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Malta Council for Science and Technology

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Research works
10
▼ 100% vs 2018-21
Citations
272
28.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
48%
world 18%
Malta Council for Science and Technology

Not ranked overall: Malta Council for Science and Technology is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Malta Council for Science and Technology work in?

In all years, 80% of research at Malta Council for Science and Technology is in Social Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (35%), Business, Management and Accounting (23%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (12%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 8 fractional works · 79.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 35.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 23.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 9.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 23.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 17.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 5.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 12.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 12.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 6.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 17.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 8.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 6.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKMalta Council forScience and…10fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences80%

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 3 domains and 10 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences335.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting223.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance112.1%
    4. Psychology16.9%
    5. Decision Sciences02.4%
    1. Environmental Science18.7%
    2. Engineering16.6%
    3. Computer Science02.2%
    1. Health Professions01.8%
    2. Medicine01.1%
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.

    Who are the top researchers at Malta Council for Science and Technology?

    Ranked on the quality score, Jennifer Cassingena Harper lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Malta Council for Science and Technology.

    1. 1 Jennifer Cassingena Harper Malta · #2,693,661 worldwide 584 citations · 31 works
    All ranked researchers at Malta Council for Science and Technology

    What are the most cited papers from Malta Council for Science and Technology?

    The most cited paper from Malta Council for Science and Technology is "From priority-setting to articulation of demand: Foresight for research and innovation policy and strategy" (Luke Georghiou, Jennifer Cassingena Harper, 2010), with 90 citations. Next come "A European Survey on Biobanks: Trends and Issues" (86) and "The Many Faces of Foresight" (46).

    Most cited papers
    #PaperReleasedCitations
    1 From priority-setting to articulation of demand: Foresight for research and innovation policy and strategy Luke Georghiou, Jennifer Cassingena Harper · Futures 20 Nov 2010 90
    2 A European Survey on Biobanks: Trends and Issues Eleni Zika, Daniele Paci, Anette Braun et al. · Public Health Genomics 15 Apr 2010 86
    3 The Many Faces of Foresight Ian Douglas Miles, Jennifer Cassingena Harper, Luke Georghiou et al. · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks Book chapter 31 Mar 2008 46
    4 Foresight in innovation policy: Shared visions for a science park and business–university links in a city region Jennifer Cassingena Harper, Luke Georghiou · Technology Analysis and Strategic Management Jun 2005 38
    5 Rising to the challenges—Reflections on Future-oriented Technology Analysis Luke Georghiou, Jennifer Cassingena Harper · Technological Forecasting and Social Change Open access 2 Nov 2012 29
    All 19 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

    Which research topics does Malta Council for Science and Technology publish most on?

    By volume: Regional Development and Policy, University-Industry-Government Innovation Models, Regional resilience and development and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences.

    Regional Development and…2Regional Development and Policy: 2 fractional worksUniversity-Industry-Government Innovation Models: 1 fractional worksRegional resilience and development: 0 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 0 fractional worksHigher Education Learning Practices: 0 fractional worksHigher Education Governance and Development: 0 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 0 fractional worksSustainable Development and Environmental Policy: 0 fractional worksInnovation Policy and R&D: 0 fractional worksInnovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 0 fractional works
    Political Science and International RelationsManagement of Technology and InnovationEconomics and EconometricsEducation3 others

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

    1. 1 Regional Development and Policy Political Science and International Relations 2 works
    2. 2 University-Industry-Government Innovation Models Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
    3. 3 Regional resilience and development Economics and Econometrics 0 works
    4. 4 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 0 works
    5. 5 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 0 works
    6. 6 Higher Education Governance and Development Political Science and International Relations 0 works
    7. 7 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 0 works
    8. 8 Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
    9. 9 Innovation Policy and R&D Economics and Econometrics 0 works
    10. 10 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 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 available36.6%not open63.4%

    World: 40% of research is openly available.

    with international co-authors48.2%domestic only51.8%

    World: 18% is written across borders.

    How has Malta Council for Science and Technology's research output changed?

    Output in 2022-2025 was 100% lower than in 2018-2021.

    201020152020
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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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