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Ruskin College

In research, Ruskin College stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,345 of 14,833 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,423 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#30,910
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,663
of 1,844
Research works
236
▼ 38% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.5k
6.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
13%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Ruskin College

What is Ruskin College 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 #9,345 of 14,833 5.6%198
Social SciencesField #6,423 of 9,330 5.3%124

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ruskin College 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 Ruskin College work in?

In all years, 84% of research at Ruskin College is in Social Sciences, 9% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (53%), Arts and Humanities (19%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (5%). It does 3.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 198 fractional works · 84.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 124 fractional works · 52.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 47 fractional works · 19.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 27 fractional works · 11.6% of its workPublic Administration: 15 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 45 fractional works · 18.9% of its workHistory: 14 fractional works · 5.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 9 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMuseology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 4.0% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 21 fractional works · 8.8% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 4.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKRuskin College236fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences84%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences12452.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities4518.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance135.4%
    4. Psychology83.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting72.9%
    6. Decision Sciences10.6%
    1. Medicine114.7%
    2. Health Professions104.1%
    1. Engineering41.6%
    2. Environmental Science31.2%
    3. Computer Science31.1%
    4. Chemistry00.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.9%
    2. Neuroscience10.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
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.

Immunology and Microbiology: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.49× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 5.11× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.63× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.28× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.69× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.11×2 works
  2. Social Sciences2.69×4 works
  3. Environmental Science2.49×2 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.63×1 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.28×0 works
  6. Health Professions0.99×0 works
  7. Computer Science0.88×1 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.57×0 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.55×0 works
  10. Materials Science0.52×0 works
  11. Engineering0.51×1 works
  12. Medicine0.49×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.34×0 works
  14. Psychology0.27×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ruskin College?

Ranked on the quality score, Harold Pollins, Alfred Plummer and E. W. Cooney lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ruskin College.

  1. 1 Harold Pollins United Kingdom · #603,260 worldwide 467 citations · 86 works
  2. 2 Alfred Plummer United Kingdom · #938,366 worldwide 958 citations · 112 works
  3. 3 E. W. Cooney United Kingdom · #1,072,666 worldwide 409 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Sue Ledwith United Kingdom · #1,771,363 worldwide 998 citations · 55 works
  5. 5 Hilda Kean United Kingdom · #1,777,708 worldwide 1.1k citations · 86 works
  6. 6 Leslie J. Macfarlane United Kingdom · #1,978,130 worldwide 414 citations · 84 works
  7. 7 Mavis Bayton United Kingdom · #2,293,114 worldwide 310 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Charles Stewart Orwin United Kingdom · #2,784,403 worldwide 48 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Patricia L. Roberts United Kingdom · #2,784,537 worldwide 144 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 VICTOR TREADWELL United Kingdom · #2,797,677 worldwide 91 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Ruskin College

What are the most cited papers from Ruskin College?

The most cited paper from Ruskin College is "A comparative analysis of antegrade and retrograde conduction patterns in man." (Mohd Akhtar, A N Damato, William P. Batsford et al., 1975), with 162 citations. Next come "Governance in Sport: A Scoping Review" (148) and "Effects of Sex on the Incidence of Cardiac Tamponade After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation" (132).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A comparative analysis of antegrade and retrograde conduction patterns in man. Mohd Akhtar, A N Damato, William P. Batsford et al. · Circulation Open access Nov 1975 162
2 Governance in Sport: A Scoping Review Mathew Dowling, Becca Leopkey, Lee H. Smith · Journal of Sport Management Open access 9 May 2018 148
3 Effects of Sex on the Incidence of Cardiac Tamponade After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Yoav Michowitz et al. · Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Open access 12 Feb 2014 132
4 Losing out on both counts: disabled women and domestic violence Ravi K. Thiara, Gill Hague, Audrey Mullender · Disability & Society 9 Sep 2011 84
5 Sustained ventricular tachycardia in recent canine myocardial infarction. Hasan Garan, John T. Fallon, J N Ruskin · Circulation Open access Nov 1980 83
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Which keywords describe research at Ruskin College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Nationalism, Identity, Colonialism, Gender, History, Ethnicity and Neoliberalism.

▲ 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. Globalization39▲ 8.9×34 topics
  2. Identity18▲ 10×22 topics
  3. Nationalism18▲ 14×16 topics
  4. Colonialism16▲ 13×20 topics
  5. Gender16▲ 12×20 topics
  6. History13▲ 6.8×21 topics
  7. Human Rights11▲ 5.6×19 topics
  8. Ethnicity11▲ 16×8 topics
  9. Religion10▲ 7.5×16 topics
  10. Neoliberalism10▲ 12×11 topics
  11. Conflict10▲ 28×5 topics
  12. Feminism9▲ 15×10 topics
  13. Literature9▲ 8.1×13 topics
  14. Cultural Competence9▲ 30×3 topics
  15. National Identity9▲ 31×4 topics
  16. Economic Growth8▲ 4.9×8 topics
  17. Labor Movement8▲ 91×1 topic
  18. Union Revitalization8▲ 91×1 topic
  19. Capitalism8▲ 40×4 topics
  20. Cosmopolitanism8▲ 31×6 topics
  21. Evidence-Based Practice8▲ 19×4 topics
  22. Imperialism7▲ 30×5 topics
  23. Transition7▲ 33×2 topics
  24. Culture7▲ 6.3×14 topics
  25. Ethics7▲ 6.6×9 topics
  26. Professional Development7▲ 19×3 topics
  27. Trade7▲ 35×2 topics
  28. Health7▲ 7.6×3 topics
  29. Cultural Politics7▲ 36×4 topics
  30. Child Welfare6▲ 69×2 topics
  31. Consociationalism6▲ 131×1 topic
  32. Job Satisfaction6▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Northern Ireland6▲ 131×1 topic
  34. Public Opinion6▲ 15×3 topics
  35. Reflective Practice6▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Burnout6▲ 28×2 topics
  37. Social Capital6▲ 6.5×10 topics
  38. Retention6▲ 135×1 topic
  39. Supervision6▲ 73×1 topic
  40. Cold War6▲ 33×3 topics

Which research topics does Ruskin College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Political Economy and Marxism, Geographies of human-animal interactions, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

Political Economy and Ma…1Political Economy and Marxism: 1 fractional worksGeographies of human-ani…1Geographies of human-animal interactions: 1 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 0 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 0 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Bi…0Amphibian and Reptile Biology: 0 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 0 fractional worksAustralian Indigenous Culture and History: 0 fractional worksScientific and Historica…0Scientific and Historical Analyses: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies: 0 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Security: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceGeography, Planning and DevelopmentEcologyNature and Landscape Conservation5 others

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

  1. 1 Political Economy and Marxism Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 1 works
  3. 3 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 0 works
  4. 4 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  5. 5 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  6. 6 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 0 works
  7. 7 Australian Indigenous Culture and History Anthropology 0 works
  8. 8 Scientific and Historical Analyses Philosophy 0 works
  9. 9 Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 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 available13.2%not open86.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.5%domestic only85.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ruskin College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Ruskin College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000031% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Ruskin College0.00011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ruskin College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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