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National Trust

In research, National Trust stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,910 of 14,833 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#12,130 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,073
of 22,385 · #13,241 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#513
of 862
Research works
477
▲ 46% vs 2018-21
Citations
5k
10.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
National Trust

What is National Trust 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
Social SciencesDomain #7,910 of 14,833 8.4%262
Physical SciencesDomain #12,130 of 17,446 13.6%131

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Trust 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 Trust work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at National Trust is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (18%), Environmental Science (18%), Social Sciences (17%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 51 fractional works · 49.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 18 fractional works · 17.9% of its workArcheology: 8 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMuseology: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 17.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 6.1% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 35 fractional works · 34.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 18 fractional works · 17.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 7 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 6.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 7.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNational Trust103fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences50%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities1817.9%
    2. Social Sciences1817.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting65.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance44.3%
    5. Psychology43.8%
    6. Decision Sciences11.2%
    1. Environmental Science1817.9%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences66.1%
    3. Computer Science66.0%
    4. Engineering32.7%
    5. Materials Science10.5%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.5%
    7. Energy00.5%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    9. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences44.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology33.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Medicine65.7%
    2. Health Professions11.4%
    3. Veterinary00.4%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
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: 0.86× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 1.39× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.77× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.86× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.60× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 6.21× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.74× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.01× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.24× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.21×18 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.86×6 works
  3. Environmental Science3.60×18 works
  4. Veterinary3.19×0 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.01×4 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.74×6 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.39×0 works
  8. Social Sciences1.36×18 works
  9. Psychology1.24×4 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.21×1 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.86×4 works
  12. Computer Science0.77×6 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.64×4 works
  14. Energy0.53×0 works
  15. Health Professions0.53×1 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.32×0 works
  17. Medicine0.30×6 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.19×0 works
  19. Engineering0.18×3 works
  20. Materials Science0.15×0 works
  21. Nursing0.13×0 works
  22. Dentistry0.11×0 works
  23. Mathematics0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Trust?

Ranked on the quality score, Joshua David Stewart, Guy M. W. Stevens and Stewart J. Clarke lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Trust.

  1. 1 Joshua David Stewart United Kingdom · #166,185 worldwide 2.8k citations · 115 works
  2. 2 Guy M. W. Stevens United Kingdom · #239,999 worldwide 2.1k citations · 76 works
  3. 3 Stewart J. Clarke United Kingdom · #943,806 worldwide 1.3k citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Alex Hunt United Kingdom · #1,285,324 worldwide 982 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 John Julius Norwich United Kingdom · #1,574,470 worldwide 306 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Katy Taylor United Kingdom · #2,065,502 worldwide 1.1k citations · 30 works
  7. 7 David J. Bullock United Kingdom · #2,884,728 worldwide 708 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Sarah Staniforth United Kingdom · #2,888,658 worldwide 440 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Patrick B. Beaudan United Kingdom · #2,979,280 worldwide 337 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Farah Mukhida United Kingdom · #3,355,255 worldwide 332 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at National Trust

What are the most cited papers from National Trust?

The most cited paper from National Trust is "Heat, Human Performance, and Occupational Health: A Key Issue for the Assessment of Global Climate Change Impacts" (Tord E Kjellstrom, David Briggs, Chris Freyberg et al., 2015), with 612 citations. Next come "The identification of 100 ecological questions of high policy relevance in the UK" (478) and "Metallography and Microstructure of Ancient and Historic Metals" (412).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Heat, Human Performance, and Occupational Health: A Key Issue for the Assessment of Global Climate Change Impacts Tord E Kjellstrom, David Briggs, Chris Freyberg et al. · Annual Review of Public Health ReviewOpen access 25 Mar 2015 612
2 The identification of 100 ecological questions of high policy relevance in the UK William J. Sutherland et al. · Journal of Applied Ecology Open access 30 May 2006 478
3 Metallography and Microstructure of Ancient and Historic Metals Andrew Oddy, DAVID A. SCOTT · Studies in Conservation Nov 1992 412
4 London residents' support for the 2012 Olympic Games: The mediating effect of overall attitude Girish Prayag, Sameer Hosany, Robin Nunkoo et al. · Tourism Management 24 Sep 2012 404
5 Carbon Mitigation by Biofuels or by Saving and Restoring Forests? Renton C. Righelato, Dominick Vincent Spracklen · Science 16 Aug 2007 373
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Trust?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Conservation, Climate Change, Population Dynamics, Cultural Heritage, Cultural Sustainability, Urban Development, Phylogeny and Invasive Species.

