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Stafford College

In research, Stafford College stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,087 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,209
of 28,054 · #23,433 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,067
of 1,094
Research works
663
▲ 81% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.4k
9.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
14%
world 28%

What is Stafford College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #10,087 of 10,521 3.0%61 #13410

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Stafford 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.60× its world share, 34 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.62× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.62× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6.66× its world share, 26 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 7.25× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.07× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.24× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Stafford College?

Ranked on the composite score, Gordon Mursell and Adam Aspin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Stafford College.

  1. 1 Gordon Mursell United Kingdom · #558,944 worldwide 2 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Adam Aspin United Kingdom · #1,436,839 worldwide 0 citations · 52 works
All ranked researchers at Stafford College

Which keywords describe research at Stafford College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Big Data, Supply Chain Management, Sustainability, Firm Performance, Analytics, Business Intelligence, Distributed Systems and Information Technology.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Big Data24▲ 22×8 topics
  2. Sustainability20▲ 6.7×16 topics
  3. Supply Chain Management19▲ 17×7 topics
  4. Firm Performance17▲ 74×2 topics
  5. Analytics17▲ 148×1 topic
  6. Business Intelligence17▲ 148×1 topic
  7. Machine Learning8▲ 2.1×11 topics
  8. Distributed Systems6▲ 31×2 topics
  9. Artificial Intelligence5▲ 2.9×9 topics
  10. Information Technology4▲ 7.5×5 topics
  11. Workflow Management4▲ 50×2 topics
  12. Log Analysis3▲ 72×1 topic
  13. Performance Prediction3▲ 43×1 topic
  14. Data Mining3▲ 3.5×3 topics
  15. Cyber-Physical Systems3▲ 8.8×4 topics
  16. Grid Computing3▲ 69×1 topic
  17. Resource Management3▲ 14×1 topic
  18. Semantic Web Services3▲ 44×2 topics
  19. Statistical Modeling3▲ 54×2 topics
  20. User Interaction3▲ 73×2 topics
  21. Cross-Platform Development2▲ 216×1 topic
  22. Mobile Application Development2▲ 216×1 topic
  23. Parallel Computing2▲ 18×2 topics
  24. Industrial Automation2▲ 28×2 topics
  25. Semantic Web2▲ 21×3 topics
  26. Social Impact2▲ 4.9×2 topics
  27. Data Integration2▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Information Visualization2▲ 91×1 topic
  29. Visual Analytics2▲ 91×1 topic
  30. Data Visualization2▲ 39×3 topics
  31. Quality Assurance2▲ 10×2 topics
  32. Data Management2▲ 58×2 topics
  33. Measurement Uncertainty2▲ 161×1 topic
  34. Redefinition of SI Units2▲ 161×1 topic
  35. Software Engineering2▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Data Analytics2▲ 35×2 topics
  37. Digital Age2▲ 73×1 topic
  38. Industry Transformation2▲ 119×1 topic
  39. Time Series Analysis2▲ 8.9×2 topics
  40. Python2▲ 65×1 topic

Which research topics does Stafford College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Big Data and Business Intelligence, Software System Performance and Reliability, Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems and Mobile and Web Applications.

Big Data and Business In…17Big Data and Business Intelligence: 17 fractional worksSoftware System Performance and Reliability: 3 fractional worksDistributed and Parallel Computing Systems: 3 fractional worksMobile and Web Applications: 2 fractional worksData Visualization and Analytics: 2 fractional worksScientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation: 2 fractional worksBig Data Technologies and Applications: 2 fractional worksComputational Physics and Python Applications: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Data Storage Technologies: 2 fractional worksSoftware Engineering and Design Patterns: 1 fractional works
Management Information SystemsComputer Networks and CommunicationsInformation SystemsComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition4 others

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

  1. 1 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 17 works
  2. 2 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 3 works
  3. 3 Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems Computer Networks and Communications 3 works
  4. 4 Mobile and Web Applications Information Systems 2 works
  5. 5 Data Visualization and Analytics Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 works
  6. 6 Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 2 works
  7. 7 Big Data Technologies and Applications Information Systems and Management 2 works
  8. 8 Computational Physics and Python Applications Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  9. 9 Advanced Data Storage Technologies Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  10. 10 Software Engineering and Design Patterns Development 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 available14.1%not open85.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Stafford College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 81% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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