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South Thames College

In research, South Thames College stands highest in Social Sciences (#11,341 of 14,833 worldwide), Social Sciences (#7,455 of 9,330 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#9,189 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#17,624
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#872
of 1,844
Research works
853
▲ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
14.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.73×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
9%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
South Thames College

What is South Thames College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #11,341 of 14,833 8.7%236
Social SciencesField #7,455 of 9,330 10.6%131
Life SciencesDomain #9,189 of 11,023 2.3%128
Physical SciencesDomain #15,098 of 17,446 6.3%418
EngineeringField #8,565 of 9,532 6.5%130

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where South Thames College 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does South Thames College work in?

In all years, 49% of research at South Thames College is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (15%), Engineering (15%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 418 fractional works · 49.0% of its workEngineering: 130 fractional works · 15.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 27 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 19 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 61 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 38 fractional works · 4.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCeramics and Composites: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 51 fractional works · 5.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 45 fractional works · 5.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 33 fractional works · 3.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNumerical Analysis: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 32 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 31 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBioengineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 236 fractional works · 27.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 131 fractional works · 15.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 44 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEducation: 28 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 27 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 39 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 21 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 27 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 17 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 128 fractional works · 15.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 67 fractional works · 7.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 40 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 45 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPlant Science: 20 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 71 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMedicine: 49 fractional works · 5.7% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 18 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSouth ThamesCollege853fractional works, all years
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences49%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences28%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering13015.3%
    2. Materials Science617.1%
    3. Chemistry515.9%
    4. Computer Science455.3%
    5. Mathematics333.9%
    6. Environmental Science323.8%
    7. Physics and Astronomy313.7%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences212.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering81.0%
    10. Energy40.5%
    1. Social Sciences13115.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance394.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities273.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting172.0%
    5. Psychology121.4%
    6. Decision Sciences111.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology677.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences455.3%
    3. Neuroscience111.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology30.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.3%
    1. Medicine495.7%
    2. Health Professions182.1%
    3. Dentistry20.2%
    4. Nursing20.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.94× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 3.53× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.70× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.90× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.45× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.73× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.09× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.73×1 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy3.53×1 works
  3. Dentistry2.70×0 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.45×1 works
  5. Social Sciences2.09×3 works
  6. Engineering1.94×4 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.90×1 works
  8. Environmental Science0.70×0 works
  9. Neuroscience0.54×0 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.33×0 works
  11. Health Professions0.25×0 works
  12. Medicine0.24×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.22×0 works
  14. Materials Science0.15×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.11×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at South Thames College?

Ranked on the quality score, Mike Oliver, J. R. Alexander and Thomas P. Battle lead among researchers whose main affiliation is South Thames College.

  1. 1 Mike Oliver United Kingdom · #1,562,612 worldwide 6.3k citations · 71 works
  2. 2 J. R. Alexander United Kingdom · #2,301,269 worldwide 1.1k citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Thomas P. Battle United Kingdom · #2,785,844 worldwide 363 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Henry G. Midgley United Kingdom · #3,454,239 worldwide 1.2k citations · 64 works
  5. 5 Reinhold J. Hart United Kingdom · #3,609,985 worldwide 826 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Gerry Zarb United Kingdom · #3,742,595 worldwide 575 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 John R. Parsonage United Kingdom · #4,262,884 worldwide 428 citations · 47 works
  8. 8 Jeffrey L. Kieve United Kingdom · #4,286,129 worldwide 235 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Terry Steley United Kingdom · #4,307,226 worldwide 34 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Roman Grzeskowiak United Kingdom · #4,339,180 worldwide 1.2k citations · 80 works
All ranked researchers at South Thames College

What are the most cited papers from South Thames College?

