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Royal Geographical Society

In research, Royal Geographical Society stands highest in Social Sciences (#14,192 of 16,945 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,747 of 10,206 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,632
of 28,054 · #35,412 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#990
of 1,094
Research works
342
▲ 204% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.2k
3.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Royal Geographical Society 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 #14,192 of 16,945 14.8%226
Social SciencesField #8,747 of 10,206 14.2%160

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Geographical Society 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: 1.61× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.47× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.06× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.87× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksMedicineVeterinary: 3.48× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.40× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.13× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Geographical Society?

Ranked on the composite score, Percy Sykes, John Hemming and Francis Herbert lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Geographical Society.

  1. 1 Percy Sykes United Kingdom · #52,769 worldwide 67 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 John Hemming United Kingdom · #372,778 worldwide 29 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Francis Herbert United Kingdom · #417,861 worldwide 13 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 J. Scott Keltie United Kingdom · #736,685 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Mark Moody‐Stuart United Kingdom · #1,215,295 worldwide 6 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Geographical Society

Which keywords describe research at Royal Geographical Society?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Agriculture, Food Security, Globalization, Climate Change, Geopolitics, Labor Market, Migration and Citizen Science.

▲ 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. Climate Change5▲ 2.8×24 topics
  2. Globalization5▲ 3.5×9 topics
  3. Agriculture4▲ 14×3 topics
  4. Food Security4▲ 9.8×6 topics
  5. History3▲ 6.5×6 topics
  6. Citizen Science3▲ 43×2 topics
  7. Geopolitics3▲ 28×4 topics
  8. Labor Market3▲ 14×2 topics
  9. Migration3▲ 13×3 topics
  10. Sustainable Development3▲ 2.6×11 topics
  11. Geographical Analysis3▲ 87×2 topics
  12. Geospatial Crowdsourcing3▲ 211×1 topic
  13. Linguistics3▲ 24×3 topics
  14. Regional Development3▲ 11×3 topics
  15. Volunteered Geographic Information3▲ 211×1 topic
  16. Bronze Age3▲ 89×2 topics
  17. Geography3▲ 112×2 topics
  18. Demographic Dynamics2▲ 94×1 topic
  19. Rural Transformation2▲ 94×1 topic
  20. Academic Discourse2▲ 334×1 topic
  21. Language2▲ 14×2 topics
  22. Mediterranean2▲ 36×3 topics
  23. Public Policy2▲ 6.8×1 topic
  24. Environmental Health2▲ 44×2 topics
  25. Archaeology2▲ 23×3 topics
  26. Culture2▲ 5.9×4 topics
  27. Arctic2▲ 27×3 topics
  28. Anatomical Nomenclature2▲ 118×1 topic
  29. Eponyms2▲ 112×1 topic
  30. Fieldwork2▲ 147×2 topics
  31. Social Innovation2▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Geographic Information Systems2▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Archaeological Finds2▲ 167×1 topic
  34. Corded Ware Culture2▲ 167×1 topic
  35. Cultural Exchange2▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Geography Education2▲ 184×1 topic
  37. Relativity2▲ 92×1 topic
  38. Rural Development2▲ 7.2×2 topics
  39. Spatial Thinking2▲ 304×1 topic
  40. Unified Field Theories2▲ 223×1 topic

Which research topics does Royal Geographical Society publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geographic Information Systems Studies, Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends, Historical Geography and Geographical Thought and Medical and Biological Sciences.

Geographic Information S…3Geographic Information Systems Studies: 3 fractional worksRegional Socio-Economic …2Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends: 2 fractional worksHistorical Geography and Geographical Thought: 2 fractional worksMedical and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional worksGeography Education and Pedagogy: 2 fractional worksRelativity and Gravitational Theory: 2 fractional worksAncient and Medieval Archaeology Studies: 2 fractional worksRural development and su…2Rural development and sustainability: 2 fractional worksHistorical Geography and Cartography: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications: 2 fractional works
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentDemographyAnatomyAstronomy and Astrophysics3 others

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

  1. 1 Geographic Information Systems Studies Geography, Planning and Development 3 works
  2. 2 Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends Demography 2 works
  3. 3 Historical Geography and Geographical Thought Geography, Planning and Development 2 works
  4. 4 Medical and Biological Sciences Anatomy 2 works
  5. 5 Geography Education and Pedagogy Geography, Planning and Development 2 works
  6. 6 Relativity and Gravitational Theory Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  7. 7 Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies Archeology 2 works
  8. 8 Rural development and sustainability General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  9. 9 Historical Geography and Cartography Geography, Planning and Development 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 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 available41.9%not open58.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.4%domestic only74.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Geographical Society's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 204% 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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