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Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

In research, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,811 of 16,945 worldwide), Political Science and International Relations (#1,511 of 2,376 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,800 of 10,206 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Social Sciences and Social Sciences — Social Sciences is 6.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#37,250
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#2,002
of 2,253
Research works
396
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.7k
4.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
8%
world 28%

What is Royal Military Academy Sandhurst 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 #9,811 of 16,945 17.8%354
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #1,511 of 2,376 18.4%162
Social SciencesField #6,800 of 10,206 17.5%296

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Military Academy Sandhurst 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 Royal Military Academy Sandhurst specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Social Sciences takes 6.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Social SciencesField · 23.4 works6.7×
  2. Social SciencesDomain · 25.3 works3.6×
← 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.

Immunology and Microbiology: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.68× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 6.65× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst?

Ranked on the composite score, Anthony Clayton, Aaron Edwards and P. H. Vigor lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

  1. 1 Anthony Clayton United Kingdom · #139,370 worldwide 69 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Aaron Edwards United Kingdom · #403,458 worldwide 18 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 P. H. Vigor United Kingdom · #883,951 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Martin A. Smith United Kingdom · #931,670 worldwide 76 citations · 50 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

Which keywords describe research at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Global Governance, Nationalism, International Law, Power, Public Health, International Institutions and Norms.

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

All 39 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization5▲ 9.3×8 topics
  2. Global Governance4▲ 62×2 topics
  3. International Law4▲ 43×2 topics
  4. Nationalism4▲ 29×7 topics
  5. Power4▲ 178×2 topics
  6. International Institutions3▲ 543×1 topic
  7. Norms3▲ 295×1 topic
  8. Public Health3▲ 8.1×4 topics
  9. Human Rights3▲ 11×7 topics
  10. International Relations3▲ 41×6 topics
  11. Conflict2▲ 50×6 topics
  12. Ethnicity2▲ 21×6 topics
  13. Identity2▲ 11×6 topics
  14. Religion2▲ 16×5 topics
  15. Colonialism2▲ 15×6 topics
  16. Geopolitics2▲ 47×5 topics
  17. Middle East2▲ 114×2 topics
  18. Politics2▲ 26×4 topics
  19. Climate Consequences2▲ 660×1 topic
  20. Nuclear War2▲ 660×1 topic
  21. Democracy2▲ 17×2 topics
  22. Genocide2▲ 98×2 topics
  23. Authoritarianism1▲ 53×3 topics
  24. Balkans1▲ 200×2 topics
  25. Biopolitics1▲ 70×2 topics
  26. Military History1▲ 165×2 topics
  27. Foreign Policy1▲ 103×3 topics
  28. Migration1▲ 13×5 topics
  29. Secularism1▲ 36×2 topics
  30. African History1▲ 149×1 topic
  31. European Legal Systems1▲ 93×1 topic
  32. Global Health1▲ 24×1 topic
  33. Judicial Review1▲ 40×1 topic
  34. Media1▲ 24×1 topic
  35. Memory1▲ 15×1 topic
  36. Post-Colonial Africa1▲ 149×1 topic
  37. Qatar1▲ 191×1 topic
  38. Securitization1▲ 260×1 topic
  39. Yugoslavia1▲ 314×1 topic

Which research topics does Royal Military Academy Sandhurst publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: International Relations and Foreign Policy, Nuclear Issues and Defense, Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts and Global Security and Public Health.

International Relations …3International Relations and Foreign Policy: 3 fractional worksNuclear Issues and Defense: 2 fractional worksMiddle East and Rwanda Conflicts: 1 fractional worksGlobal Security and Public Health: 1 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 1 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 1 fractional worksBalkans: History, Politi…1Balkans: History, Politics, Society: 1 fractional worksAfrican history and culture studies: 1 fractional worksTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence: 1 fractional worksPolitical Conflict and Governance: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceCultural StudiesAnthropology

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

  1. 1 International Relations and Foreign Policy Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  2. 2 Nuclear Issues and Defense Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  3. 3 Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Global Security and Public Health Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  6. 6 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  7. 7 Balkans: History, Politics, Society Cultural Studies 1 works
  8. 8 African history and culture studies Anthropology 1 works
  9. 9 Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Political Conflict and Governance 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 available8.3%not open91.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.8%domestic only91.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Military Academy Sandhurst's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.