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Scottish Water (United Kingdom)

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Research works
113
▲ 79% vs 2018-21
Citations
2k
17.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Scottish Water (United Kingdom)

Not ranked overall: Scottish Water (United Kingdom) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Scottish Water (United Kingdom) work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research at Scottish Water (United Kingdom) is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (41%), Engineering (18%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 25 fractional works · 73.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 41.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 8.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 7.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 18.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 9.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 14.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKScottish Water(United Kingdom)34fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences73%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences15%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1441.4%
    2. Engineering618.2%
    3. Computer Science39.7%
    4. Chemistry11.8%
    5. Energy00.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    1. Social Sciences26.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting24.5%
    3. Psychology12.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.8%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine24.5%
    2. Health Professions12.3%
    3. Veterinary00.8%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.3%
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: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.25× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.21× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.34× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.41× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science8.34×14 works
  2. Veterinary6.10×0 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting1.41×2 works
  4. Computer Science1.25×3 works
  5. Engineering1.21×6 works
  6. Chemistry1.16×1 works
  7. Chemical Engineering0.95×0 works
  8. Energy0.90×0 works
  9. Health Professions0.88×1 works
  10. Psychology0.77×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.56×1 works
  12. Social Sciences0.53×2 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.37×0 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.32×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×0 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.26×0 works
  17. Nursing0.25×0 works
  18. Medicine0.24×2 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.22×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Scottish Water (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the quality score, Femi Osasona, Graeme Moore and Lorenzo Antonio Liebminger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Scottish Water (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Femi Osasona United Kingdom · #151,134 worldwide 641 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Graeme Moore United Kingdom · #1,892,911 worldwide 681 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Lorenzo Antonio Liebminger United Kingdom · #2,544,061 worldwide 19 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Simon Gillespie United Kingdom · #2,649,113 worldwide 392 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Paul Weir United Kingdom · #3,120,106 worldwide 552 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Scottish Water (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from Scottish Water (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from Scottish Water (United Kingdom) is "An analysis of success factors and benefits of partnering in construction" (Carolynn Black, Akintola Akintoye, Eamon Fitzgerald, 2000), with 508 citations. Next come "Recommendations for enterovirus diagnostics and characterisation within and beyond Europe" (266) and "THM and HAA formation from NOM in raw and treated surface waters" (202).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 An analysis of success factors and benefits of partnering in construction Carolynn Black, Akintola Akintoye, Eamon Fitzgerald · International Journal of Project Management Dec 2000 508
2 Recommendations for enterovirus diagnostics and characterisation within and beyond Europe Heli Harvala et al. · Journal of Clinical Virology Open access 6 Feb 2018 266
3 THM and HAA formation from NOM in raw and treated surface waters D.M. Golea, Andrew Upton, Peter R. Jarvis et al. · Water Research Open access 29 Jan 2017 202
4 REVIEWING THE ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF AI IN DECISION MAKING PROCESSES Femi Osasona, Olukunle Oladipupo Amoo, Akoh Atadoga et al. · International Journal of Management & Entrepreneurship Research Open access 13 Feb 2024 185
5 Variability in organic carbon reactivity across lake residence time and trophic gradients Chris Evans, Martyn Norman Futter, Filip Moldan et al. · Nature Geoscience 16 Oct 2017 177
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Scottish Water (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Health Effects, Water Treatment, Microbial Ecology, Disinfection By-Products, Drinking Water and Microbial Communities.

▲ 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 30 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 30 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change5▲ 5.6×15 topics
  2. Sustainability4▲ 4.6×8 topics
  3. Machine Learning3▲ 2.5×10 topics
  4. Health Effects2▲ 12×3 topics
  5. Microbial Ecology2▲ 37×2 topics
  6. Water Treatment2▲ 53×3 topics
  7. Disinfection By-Products2▲ 294×1 topic
  8. Drinking Water2▲ 174×1 topic
  9. Microbial Communities2▲ 14×4 topics
  10. Environmental Impact2▲ 3.3×4 topics
  11. Water Resources2▲ 23×3 topics
  12. Healthcare2▲ 4.6×4 topics
  13. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 20×3 topics
  14. Ecotoxicity2▲ 77×2 topics
  15. Remote Sensing2▲ 3.6×7 topics
  16. Wastewater Treatment2▲ 18×5 topics
  17. Antibiotics1▲ 48×1 topic
  18. Big Data1▲ 4.2×4 topics
  19. Resistance Genes1▲ 78×1 topic
  20. Governance1▲ 12×2 topics
  21. Deep Learning1◆ 1.01×4 topics
  22. Renewable Energy1▲ 2.5×9 topics
  23. Reservoir Operation1▲ 108×1 topic
  24. Water Demand1▲ 108×1 topic
  25. Water Quality1▲ 8.8×5 topics
  26. Biodegradation1▲ 31×3 topics
  27. Arctic1▲ 27×1 topic
  28. Pathogen Transport1▲ 249×1 topic
  29. Shipping1▲ 60×1 topic
  30. Waterborne Disease1▲ 249×1 topic

Which research topics does Scottish Water (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Water Treatment and Disinfection, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Water resources management and optimization and Fecal contamination and water quality.

Water Treatment and Disinfection: 2 fractional worksPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts: 1 fractional worksWater resources manageme…1Water resources management and optimization: 1 fractional worksFecal contamination and …1Fecal contamination and water quality: 1 fractional worksArctic and Russian Policy Studies: 1 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed …1Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 1 fractional worksPhosphorus and nutrient management: 1 fractional worksConstructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment: 1 fractional worksWastewater Treatment and Reuse: 1 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisPollutionOcean EngineeringWater Science and Technology3 others

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

  1. 1 Water Treatment and Disinfection Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  2. 2 Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts Pollution 1 works
  3. 3 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Fecal contamination and water quality Water Science and Technology 1 works
  5. 5 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  7. 7 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  8. 8 Phosphorus and nutrient management Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 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 available44.2%not open55.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.0%domestic only76.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Scottish Water (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 79% higher 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 Water (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00030% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Scottish Water (United Kingdom)0.00010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Scottish Water (United Kingdom) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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