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Metropolitan Police Service

In research, Metropolitan Police Service stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,596 of 16,945 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#11,341 of 21,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,993 of 10,206 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,295
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#833
of 2,253
Research works
642
▲ 61% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
17.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
8%
world 28%

What is Metropolitan Police Service 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
Social SciencesDomain #8,596 of 16,945 25.5%213
Physical SciencesDomain #11,341 of 21,541 21.2%183
Social SciencesField #6,993 of 10,206 19.5%144
Life SciencesDomain #13,233 of 14,347 7.3%143

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Metropolitan Police Service 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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.74× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 3.00× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.69× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 4.52× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.57× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Metropolitan Police Service?

Ranked on the composite score, Richard Smith, David F. Rendle and L Russell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Metropolitan Police Service.

  1. 1 Richard Smith United Kingdom · #970,838 worldwide 8 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 David F. Rendle United Kingdom · #1,034,866 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 L Russell United Kingdom · #1,348,744 worldwide 0 citations · 56 works
All ranked researchers at Metropolitan Police Service

Which keywords describe research at Metropolitan Police Service?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Youth Violence, Developmental Trajectories, Mental Health, Criminal Behavior, Law Enforcement, Social Identity, Police Legitimacy and Procedural Justice.

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

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Youth Violence3▲ 363×3 topics
  2. Developmental Trajectories3▲ 104×2 topics
  3. Mental Health3▲ 8.7×9 topics
  4. Criminal Behavior2▲ 287×2 topics
  5. Law Enforcement2▲ 212×2 topics
  6. Police Legitimacy2▲ 1037×1 topic
  7. Procedural Justice2▲ 1037×1 topic
  8. Social Identity2▲ 122×2 topics
  9. Crime2▲ 378×1 topic
  10. Social Structure2▲ 266×1 topic
  11. Cancer Risk1▲ 29×2 topics
  12. Emergency Responders1▲ 328×1 topic
  13. Firefighters1▲ 328×1 topic
  14. Physical Fitness1▲ 43×2 topics
  15. Public Health1▲ 3.6×5 topics
  16. Risk Factors1▲ 5.0×5 topics

Which research topics does Metropolitan Police Service publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Policing Practices and Perceptions, Crime Patterns and Interventions, Occupational Health and Performance and Forensic and Genetic Research.

Policing Practices and P…2Policing Practices and Perceptions: 2 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Inter…2Crime Patterns and Interventions: 2 fractional worksOccupational Health and Performance: 1 fractional worksForensic and Genetic Research: 1 fractional worksGun Ownership and Violence Research: 1 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Cor…1Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 1 fractional worksForensic Fingerprint Detection Methods: 1 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 0 fractional worksDigital and Cyber Forensics: 0 fractional worksCrime, Deviance, and Social Control: 0 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceOccupational TherapyGenetics4 others

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

  1. 1 Policing Practices and Perceptions Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  2. 2 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 1 works
  4. 4 Forensic and Genetic Research Genetics 1 works
  5. 5 Gun Ownership and Violence Research Health 1 works
  6. 6 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Forensic Fingerprint Detection Methods Safety Research 1 works
  8. 8 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Digital and Cyber Forensics Information Systems 0 works
  10. 10 Crime, Deviance, and Social Control Sociology and Political Science 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 available8.0%not open92.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.9%domestic only94.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Metropolitan Police Service's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 61% higher 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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