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Scottish Enterprise

In research, Scottish Enterprise stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,585 of 17,446 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#9,092 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#13,056
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#645
of 1,844
Research works
427
▼ 44% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
34.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.18×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Scottish Enterprise

What is Scottish Enterprise 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 #8,585 of 17,446 13.1%207
Life SciencesDomain #9,092 of 11,023 9.1%131

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

In all years, 48% of research at Scottish Enterprise is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (24%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (22%), Environmental Science (14%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 207 fractional works · 48.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 95 fractional works · 22.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 34 fractional works · 7.9% of its workGeophysics: 25 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPaleontology: 19 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 62 fractional works · 14.4% of its workEcology: 30 fractional works · 7.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 12 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 5.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiation: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 131 fractional works · 30.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 103 fractional works · 24.1% of its workPlant Science: 64 fractional works · 15.0% of its workFood Science: 15 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHorticulture: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 27 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 64 fractional works · 15.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAnthropology: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13 fractional works · 3.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 25 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKScottishEnterprise427fractional works, all years
Life Sciences31%Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences15%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences9522.2%
    2. Environmental Science6214.4%
    3. Engineering225.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy102.2%
    5. Computer Science92.2%
    6. Chemistry71.6%
    7. Materials Science20.4%
    8. Energy10.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10324.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology276.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    5. Neuroscience00.0%
    1. Social Sciences307.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting133.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities81.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance71.5%
    5. Decision Sciences30.8%
    6. Psychology30.6%
    1. Medicine112.5%
    2. Nursing71.6%
    3. Health Professions71.6%
    4. Veterinary10.2%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 25.25× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.00× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 2.55× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 2.28× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 25.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences25.25×8 works
  2. Environmental Science3.00×3 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.55×1 works
  4. Nursing2.28×0 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.89×0 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.14×1 works
  7. Computer Science1.07×2 works
  8. Psychology0.85×0 works
  9. Engineering0.66×2 works
  10. Energy0.61×0 works
  11. Chemistry0.36×0 works
  12. Health Professions0.36×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.34×1 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×0 works
  15. Medicine0.20×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Scottish Enterprise?

Ranked on the quality score, Charlotte Bryant, Ronald Boyne and Douglas D. Harkness lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Scottish Enterprise.

  1. 1 Charlotte Bryant United Kingdom · #320,700 worldwide 7.2k citations · 150 works
  2. 2 Ronald Boyne United Kingdom · #922,452 worldwide 1.2k citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Douglas D. Harkness United Kingdom · #971,383 worldwide 1.5k citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Hildur Gestsdóttir United Kingdom · #2,185,586 worldwide 870 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Jean F. Malcolmson United Kingdom · #2,245,824 worldwide 791 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 George Cockerham United Kingdom · #2,706,533 worldwide 511 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 M. Kay United Kingdom · #2,805,925 worldwide 644 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Smith United Kingdom · #3,748,073 worldwide 438 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 M. H. Arnold United Kingdom · #3,941,989 worldwide 157 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 J T Walker United Kingdom · #4,264,143 worldwide 579 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Scottish Enterprise

What are the most cited papers from Scottish Enterprise?

The most cited paper from Scottish Enterprise is "Determining trophic niche width: a novel approach using stable isotope analysis" (Stuart Bearhop, Colin E. Adams, Susan Waldron et al., 2004), with 1,425 citations. Next come "On the origins of cells: a hypothesis for the evolutionary transitions from abiotic geochemistry to chemoautotrophic prokaryotes, and from prokaryotes to nucleated cells" (861) and "Creating good public policy to support high-growth firms" (568).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Determining trophic niche width: a novel approach using stable isotope analysis Stuart Bearhop, Colin E. Adams, Susan Waldron et al. · Journal of Animal Ecology Open access 18 Aug 2004 1,425
2 On the origins of cells: a hypothesis for the evolutionary transitions from abiotic geochemistry to chemoautotrophic prokaryotes, and from prokaryotes to nucleated cells William Martin, Michael J. H. Russell · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences Open access 29 Jan 2003 861
3 Creating good public policy to support high-growth firms Colin M. Mason, Ross Brown · Small Business Economics 26 Sep 2011 568
4 Reduced total energy expenditure and physical activity in cachectic patients with pancreatic cancer can be modulated by an energy and protein dense oral supplement enriched with n-3 fatty acids A W G Moses, Christine Slater, Tom Preston et al. · British Journal of Cancer Open access Mar 2004 456
5 Deep instability of deforested tropical peatlands revealed by fluvial organic carbon fluxes Sam Moore, Chris Evans, Susan Page et al. · Nature 2013 332
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Scottish Enterprise?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Holocene, Sea Level, Paleoclimatology, Solar Influence, Glacial Cycles, Monsoon Dynamics and Potato.

