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North Lanarkshire Council

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Research works
13
▲ 140% vs 2018-21
Citations
116
8.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
14%
world 40%
International
2%
world 18%
North Lanarkshire Council

Not ranked overall: North Lanarkshire Council 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 North Lanarkshire Council work in?

In all years, 84% of research at North Lanarkshire Council is in Social Sciences, 8% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (55%), Psychology (29%), Engineering (8%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 11 fractional works · 83.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 54.6% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 35.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 8.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 5.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 29.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 16.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 10.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 7.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 7.6% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workALL ITS WORKNorth LanarkshireCouncil13fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences84%

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 7 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences754.6%
    2. Psychology429.1%
    1. Engineering17.6%
    2. Computer Science00.5%
    1. Medicine03.2%
    2. Health Professions02.4%
    1. Neuroscience02.5%
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.

What are the most cited papers from North Lanarkshire Council?

The most cited paper from North Lanarkshire Council is "Effectiveness of online and blended learning from schools: A systematic review" (Keith James Topping, Walter Douglas, Derek P. Robertson et al., 2022), with 116 citations. Next come "Reactive Attachment Disorder in the General Population: A Hidden ESSENCE Disorder" (50) and "SOCIAL CAPITAL, SOCIAL INCLUSION AND CHANGING SCHOOL CONTEXTS: A SCOTTISH PERSPECTIVE" (47).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Effectiveness of online and blended learning from schools: A systematic review Keith James Topping, Walter Douglas, Derek P. Robertson et al. · Review of Education ReviewOpen access 10 May 2022 116
2 Reactive Attachment Disorder in the General Population: A Hidden ESSENCE Disorder Rachel Pritchett, Jennifer Pritchett, Emma Marshall et al. · The Scientific World JOURNAL Open access 2013 50
3 SOCIAL CAPITAL, SOCIAL INCLUSION AND CHANGING SCHOOL CONTEXTS: A SCOTTISH PERSPECTIVE James McGonigal, Robert A. Doherty, Julie Allan et al. · British Journal of Educational Studies Open access 15 Jan 2007 47
4 Psychological impact and acceptability of magnetic resonance imaging and X-ray mammography: the MARIBS Study on behalf of the UK Study Group for MRI Screening in Women at High Risk Study, Jane Hutton, Lyndon Walker et al. · British Journal of Cancer Open access Feb 2011 31
5 Building resilience in Looked After young people: a moral values approach David Woodier · British Journal of Guidance and Counselling 8 Apr 2011 24
All 22 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does North Lanarkshire Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Digital Accessibility for Disabilities, Disability Education and Employment, Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport and Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function.

Digital Accessibility fo…0Digital Accessibility for Disabilities: 0 fractional worksDisability Education and…0Disability Education and Employment: 0 fractional worksInclusion and Disability…0Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport: 0 fractional worksNeuroscience, Education …0Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function: 0 fractional worksScience Education and Pe…0Science Education and Perceptions: 0 fractional worksScience Education and Pe…0Science Education and Pedagogy: 0 fractional worksDigital literacy in education: 0 fractional worksImpact of Technology on Adolescents: 0 fractional worksQualitative Research Methods and Ethics: 0 fractional worksParticipatory Visual Research Methods: 0 fractional works
Human Factors and ErgonomicsSafety ResearchSociology and Political ScienceCognitive Neuroscience3 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Accessibility for Disabilities Human Factors and Ergonomics 0 works
  2. 2 Disability Education and Employment Safety Research 0 works
  3. 3 Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  4. 4 Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  5. 5 Science Education and Perceptions Developmental and Educational Psychology 0 works
  6. 6 Science Education and Pedagogy Education 0 works
  7. 7 Digital literacy in education Information Systems 0 works
  8. 8 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  9. 9 Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Participatory Visual Research Methods Sociology and Political Science 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 available14.4%not open85.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors2.2%domestic only97.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has North Lanarkshire Council's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 140% 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 North Lanarkshire Council as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000036% in 2024.

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Fractional works of North Lanarkshire Council over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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