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Qinetiq (United Kingdom)

In research, Qinetiq (United Kingdom) stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,093 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education — Education is 4.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,108
of 28,054 · #3,660 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#639
of 1,094
Research works
2.2k
▼ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
40k
18.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Qinetiq (United Kingdom) 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 #9,093 of 10,521 18.9%64 #13903

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Qinetiq (United Kingdom) 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).

What does Qinetiq (United Kingdom) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 4.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 20.7 works4.4×
← 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: 0.79× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.64× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.25× its world share, 29 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.75× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.38× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.54× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.68× its world share, 20 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.47× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.39× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.83× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 32 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Roger Appleby, P.R. Truscott and R.G. Humphreys lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Qinetiq (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Roger Appleby United Kingdom · #110,798 worldwide 188 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 P.R. Truscott United Kingdom · #121,083 worldwide 1.3k citations · 20 works
  3. 3 R.G. Humphreys United Kingdom · #125,606 worldwide 238 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 T. Ashley United Kingdom · #137,361 worldwide 160 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 M.J. Hinton United Kingdom · #202,112 worldwide 280 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 C. S. Dyer United Kingdom · #326,162 worldwide 86 citations · 44 works
  7. 7 J. H. Jefferson United Kingdom · #354,798 worldwide 211 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 P. D. Buckle United Kingdom · #391,950 worldwide 113 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 L. Buckle United Kingdom · #539,765 worldwide 84 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Keith L. Lewis United Kingdom · #778,554 worldwide 47 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Qinetiq (United Kingdom)

Which keywords describe research at Qinetiq (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teaching Methods, Language Teaching, Tourism Development, Pedagogy, Student Competencies, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship and Industrial Enterprises.

▲ 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. Teaching Methods20▲ 93×2 topics
  2. Language Teaching20▲ 52×2 topics
  3. Tourism Development20▲ 108×2 topics
  4. Pedagogy20▲ 26×1 topic
  5. Student Competencies20▲ 255×1 topic
  6. Globalization12▲ 4.0×7 topics
  7. Sustainability11▲ 2.8×7 topics
  8. Economic Development10▲ 8.0×4 topics
  9. Entrepreneurship10▲ 16×3 topics
  10. Industrial Enterprises9▲ 291×1 topic
  11. Innovation Economics9▲ 291×1 topic
  12. Wound Healing8▲ 21×3 topics
  13. Cultural Heritage6▲ 6.7×3 topics
  14. Quality of Life5▲ 2.1×6 topics
  15. Renewable Energy5▲ 2.1×5 topics
  16. Climate Change Impact4▲ 13×2 topics
  17. Energy Consumption4▲ 13×2 topics
  18. Irrigation4▲ 191×1 topic
  19. Water Efficiency4▲ 191×1 topic
  20. Neurological Effects4▲ 41×2 topics
  21. Cell Proliferation4▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Low-Level Laser Therapy4▲ 95×1 topic
  23. Migration4▲ 7.0×3 topics
  24. Photobiomodulation4▲ 95×1 topic
  25. Global Governance4▲ 9.9×2 topics
  26. Psychological Factors4▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Antibody-Catalyzed Ozone Formation3▲ 154×1 topic
  28. Crisis Management3▲ 51×2 topics
  29. Ozone Therapy3▲ 154×1 topic
  30. Biopolitics3▲ 30×1 topic
  31. Postcolonialism3▲ 16×1 topic
  32. Social Exclusion3▲ 30×2 topics
  33. Ethnography3▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Rituals3▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Dental Anxiety3▲ 78×1 topic
  36. Divan Poetry3▲ 62×1 topic
  37. Folklore3▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Local Anesthetics3▲ 78×1 topic
  39. Turkish Culture3▲ 51×1 topic
  40. Turkish Literature3▲ 62×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Education, Innovation and Language Studies, Economic and Industrial Development, Engineering and Agricultural Innovations and Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine.

Education, Innovation an…20Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 20 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial Development: 9 fractional worksEngineering and Agricultural Innovations: 4 fractional worksLaser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine: 4 fractional worksMedical and Biological Ozone Research: 3 fractional worksMedical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies: 3 fractional worksCultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 3 fractional worksTurkish Literature and Culture: 3 fractional worksDental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques: 3 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural Studies: 2 fractional works
EducationEconomics and EconometricsAquatic ScienceRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging6 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 20 works
  2. 2 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 9 works
  3. 3 Engineering and Agricultural Innovations Aquatic Science 4 works
  4. 4 Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  5. 5 Medical and Biological Ozone Research Pharmacology 3 works
  6. 6 Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  7. 7 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 3 works
  8. 8 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  9. 9 Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques Oral Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 2 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 available23.7%not open76.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.4%domestic only82.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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