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School of Advanced Study

In research, School of Advanced Study stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,167 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,080 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities (Arts and Humanities is 6.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,608
of 22,385 · #5,067 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#239
of 862
Research works
823
▲ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.9k
12.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
School of Advanced Study

What is School of Advanced Study known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #3,167 of 9,585 12.3%161 #1665
Social SciencesField #3,080 of 5,988 12.1%87 #1807

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where School of Advanced Study 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 School of Advanced Study work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at School of Advanced Study is in Social Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (38%), Arts and Humanities (18%), Computer Science (7%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 182 fractional works · 68.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 99 fractional works · 37.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 38 fractional works · 14.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 19 fractional works · 7.1% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 47 fractional works · 18.0% of its workHistory: 13 fractional works · 4.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClassics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 4.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 45 fractional works · 17.0% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 6.6% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 7.3% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 18 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 4.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSchool ofAdvanced Study264fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences69%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences9937.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities4718.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting124.6%
    4. Psychology124.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance93.2%
    6. Decision Sciences31.1%
    1. Computer Science176.6%
    2. Engineering103.7%
    3. Environmental Science83.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.9%
    5. Materials Science20.7%
    6. Mathematics20.7%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.7%
    8. Chemistry10.5%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Neuroscience103.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology51.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine124.5%
    2. Health Professions62.1%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does School of Advanced Study specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 47.4 works6.2×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.36× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.85× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.60× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 6.22× its world share, 47 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.42× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.51× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.44× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.97× its world share, 99 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.22×47 works
  2. Social Sciences2.97×99 works
  3. Neuroscience2.36×10 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.51×8 works
  5. Psychology1.44×12 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.42×12 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.18×3 works
  8. Computer Science0.85×17 works
  9. Health Professions0.81×6 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.60×2 works
  11. Environmental Science0.60×8 works
  12. Mathematics0.60×2 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.44×1 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.34×5 works
  15. Chemistry0.34×1 works
  16. Nursing0.33×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.30×2 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×3 works
  19. Engineering0.25×10 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.23×0 works
  21. Medicine0.23×12 works
  22. Materials Science0.20×2 works
  23. Veterinary0.19×0 works
  24. Energy0.12×0 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at School of Advanced Study?

Ranked on the quality score, Ophelia D. Deroy, David James Cantor and Barry Smith lead among researchers whose main affiliation is School of Advanced Study.

  1. 1 Ophelia D. Deroy United Kingdom · #255,901 worldwide 4.7k citations · 211 works
  2. 2 David James Cantor United Kingdom · #469,115 worldwide 2.6k citations · 144 works
  3. 3 Barry Smith United Kingdom · #810,016 worldwide 1.7k citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Corinne Lennox United Kingdom · #1,387,571 worldwide 191 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Mattia Gallotti United Kingdom · #2,146,913 worldwide 619 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Sarah Singer United Kingdom · #2,292,375 worldwide 88 citations · 45 works
  7. 7 Benjamin Steyn United Kingdom · #2,328,557 worldwide 14 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at School of Advanced Study

What are the most cited papers from School of Advanced Study?

The most cited paper from School of Advanced Study is "Smart cities of the future" (Michael Batty, Kay Werner Axhausen, Fosca Giannotti et al., 2012), with 2,272 citations. Next come "Black holes, gravitational waves and fundamental physics: a roadmap" (777) and "Position paper on olfactory dysfunction" (732).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Smart cities of the future Michael Batty, Kay Werner Axhausen, Fosca Giannotti et al. · The European Physical Journal Special Topics Open access Nov 2012 2,272
2 Black holes, gravitational waves and fundamental physics: a roadmap Abbas Askar et al. · Classical and Quantum Gravity Open access204 authors 19 Jun 2019 777
3 Position paper on olfactory dysfunction Thomas R. Hummel et al. · Rhinology Journal Open access Mar 2017 732
4 Participatory action research Flora Cornish, Nancy Nyutsem Breton, Ulises Moreno-Tabarez et al. · Nature Reviews Methods Primers ReviewOpen access 27 Apr 2023 716
5 More Than Smell—COVID-19 Is Associated With Severe Impairment of Smell, Taste, and Chemesthesis Valentina Parma et al. · Chemical Senses Open access123 authors 12 Jun 2020 541
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at School of Advanced Study?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Literature, Nationalism, Human Rights, Gender, Colonialism, History and Globalization.

