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Mars (United Kingdom)

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Research works
23
▲ 76% vs 2018-21
Citations
792
34.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Mars (United Kingdom)

Not ranked overall: Mars (United Kingdom) 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 Mars (United Kingdom) work in?

In all years, 40% of research at Mars (United Kingdom) is in Life Sciences, 27% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (19%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (17%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (16%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 9 fractional works · 40.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 17.4% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 14.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 16.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 8.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 27.2% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 19.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 6.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 6.7% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 21.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 8.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 11.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMars (UnitedKingdom)23fractional works, all years
Life Sciences40%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences11%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences417.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology416.5%
    3. Neuroscience15.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.4%
    1. Medicine419.4%
    2. Nursing26.7%
    3. Veterinary00.6%
    4. Dentistry00.5%
    1. Engineering28.0%
    2. Materials Science14.4%
    3. Environmental Science13.0%
    4. Chemistry12.8%
    5. Energy01.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy01.0%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    9. Computer Science00.1%
    1. Social Sciences12.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting12.2%
    3. Psychology12.2%
    4. Decision Sciences02.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance02.1%
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: 3.76× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 9.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.80× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.24× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.38× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 5.71× its world share, 0 worksDentistryMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 8.48× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 20.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 20.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary20.38×0 works
  2. Energy9.04×0 works
  3. Nursing8.48×0 works
  4. Dentistry5.71×0 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.76×1 works
  6. Materials Science2.38×0 works
  7. Environmental Science2.24×0 works
  8. Engineering1.80×1 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.69×0 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.62×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.52×0 works
  12. Psychology0.50×0 works
  13. Medicine0.36×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.24×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Mars (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from Mars (United Kingdom) is "Consumption of cocoa flavanols results in acute improvements in mood and cognitive performance during sustained mental effort" (Andrew B Scholey, Stephen French, Penelope Morris et al., 2009), with 283 citations. Next come "Combinatorial and Quantity-Discount Procurement Auctions Benefit Mars, Incorporated and Its Suppliers" (186) and "Functional food science and behaviour and psychological functions" (182).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Consumption of cocoa flavanols results in acute improvements in mood and cognitive performance during sustained mental effort Andrew B Scholey, Stephen French, Penelope Morris et al. · Journal of Psychopharmacology 26 Nov 2009 283
2 Combinatorial and Quantity-Discount Procurement Auctions Benefit Mars, Incorporated and Its Suppliers Gail Hohner, John Martin Rich, Ed Ng et al. · INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics Feb 2003 186
3 Functional food science and behaviour and psychological functions France Bellisle, John Edward Blundell, Louise Dye et al. · British Journal Of Nutrition Open access Aug 1998 182
4 Valorisation strategies for cocoa pod husk and its fractions Fei Lü, Julia Rodríguez‐García, Isabella Van Damme et al. · Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry ReviewOpen access 29 Jul 2018 168
5 Cocoa butter and confectionery fats. Studies using programmed temperature X‐ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry G. M. Chapman, E. E. Akehurst, Winifred B. Wright · Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society Dec 1971 153
All 42 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Mars (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Obesity, Inflammation, Fermentation, Metabolic Syndrome, Sweet Taste, Taste Receptors, Prevalence and Health Effects.

▲ 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 19 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Inflammation2▲ 4.7×7 topics
  2. Obesity2▲ 13×6 topics
  3. Epidemiology2▲ 2.1×4 topics
  4. Fermentation2▲ 57×2 topics
  5. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 7.5×5 topics
  6. Sweet Taste1▲ 128×1 topic
  7. Taste Receptors1▲ 128×1 topic
  8. Health Effects1▲ 9.1×3 topics
  9. Prevalence1▲ 14×3 topics
  10. Adolescents1▲ 15×2 topics
  11. Antioxidant Activity1▲ 10×4 topics
  12. Childhood1▲ 69×1 topic
  13. Medicinal Plants1▲ 13×2 topics
  14. Overweight1▲ 71×1 topic
  15. Public Health1▲ 3.7×2 topics
  16. Drug Discovery1▲ 11×2 topics
  17. Korean Traditional Food1▲ 134×1 topic
  18. Quality Characteristics1▲ 96×1 topic
  19. Rheology1▲ 21×3 topics

Which research topics does Mars (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems, Wind Energy Research and Development, Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems.

Thermodynamic and Exerge…0Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems: 0 fractional worksWind Energy Research and…0Wind Energy Research and Development: 0 fractional worksElectrospun Nanofibers i…0Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications: 0 fractional worksSolar Thermal and Photov…0Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems: 0 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 0 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 0 fractional worksFood Drying and Modeling0Food Drying and Modeling: 0 fractional worksFood composition and pro…0Food composition and properties: 0 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosyst…0Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 0 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic t…0Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 0 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringAerospace EngineeringBiomaterialsRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment6 others

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

  1. 1 Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Wind Energy Research and Development Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications Biomaterials 0 works
  4. 4 Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 0 works
  5. 5 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  6. 6 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 0 works
  7. 7 Food Drying and Modeling Food Science 0 works
  8. 8 Food composition and properties Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  9. 9 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 0 works
  10. 10 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 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 available29.4%not open70.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.6%domestic only66.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Mars (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 76% higher 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 Mars (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000020% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Mars (United Kingdom)0.000026% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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