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Scottish Environment Protection Agency

In research, Scottish Environment Protection Agency stands highest in Environmental Science (#2,463 of 5,407 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#13,398 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#22,861
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,194
of 1,844
Research works
269
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.2k
19.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Scottish Environment Protection Agency

What is Scottish Environment Protection Agency 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
Environmental ScienceField #2,463 of 5,407 7.2%134
Physical SciencesDomain #13,398 of 17,446 7.9%188

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

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Scottish Environment Protection Agency is in Physical Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (36%), Social Sciences (18%), Health Professions (11%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 51.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 35.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 7.7% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 6.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 10.8% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 8.6% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 22.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 18.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 16.0% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 11.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 9.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 9.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKScottishEnvironment…35fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences52%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences22%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1335.9%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences410.8%
    3. Engineering12.3%
    4. Materials Science01.3%
    5. Chemistry00.6%
    6. Computer Science00.6%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    1. Social Sciences618.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities11.6%
    3. Psychology01.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.9%
    5. Decision Sciences00.5%
    1. Health Professions411.4%
    2. Medicine24.5%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences26.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
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: 1.27× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.87× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.23× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 4.32× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science7.23×12 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences6.87×4 works
  3. Health Professions4.32×4 works
  4. Social Sciences1.45×6 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.27×2 works
  6. Chemical Engineering0.91×0 works
  7. Veterinary0.70×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×1 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.58×0 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.55×1 works
  11. Chemistry0.41×0 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.38×0 works
  13. Materials Science0.36×0 works
  14. Psychology0.34×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.30×0 works
  16. Medicine0.23×2 works
  17. Engineering0.16×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Scottish Environment Protection Agency?

Ranked on the quality score, Graeme J. Cameron, Roger Owen and Brian J. D’Arcy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Scottish Environment Protection Agency.

  1. 1 Graeme J. Cameron United Kingdom · #1,454,039 worldwide 768 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Roger Owen United Kingdom · #1,854,893 worldwide 1.1k citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Brian J. D’Arcy United Kingdom · #1,888,294 worldwide 1.1k citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Michael D. Cranston United Kingdom · #2,090,363 worldwide 827 citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Helen Reid United Kingdom · #2,521,004 worldwide 234 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 T. M. Leatherland United Kingdom · #2,619,032 worldwide 565 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Jan Krokowski United Kingdom · #3,336,214 worldwide 358 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Mark Toner United Kingdom · #4,518,711 worldwide 37 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Myles G. O'Reilly United Kingdom · #5,613,820 worldwide 305 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Scottish Environment Protection Agency

What are the most cited papers from Scottish Environment Protection Agency?

The most cited paper from Scottish Environment Protection Agency is "An analysis of intentions to recycle household waste: The roles of past behaviour, perceived habit, and perceived lack of facilities" (Christina Knussen, Fred Yule, Julie MacKenzie et al., 2004), with 417 citations. Next come "The BRIDGE HadCM3 family of climate models: HadCM3@Bristol v1.0" (348) and "Nitrogen input together with ecosystem nitrogen enrichment predict nitrate leaching from European forests" (330).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 An analysis of intentions to recycle household waste: The roles of past behaviour, perceived habit, and perceived lack of facilities Christina Knussen, Fred Yule, Julie MacKenzie et al. · Journal of Environmental Psychology 28 Feb 2004 417
2 The BRIDGE HadCM3 family of climate models: HadCM3@Bristol v1.0 Paul J. Valdes et al. · Geoscientific model development Open access 12 Oct 2017 348
3 Nitrogen input together with ecosystem nitrogen enrichment predict nitrate leaching from European forests Jannette MacDonald, Nancy B. Dise, E. Matzner et al. · Global Change Biology 6 Sep 2002 330
4 Improving the science-policy dialogue to meet the challenges of biodiversity conservation: having conversations rather than talking at one-another Juliette Claire Young, Kerry Ann Waylen, Simo Sarkki et al. · Biodiversity and Conservation Open access 7 Jan 2014 298
5 The impact of fine sediment accumulation on the survival of incubating salmon progeny: Implications for sediment management Stuart M. Greig, David Ayres Sear, Paul Anthony Carling · The Science of The Total Environment May 2005 272
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Which keywords describe research at Scottish Environment Protection Agency?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Conservation, Primary Care, Hydrological Modeling, Eutrophication, Benthic Communities, Marine Biodiversity and Remote Sensing.

▲ 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. Climate Change7▲ 7.8×17 topics
  2. Conservation3▲ 19×6 topics
  3. Primary Care2▲ 19×5 topics
  4. Remote Sensing2▲ 5.5×6 topics
  5. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 27×4 topics
  6. Benthic Communities2▲ 96×2 topics
  7. Eutrophication2▲ 54×3 topics
  8. Marine Biodiversity2▲ 96×2 topics
  9. Public Health2▲ 4.1×10 topics
  10. Environmental Impact2▲ 3.4×4 topics
  11. Invasive Species2▲ 13×7 topics
  12. Ecosystem Functioning2▲ 25×3 topics
  13. Harmful Algal Blooms2▲ 61×2 topics
  14. Human Rights2▲ 5.1×5 topics
  15. Population Dynamics2▲ 21×3 topics
  16. Satellite Imagery2▲ 36×2 topics
  17. Principal Component Analysis2▲ 33×2 topics
  18. Islamic Education2▲ 13×3 topics
  19. Global Warming1▲ 9.2×3 topics
  20. Health Effects1▲ 6.4×6 topics
  21. Multivariate Statistical Techniques1▲ 101×1 topic
  22. Water Quality Index1▲ 101×1 topic
  23. Cyanobacteria1▲ 78×2 topics
  24. Deep-Sea Ecology1▲ 119×1 topic
  25. Estuarine Quality1▲ 119×1 topic
  26. Water Quality1▲ 9.5×2 topics
  27. Flood Risk1▲ 41×1 topic
  28. Land Use Change1▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Surface Water Mapping1▲ 44×1 topic
  30. Community Health1▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Ocean Acidification1▲ 44×2 topics
  32. Sediment Transport1▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Advocacy1▲ 106×1 topic
  34. Ecology1▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Freshwater Ecosystems1▲ 90×1 topic
  36. Men's Health1▲ 216×1 topic
  37. Nutrient Control1▲ 90×1 topic
  38. Pediatrics1▲ 106×1 topic
  39. Vasectomy1▲ 216×1 topic
  40. Water Resources1▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Scottish Environment Protection Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Water Quality and Pollution Assessment, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Flood Risk Assessment and Management and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics.

Water Quality and Pollut…1Water Quality and Pollution Assessment: 1 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecolo…1Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 1 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksAquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics: 1 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 1 fractional worksMale Reproductive Health Studies: 1 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 1 fractional worksMarine animal studies ov…1Marine animal studies overview: 1 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosystems: 1 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 1 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologyOceanographyGlobal and Planetary ChangeEnvironmental Chemistry2 others

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

  1. 1 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 1 works
  2. 2 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 1 works
  3. 3 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  4. 4 Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 1 works
  5. 5 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 Male Reproductive Health Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  8. 8 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 1 works
  9. 9 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 1 works
  10. 10 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 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 available33.6%not open66.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.2%domestic only76.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Scottish Environment Protection Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% 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 Environment Protection Agency as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00011% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Scottish Environment Protection Agency0.00015% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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