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PlasticsEurope

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Research works
63
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.9k
30.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
34.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
19%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: PlasticsEurope is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.97× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.40× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.15× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 11.89× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 3.54× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.46× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 11.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at PlasticsEurope?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Waste Management, Environmental Impact, Sustainable Development, Recycling, Environmental Protection, Marine Environment, Microplastics and Social Responsibility.

▲ 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. Waste Management10▲ 61×4 topics
  2. Environmental Impact8▲ 10×9 topics
  3. Sustainable Development8▲ 12×5 topics
  4. Recycling8▲ 49×5 topics
  5. Environmental Protection4▲ 154×2 topics
  6. Marine Environment4▲ 65×1 topic
  7. Microplastics4▲ 148×1 topic
  8. Climate Change4▲ 2.3×3 topics
  9. Social Responsibility4▲ 35×2 topics
  10. Renewable Energy3▲ 5.5×2 topics
  11. Environmental Economics3▲ 900×1 topic
  12. Resource Management3▲ 30×1 topic
  13. Mechanical Properties3▲ 5.4×14 topics
  14. Metal Recovery3▲ 36×2 topics
  15. E-Waste3▲ 99×1 topic
  16. Environmental Impacts3▲ 22×1 topic
  17. Sustainability3▲ 2.5×6 topics
  18. Coal Waste3▲ 894×1 topic
  19. Energy Production3▲ 221×1 topic
  20. Additive Manufacturing3▲ 20×4 topics
  21. Grain Refinement2▲ 27×3 topics
  22. Nanocomposites2▲ 4.7×5 topics
  23. Rheology2▲ 17×5 topics
  24. Thermal Degradation2▲ 240×2 topics
  25. Complications2▲ 6.9×4 topics
  26. Biodegradable Polymers2▲ 25×2 topics
  27. Plasticizers2▲ 265×1 topic
  28. Poly(vinyl chloride)2▲ 265×1 topic
  29. Monetary Policy2▲ 11×3 topics
  30. 3D Printing2▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Consumer Perception2▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Concrete Extrusion2▲ 87×1 topic
  33. Construction Automation2▲ 87×1 topic
  34. Mining Regulations2▲ 457×1 topic
  35. Public Participation2▲ 87×1 topic
  36. Finite Element Method2▲ 20×4 topics
  37. Microstructural Evolution2▲ 15×4 topics
  38. Structural Analysis2▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Breast Reconstruction1▲ 36×2 topics
  40. Free Flap1▲ 50×1 topic

Which research topics does PlasticsEurope publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory, Fire dynamics and safety research, Combustion and Detonation Processes and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications.

Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory: 0 fractional worksFire dynamics and safety research: 0 fractional worksCombustion and Detonation Processes: 0 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealth Applications: 0 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Education: 0 fractional worksPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research: 0 fractional worksCardiac and Coronary Sur…0Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques: 0 fractional worksInterprofessional Education and Collaboration: 0 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 0 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…0Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 0 fractional works
Applied MathematicsSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityAerospace EngineeringGeneral Health Professions5 others

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

  1. 1 Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory Applied Mathematics 0 works
  2. 2 Fire dynamics and safety research Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 works
  3. 3 Combustion and Detonation Processes Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 0 works
  5. 5 Diabetes Management and Education Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 0 works
  6. 6 Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research Environmental Chemistry 0 works
  7. 7 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 0 works
  9. 9 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 0 works
  10. 10 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 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 available19.0%not open81.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.5%domestic only61.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has PlasticsEurope's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% lower than in 2013–2017.

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