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PTC (United Kingdom)

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Research works
79
▲ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
985
12.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
10%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
PTC (United Kingdom)

Not ranked overall: PTC (United Kingdom) 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 PTC (United Kingdom) work in?

In all years, 61% of research at PTC (United Kingdom) is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (36%), Medicine (14%), Computer Science (7%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 49 fractional works · 61.5% of its workEngineering: 28 fractional works · 35.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 6.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 7.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 7.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 17.1% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 13.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 11.8% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 5.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 9.6% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKPTC (UnitedKingdom)79fractional works, all years
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences61%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences12%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2835.7%
    2. Computer Science67.2%
    3. Environmental Science67.1%
    4. Materials Science55.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy11.7%
    7. Chemistry10.9%
    8. Energy10.8%
    9. Mathematics00.4%
    1. Medicine1113.9%
    2. Health Professions33.2%
    1. Psychology45.6%
    2. Social Sciences33.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Neuroscience34.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.6%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
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.

Computer Science: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16.61× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.58× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 2.58× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMedicinePsychology: 5.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 16.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences16.61×1 works
  2. Psychology5.03×0 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.58×0 works
  4. Engineering1.58×1 works
  5. Social Sciences1.21×0 works
  6. Computer Science0.74×0 works
  7. Health Professions0.73×0 works
  8. Environmental Science0.46×0 works
  9. Medicine0.20×0 works

Who are the top researchers at PTC (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the quality score, David Hughes‐Evans lead among researchers whose main affiliation is PTC (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 David Hughes‐Evans United Kingdom · #5,002,031 worldwide 22 citations · 52 works
All ranked researchers at PTC (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from PTC (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from PTC (United Kingdom) is "The Impact of Ship-Produced Aerosols on the Microstructure and Albedo of Warm Marine Stratocumulus Clouds: A Test of MAST Hypotheses 1i and 1ii" (P. A. Durkee et al., 2000), with 104 citations. Next come "A comparative study of six stage‐gate approaches to product development" (59) and "Choriocarcinoma Arising in the Male Mediastinum" (51).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Impact of Ship-Produced Aerosols on the Microstructure and Albedo of Warm Marine Stratocumulus Clouds: A Test of MAST Hypotheses 1i and 1ii P. A. Durkee et al. · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences Open access Aug 2000 104
2 A comparative study of six stage‐gate approaches to product development Rachel R. Phillips, Kevin Neailey, Trevor Broughton · Integrated Manufacturing Systems Oct 1999 59
3 Choriocarcinoma Arising in the Male Mediastinum Matthew Lynch, G. L. Blewett · Thorax Open access Jun 1953 51
4 Observations on the Attachment of Spores of Marine Fungi Gavin N. Rees, E.B. Gareth Jones · Botanica Marina 1984 49
5 ABUNDANCE OF MYCORRHIZAS AND ROOT‐SURFACE MICRO‐ORGANISMS OF PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA IN RELATION TO SOIL AND VEGETATION: A MULTI‐VARIATE APPROACH Edward I. Newman, ALISON J. HEAP, R.A. Lawley · New Phytologist Open access Sep 1981 34
All 39 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at PTC (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Aerospace Applications, Microstructural Evolution, Adhesive Joints, Grain Refinement, Flight Control, Reinforcement and Aluminium Alloys.

▲ 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. Mechanical Properties5▲ 7.1×10 topics
  2. Nanoparticles2▲ 2.2×7 topics
  3. Aerospace Applications2▲ 23×3 topics
  4. Microstructural Evolution2▲ 14×2 topics
  5. Graphene2▲ 4.2×3 topics
  6. Nanocomposites2▲ 2.8×6 topics
  7. Adhesive Joints2▲ 25×2 topics
  8. Grain Refinement2▲ 14×2 topics
  9. Vibration Analysis2▲ 6.4×4 topics
  10. Microstructure2▲ 3.7×3 topics
  11. Aluminium Alloys1▲ 38×1 topic
  12. Automotive Industry1▲ 38×1 topic
  13. Carbon Nanotubes1▲ 4.8×2 topics
  14. Finite Element Analysis1▲ 7.4×3 topics
  15. Flight Control1▲ 59×2 topics
  16. Mechanical Behavior1▲ 12×3 topics
  17. Processing Techniques1▲ 18×2 topics
  18. Reinforcement1▲ 26×2 topics
  19. Air Quality1▲ 8.4×4 topics
  20. Fracture Mechanics1▲ 21×2 topics
  21. Vibration Control1▲ 25×3 topics
  22. Vulnerability1▲ 10×2 topics
  23. Delamination1▲ 27×2 topics
  24. Embodiment1▲ 9.1×1 topic
  25. Finite Element Method1▲ 12×3 topics
  26. Friction Stir Processing1▲ 21×1 topic
  27. Graves' Ophthalmopathy1▲ 55×1 topic
  28. Metal Matrix Composites1▲ 19×1 topic
  29. Presence1▲ 47×1 topic
  30. Radial Basis Functions1▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy1▲ 55×1 topic
  32. Buckling Behavior1▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Emergency Responders1▲ 86×1 topic
  34. Firefighters1▲ 86×1 topic
  35. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles1▲ 13×1 topic
  36. Wind Estimation1▲ 84×1 topic
  37. Cohesive Zone Models1▲ 31×1 topic
  38. Fatigue Crack Closure1▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Fiber-Reinforced Composites1▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Fracture Toughness Testing1▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does PTC (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Data Processing Techniques, Fault Detection and Control Systems, Geological formations and processes and Mineral Processing and Grinding.

Advanced Data Processing Techniques: 0 fractional worksFault Detection and Control Systems: 0 fractional worksGeological formations an…0Geological formations and processes: 0 fractional worksMineral Processing and Grinding: 0 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interaction and Safety: 0 fractional worksPublic Relations and Crisis Communication: 0 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 0 fractional worksSleep and Work-Related F…0Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue: 0 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 0 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 0 fractional works
Control and Systems EngineeringEarth-Surface ProcessesMechanical EngineeringSocial Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Data Processing Techniques Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 0 works
  4. 4 Mineral Processing and Grinding Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 0 works
  6. 6 Public Relations and Crisis Communication Communication 0 works
  7. 7 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 0 works
  8. 8 Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 0 works
  10. 10 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 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 available9.9%not open90.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.6%domestic only85.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has PTC (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% 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 PTC (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000016% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%PTC (United Kingdom)0.000012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of PTC (United Kingdom) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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