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Government institution · Weston-super-Mare · United Kingdom

North Somerset Council

n-somerset.gov.ukROR OpenAlex
Research works
13
▲ 174% vs 2018-21
Citations
51
3.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
North Somerset Council

Not ranked overall: North Somerset Council is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does North Somerset Council work in?

In all years, 49% of research at North Somerset Council is in Social Sciences, 36% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Health Professions (25%), Social Sciences (20%), Psychology (13%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 7 fractional works · 49.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 20.2% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 13.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 13.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 8.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 7.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 36.3% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 24.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 23.5% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 11.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 9.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 7.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 3.7% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workALL ITS WORKNorth SomersetCouncil13fractional works, all years
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences36%Social Sciences49%

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 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences320.2%
    2. Psychology213.0%
    3. Decision Sciences17.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance15.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting03.7%
    1. Health Professions324.7%
    2. Medicine211.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences17.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology02.1%
    1. Environmental Science02.4%
    2. Chemistry00.8%
    3. Engineering00.8%
    4. Mathematics00.8%
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: 1.56× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Environmental Science: 2.98× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 2.52× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 6.38× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.89× its world share, 1 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.54× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions6.38×0 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.54×0 works
  3. Environmental Science2.98×0 works
  4. Mathematics2.52×0 works
  5. Medicine1.89×1 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.56×0 works
  7. Social Sciences0.78×0 works

Who are the top researchers at North Somerset Council?

Ranked on the quality score, S. Diane Hayward and Rachel Hubbard lead among researchers whose main affiliation is North Somerset Council.

  1. 1 S. Diane Hayward United Kingdom · #1,849,704 worldwide 270 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Rachel Hubbard United Kingdom · #3,235,528 worldwide 26 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at North Somerset Council

What are the most cited papers from North Somerset Council?

The most cited paper from North Somerset Council is "Children and Parent Participation in Child Protection Conferences: A Study in One English Local Authority" (Kerry Muench, Clive Diaz, Rebecca L. Wright, 2016), with 65 citations. Next come "Acceptability of digital vending machines to access STI and HIV tests in two UK cities" (19) and "Weight-related bullying in schools: a review of school anti-bullying policies" (10).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Children and Parent Participation in Child Protection Conferences: A Study in One English Local Authority Kerry Muench, Clive Diaz, Rebecca L. Wright · Child Care in Practice Open access 29 Feb 2016 65
2 Acceptability of digital vending machines to access STI and HIV tests in two UK cities Maya Gobin, Syra Dhillon, Joanna May Kesten et al. · Sexually Transmitted Infections Open access Feb 2024 19
3 Weight-related bullying in schools: a review of school anti-bullying policies Amanda Hughes, Elisabeth Grey, Alice Haigherty et al. · BMC Public Health Open access 30 May 2025 10
4 Does an asset-based community development project promote health and wellbeing? Emily van de Venter, Sabi Redwood · The Lancet Nov 2016 9
5 Who is accessing community lateral flow device testing and why? Characteristics and motivations of individuals participating in COVID-19 community testing in two English local authority areas Michael Nader Dalili, Jo Long, Emma Wadley et al. · BMC Public Health Open access 25 Mar 2022 8
All 27 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does North Somerset Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk, Global Maternal and Child Health, Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies.

HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk0HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 0 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 0 fractional worksDemographic Trends and G…0Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences: 0 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology…0Fish Biology and Ecology Studies: 0 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 0 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 0 fractional worksWildlife-Road Interactio…0Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation: 0 fractional worksAquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity: 0 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental Conservati…0Environmental Conservation and Management: 0 fractional works
EpidemiologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGender StudiesAquatic Science4 others

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

  1. 1 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 0 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  3. 3 Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences Gender Studies 0 works
  4. 4 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 0 works
  5. 5 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 0 works
  6. 6 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 0 works
  7. 7 Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation Ecology 0 works
  8. 8 Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity Ecology 0 works
  9. 9 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  10. 10 Environmental Conservation and Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 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 available21.4%not open78.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.9%domestic only90.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has North Somerset Council's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 174% 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 Somerset Council as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000010% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%North Somerset Council0.000014% in 202520102020

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

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