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Ofcom

In research, Ofcom stands highest in Physical Sciences (#11,361 of 17,446 worldwide), Engineering (#7,281 of 9,532 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#11,623 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

ofcom.org.ukROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#16,309
of 22,385 · #13,548 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#560
of 862
Research works
576
▲ 65% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.3k
12.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Ofcom

What is Ofcom 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
Physical SciencesDomain #11,361 of 17,446 8.8%235
EngineeringField #7,281 of 9,532 8.9%133
Social SciencesDomain #11,623 of 14,833 7.1%205

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

In 2022-now, 37% of research at Ofcom is in Social Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (17%), Engineering (16%), Social Sciences (13%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 37 fractional works · 36.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 13.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 8.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 29 fractional works · 29.3% of its workEngineering: 16 fractional works · 15.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 7.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 22 fractional works · 21.8% of its workMedicine: 17 fractional works · 17.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 12.1% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKOfcom100fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences37%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1313.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting88.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance54.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities44.2%
    5. Psychology33.5%
    6. Decision Sciences32.8%
    1. Engineering1615.8%
    2. Computer Science77.4%
    3. Environmental Science22.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy22.0%
    5. Mathematics10.6%
    6. Materials Science10.6%
    7. Energy00.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Medicine1717.4%
    2. Health Professions43.9%
    3. Veterinary00.3%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Neuroscience43.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology22.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
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: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.10× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.33× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.96× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.05× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.49× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.91× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.46× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.47× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.62× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.91× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.18× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.15× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences2.91×3 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.62×8 works
  3. Veterinary2.46×0 works
  4. Neuroscience2.33×4 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.18×5 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology2.10×2 works
  7. Health Professions1.49×4 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.47×4 works
  9. Psychology1.15×4 works
  10. Engineering1.05×16 works
  11. Social Sciences1.03×13 works
  12. Computer Science0.96×7 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.95×0 works
  14. Medicine0.91×17 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.90×2 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.69×4 works
  17. Mathematics0.50×1 works
  18. Energy0.48×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.47×2 works
  20. Environmental Science0.42×2 works
  21. Nursing0.23×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.17×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.16×1 works
  24. Chemistry0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ofcom?

Ranked on the quality score, William R. Webb, W K Waterfall and Charlotte Worker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ofcom.

  1. 1 William R. Webb United Kingdom · #4,539,056 worldwide 2.6k citations · 172 works
  2. 2 W K Waterfall United Kingdom · #5,144,341 worldwide 157 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Charlotte Worker United Kingdom · #5,675,368 worldwide 1 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Joan Wrather United Kingdom · #5,970,515 worldwide 10 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Ofcom

What are the most cited papers from Ofcom?

The most cited paper from Ofcom is "Wireless Communications" (William R. Webb, 2011), with 950 citations. Next come "Cell refractive index for cell biology and disease diagnosis: past, present and future" (580) and "Role of biological Data Mining and Machine Learning Techniques in Detecting and Diagnosing the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19): A Systematic Review" (289).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Wireless Communications William R. Webb · IGI Global eBooks Book chapter 25 May 2011 950
2 Cell refractive index for cell biology and disease diagnosis: past, present and future P. Y. Liu, L. K. Chin, W. Ser et al. · Lab on a Chip 17 Dec 2015 580
3 Role of biological Data Mining and Machine Learning Techniques in Detecting and Diagnosing the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19): A Systematic Review Ahmed Shihab Albahri, Rula Amjed Hamid, Jwan K. Alwan et al. · Journal of Medical Systems ReviewOpen access 25 May 2020 289
4 Orthogonal representations for robust context-dependent task performance in brains and neural networks Timo Flesch, Keno Juechems, Tsvetomira Dumbalska et al. · Neuron Open access 31 Jan 2022 263
5 Why to decouple the uplink and downlink in cellular networks and how to do it Federico Boccardi, Jeffrey G. Andrews, Hisham Elshaer et al. · IEEE Communications Magazine Open access Mar 2016 225
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ofcom?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Digital Divide, Broadband, Price Discrimination, Rural Development, ICT, Telecommunications, Regulation and Economic 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 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. Globalization4▲ 2.2×13 topics
  2. Digital Divide4▲ 15×3 topics
  3. Economic Development4▲ 4.4×5 topics
  4. Broadband3▲ 86×2 topics
  5. Inflammation3▲ 1.45×10 topics
  6. Price Discrimination3▲ 85×2 topics
  7. Regulation3▲ 5.9×4 topics
  8. Education3▲ 1.74×12 topics
  9. Qualitative Research3▲ 3.5×7 topics
  10. Rural Development3▲ 8.8×3 topics
  11. ICT3▲ 21×1 topic
  12. Telecommunications3▲ 70×1 topic
  13. Competition2▲ 45×2 topics
  14. Firm Performance2▲ 13×2 topics
  15. Supply Chain Management2▲ 2.6×4 topics
  16. Collusion2▲ 220×1 topic
  17. Market Structure2▲ 31×1 topic
  18. Colonialism2▲ 4.5×4 topics
  19. Cultural Identity2▲ 4.0×6 topics
  20. Cultural Studies2▲ 5.0×4 topics
  21. Ethical Considerations2▲ 5.6×4 topics
  22. Anthropology2▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Data Integration2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  24. Media Studies2▲ 25×3 topics
  25. Beamforming2▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Reciprocity2▲ 32×2 topics
  27. Multiculturalism1▲ 7.4×1 topic
  28. Post-Modernity1▲ 43×1 topic
  29. Workflow Management1▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Chronic Disease1▲ 7.6×2 topics
  31. Investor Protection1▲ 18×1 topic
  32. Ownership Structure1▲ 18×1 topic
  33. Regulatory Capitalism1▲ 121×1 topic
  34. Self-Regulation1▲ 7.5×1 topic
  35. Single-Cell1▲ 26×1 topic
  36. Social Management1▲ 55×1 topic
  37. Solidarity Economy1▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Transcriptomics1▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Asthma1▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Marketing Strategies1▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Ofcom publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: ICT Impact and Policies, Merger and Competition Analysis, Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies and Social and Economic Solidarity.

ICT Impact and Policies3ICT Impact and Policies: 3 fractional worksMerger and Competition Analysis: 2 fractional worksCultural, Media, and Literary Studies: 1 fractional worksSocial and Economic Solidarity: 1 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 1 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 1 fractional worksRegulation and Complianc…1Regulation and Compliance Studies: 1 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…1Big Data and Business Intelligence: 1 fractional worksLibrary Science and Admi…1Library Science and Administration: 1 fractional worksGeophysics and Sensor Te…1Geophysics and Sensor Technology: 1 fractional works
Media TechnologyEconomics and EconometricsPhilosophySociology and Political Science6 others

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

  1. 1 ICT Impact and Policies Media Technology 3 works
  2. 2 Merger and Competition Analysis Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  3. 3 Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies Philosophy 1 works
  4. 4 Social and Economic Solidarity Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 1 works
  6. 6 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 1 works
  7. 7 Regulation and Compliance Studies Strategy and Management 1 works
  8. 8 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 1 works
  9. 9 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 1 works
  10. 10 Geophysics and Sensor Technology Ocean Engineering 1 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 available27.5%not open72.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.5%domestic only74.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ofcom's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 65% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Ofcom as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00039% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Ofcom0.00039% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%Ofcom10.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.7% in 2011.

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