The most cited paper from South Thames College is "Changing the Social Relations of Research Production?" (Mike Oliver, 1992), with 1,124 citations. Next come "Transition metal complexes of thiosemicarbazide and thiosemicarbazones" (884) and "On the Road to Damascus: First Steps towards Changing the Relations of Disability Research Production" (341).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Changing the Social Relations of Research Production? Mike Oliver · Disability & Society 1992 1,124
2 Transition metal complexes of thiosemicarbazide and thiosemicarbazones Michel J.M. Campbell · Coordination Chemistry Reviews Mar 1975 884
3 On the Road to Damascus: First Steps towards Changing the Relations of Disability Research Production Gerry Zarb · Disability & Society 1992 341
4 Social Policy and Disability: Some Theoretical Issues Mike Oliver · Disability & Society 1986 241
5 Factors affecting antibacterial activity of hop compounds and their derivatives William J. Simpson, A. R. W. Smith · Journal of Applied Bacteriology Apr 1992 205
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at South Thames College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Economic Growth, Neoliberalism, Identity, Income Inequality, Political Economy, Gender and Metabolic Regulation.

▲ 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. Globalization32▲ 2.0×42 topics
  2. Economic Growth23▲ 3.6×15 topics
  3. Identity20▲ 3.0×18 topics
  4. Sustainability19▲ 1.28×29 topics
  5. Nanoparticles17▲ 1.53×19 topics
  6. Catalysis16▲ 2.3×15 topics
  7. Environmental Impact16▲ 1.40×22 topics
  8. Gender16▲ 3.2×17 topics
  9. Neoliberalism16▲ 5.1×9 topics
  10. Nationalism15▲ 3.0×16 topics
  11. Colonialism13▲ 3.1×14 topics
  12. Political Economy12▲ 5.7×8 topics
  13. Metabolic Regulation12▲ 5.0×5 topics
  14. Income Inequality12▲ 9.7×3 topics
  15. Inequality11▲ 5.3×6 topics
  16. Crystal Growth11▲ 3.8×9 topics
  17. Monetary Policy11▲ 4.6×5 topics
  18. Genomics11▲ 3.6×9 topics
  19. Metal Complexes10▲ 7.0×3 topics
  20. Fungal Pathogens9▲ 6.0×4 topics
  21. Structural Change9▲ 9.7×2 topics
  22. Financial Crisis8▲ 6.9×4 topics
  23. Inclusion8▲ 7.7×3 topics
  24. Public Opinion8▲ 4.9×2 topics
  25. Thermal Properties8▲ 5.9×4 topics
  26. Hybrid Materials7▲ 8.0×3 topics
  27. Industrialization7▲ 10×2 topics
  28. Adaptive Mesh Refinement7▲ 9.0×2 topics
  29. Aggregate Demand7▲ 17×1 topic
  30. Capitalism7▲ 10×4 topics
  31. High-Order Schemes7▲ 9.0×2 topics
  32. Income Distribution7▲ 14×1 topic
  33. Insulin Signaling7▲ 6.2×2 topics
  34. Yeast7▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Drosophila7▲ 10×1 topic
  36. Olfactory System7▲ 7.8×1 topic
  37. Imperialism7▲ 7.4×4 topics
  38. Global South6▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Institutional Change6▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Ecological Economics6▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does South Thames College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal, Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation, South African History and Culture and Process Optimization and Integration.

Sociopolitical Dynamics …1Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal: 1 fractional worksInnovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation: 0 fractional worksSouth African History an…0South African History and Culture: 0 fractional worksProcess Optimization and…0Process Optimization and Integration: 0 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Mixing: 0 fractional worksPhysics of Superconductivity and Magnetism: 0 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, …0LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 0 fractional worksQuantum many-body systems: 0 fractional worksPhase Equilibria and Thermodynamics: 0 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, D…0FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 0 fractional works
DemographyBiomedical EngineeringSociology and Political ScienceControl and Systems Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal Demography 1 works
  2. 2 Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 South African History and Culture Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  4. 4 Process Optimization and Integration Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Fluid Dynamics and Mixing Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism Condensed Matter Physics 0 works
  7. 7 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Quantum many-body systems Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  9. 9 Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 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 available9.2%not open90.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.1%domestic only93.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has South Thames College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% 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 South Thames College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000072% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%South Thames College0.000061% in 202519801990200020102020

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