Flow: 11 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and D…10Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 10 fractional worksPlant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects: 7 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 7 fractional worksIron oxide chemistry and applications: 7 fractional works
    Soil ScienceBiomaterialsEnvironmental ChemistryPollution5 others

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

    1. 1 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 22 works
    2. 2 Clay minerals and soil interactions Biomaterials 18 works
    3. 3 Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 14 works
    4. 4 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 14 works
    5. 5 Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology Ecology 11 works
    6. 6 Soil and Unsaturated Flow Civil and Structural Engineering 11 works
    7. 7 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 10 works
    8. 8 Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects Plant Science 7 works
    9. 9 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 7 works
    10. 10 Iron oxide chemistry and applications Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 7 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 available10.8%not open89.2%

    World: 40% of research is openly available.

    with international co-authors17.8%domestic only82.2%

    World: 18% is written across borders.

    How has Macaulay Development Trust's research output changed?

    199020002010
    grewheldshrank

    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 Macaulay Development Trust as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00027% in 2011.

    0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Macaulay Development Trust0.000017% in 20121980199020002010

    Fractional works of Macaulay Development Trust over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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