▲ 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. Climate Change12▲ 4.1×35 topics
  2. Conservation11▲ 25×16 topics
  3. Population Dynamics8▲ 29×8 topics
  4. Cultural Heritage7▲ 12×9 topics
  5. Cultural Sustainability6▲ 113×2 topics
  6. Urban Development6▲ 16×4 topics
  7. Machine Learning6▲ 1.66×18 topics
  8. Sustainable Development5▲ 3.2×5 topics
  9. Phylogeny5▲ 27×7 topics
  10. Invasive Species4▲ 10×15 topics
  11. Migration4▲ 13×3 topics
  12. Adaptive Reuse4▲ 113×1 topic
  13. Intangible Heritage4▲ 113×1 topic
  14. Globalization4▲ 2.0×16 topics
  15. Biodiversity4▲ 4.8×14 topics
  16. Marine Ecosystems4▲ 64×2 topics
  17. Sea-Level Rise4▲ 29×4 topics
  18. Ecology3▲ 19×4 topics
  19. Fisheries3▲ 73×3 topics
  20. Rays3▲ 140×1 topic
  21. Sharks3▲ 140×1 topic
  22. Mediterranean3▲ 31×3 topics
  23. Risk Assessment3▲ 3.8×4 topics
  24. Agricultural Origins2▲ 75×1 topic
  25. Radiocarbon Dating2▲ 75×1 topic
  26. Social Inequality2▲ 9.1×2 topics
  27. African Diaspora2▲ 59×2 topics
  28. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Maritime Archaeology2▲ 124×1 topic
  30. Sea-Level Change2▲ 124×1 topic
  31. Archaeology of Resistance2▲ 234×1 topic
  32. Black Feminist Theory2▲ 234×1 topic
  33. Informal Education2▲ 113×1 topic
  34. Museum Learning2▲ 113×1 topic
  35. Late Antiquity2▲ 39×2 topics
  36. Microclimate Control2▲ 99×1 topic
  37. Museum Environments2▲ 99×1 topic
  38. Predator-Prey Interactions2▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Acoustic Communication2▲ 34×3 topics
  40. Cosmopolitanism2▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does National Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies and Maritime and Coastal Archaeology.

Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation: 4 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 3 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient …2Archaeology and ancient environmental studies: 2 fractional worksMaritime and Coastal Arc…2Maritime and Coastal Archaeology: 2 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural Archaeology Studies: 2 fractional worksMuseums and Cultural Heritage: 2 fractional worksConservation Techniques …2Conservation Techniques and Studies: 2 fractional worksMarine animal studies ov…2Marine animal studies overview: 2 fractional worksCultural Heritage Materi…2Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis: 2 fractional worksHistorical Art and Cultu…2Historical Art and Culture Studies: 2 fractional works
ArcheologyNature and Landscape ConservationPaleontologyAnthropology3 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Archeology 4 works
  2. 2 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  3. 3 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 2 works
  4. 4 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 2 works
  5. 5 Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies Anthropology 2 works
  6. 6 Museums and Cultural Heritage Museology 2 works
  7. 7 Conservation Techniques and Studies Conservation 2 works
  8. 8 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 2 works
  9. 9 Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis Archeology 2 works
  10. 10 Historical Art and Culture Studies Museology 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 available33.0%not open67.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.3%domestic only73.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 46% higher 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 National Trust as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00028% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%National Trust0.00042% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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