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Ministry of Defence

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Research works
6
▲ 449% vs 2013–17
Citations
44
7.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
92%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Ministry of Defence is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 3.14× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.47× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 3.61× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 2.56× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 7.30× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.88× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 2.90× its world share, 0 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which research topics does Ministry of Defence publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Insect Pest Control Strategies, Global Maternal and Child Health, Global Security and Public Health and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research.

Insect Pest Control Stra…0Insect Pest Control Strategies: 0 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…0Global Maternal and Child Health: 0 fractional worksGlobal Security and Publ…0Global Security and Public Health: 0 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 0 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 0 fractional worksGlobal Health Care Issues0Global Health Care Issues: 0 fractional worksHybrid Renewable Energy Systems: 0 fractional worksPatient Safety and Medication Errors: 0 fractional worksIntegrated Energy Systems Optimization: 0 fractional worksInfection Control in Healthcare: 0 fractional works
Plant SciencePediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSociology and Political ScienceInfectious Diseases4 others

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

  1. 1 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 0 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  3. 3 Global Security and Public Health Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  4. 4 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 0 works
  5. 5 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 0 works
  6. 6 Global Health Care Issues General Health Professions 0 works
  7. 7 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Energy Engineering and Power Technology 0 works
  8. 8 Patient Safety and Medication Errors Emergency Medical Services 0 works
  9. 9 Integrated Energy Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Infection Control in Healthcare Infectious Diseases 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 available92.4%not open7.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors87.4%domestic only12.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Defence's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 449% higher than in 2013–2017.

2020
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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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