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Refugee Council

In research, Refugee Council stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,786 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Sociology and Political Science and Social Sciences — Sociology and Political Science is 7.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,577
of 28,054 · #28,909 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#987
of 1,094
Research works
582
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.3k
10.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Refugee Council 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 #9,786 of 10,521 12.7%66 #6294

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Refugee Council 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 Refugee Council specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Sociology and Political Science takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 21.5 works7.3×
  2. Social SciencesField · 47.5 works4.6×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.64× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.44× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.19× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.56× its world share, 48 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Refugee Council?

Ranked on the composite score, Cathryn Costello, Hugo Storey and Alice Edwards lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Refugee Council.

  1. 1 Cathryn Costello United Kingdom · #246,237 worldwide 51 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Hugo Storey United Kingdom · #487,933 worldwide 29 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Alice Edwards United Kingdom · #584,103 worldwide 19 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Stephanie J. Silverman United Kingdom · #675,946 worldwide 26 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Refugee Council

Which keywords describe research at Refugee Council?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Mental Health, Resettlement, Health Disparities, Immigrant, Acculturation, Integration and Trauma.

▲ 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. Human Rights14▲ 17×21 topics
  2. Mental Health13▲ 11×14 topics
  3. Resettlement11▲ 160×3 topics
  4. Health Disparities10▲ 48×5 topics
  5. Immigrant10▲ 176×2 topics
  6. Acculturation10▲ 154×2 topics
  7. Integration10▲ 77×2 topics
  8. Trauma9▲ 57×3 topics
  9. Post-Migration Stress9▲ 201×1 topic
  10. Refugee9▲ 201×1 topic
  11. Ethnicity8▲ 27×7 topics
  12. Globalization8▲ 5.0×17 topics
  13. Immigration8▲ 80×3 topics
  14. Refugees7▲ 71×4 topics
  15. Politics6▲ 26×5 topics
  16. Citizenship6▲ 57×4 topics
  17. International Law5▲ 19×7 topics
  18. Multiculturalism5▲ 31×2 topics
  19. National Identity5▲ 51×1 topic
  20. Social Boundaries5▲ 202×1 topic
  21. Social Justice4▲ 8.6×12 topics
  22. European Union4▲ 20×7 topics
  23. Public Health4▲ 3.1×17 topics
  24. Global Governance4▲ 19×4 topics
  25. Social Networks4▲ 17×4 topics
  26. Inclusive Education3▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Conflict3▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Refugee Education3▲ 368×1 topic
  29. Schooling and Settlement3▲ 368×1 topic
  30. Gender Equality3▲ 13×4 topics
  31. Migration3▲ 11×6 topics
  32. Development3▲ 9.7×5 topics
  33. Labor Market3▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Political Transition3▲ 65×3 topics
  35. Peacebuilding3▲ 51×3 topics
  36. War Crimes3▲ 76×2 topics
  37. Security Council3▲ 58×2 topics
  38. Network Effects2▲ 45×1 topic
  39. Remittances2▲ 74×1 topic
  40. Criminal Law2▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Refugee Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Migration, Health and Trauma, Migration, Refugees, and Integration, Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees and Migration and Labor Dynamics.

Migration, Health and Tr…9Migration, Health and Trauma: 9 fractional worksMigration, Refugees, and…5Migration, Refugees, and Integration: 5 fractional worksEducation and experience…3Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees: 3 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dyna…2Migration and Labor Dynamics: 2 fractional worksAsian Geopolitics and Et…2Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography: 2 fractional worksHuman Rights and Develop…2Human Rights and Development: 2 fractional worksInternational Labor and Employment Law: 2 fractional worksClimate Change, Adaptation, Migration: 2 fractional worksJewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 2 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce Issues: 1 fractional works
Clinical PsychologySociology and Political ScienceEducationPolitical Science and International Relations1 others

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

  1. 1 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 9 works
  2. 2 Migration, Refugees, and Integration Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  3. 3 Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees Education 3 works
  4. 4 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  6. 6 Human Rights and Development Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 International Labor and Employment Law Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  8. 8 Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 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 available44.9%not open55.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.8%domestic only73.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Refugee Council's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% higher 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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