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Queen Margaret University

In research, Queen Margaret University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,373 of 9,585 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,411 of 9,902 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,251 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,637
of 22,385 · #3,769 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#199
of 862
Research works
2.8k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
63k
22.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.17×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Queen Margaret University

What is Queen Margaret University known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #2,373 of 9,585 12.6%186 #1956
Health SciencesDomain #3,411 of 9,902 12.4%117 #3318
Social SciencesField #2,251 of 5,988 10.6%92 #1756
MedicineField #4,521 of 8,541 11.1%69 #3909

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Queen Margaret University 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Social Sciences#1,956 #2,373
  2. Health Sciences#3,318 #3,411
  3. Social Sciences#1,756 #2,251
  4. Medicine#3,909 #4,521
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Queen Margaret University work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Queen Margaret University is in Social Sciences, 34% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Medicine (21%), Health Professions (13%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 203 fractional works · 53.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 99 fractional works · 26.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 38 fractional works · 9.9% of its workEducation: 22 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 44 fractional works · 11.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 21 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 28 fractional works · 7.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workConservation: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 131 fractional works · 34.5% of its workMedicine: 78 fractional works · 20.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 16 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 49 fractional works · 12.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 27 fractional works · 7.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workResearch and Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 23 fractional works · 6.0% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKQueen MargaretUniversity380fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences34%Social Sciences53%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences9926.1%
    2. Psychology4411.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities287.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance143.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting133.5%
    6. Decision Sciences51.3%
    1. Medicine7820.5%
    2. Health Professions4912.8%
    3. Nursing30.8%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Engineering71.8%
    2. Computer Science71.7%
    3. Environmental Science61.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy30.9%
    5. Mathematics10.2%
    6. Energy00.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Neuroscience102.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences82.0%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.59× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.22× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.87× its world share, 49 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.07× its world share, 78 worksMedicineNursing: 1.73× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.54× its world share, 28 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.09× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.68× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.83× its world share, 44 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.06× its world share, 99 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.87×49 works
  2. Psychology3.83×44 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.54×28 works
  4. Social Sciences2.06×99 works
  5. Nursing1.73×3 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.68×14 works
  7. Neuroscience1.59×10 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.30×5 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.09×13 works
  10. Medicine1.07×78 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.53×1 works
  12. Dentistry0.51×1 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.43×8 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.39×3 works
  15. Environmental Science0.29×6 works
  16. Computer Science0.22×7 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×4 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.14×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.14×1 works
  20. Engineering0.12×7 works
  21. Veterinary0.09×0 works
  22. Energy0.08×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Queen Margaret University?

Ranked on the quality score, Sophie Witter, Alastair Ager and Maria Paola Bertone lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Queen Margaret University.

  1. 1 Sophie Witter United Kingdom · #88,958 worldwide 8.5k citations · 286 works
  2. 2 Alastair Ager United Kingdom · #202,645 worldwide 9.8k citations · 214 works
  3. 3 Maria Paola Bertone United Kingdom · #337,718 worldwide 1.5k citations · 79 works
  4. 4 Marion Rutherford United Kingdom · #367,904 worldwide 2.1k citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Ineke Mennen United Kingdom · #614,450 worldwide 3k citations · 82 works
  6. 6 Ibrahim R. Bou-Orm United Kingdom · #631,157 worldwide 28k citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Eleanor Curnow United Kingdom · #677,668 worldwide 307 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Robert Rush United Kingdom · #681,048 worldwide 4.9k citations · 119 works
  9. 9 Donald Maciver United Kingdom · #718,727 worldwide 1.4k citations · 75 works
  10. 10 Pelagia Koufaki United Kingdom · #835,014 worldwide 2.1k citations · 84 works
All ranked researchers at Queen Margaret University

What are the most cited papers from Queen Margaret University?

