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Reading Museum

In research, Reading Museum stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,397 of 17,446 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,108 of 14,833 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#1,893 of 3,511 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,360
of 22,385 · #3,682 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#489
of 862
Research works
1.2k
▼ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
10.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
15%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Reading Museum

What is Reading Museum 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 #3,397 of 17,446 7.9%375
Social SciencesDomain #5,108 of 14,833 4.8%628
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,893 of 3,511 4.2%333
Health SciencesDomain #9,057 of 16,688 6.1%130
Social SciencesField #5,299 of 9,330 6.0%174
Literature and Literary TheorySubfield #906 of 956 4.4%129

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Reading Museum 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 fields of science does Reading Museum work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Reading Museum is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (15%), Medicine (14%), Psychology (13%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 49 fractional works · 48.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 14.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 12.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 9.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 9.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 7.4% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 27.6% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 7.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 6.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 18 fractional works · 17.5% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 14.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKReading Museum102fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences48%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1514.6%
    2. Psychology1312.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting109.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities87.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.9%
    6. Decision Sciences21.9%
    1. Computer Science77.2%
    2. Engineering76.7%
    3. Environmental Science76.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences54.6%
    5. Mathematics21.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine1414.1%
    2. Health Professions33.0%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences43.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    4. Neuroscience00.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.92× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.90× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.33× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.28× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.13× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.74× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.56× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.04× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.93× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.15× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.15×13 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.04×10 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.90×5 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.56×8 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.93×2 works
  6. Environmental Science1.33×7 works
  7. Mathematics1.28×2 works
  8. Social Sciences1.15×15 works
  9. Health Professions1.13×3 works
  10. Computer Science0.92×7 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.90×2 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.74×4 works
  13. Medicine0.74×14 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.55×1 works
  15. Engineering0.45×7 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.41×2 works
  17. Nursing0.39×0 works
  18. Dentistry0.34×0 works
  19. Neuroscience0.28×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.27×1 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.23×0 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.19×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Reading Museum?

Ranked on the quality score, Doris Mary Stenton, Reginald W. Herschy and Matthew Holford lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Reading Museum.

  1. 1 Doris Mary Stenton United Kingdom · #621,150 worldwide 459 citations · 67 works
  2. 2 Reginald W. Herschy United Kingdom · #1,648,760 worldwide 1.5k citations · 222 works
  3. 3 Matthew Holford United Kingdom · #1,662,153 worldwide 159 citations · 67 works
  4. 4 F. P. Pickering United Kingdom · #1,758,676 worldwide 320 citations · 67 works
  5. 5 Julian Keable United Kingdom · #2,149,607 worldwide 455 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Robert T. Edes United Kingdom · #2,158,818 worldwide 33 citations · 59 works
  7. 7 David Zeldin United Kingdom · #2,189,937 worldwide 242 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Daniel C. Hand United Kingdom · #2,327,393 worldwide 141 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Tim Leung United Kingdom · #2,338,398 worldwide 13 citations · 71 works
  10. 10 Earl L. Poole United Kingdom · #2,404,750 worldwide 206 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Reading Museum

What are the most cited papers from Reading Museum?

The most cited paper from Reading Museum is "INTERSECTION THEOREMS FOR SYSTEMS OF FINITE SETS" (Péter L. Erdős, Chao Ko, R. Rado, 1961), with 1,355 citations. Next come "Cannabidiol: Pharmacology and potential therapeutic role in epilepsy and other neuropsychiatric disorders" (1,008) and "Heavier summer downpours with climate change revealed by weather forecast resolution model" (782).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 INTERSECTION THEOREMS FOR SYSTEMS OF FINITE SETS Péter L. Erdős, Chao Ko, R. Rado · The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics 1961 1,355
2 Cannabidiol: Pharmacology and potential therapeutic role in epilepsy and other neuropsychiatric disorders Orrin Devinsky, Maria Roberta Cilio, Judith Helen Cross et al. · Epilepsia Open access 22 May 2014 1,008
3 Heavier summer downpours with climate change revealed by weather forecast resolution model Elizabeth Kendon, Nigel M. Roberts, Hayley Jane Fowler et al. · Nature Climate Change 30 May 2014 782
4 The ASCAT Soil Moisture Product: A Review of its Specifications, Validation Results, and Emerging Applications Wolfgang Eric Wagner et al. · Meteorologische Zeitschrift Open access Feb 2013 698
5 Half a century of amyloids: past, present and future Pu Chun Ke, Ruhong Zhou, Louise C. Serpell et al. · Chemical Society Reviews ReviewOpen access 2020 594
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Reading Museum?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Meta-Analysis, Intervention, Child-Centered, Play Therapy, Big Data, Globalization, Firm Performance and Sustainability.

