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Mott MacDonald (United Kingdom)

In research, Mott MacDonald (United Kingdom) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,728 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering — Civil and Structural Engineering is 20.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,873
of 28,054 · #11,943 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#567
of 1,094
Research works
920
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
16.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Mott MacDonald (United Kingdom) 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 #9,728 of 12,888 6.9%87 #9608

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mott MacDonald (United Kingdom) 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).

What does Mott MacDonald (United Kingdom) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 20.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 31.2 works21×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.28× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.93× its world share, 56 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.72× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.08× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Mott MacDonald (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the composite score, K.S. Smith, Eugène and T Van Vuren lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mott MacDonald (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 K.S. Smith United Kingdom · #903,129 worldwide 40 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Eugène United Kingdom · #1,007,378 worldwide 3 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 T Van Vuren United Kingdom · #1,316,749 worldwide 32 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Jonathan Wood United Kingdom · #1,586,276 worldwide 7 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Mott MacDonald (United Kingdom)

Which keywords describe research at Mott MacDonald (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Remote Sensing, Liquefaction, Tunnel, Analysis, Pipeline, Earthquake and Seismic.

▲ 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. Sustainability10▲ 3.2×21 topics
  2. Climate Change9▲ 2.5×21 topics
  3. Remote Sensing8▲ 5.0×11 topics
  4. Environmental Impact6▲ 2.9×16 topics
  5. Liquefaction6▲ 52×2 topics
  6. Sustainable Development6▲ 3.0×12 topics
  7. Tunnel6▲ 52×2 topics
  8. Analysis6▲ 48×2 topics
  9. Earthquake6▲ 73×1 topic
  10. Pipeline6▲ 41×2 topics
  11. Seismic6▲ 73×1 topic
  12. Finite Element Analysis6▲ 19×4 topics
  13. Soil Properties5▲ 23×2 topics
  14. Reliability Analysis5▲ 37×2 topics
  15. Slope Stability Analysis5▲ 94×1 topic
  16. Spatial Variability5▲ 59×1 topic
  17. Construction4▲ 23×3 topics
  18. Seismic Analysis4▲ 77×2 topics
  19. Material Properties3▲ 27×3 topics
  20. Reinforced Concrete3▲ 32×2 topics
  21. Environmental Monitoring3▲ 6.3×3 topics
  22. Civil Engineering3▲ 41×2 topics
  23. Dynamic Interaction3▲ 34×2 topics
  24. Neurodegeneration3▲ 7.5×5 topics
  25. Structural Health Monitoring3▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Corrosion3▲ 17×2 topics
  27. System Dynamics3▲ 37×2 topics
  28. Chloride-induced3▲ 44×1 topic
  29. Embankment Dams3▲ 114×1 topic
  30. Internal Erosion3▲ 114×1 topic
  31. Structural Reliability3▲ 44×1 topic
  32. Bridge Engineering3▲ 199×1 topic
  33. Geotechnical Design3▲ 199×1 topic
  34. Water Quality3▲ 5.2×4 topics
  35. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 7.9×4 topics
  36. Climate Change Impact2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  37. Geosynthetics2▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Risk Perception2▲ 6.6×3 topics
  39. Soil Reinforcement2▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Sediment Transport2▲ 11×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures, Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis, Concrete Corrosion and Durability and Dam Engineering and Safety.

Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 6 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 5 fractional worksConcrete Corrosion and Durability: 3 fractional worksDam Engineering and Safety: 3 fractional worksCivil and Structural Engineering Research: 3 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 2 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…2Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics: 2 fractional worksAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research: 2 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 2 fractional worksStructural Engineering and Vibration Analysis: 2 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityNeurologyGlobal and Planetary Change

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

  1. 1 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 5 works
  3. 3 Concrete Corrosion and Durability Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Dam Engineering and Safety Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  5. 5 Civil and Structural Engineering Research Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Neurology 2 works
  9. 9 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  10. 10 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 2 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 available25.7%not open74.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.5%domestic only73.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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