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Museums Sheffield

museums-sheffield.org.ukROR OpenAlex
Research works
3
fractional, all time
Citations
93
30.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Museums Sheffield

Not ranked overall: Museums Sheffield 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 Museums Sheffield work in?

In all years, 68% of research at Museums Sheffield is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (61%), Social Sciences (23%), Arts and Humanities (10%).

Physical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 67.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 61.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 32.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 22.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 9.7% of its workALL ITS WORKMuseums Sheffield3fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences68%Social Sciences32%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. 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 2 domains and 4 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences261.3%
    2. Environmental Science06.5%
    1. Social Sciences122.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities09.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What are the most cited papers from Museums Sheffield?

The most cited paper from Museums Sheffield is "Beaker people in Britain: migration, mobility and diet" (Mike Parker Pearson, Andrew T. Chamberlain, Mandy Jay et al., 2016), with 84 citations. Next come "The dead of Stonehenge" (57) and "Who was buried at Stonehenge?" (54).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Beaker people in Britain: migration, mobility and diet Mike Parker Pearson, Andrew T. Chamberlain, Mandy Jay et al. · Antiquity Open access 17 May 2016 84
2 The dead of Stonehenge Christie Willis, Peter D. Marshall, Jacqueline I. McKinley et al. · Antiquity Open access Apr 2016 57
3 Who was buried at Stonehenge? Mike Parker Pearson, Andrew T. Chamberlain, Mandy Jay et al. · Antiquity Open access Mar 2009 54
4 Robust chronologies for landform development Richard C. Chiverrell, G.C. Foster, Geoffrey S. P. Thomas et al. · Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 10 Oct 2008 48
5 Fluvial sediments, correlations and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction: The development of robust radiocarbon chronologies Andy J. Howard, Benjamin R. Gearey, Tom Hill et al. · Journal of Archaeological Science 5 Sep 2009 40
All 14 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Museums Sheffield publish most on?

By volume: Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology and Geological formations and processes.

Archaeology and ancient …1Archaeology and ancient environmental studies: 1 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…1Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 1 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 0 fractional worksGeological formations an…0Geological formations and processes: 0 fractional worksHydrology and Sediment T…0Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes: 0 fractional worksForensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies: 0 fractional worksArchaeology and Rock Art Studies: 0 fractional works
PaleontologyAtmospheric ScienceAnthropologyEarth-Surface Processes2 others

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

  1. 1 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 1 works
  2. 2 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 1 works
  3. 3 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 0 works
  4. 4 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 0 works
  5. 5 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 0 works
  6. 6 Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies Archeology 0 works
  7. 7 Archaeology and Rock Art Studies Archeology 0 works
  8. 8 Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis Archeology 0 works
  9. 9 Tree-ring climate responses Atmospheric Science 0 works
  10. 10 Archaeology and Historical Studies Archeology 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 available28.4%not open71.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.5%domestic only70.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Museums Sheffield's research output changed?

20102015

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