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Stockport College

In research, Stockport College stands highest in Physical Sciences (#13,561 of 17,446 worldwide), Health Sciences (#14,688 of 16,688 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#13,063 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#18,216
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#906
of 1,844
Research works
475
▲ 72% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.3k
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.69×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
14%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Stockport College

What is Stockport 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
Physical SciencesDomain #13,561 of 17,446 4.5%172
Health SciencesDomain #14,688 of 16,688 4.8%139
Social SciencesDomain #13,063 of 14,833 5.9%136

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Stockport 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 Stockport College work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research at Stockport College is in Social Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Environmental Science (15%), Arts and Humanities (13%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 15 fractional works · 40.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 22.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 12.9% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 13.4% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 33.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 14.7% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 7.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 8.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 17.7% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 12.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 8.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKStockport College37fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences41%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences822.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities513.4%
    3. Psychology13.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Environmental Science514.7%
    2. Engineering38.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences25.8%
    4. Computer Science13.0%
    5. Chemical Engineering00.8%
    6. Energy00.2%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Medicine512.7%
    2. Health Professions25.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.28× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.70× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.96× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.89× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.66× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 4.64× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.64×5 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.70×2 works
  3. Environmental Science2.96×6 works
  4. Chemical Engineering2.28×0 works
  5. Health Professions1.89×2 works
  6. Social Sciences1.77×8 works
  7. Psychology1.20×1 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.91×0 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.76×1 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.73×2 works
  11. Medicine0.66×5 works
  12. Engineering0.57×3 works
  13. Computer Science0.38×1 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.36×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.22×0 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.18×0 works
  17. Energy0.16×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Stockport College?

Ranked on the quality score, Denise Button, H. Randolph Bailey and Jane Moran lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Stockport College.

  1. 1 Denise Button United Kingdom · #802,133 worldwide 903 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 H. Randolph Bailey United Kingdom · #2,032,001 worldwide 1.3k citations · 63 works
  3. 3 Jane Moran United Kingdom · #2,555,706 worldwide 139 citations · 353 works
  4. 4 Judith Morris United Kingdom · #2,841,550 worldwide 435 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Harold F. Bolton United Kingdom · #2,842,832 worldwide 1.3k citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Harold Bailey United Kingdom · #3,145,446 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Frederick J. Powicke United Kingdom · #3,178,092 worldwide 117 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Charles Lyman Porter United Kingdom · #3,791,741 worldwide 167 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Felicity C. Wild United Kingdom · #3,824,330 worldwide 533 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 J.Wickham Barnes United Kingdom · #3,879,503 worldwide 8 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Stockport College

What are the most cited papers from Stockport College?

The most cited paper from Stockport College is "Reporting reliability, convergent and discriminant validity with structural equation modeling: A review and best-practice recommendations" (Gordon W. Cheung, Helena Dorothy Cooper-Thomas, Rebecca S. Lau et al., 2023), with 2,142 citations. Next come "Language and communication difficulties in juvenile offenders" (243) and "Complications of metalwork removal" (183).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Reporting reliability, convergent and discriminant validity with structural equation modeling: A review and best-practice recommendations Gordon W. Cheung, Helena Dorothy Cooper-Thomas, Rebecca S. Lau et al. · Asia Pacific Journal of Management Open access 30 Jan 2023 2,142
2 Language and communication difficulties in juvenile offenders Karen L. Bryan, J. Freer, Cheryl Furlong · International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders Open access 30 Aug 2007 243
3 Complications of metalwork removal Paul L. Sanderson, Weston K. Ryan, P.G. Turner · Injury 1992 183
4 Using mind mapping techniques for rapid qualitative data analysis in public participation processes Jilla Burgess‐Allen, Vicci Owen-Smith · Health Expectations Open access 9 Jun 2010 161
5 Are cars the new tobacco? M. Joanne Douglas, Stephen J. Watkins, Dermot Gorman et al. · Journal of Public Health 24 May 2011 157
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Stockport College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Climate Change, Social Justice, Welfare, Faith-Based Organizations, Social Services, African Christianity and Ecosystem Services.

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

All 33 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change4▲ 4.3×12 topics
  2. Religion4▲ 23×4 topics
  3. Social Justice3▲ 13×5 topics
  4. Welfare3▲ 148×2 topics
  5. Faith-Based Organizations3▲ 241×1 topic
  6. Social Services3▲ 164×1 topic
  7. African Christianity2▲ 270×2 topics
  8. Ecosystem Services2▲ 15×3 topics
  9. Ethics2▲ 11×7 topics
  10. Mental Health2▲ 3.8×7 topics
  11. Globalization2▲ 2.5×3 topics
  12. Coastal Protection2▲ 66×2 topics
  13. Environmental Ethics2▲ 69×3 topics
  14. Global Christianity2▲ 302×1 topic
  15. Short-Term Missions2▲ 302×1 topic
  16. Food Security2▲ 7.4×3 topics
  17. Sea-Level Rise2▲ 34×2 topics
  18. Violence2▲ 27×4 topics
  19. Carbon Sequestration1▲ 49×1 topic
  20. Mangrove Forests1▲ 96×1 topic
  21. Ocean Acidification1▲ 47×3 topics
  22. Philosophy1▲ 8.0×2 topics
  23. Sustainability1▲ 1.46×3 topics
  24. Communication1▲ 9.9×3 topics
  25. Environmental Impact1▲ 1.83×4 topics
  26. Human Rights1▲ 3.1×2 topics
  27. Thermal Management1▲ 8.9×2 topics
  28. Feminism1▲ 9.1×2 topics
  29. Gandhi1▲ 151×1 topic
  30. Gender1▲ 5.0×2 topics
  31. Governmentality1▲ 103×1 topic
  32. Neoliberalism1▲ 7.4×1 topic
  33. Nonviolence1▲ 151×1 topic

Which research topics does Stockport College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Religion, Society, and Development, Christian Theology and Mission, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics and Anthropological Studies and Insights.

Religion, Society, and D…3Religion, Society, and Development: 3 fractional worksChristian Theology and Mission: 2 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 1 fractional worksAnthropological Studies and Insights: 1 fractional worksIndian History and Philosophy: 1 fractional worksSilicon Carbide Semicond…1Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies: 1 fractional worksPentecostalism and Christianity Studies: 1 fractional worksOcean Acidification Effects and Responses: 1 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 1 fractional worksReligion, Gender, and Enlightenment: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceReligious studiesEcologyAnthropology4 others

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

  1. 1 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  2. 2 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 2 works
  3. 3 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 1 works
  4. 4 Anthropological Studies and Insights Anthropology 1 works
  5. 5 Indian History and Philosophy Philosophy 1 works
  6. 6 Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies Religious studies 1 works
  8. 8 Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses Oceanography 1 works
  9. 9 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  10. 10 Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment Religious studies 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 available13.9%not open86.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.3%domestic only94.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Stockport 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 Stockport College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000040% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Stockport College0.00016% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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