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Scottish Funding Council

sfc.ac.ukROR OpenAlex
Research works
40
▼ 95% vs 2013–17
Citations
622
15.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Scottish Funding Council is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

    Which keywords describe research at Scottish Funding Council?

    By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Higher Education, Training Pathways, Vocational Education, Internationalization, Quality Assurance, Neoliberalism, Globalization and Digital Literacy.

    ▲ 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. Higher Education7▲ 46×7 topics
    2. Globalization4▲ 5.3×6 topics
    3. Training Pathways4▲ 245×1 topic
    4. Vocational Education4▲ 129×1 topic
    5. Internationalization4▲ 137×2 topics
    6. Quality Assurance4▲ 46×2 topics
    7. Neoliberalism3▲ 23×3 topics
    8. Academic Identity2▲ 188×1 topic
    9. Digital Literacy2▲ 21×2 topics
    10. Lifelong Learning2▲ 40×2 topics
    11. University Rankings2▲ 188×1 topic
    12. Competency-Based Education2▲ 71×2 topics
    13. Learning Outcomes2▲ 24×2 topics
    14. Prior Learning2▲ 220×1 topic
    15. Recognition2▲ 142×1 topic
    16. Concept Mapping2▲ 91×1 topic
    17. Theory-Based Evaluation2▲ 210×1 topic
    18. Public Health2▲ 3.3×4 topics
    19. Regional Growth2▲ 48×2 topics
    20. Corporate Governance2▲ 7.7×3 topics
    21. Entrepreneurship2▲ 15×2 topics
    22. Urban Development2▲ 13×2 topics
    23. Educational Inequality2▲ 63×3 topics
    24. Labor Market2▲ 15×2 topics
    25. Multimodal Literacy2▲ 277×1 topic
    26. New Literacies2▲ 277×1 topic
    27. Student Engagement1▲ 14×2 topics
    28. Creative Economy1▲ 93×1 topic
    29. Cultural Policy1▲ 85×1 topic
    30. Knowledge Management1▲ 7.3×2 topics
    31. Student Perceptions1▲ 23×3 topics
    32. Feedback1▲ 51×1 topic
    33. Formative Assessment1▲ 81×1 topic
    34. Academic Libraries1▲ 53×1 topic
    35. Academic Productivity1▲ 1166×1 topic
    36. Disaster Response1▲ 32×1 topic
    37. Economic Precarity1▲ 1227×1 topic
    38. Experiential Learning1▲ 41×1 topic
    39. Information Literacy1▲ 20×1 topic
    40. Investor Protection1▲ 30×1 topic

    Which research topics does Scottish Funding Council publish most on?

    By volume: Education Systems and Policy, Higher Education Governance and Development, Higher Education Learning Practices and Evaluation and Performance Assessment.

    Education Systems and Po…4Education Systems and Policy: 4 fractional worksHigher Education Governance and Development: 2 fractional worksHigher Education Learnin…2Higher Education Learning Practices: 2 fractional worksEvaluation and Performan…2Evaluation and Performance Assessment: 2 fractional worksLiteracy, Media, and Education: 2 fractional worksCultural Industries and Urban Development: 1 fractional worksStudent Assessment and F…1Student Assessment and Feedback: 1 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 1 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 1 fractional worksLibrary Science and Information Literacy: 1 fractional works
    EducationPolitical Science and International RelationsManagement Science and Operations ResearchLiterature and Literary Theory4 others

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

    1. 1 Education Systems and Policy Education 4 works
    2. 2 Higher Education Governance and Development Political Science and International Relations 2 works
    3. 3 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 2 works
    4. 4 Evaluation and Performance Assessment Management Science and Operations Research 2 works
    5. 5 Literacy, Media, and Education Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
    6. 6 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 1 works
    7. 7 Student Assessment and Feedback Education 1 works
    8. 8 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 1 works
    9. 9 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 1 works
    10. 10 Library Science and Information Literacy Library and Information Sciences 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 available21.4%not open78.6%

    World: 28% of research is openly available.

    with international co-authors8.0%domestic only92.0%

    World: 19% is written across borders.

    How has Scottish Funding Council's research output changed?

    Output in 2018–2022 was 95% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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