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Software Sustainability Institute

software.ac.ukROR OpenAlex
Research works
24
▲ 180% vs 2013–17
Citations
243
10.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
41.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
83%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Software Sustainability Institute 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 2.81× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 4.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.35× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 2.17× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsArts and Humanities: 3.83× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.43× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 9.87× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 9.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Software Sustainability Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Workflow Management, Bioinformatics, Software Development, Reproducibility, Scientific Workflows, Distributed Systems, Machine Learning and Digital Repositories.

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

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Workflow Management5▲ 234×2 topics
  2. Bioinformatics5▲ 186×2 topics
  3. Software Development5▲ 358×2 topics
  4. Reproducibility5▲ 623×1 topic
  5. Scientific Workflows5▲ 623×1 topic
  6. Machine Learning2▲ 4.8×9 topics
  7. Distributed Systems2▲ 35×3 topics
  8. Data Sharing2▲ 361×1 topic
  9. Digital Repositories2▲ 294×2 topics
  10. Scientific Data Management2▲ 465×1 topic
  11. Requirements Engineering2▲ 94×2 topics
  12. Log Analysis1▲ 170×1 topic
  13. Open Source Software1▲ 116×2 topics
  14. Performance Prediction1▲ 105×1 topic
  15. Agile Software Development1▲ 189×1 topic
  16. Empirical Studies1▲ 189×1 topic
  17. Innovation1▲ 6.0×2 topics
  18. Collaboration1▲ 78×2 topics
  19. Crowdsourcing1▲ 86×2 topics
  20. Healthcare1▲ 6.8×5 topics
  21. Big Data1▲ 8.2×7 topics
  22. Community-Based Innovation1▲ 335×1 topic
  23. User-Generated Content1▲ 59×1 topic

Which research topics does Software Sustainability Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Scientific Computing and Data Management, Digital Education and Society, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization and Smart Parking Systems Research.

Scientific Computing and…0Scientific Computing and Data Management: 0 fractional worksDigital Education and So…0Digital Education and Society: 0 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comfort Optimization: 0 fractional worksSmart Parking Systems Re…0Smart Parking Systems Research: 0 fractional worksArtistic and Creative Re…0Artistic and Creative Research: 0 fractional worksDigital Humanities and Scholarship: 0 fractional worksAir Quality Monitoring and Forecasting: 0 fractional worksComplex Systems and Deci…0Complex Systems and Decision Making: 0 fractional worksTransportation Planning and Optimization: 0 fractional worksBiomedical Text Mining and Ontologies: 0 fractional works
Information Systems and ManagementInformation SystemsBuilding and ConstructionVisual Arts and Performing Arts5 others

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

  1. 1 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 0 works
  2. 2 Digital Education and Society Information Systems 0 works
  3. 3 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 0 works
  4. 4 Smart Parking Systems Research Building and Construction 0 works
  5. 5 Artistic and Creative Research Visual Arts and Performing Arts 0 works
  6. 6 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  7. 7 Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting Environmental Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Complex Systems and Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 0 works
  9. 9 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 0 works
  10. 10 Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies Molecular Biology 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 available82.8%not open17.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors79.9%domestic only20.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Software Sustainability Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 180% higher than in 2013–2017.

20152020
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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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