The most cited paper from Queen Margaret University is "Saturation in qualitative research: exploring its conceptualization and operationalization" (Benjamin Saunders, Julius Sim, Tom Kingstone et al., 2017), with 12,269 citations. Next come "Understanding Integration: A Conceptual Framework" (2,470) and "Organisational change management: A critical review" (1,236).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Saturation in qualitative research: exploring its conceptualization and operationalization Benjamin Saunders, Julius Sim, Tom Kingstone et al. · Quality & Quantity Open access 14 Sep 2017 12,269
2 Understanding Integration: A Conceptual Framework Alastair Ager, Adam J. Strang · Journal of Refugee Studies 17 Apr 2008 2,470
3 Organisational change management: A critical review Rune Todnem By · Journal of Change Management Dec 2005 1,236
4 Antimicrobial properties of plant essential oils and essences against five important food-borne pathogens Smith-Palmer, Stewart, Fyfe · Letters in Applied Microbiology Feb 1998 1,041
5 Older Adults Perceptions of Technology and Barriers to Interacting with Tablet Computers: A Focus Group Study Eleftheria Vaportzis, Maria Giatsi Clausen, Alan J. Gow · Frontiers in Psychology Open access 4 Oct 2017 951
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Queen Margaret University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Mental Health, Public Health, Ethical Considerations, Health Disparities, Primary Care, Trauma and Psychological Adjustment.

▲ 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-now 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. Quality of Life27▲ 4.8×28 topics
  2. Mental Health22▲ 4.0×23 topics
  3. Public Health21▲ 3.8×34 topics
  4. Epidemiology20▲ 1.35×46 topics
  5. Globalization15▲ 2.0×32 topics
  6. Ethical Considerations14▲ 11×10 topics
  7. Health Disparities12▲ 12×6 topics
  8. Primary Care11▲ 7.8×15 topics
  9. Identity10▲ 3.5×14 topics
  10. Social Justice10▲ 4.3×18 topics
  11. Trauma9▲ 12×6 topics
  12. Well-being9▲ 6.2×10 topics
  13. Anxiety8▲ 4.6×7 topics
  14. Psychological Adjustment8▲ 15×3 topics
  15. Resettlement8▲ 25×2 topics
  16. Acculturation8▲ 27×2 topics
  17. Integration8▲ 14×2 topics
  18. Reflective Practice8▲ 11×7 topics
  19. Immigrant7▲ 28×1 topic
  20. Refugee7▲ 36×1 topic
  21. Evidence-Based Practice7▲ 14×4 topics
  22. Neuroscience7▲ 6.2×10 topics
  23. Resilience7▲ 3.8×10 topics
  24. Patient Satisfaction7▲ 5.8×8 topics
  25. Rehabilitation7▲ 4.4×10 topics
  26. Cultural Studies7▲ 4.7×4 topics
  27. Health Inequalities6▲ 14×3 topics
  28. Health Promotion6▲ 5.2×6 topics
  29. End-of-Life6▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Immigration6▲ 14×3 topics
  31. Palliative Care6▲ 10×2 topics
  32. Coping Strategies6▲ 6.0×5 topics
  33. Maternal Mortality6▲ 6.8×2 topics
  34. Global Health6▲ 9.7×4 topics
  35. National Identity6▲ 13×5 topics
  36. Pain Management6▲ 6.4×6 topics
  37. Community Health Workers6▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Child Mortality5▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Health Systems5▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Regional Growth5▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Queen Margaret University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Migration, Health and Trauma, Global Maternal and Child Health, Art Therapy and Mental Health and Music Therapy and Health.

Migration, Health and Tr…7Migration, Health and Trauma: 7 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…5Global Maternal and Child Health: 5 fractional worksArt Therapy and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksMusic Therapy and Health: 4 fractional worksOccupational Therapy Practice and Research: 4 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 4 fractional worksCultural Industries and Urban Development: 4 fractional worksFamily and Disability Su…4Family and Disability Support Research: 4 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 4 fractional worksMigration, Refugees, and Integration: 4 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthConservationSocial Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 7 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 5 works
  3. 3 Art Therapy and Mental Health Conservation 4 works
  4. 4 Music Therapy and Health Social Psychology 4 works
  5. 5 Occupational Therapy Practice and Research Occupational Therapy 4 works
  6. 6 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  7. 7 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 4 works
  8. 8 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 4 works
  9. 9 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  10. 10 Migration, Refugees, and Integration Sociology and Political Science 4 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 available37.9%not open62.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.1%domestic only82.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Queen Margaret University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower 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 Queen Margaret University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0016% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Queen Margaret University0.0015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Queen Margaret University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Queen Margaret University15.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.8% in 2019.

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