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Royal Institution of Great Britain

In research, Royal Institution of Great Britain stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,338 of 21,541 worldwide), Materials Science (#917 of 4,504 worldwide) and Chemistry (#706 of 3,369 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#2,018
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#137
of 2,253
Research works
1.2k
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
48k
40.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
9%
world 28%

What is Royal Institution of Great Britain 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 #1,338 of 21,541 26.3%990
Materials ScienceField #917 of 4,504 27.1%351
ChemistryField #706 of 3,369 25.7%236
Materials ChemistrySubfield #827 of 3,068 31.3%213
Physics and AstronomyField #1,747 of 3,663 24.9%142

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Institution of Great Britain 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: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.58× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.32× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 13.31× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 11.85× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.27× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 13.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Institution of Great Britain?

Ranked on the composite score, John Meurig Thomas, George Porter and Robert Raja lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Institution of Great Britain.

  1. 1 John Meurig Thomas United Kingdom · #23,569 worldwide 944 citations · 65 works
  2. 2 George Porter United Kingdom · #46,999 worldwide 701 citations · 78 works
  3. 3 Robert Raja United Kingdom · #51,703 worldwide 642 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Gopinathan Sankar United Kingdom · #121,296 worldwide 505 citations · 62 works
  5. 5 C. Richard A. Catlow United Kingdom · #196,345 worldwide 1.8k citations · 269 works
  6. 6 Anthony Harriman United Kingdom · #288,487 worldwide 180 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Robert G. Bell United Kingdom · #329,552 worldwide 133 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Lawrence Bragg United Kingdom · #340,087 worldwide 46 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Peter Day United Kingdom · #393,767 worldwide 436 citations · 129 works
  10. 10 Mark Green United Kingdom · #450,011 worldwide 306 citations · 74 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Institution of Great Britain

Which keywords describe research at Royal Institution of Great Britain?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Mesoporous Materials, Nanoparticles, Superconductivity, Drug Delivery, Heterogeneous Catalysis, Hydrogen Bonding and Electron Transport.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Catalysis224▲ 23×24 topics
  2. Mesoporous Materials97▲ 121×2 topics
  3. Nanoparticles89▲ 5.6×29 topics
  4. Superconductivity72▲ 20×9 topics
  5. Drug Delivery67▲ 12×13 topics
  6. Heterogeneous Catalysis63▲ 29×4 topics
  7. Hydrogen Bonding62▲ 21×5 topics
  8. Electron Transport61▲ 27×3 topics
  9. Crystallization Mechanism60▲ 96×2 topics
  10. Hierarchical Zeolites60▲ 159×1 topic
  11. Zeolites60▲ 132×1 topic
  12. Electronic Structure50▲ 19×7 topics
  13. Functionalization48▲ 37×3 topics
  14. Nanomaterials48▲ 4.9×18 topics
  15. Molecular Dynamics42▲ 14×5 topics
  16. Quantum Computing41▲ 17×4 topics
  17. Crystal Structure40▲ 14×5 topics
  18. Dehydrogenation40▲ 33×2 topics
  19. Ferroelectricity39▲ 28×4 topics
  20. Vanadium Oxide39▲ 35×2 topics
  21. Nanocomposite Materials37▲ 60×1 topic
  22. Ordered Nanoporous Arrays37▲ 87×1 topic
  23. Selective Oxidation37▲ 20×2 topics
  24. Lanthanide Complexes36▲ 56×1 topic
  25. Single-Molecule Magnets36▲ 56×1 topic
  26. Metal Oxides36▲ 27×2 topics
  27. Ethane36▲ 51×1 topic
  28. Oxidative36▲ 51×1 topic
  29. Oxidation35▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Ceria34▲ 24×1 topic
  31. Gold34▲ 24×1 topic
  32. Density Functional Theory34▲ 10×6 topics
  33. Electronic Structure Calculations33▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Nanostructures33▲ 5.7×12 topics
  35. Electron Transfer32▲ 40×2 topics
  36. Hybrid Materials32▲ 26×3 topics
  37. Excited-State Proton Transfer31▲ 55×1 topic
  38. Intramolecular Charge Transfer31▲ 55×1 topic
  39. Self-Assembly31▲ 6.6×10 topics
  40. Vibrational Spectroscopy28▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Royal Institution of Great Britain publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Polynomial and algebraic computation, Quantum many-body systems and Topological and Geometric Data Analysis.

Black Holes and Theoretical Physics: 1 fractional worksPolynomial and algebraic computation: 1 fractional worksQuantum many-body systems0Quantum many-body systems: 0 fractional worksTopological and Geometri…0Topological and Geometric Data Analysis: 0 fractional worksAlgebraic structures and combinatorial models: 0 fractional worksAlgebraic Geometry and Number Theory: 0 fractional worksHistory of Science and M…0History of Science and Medicine: 0 fractional worksHistory of Science and Natural History: 0 fractional worksDiverse Historical and Scientific Studies: 0 fractional worksNonlinear Dynamics and P…0Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation: 0 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsComputational Theory and MathematicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsGeometry and Topology2 others

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

  1. 1 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1 works
  2. 2 Polynomial and algebraic computation Computational Theory and Mathematics 1 works
  3. 3 Quantum many-body systems Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  4. 4 Topological and Geometric Data Analysis Computational Theory and Mathematics 0 works
  5. 5 Algebraic structures and combinatorial models Geometry and Topology 0 works
  6. 6 Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory Geometry and Topology 0 works
  7. 7 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  8. 8 History of Science and Natural History History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  9. 9 Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  10. 10 Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation Computer Networks and Communications 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 available9.3%not open90.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.6%domestic only73.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Institution of Great Britain's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% lower 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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