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Sparsholt College

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Research works
74
▲ 72% vs 2018-21
Citations
654
8.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Sparsholt College

Not ranked overall: Sparsholt College is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Sparsholt College work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research at Sparsholt College is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (33%), Veterinary (15%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 38.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 32.6% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 22.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 27.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 14.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 8.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 11.4% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 8.6% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 21.9% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 15.2% of its workSmall Animals: 4 fractional works · 14.1% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 12.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 9.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 9.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSparsholt College31fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences28%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences12%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1032.6%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences13.2%
    3. Computer Science01.1%
    4. Mathematics01.1%
    5. Engineering00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences514.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology411.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.9%
    4. Neuroscience00.5%
    1. Veterinary515.2%
    2. Medicine25.3%
    3. Health Professions01.1%
    4. Nursing00.3%
    1. Psychology39.9%
    2. Social Sciences11.8%
    3. Decision Sciences00.7%
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: 3.11× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.13× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.04× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.57× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 111.93× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 3.25× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 111.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary111.93×5 works
  2. Environmental Science6.57×10 works
  3. Psychology3.25×3 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.11×5 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.13×4 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.04×1 works
  7. Mathematics0.91×0 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.88×0 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.71×0 works
  10. Nursing0.54×0 works
  11. Health Professions0.40×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.33×0 works
  13. Medicine0.28×2 works
  14. Computer Science0.14×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.14×0 works
  16. Engineering0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sparsholt College?

Ranked on the quality score, Marianne Sarah Freeman, James Edward Brereton and Roy Ridgway lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sparsholt College.

  1. 1 Marianne Sarah Freeman United Kingdom · #1,506,881 worldwide 294 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 James Edward Brereton United Kingdom · #1,657,919 worldwide 613 citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Roy Ridgway United Kingdom · #3,489,117 worldwide 4 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Lisa Chapman United Kingdom · #4,677,850 worldwide 37 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Sparsholt College

What are the most cited papers from Sparsholt College?

The most cited paper from Sparsholt College is "To pace or not to pace? A review of what abnormal repetitive behavior tells us about zoo animal management" (Paul E. Rose, Steve M. Nash, Lisa M. Riley, 2017), with 107 citations. Next come "Distribution and Forest Utilization of Saguinus and Other Primates of the Pando Department, Northern Bolivia" (95) and "What’s new from the zoo? An analysis of ten years of zoo-themed research output" (89).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 To pace or not to pace? A review of what abnormal repetitive behavior tells us about zoo animal management Paul E. Rose, Steve M. Nash, Lisa M. Riley · Journal of Veterinary Behavior 6 Mar 2017 107
2 Distribution and Forest Utilization of Saguinus and Other Primates of the Pando Department, Northern Bolivia Hannah M. Buchanan‐Smith, Scott M. Hardie, Carolina Cabezas Cáceres et al. · International Journal of Primatology Jun 2000 95
3 What’s new from the zoo? An analysis of ten years of zoo-themed research output Paul E. Rose, James Edward Brereton, Lewis J. Rowden et al. · Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Open access 29 Oct 2019 89
4 Protocol and reference values for minimal detectable change of MyotonPRO and ultrasound imaging measurements of muscle and subcutaneous tissue Paul E Muckelt, Martin Warner, Tom Cheliotis-James et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 11 Aug 2022 79
5 Defining Terms Used for Animals Working in Support Roles for People with Support Needs Tiffani J. Howell et al. · Animals Open access 4 Aug 2022 69
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sparsholt College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Population Dynamics, Habitat Selection, Trophic Cascades, Animal Movement, Occupancy Rates, Animal Welfare, Biodiversity and Emotional State.

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

All 29 words, with their numbers
  1. Population Dynamics6▲ 75×4 topics
  2. Habitat Selection6▲ 239×2 topics
  3. Trophic Cascades5▲ 183×2 topics
  4. Animal Movement5▲ 307×1 topic
  5. Occupancy Rates5▲ 307×1 topic
  6. Animal Welfare4▲ 159×2 topics
  7. Biodiversity4▲ 18×4 topics
  8. Emotional State4▲ 441×1 topic
  9. Stress Indicators4▲ 441×1 topic
  10. Climate Change4▲ 4.7×11 topics
  11. Conservation4▲ 28×4 topics
  12. Ethical Considerations3▲ 24×2 topics
  13. Genetic Structure3▲ 111×2 topics
  14. Natural Selection3▲ 152×1 topic
  15. Phenotypic Plasticity3▲ 311×1 topic
  16. Dog Domestication2▲ 337×1 topic
  17. Education2▲ 4.6×3 topics
  18. Genomic Analysis2▲ 31×1 topic
  19. Oxytocin2▲ 174×2 topics
  20. Attitudes2▲ 188×1 topic
  21. Flagship Species2▲ 302×1 topic
  22. Conservation Biology2▲ 47×2 topics
  23. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 22×3 topics
  24. Molecular Phylogeny1▲ 25×2 topics
  25. Crayfish1▲ 274×1 topic
  26. Fisheries Sustainability1▲ 37×2 topics
  27. Invasion1▲ 274×1 topic
  28. Mammal Evolution1▲ 153×1 topic
  29. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis1▲ 153×1 topic

Which research topics does Sparsholt College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Animal Behavior and Reproduction and Human-Animal Interaction Studies.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…5Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 5 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welf…4Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 4 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Reproduction: 3 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction…2Human-Animal Interaction Studies: 2 fractional worksAnimal and Plant Science…2Animal and Plant Science Education: 2 fractional worksEvolution and Paleontology Studies: 1 fractional worksCrustacean biology and ecology: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 1 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 1 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 1 fractional works
EcologySmall AnimalsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsGenetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 5 works
  2. 2 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 4 works
  3. 3 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  4. 4 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 2 works
  5. 5 Animal and Plant Science Education Social Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 1 works
  7. 7 Crustacean biology and ecology Ecology 1 works
  8. 8 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
  9. 9 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  10. 10 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 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 available44.8%not open55.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.6%domestic only82.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sparsholt College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 72% 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 Sparsholt College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000073% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Sparsholt College0.00012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sparsholt College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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