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Summit (United Kingdom)

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World rank, all time
#23,783
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,251
of 1,844
Research works
167
▼ 48% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.3k
19.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
37%
world 18%
Summit (United Kingdom)

Which fields of science does Summit (United Kingdom) work in?

In all years, 33% of research at Summit (United Kingdom) is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (22%), Engineering (17%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%).

Physical Sciences: 55 fractional works · 32.9% of its workEngineering: 28 fractional works · 16.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 47 fractional works · 28.0% of its workMedicine: 36 fractional works · 21.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 20.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 9.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 32 fractional works · 19.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 13.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 9.0% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSummit (UnitedKingdom)167fractional works, all years
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences28%Social Sciences20%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2816.6%
    2. Environmental Science74.2%
    3. Computer Science74.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences52.8%
    5. Chemistry42.6%
    6. Materials Science21.2%
    7. Energy10.7%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.7%
    9. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Medicine3621.6%
    2. Health Professions95.3%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Veterinary10.6%
    1. Social Sciences169.7%
    2. Psychology63.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities42.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting42.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.5%
    6. Decision Sciences10.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2313.7%
    2. Neuroscience42.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology31.6%
    5. 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.58× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.98× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.23× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.40× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.47× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 2.15× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 38.68× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.91× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 38.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary38.68×1 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.91×1 works
  3. Nursing2.15×0 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.98×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.58×1 works
  6. Medicine1.47×4 works
  7. Health Professions1.40×1 works
  8. Engineering1.23×3 works
  9. Social Sciences1.05×2 works
  10. Neuroscience0.76×0 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.67×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.65×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.63×0 works
  14. Psychology0.63×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.22×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.20×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Summit (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the quality score, Clive Mason, Jon M. Tinsley and Russell Exley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Summit (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Clive Mason United Kingdom · #552,130 worldwide 2.4k citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Jon M. Tinsley United Kingdom · #2,523,075 worldwide 1k citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Russell Exley United Kingdom · #3,354,846 worldwide 260 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Neil M. Robinson United Kingdom · #3,902,789 worldwide 303 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Bina Tejura United Kingdom · #3,974,859 worldwide 344 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Richard J Vickers United Kingdom · #4,385,407 worldwide 1.6k citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Earle Hackett United Kingdom · #4,606,205 worldwide 442 citations · 56 works
  8. 8 Renate van Well United Kingdom · #4,693,802 worldwide 371 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Summit (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from Summit (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from Summit (United Kingdom) is "Two Phase 3 Trials of Inclisiran in Patients with Elevated LDL Cholesterol" (Kausik Kumar Ray, R. Scott Wright, David G. Kallend et al., 2020), with 1,652 citations. Next come "Inclisiran for the Treatment of Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia" (824) and "Novel targets for Huntington's disease in an mTOR-independent autophagy pathway" (797).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Two Phase 3 Trials of Inclisiran in Patients with Elevated LDL Cholesterol Kausik Kumar Ray, R. Scott Wright, David G. Kallend et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 18 Mar 2020 1,652
2 Inclisiran for the Treatment of Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia Frederick Johan Raal, David G. Kallend, Kausik Kumar Ray et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 18 Mar 2020 824
3 Novel targets for Huntington's disease in an mTOR-independent autophagy pathway Andrea J. Williams, Sovan Sarkar, Paul A. Cuddon et al. · Nature Chemical Biology Open access 23 Mar 2008 797
4 Iminosugars past, present and future: medicines for tomorrow Graeme Horne, Francis X. Wilson, Jon M. Tinsley et al. · Drug Discovery Today 4 Sep 2010 323
5 Recommendations for reducing radiation exposure in myocardial perfusion imaging Manuel D. Cerqueira, Kevin C. Allman, Edward P. Ficaro et al. · Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 25 May 2010 313
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Summit (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Stem Cells, Muscle Regeneration, Skeletal Muscle Atrophy, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Epidemiology, Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation and Mitochondria.

▲ 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. Epidemiology12▲ 1.71×28 topics
  2. Stem Cells6▲ 13×3 topics
  3. Muscle Regeneration6▲ 97×1 topic
  4. Skeletal Muscle Atrophy6▲ 97×1 topic
  5. Healthcare-Associated Infections5▲ 26×5 topics
  6. Sustainability4▲ 1.44×17 topics
  7. Economic Growth4▲ 3.2×9 topics
  8. Public Health4▲ 1.74×14 topics
  9. Energy Efficiency4▲ 2.8×7 topics
  10. Risk Factors4▲ 2.1×5 topics
  11. Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea3▲ 73×1 topic
  12. Fecal Microbiota Transplantation3▲ 73×1 topic
  13. Optimization3▲ 3.7×7 topics
  14. Colonialism3▲ 3.8×3 topics
  15. Mitochondria3▲ 11×3 topics
  16. Glycosidase Inhibitors3▲ 35×1 topic
  17. Oligosaccharide Synthesis3▲ 35×1 topic
  18. Artificial Neural Networks3▲ 4.2×5 topics
  19. Pathogenesis3▲ 3.1×9 topics
  20. Vibration Analysis3▲ 5.8×3 topics
  21. Longevity2▲ 20×2 topics
  22. Gene Therapy2▲ 5.4×2 topics
  23. Thermal Comfort2▲ 17×2 topics
  24. AAV2▲ 21×1 topic
  25. Australian history2▲ 68×1 topic
  26. British imperialism2▲ 68×1 topic
  27. Viral Vectors2▲ 21×1 topic
  28. Tectonics2▲ 7.7×2 topics
  29. Arctic2▲ 11×1 topic
  30. Poverty Reduction2▲ 12×2 topics
  31. geology2▲ 44×1 topic
  32. Therapeutics2▲ 8.2×2 topics
  33. Capacity Building2▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Exercise-Induced Oxidative Stress2▲ 37×1 topic
  35. Glycans2▲ 13×1 topic
  36. Mental Disorders2▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Mucins2▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Muscle-Derived Interleukin-62▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Neuronal Plasticity2▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Protein-Protein Interactions2▲ 9.7×2 topics

Which research topics does Summit (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods and Oil and Gas Production Techniques.

European and Russian Geo…1European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies: 1 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 1 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 1 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 0 fractional worksSimone de Beauvoir and Sartre: 0 fractional worksInterdisciplinary Cultural and Social Studies: 0 fractional worksExtraction and Separation Processes: 0 fractional worksMembrane Separation Technologies: 0 fractional worksTheology and Philosophy of Evil: 0 fractional worksMembrane-based Ion Separation Techniques: 0 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSmall AnimalsOcean EngineeringPhilosophy4 others

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

  1. 1 European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  2. 2 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 1 works
  3. 3 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre Philosophy 0 works
  6. 6 Interdisciplinary Cultural and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  7. 7 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Membrane Separation Technologies Water Science and Technology 0 works
  9. 9 Theology and Philosophy of Evil Philosophy 0 works
  10. 10 Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques Biomedical Engineering 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 available35.9%not open64.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.7%domestic only63.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Summit (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 48% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Summit (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000082% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Summit (United Kingdom)0.000027% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Summit (United Kingdom) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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