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In research, National Museum Wales stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,147 of 11,023 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#1,073 of 2,224 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#3,038 of 5,126 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences (Earth and Planetary Sciences is 17.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,758
of 22,385 · #16,142 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#828
of 862
Research works
757
▼ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
15.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
National Museum Wales

What is National Museum Wales 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
Life SciencesDomain #5,147 of 11,023 8.3%251
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #1,073 of 2,224 5.3%261
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,038 of 5,126 8.3%215
Physical SciencesDomain #14,313 of 17,446 5.3%380

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Museum Wales 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does National Museum Wales work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at National Museum Wales is in Physical Sciences, 36% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (31%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (28%), Environmental Science (15%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 41 fractional works · 47.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 24 fractional works · 27.6% of its workPaleontology: 10 fractional works · 11.5% of its workOceanography: 7 fractional works · 7.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 15.0% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 8.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 31 fractional works · 35.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 27 fractional works · 31.1% of its workInsect Science: 14 fractional works · 16.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 10 fractional works · 11.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 13.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 8.5% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNational MuseumWales85fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences36%Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences14%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences2427.6%
    2. Environmental Science1315.0%
    3. Materials Science21.8%
    4. Computer Science11.6%
    5. Engineering11.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    7. Chemistry00.2%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2731.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology34.0%
    3. Neuroscience10.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Arts and Humanities78.5%
    2. Social Sciences44.5%
    3. Psychology00.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Medicine11.5%
    2. Health Professions11.0%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does National Museum Wales specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 17.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 23.6 works18×
← 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: 6.56× its world share, 27 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17.57× its world share, 24 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.02× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.95× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 17.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences17.57×24 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6.56×27 works
  3. Environmental Science3.02×13 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.95×7 works
  5. Veterinary0.96×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.75×3 works
  7. Materials Science0.51×2 works
  8. Neuroscience0.48×1 works
  9. Health Professions0.39×1 works
  10. Social Sciences0.36×4 works
  11. Computer Science0.20×1 works
  12. Nursing0.20×0 works
  13. Psychology0.14×0 works
  14. Mathematics0.11×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.10×0 works
  17. Engineering0.08×1 works
  18. Medicine0.08×1 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Museum Wales?

Ranked on the quality score, Jana Horák, Christopher Jonathan Cleal and Barry A. Thomas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Museum Wales.

  1. 1 Jana Horák United Kingdom · #2,048,491 worldwide 522 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Christopher Jonathan Cleal United Kingdom · #2,092,901 worldwide 5.3k citations · 248 works
  3. 3 Barry A. Thomas United Kingdom · #2,094,379 worldwide 3.4k citations · 145 works
  4. 4 R. E. Bevins United Kingdom · #2,124,315 worldwide 2.5k citations · 119 works
  5. 5 Heather S. Pardoe United Kingdom · #2,161,507 worldwide 744 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Mark Redknap United Kingdom · #2,196,190 worldwide 768 citations · 85 works
  7. 7 Elizabeth Anne Walker United Kingdom · #2,413,505 worldwide 483 citations · 62 works
  8. 8 Cyril Fox United Kingdom · #2,703,006 worldwide 397 citations · 120 works
  9. 9 Hartley Hyde United Kingdom · #2,950,772 worldwide 1.2k citations · 87 works
  10. 10 J. Davy Dean United Kingdom · #2,969,709 worldwide 15 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at National Museum Wales

What are the most cited papers from National Museum Wales?

The most cited paper from National Museum Wales is "The Global Decline of Nonmarine Mollusks" (Charles Lydeard, Robert H. Cowie, Winston Frank Ponder et al., 2004), with 1,155 citations. Next come "Current strategies for articular cartilage repair" (489) and "Cooling and ice growth across the Eocene-Oligocene transition" (427).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Global Decline of Nonmarine Mollusks Charles Lydeard, Robert H. Cowie, Winston Frank Ponder et al. · BioScience 2004 1,155
2 Current strategies for articular cartilage repair Samantha N. Redman, Sarah Oldfield, CW Archer · European Cells and Materials Open access 14 Apr 2005 489
3 Cooling and ice growth across the Eocene-Oligocene transition Caroline H. Lear, Trevor R. Bailey, Paul Nicholas Pearson et al. · Geology 2008 427
4 Population genomics of the Viking world Ashot Margaryan et al. · Nature Open access 16 Sep 2020 363
5 Parasites as biological indicators of the population biology, migrations, diet, and phylogenetics of fish H. Harford Williams, Kevin S. Mackenzie, A.M. McCarthy · Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries Jun 1992 289
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Museum Wales?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Invasive Species, Biogeography, Biodiversity, Biological Control, Morphology, Phylogeny, Taxonomy and Ecosystem Functioning.

