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Routledge (United Kingdom)

In research, Routledge (United Kingdom) stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,203 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#27,955
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,504
of 1,844
Research works
234
▼ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.7k
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
Routledge (United Kingdom)

What is Routledge (United Kingdom) 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
Social SciencesDomain #8,203 of 14,833 9.0%187

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

Which fields of science does Routledge (United Kingdom) work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Routledge (United Kingdom) is in Social Sciences, 8% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (41%), Arts and Humanities (33%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (5%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 22 fractional works · 83.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 40.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 18.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 7.1% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 32.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 13.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKRoutledge (UnitedKingdom)27fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences83%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1140.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities932.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance15.0%
    4. Psychology14.2%
    5. Decision Sciences00.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    1. Medicine14.2%
    2. Health Professions13.8%
    1. Physics and Astronomy01.6%
    2. Environmental Science01.5%
    3. Computer Science01.2%
    4. Energy00.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    6. Engineering00.3%
    1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.0%
    3. Neuroscience00.7%
    4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
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: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.53× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 11.39× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.33× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.38× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.20× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 11.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities11.39×9 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.53×0 works
  3. Social Sciences3.20×11 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.33×1 works
  5. Health Professions1.44×1 works
  6. Psychology1.38×1 works
  7. Energy1.02×0 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.70×0 works
  9. Neuroscience0.45×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.30×0 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.26×0 works
  12. Medicine0.22×1 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.21×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.16×0 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  18. Engineering0.02×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Graham Hobbs lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Routledge (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Graham Hobbs United Kingdom · #3,074,439 worldwide 186 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Routledge (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from Routledge (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from Routledge (United Kingdom) is "Complexity and post-modernism: understanding complex systems" (P. Cilliers, David Spurrett, 1999), with 1,924 citations. Next come "Social Limits to Growth" (1,613) and "Contradictions of School Reform: Educational Costs of Standardized Testing" (738).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Complexity and post-modernism: understanding complex systems P. Cilliers, David Spurrett · South African Journal of Philosophy May 1999 1,924
2 Social Limits to Growth Fred R. Hirsch, D. McL. Lamberton · Economic Analysis and Policy 31 Dec 1976 1,613
3 Contradictions of School Reform: Educational Costs of Standardized Testing Linda M. McNeil · NASSP Bulletin 2001 738
4 Embodied Action, Enacted Bodies: the Example of Hypoglycaemia Annemarie Mol, John R. Law · Body & Society Open access Jun 2004 697
5 Stochastic Convenience Yield Implied from Commodity Futures and Interest Rates Jaime Casassus, Pierre Collin‐Dufresne · The Journal of Finance Open access 16 Sep 2005 467
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Which keywords describe research at Routledge (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Colonialism, Identity, Nationalism, Religion, History, Literature and Memory.

▲ 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 26 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Gender7▲ 46×15 topics
  2. Colonialism6▲ 48×16 topics
  3. Identity5▲ 27×13 topics
  4. Nationalism4▲ 35×10 topics
  5. Religion4▲ 32×7 topics
  6. History3▲ 17×9 topics
  7. Literature3▲ 21×11 topics
  8. Memory3▲ 39×2 topics
  9. Fascism2▲ 374×1 topic
  10. Totalitarianism2▲ 296×1 topic
  11. Democracy2▲ 20×6 topics
  12. Globalization2▲ 3.7×13 topics
  13. Society2▲ 36×4 topics
  14. Culture2▲ 13×6 topics
  15. Postcolonialism2▲ 48×5 topics
  16. Race2▲ 54×6 topics
  17. Feminism1▲ 17×7 topics
  18. Cultural Studies1▲ 13×7 topics
  19. Art1▲ 49×4 topics
  20. Anthropocene1▲ 68×3 topics
  21. Box Office1▲ 161×1 topic
  22. Climate Change1▲ 1.55×7 topics
  23. Film Industry1▲ 161×1 topic
  24. Politics1▲ 15×3 topics
  25. Psychoanalysis1▲ 50×3 topics
  26. Sustainability1▲ 1.73×9 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Italian Fascism and Post-war Society, Cinema and Media Studies, Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes and Literature: history, themes, analysis.

Italian Fascism and Post…2Italian Fascism and Post-war Society: 2 fractional worksCinema and Media Studies1Cinema and Media Studies: 1 fractional worksHistorical Studies on Re…1Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes: 1 fractional worksLiterature: history, themes, analysis: 1 fractional worksCultural Identity and Heritage: 1 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…1Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 1 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 1 fractional worksMuseums and Cultural Heritage: 0 fractional worksVietnamese History and Culture Studies: 0 fractional worksEcocriticism and Environmental Literature: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEconomics and EconometricsHistoryLiterature and Literary Theory4 others

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

  1. 1 Italian Fascism and Post-war Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  2. 2 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  3. 3 Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes History 1 works
  4. 4 Literature: history, themes, analysis Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  5. 5 Cultural Identity and Heritage Archeology 1 works
  6. 6 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  7. 7 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  8. 8 Museums and Cultural Heritage Museology 0 works
  9. 9 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature Literature and Literary Theory 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 available47.4%not open52.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.8%domestic only65.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Routledge (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000077% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Routledge (United Kingdom)0.000044% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Routledge (United Kingdom) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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