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Northamptonshire County Council

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World rank, all time
#23,490
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,232
of 1,844
Research works
205
▼ 63% vs 2018-21
Citations
2k
9.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
17%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Northamptonshire County Council

Which fields of science does Northamptonshire County Council work in?

In all years, 52% of research at Northamptonshire County Council is in Social Sciences, 24% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Medicine (14%), Psychology (11%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 106 fractional works · 51.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 56 fractional works · 27.2% of its workEducation: 19 fractional works · 9.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 22 fractional works · 10.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 5.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 20 fractional works · 9.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 50 fractional works · 24.4% of its workMedicine: 28 fractional works · 13.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 20 fractional works · 9.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 7.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 36 fractional works · 17.4% of its workEngineering: 15 fractional works · 7.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 5.5% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 6.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNorthamptonshireCounty Council205fractional works, all years
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences24%Social Sciences52%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5627.2%
    2. Psychology2210.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities209.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting41.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.0%
    6. Decision Sciences20.9%
    1. Medicine2813.9%
    2. Health Professions209.6%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Engineering157.3%
    2. Computer Science115.5%
    3. Environmental Science31.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy20.9%
    6. Chemistry20.7%
    7. Materials Science10.4%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology63.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences52.6%
    3. Neuroscience10.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 3.74× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.78× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.96× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.16× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.09× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.09×2 works
  2. Health Professions3.74×1 works
  3. Arts and Humanities1.96×1 works
  4. Medicine1.78×5 works
  5. Social Sciences1.21×2 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.16×0 works
  7. Environmental Science0.91×1 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.66×0 works
  9. Energy0.62×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.58×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.53×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.48×0 works
  13. Engineering0.30×1 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.23×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Northamptonshire County Council?

Ranked on the quality score, S. A. K. Strahan, Judith Komives Harris and Daniel C. Tabor lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northamptonshire County Council.

  1. 1 S. A. K. Strahan United Kingdom · #2,692,426 worldwide 32 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Judith Komives Harris United Kingdom · #3,514,185 worldwide 112 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Daniel C. Tabor United Kingdom · #3,642,661 worldwide 46 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Mike Kendall United Kingdom · #3,696,063 worldwide 124 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Cath Arnold United Kingdom · #3,796,247 worldwide 197 citations · 53 works
  6. 6 John Gott United Kingdom · #5,086,511 worldwide 2 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Northamptonshire County Council

What are the most cited papers from Northamptonshire County Council?

The most cited paper from Northamptonshire County Council is "QUANTIFICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LIPID IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL CERAMICS: IMPLICATIONS FOR SAMPLING POTSHERDS FOR ORGANIC RESIDUE ANALYSIS AND THE CLASSIFICATION OF VESSEL USE" (S. Charters, Richard P. Evershed, L. John Goad et al., 1993), with 243 citations. Next come "Towards an understanding of Internet-based problem shopping behaviour: The concept of online shopping addiction and its proposed predictors" (240) and "Randomised controlled trial comparing hospital at home care with inpatient hospital care. I: three month follow up of health outcomes" (227).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 QUANTIFICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LIPID IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL CERAMICS: IMPLICATIONS FOR SAMPLING POTSHERDS FOR ORGANIC RESIDUE ANALYSIS AND THE CLASSIFICATION OF VESSEL USE S. Charters, Richard P. Evershed, L. John Goad et al. · Archaeometry Aug 1993 243
2 Towards an understanding of Internet-based problem shopping behaviour: The concept of online shopping addiction and its proposed predictors Susan D. Rose, Arun Dhandayudham · Journal of Behavioral Addictions Open access 3 Feb 2014 240
3 Randomised controlled trial comparing hospital at home care with inpatient hospital care. I: three month follow up of health outcomes Sasha Shepperd, Diana Harwood, Crispin Jenkinson et al. · BMJ Open access 13 Jun 1998 227
4 Municipal Solid Waste Management and Adverse Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review Giovanni Vinti, Valerie Bauza, Thomas Clasen et al. · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ReviewOpen access 19 Apr 2021 223
5 Randomised controlled trial comparing hospital at home care with inpatient hospital care. II: cost minimisation analysis Sasha Shepperd, Diana Harwood, Alastair McIntosh Gray et al. · BMJ Open access 13 Jun 1998 179
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Which keywords describe research at Northamptonshire County Council?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Cultural Studies, Children's Literature, Meta-Analysis, Fantasy, Young Adult, Intervention and Child Development.