▲ 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. Climate Change65▲ 5.7×37 topics
  2. Holocene30▲ 43×3 topics
  3. Sea Level28▲ 47×2 topics
  4. Paleoclimatology28▲ 52×2 topics
  5. Solar Influence28▲ 55×2 topics
  6. Glacial Cycles28▲ 59×1 topic
  7. Monsoon Dynamics28▲ 59×1 topic
  8. Potato25▲ 120×2 topics
  9. Genetic Diversity23▲ 11×9 topics
  10. Genome Sequencing21▲ 28×3 topics
  11. Phylogenetic Analysis20▲ 12×10 topics
  12. Toxicity19▲ 10×6 topics
  13. Tectonics18▲ 25×3 topics
  14. Stable Isotopes17▲ 89×1 topic
  15. Trophic Position17▲ 89×1 topic
  16. Plate Tectonics16▲ 17×3 topics
  17. Agricultural Origins15▲ 95×1 topic
  18. Radiocarbon Dating15▲ 95×1 topic
  19. Plant Pathogens14▲ 80×2 topics
  20. Health Effects14▲ 5.5×9 topics
  21. Phytophthora14▲ 142×1 topic
  22. late blight resistance14▲ 142×1 topic
  23. Thermodynamic Modeling12▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Geochronology12▲ 30×1 topic
  25. Zircon12▲ 30×1 topic
  26. Metabolism12▲ 4.3×5 topics
  27. Antioxidants12▲ 6.4×3 topics
  28. Radionuclides12▲ 51×2 topics
  29. Acrylamide11▲ 99×1 topic
  30. Maillard Reaction11▲ 99×1 topic
  31. Quantitative Trait Loci11▲ 33×3 topics
  32. Regional Growth10▲ 23×3 topics
  33. Subduction9▲ 22×3 topics
  34. Genetic Mapping9▲ 22×3 topics
  35. Disease Resistance9▲ 44×3 topics
  36. Innovation Policy9▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Territorial Capital9▲ 67×2 topics
  38. Plant Breeding9▲ 19×3 topics
  39. European Union Cohesion Policy9▲ 81×1 topic
  40. Smart Specialization9▲ 55×1 topic

Which research topics does Scottish Enterprise publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 2 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 1 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient …1Archaeology and ancient environmental studies: 1 fractional worksIsotope Analysis in Ecol…1Isotope Analysis in Ecology: 1 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…1Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 1 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins…1Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Text Analysis T…0Advanced Text Analysis Techniques: 0 fractional worksFlow Measurement and Analysis: 0 fractional worksComplex Network Analysis Techniques: 0 fractional worksGeological formations and processes: 0 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceGeophysicsPaleontologyEcology5 others

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

  1. 1 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 2 works
  2. 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 1 works
  3. 3 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 1 works
  4. 4 Isotope Analysis in Ecology Ecology 1 works
  5. 5 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  6. 6 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 1 works
  7. 7 Advanced Text Analysis Techniques Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  8. 8 Flow Measurement and Analysis Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  9. 9 Complex Network Analysis Techniques Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 0 works
  10. 10 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 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 available40.3%not open59.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.8%domestic only74.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Scottish Enterprise's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 44% 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 Scottish Enterprise as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000078% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Scottish Enterprise0.000058% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Scottish Enterprise over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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