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Manchester Airport

In research, Manchester Airport stands highest in Physical Sciences (#11,420 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#6,127 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,156
of 28,054 · #26,022 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#772
of 1,094
Research works
691
▼ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.2k
6.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Manchester Airport known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #11,420 of 12,888 9.5%96 #15569
EngineeringField #6,127 of 6,636 9.0%67 #5495

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Manchester Airport 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: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.84× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.94× its world share, 67 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.62× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.74× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.49× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.97× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Manchester Airport?

Ranked on the composite score, Omar Jaradat and Sean Broderick lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Manchester Airport.

  1. 1 Omar Jaradat United Kingdom · #952,516 worldwide 14 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Sean Broderick United Kingdom · #1,120,886 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Manchester Airport

Which keywords describe research at Manchester Airport?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Assessment, Collision Avoidance, Air Traffic Management, Conflict Resolution, Economic Development, Transport Infrastructure, Airport Competition and High-speed Rail.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Risk Assessment14▲ 14×9 topics
  2. Collision Avoidance12▲ 43×3 topics
  3. Air Traffic Management11▲ 396×1 topic
  4. Conflict Resolution11▲ 196×1 topic
  5. Economic Development10▲ 8.3×3 topics
  6. Deep Learning10▲ 1.92×18 topics
  7. Transport Infrastructure10▲ 76×2 topics
  8. Airport Competition10▲ 396×1 topic
  9. High-speed Rail10▲ 396×1 topic
  10. Machine Learning6▲ 1.24×26 topics
  11. Convolutional Neural Networks6▲ 5.4×7 topics
  12. Neural Networks5▲ 2.3×12 topics
  13. Recycled Materials5▲ 28×2 topics
  14. Image Processing5▲ 7.1×5 topics
  15. Environmental Impact4▲ 1.69×12 topics
  16. Environmental Monitoring4▲ 7.5×7 topics
  17. Defect Detection4▲ 21×2 topics
  18. Crack Detection4▲ 37×1 topic
  19. Pavement4▲ 37×1 topic
  20. Energy Efficiency4▲ 2.5×13 topics
  21. Health Effects3▲ 3.7×5 topics
  22. Rheology3▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Life Cycle Assessment3▲ 7.8×3 topics
  24. Asphalt3▲ 60×1 topic
  25. Bitumen Modification3▲ 60×1 topic
  26. Environmental Noise3▲ 43×1 topic
  27. Noise Pollution3▲ 43×1 topic
  28. Liquefaction3▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Tunnel3▲ 21×2 topics
  30. Pipeline3▲ 17×2 topics
  31. IoT3▲ 4.7×4 topics
  32. Forecasting2▲ 8.1×5 topics
  33. Construction2▲ 9.8×2 topics
  34. Particulate Matter2▲ 8.7×2 topics
  35. Air Quality Monitoring2▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Aviation2▲ 54×2 topics
  37. Corrosion2▲ 9.7×2 topics
  38. Low-Cost Sensors2▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Fiber Reinforced Concrete2▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Ultra-High Performance Concrete2▲ 15×1 topic

Which research topics does Manchester Airport publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Air Traffic Management and Optimization, Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends, Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring and Noise Effects and Management.

Air Traffic Management a…11Air Traffic Management and Optimization: 11 fractional worksAviation Industry Analys…10Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends: 10 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 4 fractional worksNoise Effects and Management: 3 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Perform…3Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 3 fractional worksAir Quality Monitoring and Forecasting: 2 fractional worksInnovative concrete reinforcement materials: 2 fractional worksGrouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics: 2 fractional worksEngineering Diagnostics and Reliability: 2 fractional worksVehicle Noise and Vibration Control: 1 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringGeneral Economics, Econometrics and FinanceCivil and Structural EngineeringSpeech and Hearing3 others

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

  1. 1 Air Traffic Management and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 11 works
  2. 2 Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 10 works
  3. 3 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 3 works
  5. 5 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting Environmental Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Innovative concrete reinforcement materials Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Engineering Diagnostics and Reliability Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  10. 10 Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control Automotive Engineering 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 available33.3%not open66.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.8%domestic only62.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Manchester Airport's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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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