▲ 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. Education8▲ 3.1×15 topics
  2. Public Health8▲ 3.0×17 topics
  3. Primary Care8▲ 9.3×11 topics
  4. Cultural Studies7▲ 9.2×4 topics
  5. Meta-Analysis7▲ 6.1×6 topics
  6. Children's Literature6▲ 78×2 topics
  7. Mental Health6▲ 2.8×19 topics
  8. Fantasy6▲ 222×1 topic
  9. Young Adult6▲ 222×1 topic
  10. Child Development5▲ 9.2×4 topics
  11. Intervention5▲ 63×3 topics
  12. Child-Centered5▲ 169×1 topic
  13. Play Therapy5▲ 169×1 topic
  14. Self-Regulation5▲ 15×6 topics
  15. Healthcare5▲ 3.2×6 topics
  16. Cultural Heritage4▲ 5.0×9 topics
  17. Gender Differences4▲ 7.0×6 topics
  18. Security4▲ 5.2×4 topics
  19. Ancient DNA4▲ 32×2 topics
  20. Human Evolution4▲ 77×2 topics
  21. STEM Education4▲ 6.5×3 topics
  22. Genomic Analysis4▲ 6.1×2 topics
  23. Technology Integration4▲ 8.8×5 topics
  24. Forensic Genetics4▲ 104×1 topic
  25. Population History4▲ 104×1 topic
  26. Mass Spectrometry3▲ 7.8×2 topics
  27. Chemical Imaging3▲ 41×1 topic
  28. Fingermark Residue3▲ 267×1 topic
  29. Early Childhood Education3▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Quality Improvement3▲ 7.3×4 topics
  31. Academic Achievement3▲ 9.9×2 topics
  32. Cybercrime3▲ 40×2 topics
  33. Neighborhood Effects3▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Criminal Behavior3▲ 28×2 topics
  35. Developmental Trajectories3▲ 10×3 topics
  36. Digital Forensics3▲ 44×2 topics
  37. Professional Development3▲ 8.4×3 topics
  38. Capacity Building3▲ 18×3 topics
  39. School Engagement3▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Student-Teacher Relationships3▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does Northamptonshire County Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geographies of human-animal interactions, Marine animal studies overview, Race, History, and American Society and Education, Achievement, and Giftedness.

Geographies of human-ani…0Geographies of human-animal interactions: 0 fractional worksMarine animal studies ov…0Marine animal studies overview: 0 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 0 fractional worksEducation, Achievement, and Giftedness: 0 fractional worksAmerican Political and S…0American Political and Social Dynamics: 0 fractional worksAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes: 0 fractional worksChronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments: 0 fractional worksSensor Technology and Me…0Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems: 0 fractional worksCalibration and Measurement Techniques: 0 fractional worksBipolar Disorder and Treatment: 0 fractional works
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentEcologySociology and Political ScienceExperimental and Cognitive Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 0 works
  2. 2 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 0 works
  3. 3 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  4. 4 Education, Achievement, and Giftedness Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 works
  5. 5 American Political and Social Dynamics History 0 works
  6. 6 Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments Hematology 0 works
  8. 8 Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  9. 9 Calibration and Measurement Techniques Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Bipolar Disorder and Treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 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 available17.0%not open83.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.9%domestic only93.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Northamptonshire County Council's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 63% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Northamptonshire County Council as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000059% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Northamptonshire County Council0.000051% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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