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Royal Armouries

In research, Royal Armouries stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,173 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,528
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,052
of 2,253
Research works
297
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
534
1.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
12%
world 28%

What is Royal Armouries 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 #3,173 of 16,945 13.0%222

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Armouries 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: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.94× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.90× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 9.11× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.60× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.15× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 9.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Armouries?

Ranked on the composite score, Thom Richardson and Guy M. Wilson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Armouries.

  1. 1 Thom Richardson United Kingdom · #804,695 worldwide 8 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Guy M. Wilson United Kingdom · #983,839 worldwide 8 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Armouries

Which keywords describe research at Royal Armouries?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, Cultural Exchange, Religion, History, Medieval, Trade and LiDAR.

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

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Archaeology4▲ 108×4 topics
  2. Cultural Heritage2▲ 14×4 topics
  3. Cultural Exchange2▲ 56×3 topics
  4. Religion2▲ 15×3 topics
  5. Machine Learning2▲ 2.0×3 topics
  6. History2▲ 8.6×4 topics
  7. Medieval2▲ 163×2 topics
  8. Remote Sensing2▲ 4.9×2 topics
  9. Trade2▲ 70×2 topics
  10. LiDAR2▲ 122×1 topic
  11. Satellite Imagery2▲ 41×1 topic
  12. Scandinavia1▲ 320×1 topic
  13. Viking Age1▲ 320×1 topic
  14. International Relations1▲ 18×3 topics
  15. Colonialism1▲ 8.3×3 topics
  16. Literature1▲ 7.2×2 topics
  17. Urban Development1▲ 10×4 topics
  18. British Army1▲ 497×1 topic
  19. Counterinsurgency1▲ 354×1 topic
  20. Electron Beams1▲ 209×1 topic
  21. Holocene1▲ 31×2 topics
  22. Laser-Plasma Accelerators1▲ 209×1 topic

Which research topics does Royal Armouries publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Archaeological Research and Protection, Historical and Archaeological Studies, Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics and Military History and Strategy.

Archaeological Research …2Archaeological Research and Protection: 2 fractional worksHistorical and Archaeolo…1Historical and Archaeological Studies: 1 fractional worksLaser-Plasma Interaction…1Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksMilitary History and Str…1Military History and Strategy: 1 fractional worksMetallurgy and Cultural Artifacts: 1 fractional worksMechanics and Biomechanics Studies: 1 fractional worksScottish History and Nat…1Scottish History and National Identity: 1 fractional worksMaritime and Coastal Archaeology: 1 fractional worksEurasian Exchange Networks: 1 fractional worksSouth African History an…1South African History and Culture: 1 fractional works
Space and Planetary ScienceHistoryNuclear and High Energy PhysicsPolitical Science and International Relations4 others

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

  1. 1 Archaeological Research and Protection Space and Planetary Science 2 works
  2. 2 Historical and Archaeological Studies History 1 works
  3. 3 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1 works
  4. 4 Military History and Strategy Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  5. 5 Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts Archeology 1 works
  6. 6 Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Scottish History and National Identity History 1 works
  8. 8 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 1 works
  9. 9 Eurasian Exchange Networks Anthropology 1 works
  10. 10 South African History and Culture Sociology and Political Science 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 available11.5%not open88.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.0%domestic only94.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Armouries's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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