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Scottish Parliament

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Research works
81
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
326
4.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Scottish Parliament 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 2.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 3.20× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 6.29× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.21× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.34× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Scottish Parliament?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: National Identity, History, Literature, Scotland, Union of 1707, Political Dynamics, Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations.

▲ 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. National Identity12▲ 122×4 topics
  2. History7▲ 11×4 topics
  3. Literature7▲ 17×3 topics
  4. Scotland6▲ 437×1 topic
  5. Union of 17076▲ 437×1 topic
  6. Political Dynamics6▲ 178×2 topics
  7. Devolution6▲ 290×2 topics
  8. Intergovernmental Relations5▲ 339×2 topics
  9. Epidemiology5▲ 1.60×10 topics
  10. Decentralization5▲ 51×1 topic
  11. Multinational Federations5▲ 438×1 topic
  12. Public Health4▲ 3.9×10 topics
  13. Nationalism4▲ 8.7×5 topics
  14. Globalization3▲ 2.0×7 topics
  15. Human Rights3▲ 4.3×10 topics
  16. Hypersonic Effect3▲ 144×1 topic
  17. Ultrasonic Perception3▲ 144×1 topic
  18. Monetary Policy3▲ 12×3 topics
  19. Clinical Pharmacy2▲ 193×1 topic
  20. Ethnicity2▲ 10×3 topics
  21. Pharmaceutical Care2▲ 193×1 topic
  22. Social Media2▲ 3.9×4 topics
  23. Identity2▲ 3.7×2 topics
  24. Judicial Review2▲ 26×3 topics
  25. Public Opinion2▲ 16×4 topics
  26. Economic Policy2▲ 39×2 topics
  27. Democracy2▲ 6.7×4 topics
  28. Ethical Climate2▲ 59×1 topic
  29. Moral Distress2▲ 59×1 topic
  30. Cultural Identity2▲ 5.4×2 topics
  31. Transition2▲ 25×2 topics
  32. British Politics2▲ 107×1 topic
  33. Conflict2▲ 15×1 topic
  34. Constitutionalism2▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Depoliticisation2▲ 107×1 topic
  36. Innovation Policy2▲ 27×2 topics
  37. Northern Ireland2▲ 107×1 topic
  38. Rural Development2▲ 6.8×3 topics
  39. Substance Use Disorders2▲ 30×2 topics
  40. Federalism2▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Scottish Parliament publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Political Systems and Governance, European and International Law Studies, Reformation and Early Modern Christianity and Scottish History and National Identity.

Political Systems and Go…2Political Systems and Governance: 2 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 1 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 1 fractional worksScottish History and Nat…1Scottish History and National Identity: 1 fractional worksChildren's Rights and Pa…0Children's Rights and Participation: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…0COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 0 fractional worksDiverse Historical and Scientific Studies: 0 fractional worksCultural and Artistic Studies: 0 fractional worksFacility Location and Emergency Management: 0 fractional worksHuman Mobility and Location-Based Analysis: 0 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsHistorySociology and Political ScienceModeling and Simulation4 others

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

  1. 1 Political Systems and Governance Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  2. 2 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  3. 3 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 1 works
  4. 4 Scottish History and National Identity History 1 works
  5. 5 Children's Rights and Participation Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 0 works
  7. 7 Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  8. 8 Cultural and Artistic Studies Cultural Studies 0 works
  9. 9 Facility Location and Emergency Management Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 0 works
  10. 10 Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis Transportation 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 available27.3%not open72.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.6%domestic only86.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Scottish Parliament's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher 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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