▲ 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. Meta-Analysis8▲ 14×3 topics
  2. Intervention7▲ 168×2 topics
  3. Child-Centered7▲ 461×1 topic
  4. Play Therapy7▲ 461×1 topic
  5. Sustainability6▲ 2.2×12 topics
  6. Climate Change5▲ 1.89×28 topics
  7. Globalization5▲ 2.7×7 topics
  8. Epidemiology5◆ 1.14×22 topics
  9. Big Data4▲ 4.4×6 topics
  10. Supply Chain Management3▲ 3.7×4 topics
  11. Firm Performance3▲ 16×2 topics
  12. Internet of Things3▲ 3.3×5 topics
  13. Mental Health3▲ 2.0×7 topics
  14. Corporate Governance3▲ 3.8×3 topics
  15. Data Assimilation2▲ 14×4 topics
  16. Global Warming2▲ 5.2×7 topics
  17. Theatre2▲ 76×2 topics
  18. Boundary Layer2▲ 17×2 topics
  19. Ensemble Kalman Filter2▲ 19×2 topics
  20. Resilience2▲ 4.0×5 topics
  21. Convective Parameterization2▲ 33×1 topic
  22. Mesoscale Modeling2▲ 33×1 topic
  23. Decentralization2▲ 8.6×2 topics
  24. Investor Protection2▲ 23×1 topic
  25. Ownership Structure2▲ 23×1 topic
  26. Drama Education2▲ 103×1 topic
  27. Performance Art2▲ 103×1 topic
  28. Psychological Interventions2▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 12×3 topics
  30. Hydrological Cycle1▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Psychotherapy Outcome1▲ 66×1 topic
  32. Therapeutic Alliance1▲ 66×1 topic
  33. Digital Twin1▲ 9.5×1 topic
  34. Hereditary Angioedema1▲ 71×1 topic
  35. Kinin Receptor Family1▲ 71×1 topic
  36. Language Policy1▲ 9.4×2 topics
  37. Multilingualism1▲ 8.1×2 topics
  38. National Identity1▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Shareholder Value1▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Smart Manufacturing1▲ 14×1 topic

Which research topics does Reading Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Child Therapy and Development, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Corporate Finance and Governance and Theatre and Performance Studies.

Child Therapy and Develo…7Child Therapy and Development: 7 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 2 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 2 fractional worksTheatre and Performance Studies: 2 fractional worksPsychotherapy Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 1 fractional worksCoagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema: 1 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 1 fractional worksEducational and Psychological Assessments: 1 fractional worksPhilippine History and Culture: 1 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyAtmospheric ScienceAccountingVisual Arts and Performing Arts5 others

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

  1. 1 Child Therapy and Development Clinical Psychology 7 works
  2. 2 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 2 works
  3. 3 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 2 works
  4. 4 Theatre and Performance Studies Visual Arts and Performing Arts 2 works
  5. 5 Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications Clinical Psychology 1 works
  6. 6 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema Genetics 1 works
  8. 8 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 1 works
  9. 9 Educational and Psychological Assessments Developmental and Educational Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Philippine History and Culture Anthropology 1 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 available14.7%not open85.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.6%domestic only88.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Reading Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% 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 Reading Museum as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00040% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Reading Museum0.00047% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Reading Museum 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Reading Museum4.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.3% in 2012.

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