▲ 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-now 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. Invasive Species18▲ 51×15 topics
  2. Biogeography12▲ 52×15 topics
  3. Biodiversity11▲ 16×14 topics
  4. Biological Control10▲ 76×9 topics
  5. Climate Change9▲ 3.8×17 topics
  6. Morphology8▲ 53×6 topics
  7. Phylogeny8▲ 56×13 topics
  8. Taxonomy8▲ 60×9 topics
  9. Ecosystem Functioning7▲ 42×4 topics
  10. Benthic Communities6▲ 118×2 topics
  11. Marine Biodiversity6▲ 118×2 topics
  12. Molecular Phylogeny6▲ 43×9 topics
  13. Phylogenetic Relationships6▲ 94×2 topics
  14. Population Dynamics6▲ 26×5 topics
  15. Deep-Sea Ecology6▲ 208×1 topic
  16. Estuarine Quality6▲ 208×1 topic
  17. Phylogenetic Analysis6▲ 21×10 topics
  18. Paleoproductivity5▲ 194×1 topic
  19. Paleoredox5▲ 194×1 topic
  20. Evolution5▲ 22×7 topics
  21. DNA Barcoding5▲ 32×8 topics
  22. Nematodes4▲ 98×3 topics
  23. Microbiota4▲ 21×3 topics
  24. Parasitism4▲ 421×1 topic
  25. Snails4▲ 421×1 topic
  26. Holocene4▲ 38×3 topics
  27. Pest Management3▲ 44×2 topics
  28. Conservation3▲ 8.0×12 topics
  29. Sea Level3▲ 37×2 topics
  30. Tectonics3▲ 28×3 topics
  31. Conservation Genetics3▲ 81×2 topics
  32. Diptera3▲ 620×1 topic
  33. Global Change3▲ 12×3 topics
  34. molecular data3▲ 620×1 topic
  35. Biodiversity Loss3▲ 57×2 topics
  36. Drosophila Suzukii3▲ 232×1 topic
  37. Fruit Fly3▲ 232×1 topic
  38. Glacial Cycles3▲ 49×1 topic
  39. Host Plants3▲ 226×2 topics
  40. Paleoclimatology3▲ 39×1 topic

Which research topics does National Museum Wales publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Mollusks and Parasites Studies and Diptera species taxonomy and behavior.

Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 6 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 5 fractional worksMollusks and Parasites S…4Mollusks and Parasites Studies: 4 fractional worksDiptera species taxonomy…3Diptera species taxonomy and behavior: 3 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 3 fractional worksInsect behavior and control techniques: 3 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interaction…2Insect-Plant Interactions and Control: 2 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 2 fractional worksResearch on scale insects: 2 fractional worksParasite Biology and Host Interactions: 2 fractional works
OceanographyPaleontologyInsect ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2 others

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

  1. 1 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 6 works
  2. 2 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 5 works
  3. 3 Mollusks and Parasites Studies Insect Science 4 works
  4. 4 Diptera species taxonomy and behavior Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  5. 5 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 3 works
  6. 6 Insect behavior and control techniques Insect Science 3 works
  7. 7 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 2 works
  8. 8 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 2 works
  9. 9 Research on scale insects Insect Science 2 works
  10. 10 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 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 available32.4%not open67.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.8%domestic only71.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Museum Wales's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 National Museum Wales as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00033% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%National Museum Wales0.00025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Museum Wales over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2023National Museum Wales4.4% in 2023200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.0% in 2012.

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