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Moulton College

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Research works
98
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.9k
19.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
23%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Moulton College

Not ranked overall: Moulton College 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 Moulton College work in?

In all years, 37% of research at Moulton College is in Social Sciences, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (16%), Medicine (15%), Psychology (10%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 36 fractional works · 37.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 16.4% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 9.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 7.2% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 27 fractional works · 28.0% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 14.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSmall Animals: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEquine: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedical Terminology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 18.5% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 6.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 16.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 7.6% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKMoulton College98fractional works, all years
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences28%Social Sciences37%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1616.4%
    2. Psychology99.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities77.2%
    4. Decision Sciences21.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting11.2%
    1. Medicine1514.9%
    2. Veterinary76.9%
    3. Health Professions65.7%
    4. Nursing00.3%
    5. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Engineering66.5%
    2. Environmental Science43.8%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences32.7%
    4. Computer Science21.6%
    5. Chemistry21.6%
    6. Materials Science10.9%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    8. Energy00.5%
    9. Mathematics00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology77.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences66.3%
    3. Neuroscience11.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
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: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 4.37× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.32× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.19× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.99× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.92× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 8.42× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 3.55× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.05× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary8.42×0 works
  2. Chemistry4.37×0 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.55×0 works
  4. Environmental Science2.99×1 works
  5. Mathematics2.92×0 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.19×0 works
  7. Social Sciences2.05×1 works
  8. Computer Science1.32×0 works
  9. Materials Science0.98×0 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.72×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.64×0 works
  12. Medicine0.64×1 works
  13. Engineering0.46×0 works
  14. Psychology0.38×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Moulton College?

Ranked on the quality score, R Tornberg and Wanda D McCormick lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Moulton College.

  1. 1 R Tornberg United Kingdom · #4,071,949 worldwide 162 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Wanda D McCormick United Kingdom · #5,276,137 worldwide 897 citations · 94 works
All ranked researchers at Moulton College

What are the most cited papers from Moulton College?

The most cited paper from Moulton College is "A Review of the Applications of Chitin and Its Derivatives in Agriculture to Modify Plant-Microbial Interactions and Improve Crop Yields" (Russell Sharp, 2013), with 404 citations. Next come "Horse personality: Variation between breeds" (158) and "Two- or Four-Hour Lying Deprivation on the Behavior of Lactating Dairy Cows" (113).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Review of the Applications of Chitin and Its Derivatives in Agriculture to Modify Plant-Microbial Interactions and Improve Crop Yields Russell Sharp · Agronomy Open access 21 Nov 2013 404
2 Horse personality: Variation between breeds Adele Sian Lloyd, Joanne Elizabeth Martin, Hannah Louise Imogen Bornett-Gauci et al. · Applied Animal Behaviour Science 26 Sep 2007 158
3 Two- or Four-Hour Lying Deprivation on the Behavior of Lactating Dairy Cows M.D. Cooper, David Richard Arney, C.J.C. Phillips · Journal of Dairy Science Open access Mar 2007 113
4 Evaluation of a novel method of horse personality assessment: Rater-agreement and links to behaviour Adele Sian Lloyd, Joanne Elizabeth Martin, Hannah Louise Imogen Bornett-Gauci et al. · Applied Animal Behaviour Science 25 Jul 2006 99
5 Results of the first interim analysis of the RAPPER II trial in patients with spinal cord injury: ambulation and functional exercise programs in the REX powered walking aid Nick C. Birch, Jon Graham, Tom Priestley et al. · Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation Open access 19 Jun 2017 98
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Moulton College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Animal Welfare, Emotional State, Stress Indicators, Training Pathways, Vocational Education, Globalization, Equine Health and Welfare Assessment.

▲ 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 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. Globalization5▲ 2.8×9 topics
  2. Animal Welfare4▲ 37×3 topics
  3. Climate Change4▲ 1.36×11 topics
  4. Mental Health3▲ 3.2×11 topics
  5. Emotional State3▲ 102×1 topic
  6. Stress Indicators3▲ 102×1 topic
  7. Training Pathways3▲ 86×1 topic
  8. Vocational Education3▲ 45×1 topic
  9. History3▲ 3.9×8 topics
  10. Equine Health2▲ 131×1 topic
  11. Welfare Assessment2▲ 131×1 topic
  12. Communication2▲ 8.3×3 topics
  13. Well-being2▲ 9.0×6 topics
  14. Ionizing Radiation2▲ 25×2 topics
  15. Resistance Training2▲ 22×2 topics
  16. Genomic Selection2▲ 35×1 topic
  17. Plant Breeding2▲ 19×1 topic
  18. Social Behavior2▲ 23×3 topics
  19. High-Intensity Interval Training2▲ 18×2 topics
  20. Amino Acids2▲ 15×2 topics
  21. Cognition2▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Evolution2▲ 6.4×2 topics
  23. Lifelong Learning2▲ 12×3 topics
  24. Literature2▲ 3.8×5 topics
  25. Heat Stress2▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Oxytocin2▲ 25×2 topics
  27. Social Cognition2▲ 8.8×2 topics
  28. Altruism2▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Cooperation2▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Educational Leadership2▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Feminism2▲ 5.8×5 topics
  32. Performance Analysis2▲ 8.8×1 topic
  33. Population Dynamics2▲ 4.9×4 topics
  34. Psychiatric Disorders2▲ 10×2 topics
  35. Training Load2▲ 27×1 topic
  36. Curriculum1▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Reflective Practice1▲ 7.7×2 topics
  38. Childhood Trauma1▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Dog Domestication1▲ 70×1 topic
  40. Empire1▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Moulton College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education Systems and Policy, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Marine animal studies overview and Posthumanist Ethics and Activism.

Education Systems and Po…1Education Systems and Policy: 1 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 0 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 0 fractional worksPosthumanist Ethics and Activism: 0 fractional worksCephalopods and Marine Biology: 0 fractional worksStatistics Education and Methodologies: 0 fractional worksDigital Media and Philosophy: 0 fractional worksSpectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research: 0 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and Chromatography: 0 fractional worksPaleontology and Evolutionary Biology: 0 fractional works
EducationNature and Landscape ConservationEcologyCultural Studies6 others

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

  1. 1 Education Systems and Policy Education 1 works
  2. 2 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  3. 3 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 0 works
  4. 4 Posthumanist Ethics and Activism Cultural Studies 0 works
  5. 5 Cephalopods and Marine Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  6. 6 Statistics Education and Methodologies Statistics and Probability 0 works
  7. 7 Digital Media and Philosophy Computer Science Applications 0 works
  8. 8 Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research Biophysics 0 works
  9. 9 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 0 works
  10. 10 Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology Paleontology 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 available23.0%not open77.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.8%domestic only76.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Moulton College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% lower 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 Moulton College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000027% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Moulton College0.000019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Moulton College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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