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New College Durham

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World rank, all time
#30,267
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,621
of 1,844
Research works
162
▲ 142% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.2k
7.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
14%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
New College Durham

Which fields of science does New College Durham work in?

In all years, 65% of research at New College Durham is in Social Sciences, 18% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (38%), Arts and Humanities (16%), Medicine (9%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 105 fractional works · 65.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 61 fractional works · 37.7% of its workEducation: 28 fractional works · 17.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 5.7% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 25 fractional works · 15.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 6.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 30 fractional works · 18.2% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 9.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Terminology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 12.9% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNew CollegeDurham162fractional works, all years
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences65%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences6137.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities2515.6%
    3. Psychology106.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance42.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting31.9%
    6. Decision Sciences21.4%
    1. Medicine159.2%
    2. Health Professions159.0%
    1. Engineering53.0%
    2. Computer Science52.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy42.7%
    4. Mathematics32.0%
    5. Environmental Science21.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    7. Materials Science00.3%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.3%
    3. Neuroscience10.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 10.98× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.79× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 11.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities10.98×4 works
  2. Social Sciences3.79×5 works
  3. Health Professions1.15×0 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.95×0 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting0.94×0 works
  6. Psychology0.69×0 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.27×0 works
  8. Medicine0.24×0 works
  9. Computer Science0.17×0 works
  10. Engineering0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at New College Durham?

Ranked on the quality score, C.G.IVAN HUSSELL, John E. Dunford and B Hudson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is New College Durham.

  1. 1 C.G.IVAN HUSSELL United Kingdom · #3,012,867 worldwide 30 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 John E. Dunford United Kingdom · #4,236,435 worldwide 219 citations · 62 works
  3. 3 B Hudson United Kingdom · #4,492,126 worldwide 31 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 David G. Attfield United Kingdom · #4,907,692 worldwide 57 citations · 50 works
All ranked researchers at New College Durham

What are the most cited papers from New College Durham?

The most cited paper from New College Durham is "Addiction and spirituality" (Christopher C. H. Cook, 2004), with 248 citations. Next come "Can there be an ethics of care?" (102) and "Gender imbalances in the primary classroom: an interactional account" (94).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Addiction and spirituality Christopher C. H. Cook · Addiction Open access 8 Apr 2004 248
2 Can there be an ethics of care? Peter Allmark · Journal of Medical Ethics Open access Feb 1995 102
3 Gender imbalances in the primary classroom: an interactional account Jane M. French, Peter French · Educational Research Jun 1984 94
4 ON GOLDSTEIN'S THEORY OF LAMINAR SEPARATION Keith Stewartson · The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics 1958 85
5 Effect of textured foot orthotics on static and dynamic postural stability in middle-aged females Marjorie L. Wilson, Keith Rome, DAVID R. HODGSON et al. · Gait & Posture 3 Feb 2007 83
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at New College Durham?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Neoliberalism, Higher Education, Gender, Human Rights, Education, Religion and Primary Care.

▲ 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. Globalization13▲ 4.3×16 topics
  2. Education10▲ 4.5×22 topics
  3. Neoliberalism9▲ 15×8 topics
  4. Higher Education9▲ 14×10 topics
  5. Human Rights8▲ 6.0×16 topics
  6. Gender8▲ 8.3×11 topics
  7. Religion6▲ 6.9×12 topics
  8. Primary Care5▲ 7.7×7 topics
  9. Literature5▲ 6.5×10 topics
  10. Ethics5▲ 6.6×11 topics
  11. Pedagogy5▲ 8.9×8 topics
  12. Reflective Practice5▲ 18×3 topics
  13. Healthcare5▲ 4.2×4 topics
  14. Feminism5▲ 11×9 topics
  15. Educational Technology4▲ 4.2×8 topics
  16. Elderly Care4▲ 21×3 topics
  17. Motivation4▲ 9.5×3 topics
  18. Teacher Education4▲ 27×4 topics
  19. Professional Development4▲ 16×4 topics
  20. Student Perceptions4▲ 18×6 topics
  21. Technology Integration4▲ 13×2 topics
  22. Philosophy4▲ 5.4×7 topics
  23. Teacher Training4▲ 5.8×7 topics
  24. Academic Achievement4▲ 15×6 topics
  25. Cultural Studies4▲ 6.1×7 topics
  26. Training Pathways4▲ 59×1 topic
  27. Vocational Education4▲ 31×1 topic
  28. Direct Payments3▲ 129×1 topic
  29. Personalisation3▲ 129×1 topic
  30. Teacher Professional Development3▲ 20×3 topics
  31. Professional Learning Communities3▲ 41×2 topics
  32. Psychoanalysis3▲ 23×5 topics
  33. Secularism3▲ 18×3 topics
  34. Academic Identity3▲ 57×1 topic
  35. Career Choice3▲ 60×2 topics
  36. Educational Leadership3▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Interdisciplinary Collaboration3▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Internationalization3▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Legal Pluralism3▲ 44×2 topics
  40. Parental Involvement3▲ 19×3 topics

Which research topics does New College Durham publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: International Law and Human Rights, Reformation and Early Modern Christianity, Land Rights and Reforms and Impact of Education Environments.

International Law and Hu…1International Law and Human Rights: 1 fractional worksReformation and Early Mo…0Reformation and Early Modern Christianity: 0 fractional worksLand Rights and Reforms0Land Rights and Reforms: 0 fractional worksImpact of Education Envi…0Impact of Education Environments: 0 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 0 fractional worksInterdisciplinary Studies: Technology, Society, and Humanities: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental law and po…0Environmental law and policy: 0 fractional worksThemes in Literature Analysis: 0 fractional worksViolence, Religion, and Philosophy: 0 fractional worksNarrative Theory and Ana…0Narrative Theory and Analysis: 0 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsHistorySoil ScienceEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 International Law and Human Rights Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  2. 2 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 0 works
  3. 3 Land Rights and Reforms Soil Science 0 works
  4. 4 Impact of Education Environments Education 0 works
  5. 5 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 0 works
  6. 6 Interdisciplinary Studies: Technology, Society, and Humanities History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  7. 7 Environmental law and policy Law 0 works
  8. 8 Themes in Literature Analysis Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  9. 9 Violence, Religion, and Philosophy Philosophy 0 works
  10. 10 Narrative Theory and Analysis Literature and Literary Theory 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 available13.9%not open86.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.4%domestic only88.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has New College Durham's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 142% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 New College Durham as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000096% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%New College Durham0.000042% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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