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Surrey Satellite Technology (United Kingdom)

In research, Surrey Satellite Technology (United Kingdom) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,266 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,380 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Engineering (Engineering is 3.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#20,183
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,017
of 1,844
Research works
370
▲ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.7k
15.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Surrey Satellite Technology (United Kingdom)

What is Surrey Satellite Technology (United Kingdom) 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 #7,266 of 17,446 6.3%323
EngineeringField #5,380 of 9,532 7.3%194

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Surrey Satellite Technology (United Kingdom) 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 Surrey Satellite Technology (United Kingdom) work in?

In 2022-now, 89% of research at Surrey Satellite Technology (United Kingdom) is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (55%), Physics and Astronomy (16%), Computer Science (7%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 41 fractional works · 89.4% of its workEngineering: 26 fractional works · 55.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 16 fractional works · 33.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 16.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 7 fractional works · 15.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 7.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSurrey SatelliteTechnology…46fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences89%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences4%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2655.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy716.1%
    3. Computer Science37.4%
    4. Environmental Science24.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.6%
    6. Materials Science11.9%
    7. Energy00.7%
    8. Chemistry00.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Psychology11.4%
    2. Social Sciences11.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting01.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    1. Medicine12.1%
    2. Health Professions00.9%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology00.7%
    3. Neuroscience00.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Surrey Satellite Technology (United Kingdom) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Engineering takes 3.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EngineeringField · 25.6 works3.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.95× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.63× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.69× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 7.24× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy7.24×7 works
  2. Engineering3.69×26 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.63×1 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.02×0 works
  5. Computer Science0.95×3 works
  6. Environmental Science0.94×2 works
  7. Energy0.78×0 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.72×0 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.69×0 works
  10. Dentistry0.59×0 works
  11. Materials Science0.55×1 works
  12. Psychology0.47×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.44×0 works
  14. Nursing0.37×0 works
  15. Health Professions0.34×0 works
  16. Chemistry0.30×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.30×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.12×0 works
  20. Medicine0.11×1 works
  21. Social Sciences0.11×1 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Surrey Satellite Technology (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the quality score, Philip Jales, Martin J. Unwin and Ingo Retat lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Surrey Satellite Technology (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Philip Jales United Kingdom · #1,420,689 worldwide 1.2k citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Martin J. Unwin United Kingdom · #1,926,425 worldwide 5k citations · 161 works
  3. 3 Ingo Retat United Kingdom · #2,094,775 worldwide 726 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Steve Eckersley United Kingdom · #2,821,606 worldwide 209 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Maximilian Sauer United Kingdom · #3,739,743 worldwide 281 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Rachel Bird United Kingdom · #3,896,524 worldwide 110 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Lee Boland United Kingdom · #3,936,438 worldwide 145 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Guy Richardson United Kingdom · #4,685,248 worldwide 1.2k citations · 98 works
  9. 9 Dan R. Lobb United Kingdom · #4,747,052 worldwide 198 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Andy Phipps United Kingdom · #4,907,615 worldwide 282 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Surrey Satellite Technology (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from Surrey Satellite Technology (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from Surrey Satellite Technology (United Kingdom) is "MonoSLAM: Real-Time Single Camera SLAM" (Andrew J. Davison, Ian D. Reid, Nicholas Molton et al., 2007), with 3,984 citations. Next come "Detection and Processing of bistatically reflected GPS signals from low Earth orbit for the purpose of ocean remote sensing" (412) and "Spaceborne GNSS reflectometry for ocean winds: First results from the UK TechDemoSat‐1 mission" (357).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 MonoSLAM: Real-Time Single Camera SLAM Andrew J. Davison, Ian D. Reid, Nicholas Molton et al. · IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence 25 Apr 2007 3,984
2 Detection and Processing of bistatically reflected GPS signals from low Earth orbit for the purpose of ocean remote sensing Scott T. Gleason, Stephen Hodgart, Yiping Sun et al. · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 24 May 2005 412
3 Spaceborne GNSS reflectometry for ocean winds: First results from the UK TechDemoSat‐1 mission Giuseppe Foti, Christine P. Gommenginger, Philip Jales et al. · Geophysical Research Letters Open access 9 Jun 2015 357
4 Spaceborne GNSS-R Minimum Variance Wind Speed Estimator Maria Paola Clarizia, Christopher S. Ruf, Philip Jales et al. · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 19 Feb 2014 283
5 RemoveDEBRIS: An in-orbit active debris removal demonstration mission Jason Forshaw, Guglielmo S. