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Science Council

In research, Science Council stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,660 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Physics and Astronomy (Astronomy and Astrophysics is 45.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,005
of 22,385 · #11,106 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#434
of 862
Research works
624
▲ 496% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.5k
10.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
48%
world 18%
Science Council

What is Science Council 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
Physical SciencesDomain #8,660 of 10,670 1.4%100 #9001

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

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Science Council is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (25%), Engineering (24%), Medicine (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 104 fractional works · 59.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 43 fractional works · 24.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 41 fractional works · 23.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 42 fractional works · 24.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 26 fractional works · 15.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Energy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 19.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 9.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Sciences: 29 fractional works · 16.4% of its workMedicine: 19 fractional works · 11.1% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKScience Council173fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences60%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences19%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy4324.7%
    2. Engineering4224.4%
    3. Computer Science63.6%
    4. Environmental Science63.3%
    5. Energy31.6%
    6. Materials Science21.0%
    7. Mathematics10.7%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    1. Social Sciences169.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance52.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting31.9%
    4. Psychology31.8%
    5. Decision Sciences31.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities31.6%
    1. Medicine1911.1%
    2. Health Professions74.0%
    3. Nursing21.2%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.2%
    3. Neuroscience21.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Science Council specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 45.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 40.5 works45×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 26.4 works13×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 42.9 works11×
← 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, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.47× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.74× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.63× its world share, 42 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 11.13× its world share, 43 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.51× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 2.46× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.27× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 11.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy11.13×43 works
  2. Nursing2.46×2 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.84×3 works
  4. Energy1.74×3 works
  5. Engineering1.63×42 works
  6. Health Professions1.51×7 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.27×5 works
  8. Social Sciences0.75×16 works
  9. Environmental Science0.67×6 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.61×3 works
  11. Neuroscience0.60×2 works
  12. Psychology0.59×3 works
  13. Mathematics0.58×1 works
  14. Medicine0.58×19 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.56×3 works
  16. Computer Science0.47×6 works
  17. Dentistry0.40×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.34×3 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.33×1 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.31×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.28×2 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×2 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Science Council?

Ranked on the quality score, Alexander Hope Ferdinand Ferguson and Stephanie Specchio lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Science Council.

  1. 1 Alexander Hope Ferdinand Ferguson United Kingdom · #3,935,495 worldwide 128 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Stephanie Specchio United Kingdom · #5,368,523 worldwide 2 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Science Council

What are the most cited papers from Science Council?

The most cited paper from Science Council is "Divided we stand: Redefining politics, technology and social choice" (Jerry R. Ravetz, 1990), with 379 citations. Next come "The ising model on a random planar lattice: The structure of the phase transition and the exact critical exponents" (334) and "The eigenvalue spectrum of a large symmetric random matrix" (258).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Divided we stand: Redefining politics, technology and social choice Jerry R. Ravetz · Futures Dec 1990 379
2 The ising model on a random planar lattice: The structure of the phase transition and the exact critical exponents D.V. Boulatov, Vladimir Kazakov · Physics Letters B Mar 1987 334
3 The eigenvalue spectrum of a large symmetric random matrix Sam F Edwards, Raymund C. Jones · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General Oct 1976 258
4 The Computer Revolution in Philosophy: Philosophy, Science and Models of Mind. Stephen P. Stich, Aaron Sloman · The Philosophical Review Apr 1981 245
5 Relationships between bubble frequency, departure diameter and rise velocity in nucleate boiling H.J. Ivey · International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer Aug 1967 220
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Science Council?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Space Policy, Space Tourism, Astrobiology, Extraterrestrial Life, SETI, Risk Assessment, Simulation and Immune System.

▲ 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. Space Policy20▲ 832×1 topic
  2. Space Tourism20▲ 832×1 topic
  3. Astrobiology10▲ 181×2 topics
  4. Extraterrestrial Life10▲ 260×1 topic
  5. SETI10▲ 260×1 topic
  6. Risk Assessment9▲ 7.9×5 topics
  7. Simulation8▲ 18×4 topics
  8. Design8▲ 27×2 topics
  9. Immune System8▲ 18×2 topics
  10. Biomechanics8▲ 14×3 topics
  11. Mars7▲ 128×1 topic
  12. Martian Surface7▲ 128×1 topic
  13. Microgravity7▲ 230×1 topic
  14. Spaceflight7▲ 230×1 topic
  15. Extravehicular Activity7▲ 510×1 topic
  16. Space Suit7▲ 510×1 topic
  17. Sustainability7▲ 1.62×23 topics
  18. On-Orbit Servicing6▲ 147×1 topic
  19. Space Debris6▲ 147×1 topic
  20. Climate Change5◆ 1.10×24 topics
  21. CubeSat4▲ 140×1 topic
  22. small satellite4▲ 140×1 topic
  23. Sustainable Development4▲ 1.41×15 topics
  24. Renewable Energy4▲ 1.47×9 topics
  25. Spacecraft Formation Flying3▲ 98×1 topic
  26. Trajectory Optimization3▲ 26×1 topic
  27. Primary Care3▲ 4.2×8 topics
  28. Solar System Abundances3▲ 31×1 topic
  29. Terrestrial Planets3▲ 31×1 topic
  30. Global Governance2▲ 5.5×6 topics
  31. International Law2▲ 4.2×8 topics
  32. Nursing Education2▲ 9.7×2 topics
  33. Organizational Culture2▲ 3.1×3 topics
  34. Cryogenic Storage2▲ 35×1 topic
  35. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)2▲ 35×1 topic
  36. Hybrid Rocket Propulsion2▲ 43×1 topic
  37. Regression Rate Behavior2▲ 43×1 topic
  38. Cell Culture2▲ 7.3×2 topics
  39. Barriers and Facilitators1▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Information Seeking Behavior1▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Science Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Space exploration and regulation, Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life, Spaceflight effects on biology and Planetary Science and Exploration.

Space exploration and re…20Space exploration and regulation: 20 fractional worksSpace Science and Extrat…10Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life: 10 fractional worksSpaceflight effects on b…7Spaceflight effects on biology: 7 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 7 fractional worksSpace Exploration and Technology: 7 fractional worksSpace Satellite Systems …6Space Satellite Systems and Control: 6 fractional worksSpacecraft Design and Technology: 4 fractional worksSpacecraft Dynamics and Control: 3 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 3 fractional worksSpacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies: 2 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsPhysiologyAerospace Engineering

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

  1. 1 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 20 works
  2. 2 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 10 works
  3. 3 Spaceflight effects on biology Physiology 7 works
  4. 4 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 7 works
  5. 5 Space Exploration and Technology Aerospace Engineering 7 works
  6. 6 Space Satellite Systems and Control Aerospace Engineering 6 works
  7. 7 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Spacecraft Dynamics and Control Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  10. 10 Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies Aerospace Engineering 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 available36.3%not open63.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.8%domestic only52.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Science Council's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 496% higher 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 Science Council as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Science Council0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Science Council over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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