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Oldham Council

In research, Oldham Council stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,438 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,853 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,576 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Management Information Systems and Safety Research — Management Information Systems is 5.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,409
of 28,054 · #5,821 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#133
of 1,094
Research works
4.6k
▲ 96% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
4.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
79%
world 28%

What is Oldham Council known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #1,438 of 10,521 15.6%812 #1874
Health SciencesDomain #1,853 of 11,982 12.6%286 #3682
Social SciencesField #1,576 of 6,365 17.1%348 #1461
MedicineField #3,779 of 10,443 11.2%203 #6366
Physical SciencesDomain #5,006 of 12,888 9.3%678 #6831
Computer ScienceField #1,825 of 4,667 11.2%286 #2775
PsychologyField #885 of 2,181 13.3%97 #1961
Health ProfessionsField #859 of 1,928 17.1%64 #1641
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,280 of 2,578 15.1%125 #1609
Life SciencesDomain #3,970 of 7,800 10.7%173 #6974

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Oldham Council 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#1,874 #1,438
  2. Health Sciences#3,682 #1,853
  3. Social Sciences#1,461 #1,576
  4. Medicine#6,366 #3,779
  5. Physical Sciences#6,831 #5,006
  6. Computer Science#2,775 #1,825
  7. Psychology#1,961 #885
  8. Health Professions#1,641 #859
  9. Sociology and Political Science#1,609 #1,280
  10. Life Sciences#6,974 #3,970
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Oldham Council specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Management Information Systems takes 5.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 43.0 works5.4×
  2. Safety ResearchSubfield · 20.6 works3.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.62× its world share, 58 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 61 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.32× its world share, 42 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.75× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.89× its world share, 286 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 30 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.44× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 148 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.85× its world share, 82 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.70× its world share, 16 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.04× its world share, 88 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.67× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 64 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.54× its world share, 202 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.73× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.39× its world share, 134 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.85× its world share, 116 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.17× its world share, 41 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.84× its world share, 77 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.64× its world share, 97 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 348 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Oldham Council?

Ranked on the composite score, Michael Bird, Fabrizio Mejía Madrid and Thomas Dionysopoulos lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Oldham Council.

  1. 1 Michael Bird United Kingdom · #158,891 worldwide 151 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Fabrizio Mejía Madrid United Kingdom · #635,880 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Thomas Dionysopoulos United Kingdom · #727,691 worldwide 5 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Dalibor Truhlar United Kingdom · #860,976 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 ZHAI Xingyun United Kingdom · #904,661 worldwide 2 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Gary W. Gill United Kingdom · #990,877 worldwide 33 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 EDWINA A. McCONNELL United Kingdom · #1,188,644 worldwide 15 citations · 94 works
  8. 8 Hugh McCredie United Kingdom · #1,188,712 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Oleg V. Yermakov United Kingdom · #1,301,097 worldwide 0 citations · 161 works
  10. 10 Hugang Cui United Kingdom · #1,345,894 worldwide 8 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Oldham Council

Which keywords describe research at Oldham Council?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Big Data, Machine Learning, Globalization, Sustainability, Security, Healthcare, Distributed Systems and Artificial Intelligence.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Machine Learning123▲ 1.92×74 topics
  2. Big Data86▲ 4.8×21 topics
  3. Deep Learning83▲ 1.24×72 topics
  4. Sustainability82▲ 1.72×74 topics
  5. Globalization81▲ 2.1×88 topics
  6. Climate Change72▲ 1.38×92 topics
  7. Healthcare59▲ 2.7×27 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence58▲ 2.2×39 topics
  9. Supply Chain Management50▲ 2.8×19 topics
  10. Security50▲ 3.9×23 topics
  11. Education47▲ 1.41×71 topics
  12. Neural Networks46▲ 1.54×32 topics
  13. Mental Health43▲ 1.52×37 topics
  14. Ethics38▲ 4.1×37 topics
  15. Internet of Things38▲ 2.2×15 topics
  16. Identity36▲ 2.5×44 topics
  17. Human Rights34▲ 1.70×43 topics
  18. History34▲ 2.5×38 topics
  19. Distributed Systems33▲ 10×5 topics
  20. Economic Growth30▲ 1.84×25 topics
  21. Data Mining30▲ 2.0×15 topics
  22. Risk Management29▲ 3.1×12 topics
  23. Nationalism28▲ 3.1×28 topics
  24. Culture28▲ 2.7×26 topics
  25. Religion27▲ 2.9×29 topics
  26. Colonialism26▲ 2.9×32 topics
  27. Cloud Computing26▲ 4.8×7 topics
  28. Anomaly Detection22▲ 3.8×4 topics
  29. Firm Performance22▲ 6.0×2 topics
  30. Privacy22▲ 3.8×8 topics
  31. Predictive Analytics21▲ 9.9×2 topics
  32. Data Science21▲ 9.9×2 topics
  33. Analytics20▲ 11×1 topic
  34. Business Intelligence20▲ 11×1 topic
  35. International Relations20▲ 4.2×19 topics
  36. Resource Management19▲ 5.6×6 topics
  37. Virtualization17▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Quantum Gravity16▲ 9.9×4 topics
  39. Data Centers15▲ 13×1 topic
  40. MapReduce15▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Oldham Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Big Data and Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing and Resource Management, Software System Performance and Reliability and Blockchain Technology Applications and Security.

Big Data and Business In…20Big Data and Business Intelligence: 20 fractional worksCloud Computing and Reso…15Cloud Computing and Resource Management: 15 fractional worksSoftware System Performa…14Software System Performance and Reliability: 14 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…14Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 14 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 12 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 12 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Ap…9Quantum Mechanics and Applications: 9 fractional worksRelativity and Gravitational Theory: 9 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 8 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 7 fractional works
Management Information SystemsInformation SystemsComputer Networks and CommunicationsSafety Research3 others

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

  1. 1 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 20 works
  2. 2 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 15 works
  3. 3 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 14 works
  4. 4 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 14 works
  5. 5 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 12 works
  6. 6 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 12 works
  7. 7 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 9 works
  8. 8 Relativity and Gravitational Theory Astronomy and Astrophysics 9 works
  9. 9 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 8 works
  10. 10 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 7 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 available79.3%not open20.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.3%domestic only77.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Oldham Council's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 96% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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