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Quaternary Research Association

In research, Quaternary Research Association stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,795 of 21,541 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#624 of 2,661 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#4,604
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#297
of 2,253
Research works
483
▼ 69% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
48.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Quaternary Research Association 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 #2,795 of 21,541 25.5%321
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #624 of 2,661 28.5%198

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Quaternary Research Association 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).

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: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 2.53× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14.31× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 1.85× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.14× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 14.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Quaternary Research Association?

Ranked on the composite score, Lars-König Königsson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Quaternary Research Association.

  1. 1 Lars-König Königsson United Kingdom · #1,478,396 worldwide 15 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Quaternary Research Association

Which keywords describe research at Quaternary Research Association?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Holocene, Sea Level, Paleoclimatology, Solar Influence, Glacial Cycles, Monsoon Dynamics and Biodiversity.

▲ 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. Climate Change164▲ 13×55 topics
  2. Holocene101▲ 128×3 topics
  3. Sea Level97▲ 142×2 topics
  4. Paleoclimatology94▲ 154×2 topics
  5. Solar Influence88▲ 152×2 topics
  6. Glacial Cycles87▲ 166×1 topic
  7. Monsoon Dynamics87▲ 166×1 topic
  8. Biodiversity30▲ 8.1×15 topics
  9. Sedimentation26▲ 72×2 topics
  10. Hominin Genetics25▲ 196×1 topic
  11. Paleolithic Archaeology25▲ 196×1 topic
  12. Agricultural Origins24▲ 141×1 topic
  13. Radiocarbon Dating24▲ 141×1 topic
  14. Archaeology23▲ 32×9 topics
  15. Tectonics22▲ 28×3 topics
  16. Invasive Species22▲ 8.0×12 topics
  17. Remote Sensing22▲ 4.1×21 topics
  18. Conservation20▲ 8.8×11 topics
  19. Biogeography20▲ 12×11 topics
  20. Hydrology17▲ 31×3 topics
  21. Fluvial Systems17▲ 79×1 topic
  22. Sequence Stratigraphy17▲ 79×1 topic
  23. Mediterranean15▲ 30×5 topics
  24. Cultural Exchange15▲ 23×5 topics
  25. Ecology15▲ 15×4 topics
  26. Religion14▲ 5.1×5 topics
  27. Medieval13▲ 54×2 topics
  28. Scandinavia13▲ 137×1 topic
  29. Viking Age13▲ 137×1 topic
  30. Stable Isotopes13▲ 62×1 topic
  31. Trophic Position13▲ 62×1 topic
  32. Methane Emissions13▲ 50×2 topics
  33. Vegetation12▲ 25×2 topics
  34. Flora12▲ 47×1 topic
  35. Vascular Plants12▲ 47×1 topic
  36. Arctic11▲ 22×4 topics
  37. Ecosystem Resilience11▲ 14×5 topics
  38. Global Warming10▲ 6.0×8 topics
  39. Black Sea10▲ 55×1 topic
  40. paleoceanography10▲ 62×1 topic

Which research topics does Quaternary Research Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies and Industrial Engineering and Technologies.

Pleistocene-Era Hominins…1Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 1 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 1 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient environmental studies: 0 fractional worksIndustrial Engineering and Technologies: 0 fractional worksMining and Gasification Technologies: 0 fractional worksGeotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering: 0 fractional worksPacific and Southeast Asian Studies: 0 fractional worksPsychology and Mental Health: 0 fractional worksEmbodied and Extended Cognition: 0 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and Practices: 0 fractional works
AnthropologyAtmospheric SciencePaleontologyMechanical Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 1 works
  2. 2 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 1 works
  3. 3 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 0 works
  4. 4 Industrial Engineering and Technologies Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Mining and Gasification Technologies Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  7. 7 Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies Geography, Planning and Development 0 works
  8. 8 Psychology and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Embodied and Extended Cognition Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  10. 10 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 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 available26.5%not open73.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.3%domestic only67.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Quaternary Research Association's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 69% 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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