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Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre

In research, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,724 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences — Earth and Planetary Sciences is 27.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,391
of 28,054 · #5,186 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#384
of 1,094
Research works
1.1k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
43k
37.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #5,724 of 12,888 22.1%77 #3477

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 27.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 40.3 works28×
← 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: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 27.61× its world share, 40 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.58× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.17× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.68× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 2.11× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.02× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 27.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Roger Scott, R. M. Ellam and P. J. Hamilton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre.

  1. 1 Roger Scott United Kingdom · #118,590 worldwide 111 citations · 53 works
  2. 2 R. M. Ellam United Kingdom · #131,755 worldwide 437 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 P. J. Hamilton United Kingdom · #164,432 worldwide 810 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Derek Fabel United Kingdom · #200,897 worldwide 375 citations · 64 works
  5. 5 Gordon Cook United Kingdom · #207,002 worldwide 258 citations · 58 works
  6. 6 K. Boddy United Kingdom · #242,890 worldwide 56 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Anthony E. Fallick United Kingdom · #248,216 worldwide 932 citations · 174 works
  8. 8 Sheng Xu United Kingdom · #340,895 worldwide 190 citations · 51 works
  9. 9 A.B. MacKenzie United Kingdom · #342,108 worldwide 123 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 George F. Will United Kingdom · #389,675 worldwide 21 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre

Which keywords describe research at Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Holocene, Sea Level, Paleoclimatology, Glacial Cycles, Monsoon Dynamics, Plate Tectonics and Tectonics.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 Change19▲ 7.6×29 topics
  2. Holocene11▲ 98×3 topics
  3. Sea Level10▲ 113×2 topics
  4. Paleoclimatology10▲ 131×2 topics
  5. Glacial Cycles10▲ 161×1 topic
  6. Monsoon Dynamics10▲ 161×1 topic
  7. Plate Tectonics9▲ 66×3 topics
  8. Tectonics8▲ 77×3 topics
  9. Thermodynamic Modeling7▲ 69×2 topics
  10. Geochronology7▲ 107×1 topic
  11. Zircon7▲ 107×1 topic
  12. Subduction5▲ 71×3 topics
  13. Stable Isotopes5▲ 171×1 topic
  14. Trophic Position5▲ 171×1 topic
  15. Remote Sensing4▲ 4.0×8 topics
  16. Earthquakes4▲ 75×1 topic
  17. Geodetic Measurements4▲ 40×2 topics
  18. Plate Boundaries4▲ 75×1 topic
  19. Agricultural Origins4▲ 123×1 topic
  20. Radiocarbon Dating4▲ 123×1 topic
  21. Shale Gas3▲ 25×2 topics
  22. Tomography3▲ 17×3 topics
  23. Environmental Impacts3▲ 11×3 topics
  24. Health Effects3▲ 4.9×8 topics
  25. Microbial Communities3▲ 6.7×4 topics
  26. Hyperspectral Imaging2▲ 9.3×2 topics
  27. Compositional Data Analysis2▲ 38×1 topic
  28. Geological Mapping2▲ 31×2 topics
  29. Mineral Prospectivity2▲ 38×1 topic
  30. Anaerobic2▲ 35×1 topic
  31. Hydrology2▲ 19×3 topics
  32. Methane Oxidation2▲ 30×1 topic
  33. Paleoproductivity2▲ 82×1 topic
  34. Paleoredox2▲ 82×1 topic
  35. Radionuclides2▲ 61×2 topics
  36. Hominin Genetics2▲ 107×1 topic
  37. Paleolithic Archaeology2▲ 107×1 topic
  38. Pore Structure2▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Water Quality2▲ 5.8×5 topics
  40. Geochemistry2▲ 35×4 topics

Which research topics does Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Isotope Analysis in Ecology and earthquake and tectonic studies.

Geology and Paleoclimato…10Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 10 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 7 fractional worksIsotope Analysis in Ecology: 5 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 4 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient environmental studies: 4 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…2Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 2 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 2 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 2 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 2 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics and materials: 2 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceGeophysicsEcologyPaleontology3 others

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

  1. 1 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 10 works
  2. 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 7 works
  3. 3 Isotope Analysis in Ecology Ecology 5 works
  4. 4 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 4 works
  5. 5 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 4 works
  6. 6 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  7. 7 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 2 works
  8. 8 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 2 works
  9. 9 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 2 works
  10. 10 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 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 available39.8%not open60.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.1%domestic only58.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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