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Soil Association

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Research works
21
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
648
30.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Soil Association 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: 6.71× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.42× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8.39× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Social Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Soil Association?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Livestock Production, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Food Systems, Sustainable Diets, Biodiversity and Animal Welfare.

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

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change4▲ 7.5×6 topics
  2. Environmental Impact4▲ 15×5 topics
  3. Livestock Production4▲ 280×2 topics
  4. Greenhouse Gas Emissions3▲ 61×2 topics
  5. Food Systems2▲ 466×1 topic
  6. Sustainable Diets2▲ 466×1 topic
  7. Biodiversity2▲ 13×4 topics
  8. Animal Welfare2▲ 81×2 topics
  9. Heat Stress2▲ 88×2 topics
  10. Consumer Behavior1▲ 18×2 topics
  11. Consumer Perception1▲ 38×2 topics
  12. Food Quality1▲ 110×1 topic
  13. Organic Agriculture1▲ 306×1 topic
  14. Dairy Cattle1▲ 78×2 topics
  15. Globalization1▲ 3.0×3 topics
  16. Sustainability1▲ 3.0×9 topics
  17. Sustainable Agriculture1▲ 19×5 topics
  18. Global Access1▲ 86×1 topic
  19. Gut Microbiota1▲ 15×2 topics
  20. Metabolic Adaptations1▲ 209×1 topic
  21. Open Innovation1▲ 100×1 topic
  22. Physiological Responses1▲ 115×1 topic
  23. Quality1▲ 101×1 topic
  24. Rabbit Meat1▲ 268×1 topic
  25. Radiotherapy1▲ 13×1 topic
  26. User-Centric Design1▲ 278×1 topic

Which research topics does Soil Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development, Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact and Agricultural Innovations and Practices.

Innovative Approaches in…1Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development: 1 fractional worksAgriculture, Land Use, Rural Development: 0 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainabili…0Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 0 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…0Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 0 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 0 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 0 fractional worksSustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis: 0 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics: 0 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 0 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 0 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesEcologyCivil and Structural Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
  2. 2 Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0 works
  3. 3 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 0 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0 works
  5. 5 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis Environmental Chemistry 0 works
  8. 8 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  10. 10 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 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 available37.1%not open62.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.0%domestic only81.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Soil Association's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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