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Metropolitan Arts Centre

Research works
68
▼ 35% vs 2018-21
Citations
241
3.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
14%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%

Not ranked overall: Metropolitan Arts Centre is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Metropolitan Arts Centre work in?

In all years, 82% of research at Metropolitan Arts Centre is in Social Sciences, 9% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (53%), Arts and Humanities (23%), Medicine (8%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 56 fractional works · 82.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 53.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 28 fractional works · 40.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 16 fractional works · 22.9% of its workHistory: 14 fractional works · 20.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 8.7% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMetropolitan ArtsCentre68fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences82%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3653.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities1622.9%
    3. Psychology23.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.1%
    1. Medicine57.6%
    2. Health Professions11.0%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Computer Science23.2%
    2. Engineering11.8%
    3. Environmental Science00.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.3%
    2. Neuroscience11.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
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: 1.72× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.19× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Environmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 2.51× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.07× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 2.38× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 6.59× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 3.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.59×1 works
  2. Psychology3.06×0 works
  3. Health Professions2.51×0 works
  4. Nursing2.38×0 works
  5. Medicine2.07×2 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.72×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.19×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.64×0 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.41×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.27×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Metropolitan Arts Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Martin Myrone, Janys Scott and Alexandra Plumtree lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Metropolitan Arts Centre.

  1. 1 Martin Myrone United Kingdom · #2,212,190 worldwide 143 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Janys Scott United Kingdom · #4,438,011 worldwide 19 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Alexandra Plumtree United Kingdom · #6,435,370 worldwide 38 citations · 76 works
All ranked researchers at Metropolitan Arts Centre

What are the most cited papers from Metropolitan Arts Centre?

The most cited paper from Metropolitan Arts Centre is "Proposed updated description of cerebral palsy" (Bernard Dan, Peter Rosenbaum, Lucinda Carr et al., 2025), with 175 citations. Next come "Efficacy and safety of the histamine H4 receptor antagonist ZPL-3893787 in patients with atopic dermatitis" (139) and "The role of working memory and attentional disengagement on inhibitory control: effects of aging and Alzheimer's disease" (94).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Proposed updated description of cerebral palsy Bernard Dan, Peter Rosenbaum, Lucinda Carr et al. · Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology Open access 11 Apr 2025 175
2 Efficacy and safety of the histamine H4 receptor antagonist ZPL-3893787 in patients with atopic dermatitis Thomas Werfel, Gary R. Layton, Michael Yeadon et al. · Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 8 Nov 2018 139
3 The role of working memory and attentional disengagement on inhibitory control: effects of aging and Alzheimer's disease Trevor J. Crawford, Steve Higham, Jenny Mayes et al. · AGE Open access 17 Aug 2012 94
4 Updated description of cerebral palsy Bernard Dan, Peter Rosenbaum, Lucinda Carr et al. · Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology Open access 29 Jan 2026 64
5 Blarcamesine for the treatment of Early Alzheimer's Disease: Results from the ANAVEX2-73-AD-004 Phase IIB/III trial Stephen Macfarlane et al. · The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease Open access 2025 58
All 79 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Metropolitan Arts Centre?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: National Identity, Cultural Politics, History, Intergovernmental Relations, Multinational Federations, European Union, Private International Law and Scotland.

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

All 32 words, with their numbers
  1. National Identity26▲ 325×2 topics
  2. Cultural Politics13▲ 255×2 topics
  3. History13▲ 24×2 topics
  4. Intergovernmental Relations13▲ 989×1 topic
  5. Multinational Federations13▲ 1422×1 topic
  6. European Union13▲ 79×1 topic
  7. Private International Law13▲ 1081×1 topic
  8. Scotland13▲ 1073×1 topic
  9. Union of 170713▲ 1073×1 topic
  10. Elderly Care3▲ 36×2 topics
  11. Healthcare2▲ 4.9×3 topics
  12. Mental Health2▲ 2.8×3 topics
  13. Direct Payments2▲ 184×1 topic
  14. Medical Ethics2▲ 17×2 topics
  15. Personalisation2▲ 184×1 topic
  16. Long-Term Care2▲ 36×2 topics
  17. Resilience2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  18. Globalization2▲ 1.19×5 topics
  19. Ethics1▲ 4.4×3 topics
  20. Family Support1▲ 31×1 topic
  21. Intergenerational Relations1▲ 63×1 topic
  22. Environmental Impact1▲ 1.29×3 topics
  23. Developmental Trajectories1▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Bereavement1▲ 45×1 topic
  25. Child Welfare1▲ 37×1 topic
  26. Complicated Grief1▲ 45×1 topic
  27. Foster Care1▲ 87×1 topic
  28. Guantanamo1▲ 163×1 topic
  29. Parental Discretion1▲ 60×1 topic
  30. Pediatric1▲ 20×1 topic
  31. Torture1▲ 163×1 topic
  32. Treatment1▲ 1.18×2 topics

Which research topics does Metropolitan Arts Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders, Political and Economic history of UK and US, Agricultural and Food Sciences and Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation.

  1. 1 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  2. 2 Political and Economic history of UK and US Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  3. 3 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 0 works
  4. 4 Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation Philosophy 0 works
  5. 5 Art, Politics, and Modernism Visual Arts and Performing Arts 0 works
  6. 6 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 Sexual function and dysfunction studies Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  8. 8 Sexual Differentiation and Disorders Molecular Biology 0 works
  9. 9 Hormonal and reproductive studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 0 works
  10. 10 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 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 available14.5%not open85.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Metropolitan Arts Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 35% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Metropolitan Arts Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000010% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Metropolitan Arts Centre0.000013% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Metropolitan Arts Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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