▲ 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-now 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. Globalization16▲ 3.2×48 topics
  2. Identity15▲ 8.0×35 topics
  3. Human Rights15▲ 5.4×25 topics
  4. Literature14▲ 9.5×25 topics
  5. Nationalism14▲ 12×19 topics
  6. History13▲ 6.9×28 topics
  7. Gender12▲ 8.6×29 topics
  8. Colonialism12▲ 9.7×24 topics
  9. Culture10▲ 7.1×15 topics
  10. Religion9▲ 7.7×18 topics
  11. Democracy7▲ 7.7×14 topics
  12. Politics7▲ 9.7×12 topics
  13. Philosophy6▲ 5.2×9 topics
  14. Consumer Behavior6▲ 3.7×11 topics
  15. Race6▲ 19×12 topics
  16. National Identity6▲ 19×5 topics
  17. Ethnicity5▲ 5.5×9 topics
  18. Governance5▲ 6.2×12 topics
  19. Society5▲ 10×10 topics
  20. Ethics5▲ 3.9×17 topics
  21. Emotion5▲ 9.2×8 topics
  22. Cultural Studies5▲ 5.0×9 topics
  23. Migration5▲ 5.1×12 topics
  24. Cultural Exchange4▲ 13×9 topics
  25. Cosmopolitanism4▲ 15×5 topics
  26. Customer Satisfaction4▲ 5.2×5 topics
  27. Political Economy4▲ 6.3×10 topics
  28. Refugees4▲ 13×8 topics
  29. Feminism4▲ 5.4×8 topics
  30. Empire4▲ 18×5 topics
  31. Conflict4▲ 9.3×7 topics
  32. Postcolonialism4▲ 11×9 topics
  33. NGOs4▲ 16×4 topics
  34. Global Governance4▲ 5.9×9 topics
  35. European Union4▲ 6.2×8 topics
  36. Social Cognition4▲ 7.4×7 topics
  37. Archaeology3▲ 9.9×6 topics
  38. Corruption3▲ 8.1×5 topics
  39. Gender Dynamics3▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Immigration3▲ 11×6 topics

Which research topics does School of Advanced Study publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Medieval Literature and History, Consumer Behavior and Marketing Influence, Migration, Refugees, and Integration and Global Peace and Security Dynamics.

Medieval Literature and …2Medieval Literature and History: 2 fractional worksConsumer Behavior and Ma…2Consumer Behavior and Marketing Influence: 2 fractional worksMigration, Refugees, and Integration: 2 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Securit…2Global Peace and Security Dynamics: 2 fractional worksScottish History and Nat…2Scottish History and National Identity: 2 fractional worksDigital Humanities and Scholarship: 2 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 2 fractional worksCuban History and Society2Cuban History and Society: 2 fractional worksInternational Development and Aid: 2 fractional worksAfrican history and culture studies: 2 fractional works
ClassicsMarketingSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations5 others

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

  1. 1 Medieval Literature and History Classics 2 works
  2. 2 Consumer Behavior and Marketing Influence Marketing 2 works
  3. 3 Migration, Refugees, and Integration Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  5. 5 Scottish History and National Identity History 2 works
  6. 6 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  7. 7 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  8. 8 Cuban History and Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 International Development and Aid Development 2 works
  10. 10 African history and culture studies Anthropology 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 available43.9%not open56.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.0%domestic only72.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has School of Advanced Study's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% higher than in 2018-2021.

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grewheldshrank

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 School of Advanced Study as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%School of Advanced Study0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of School of Advanced Study over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%School of Advanced Study15.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.9% in 2014.

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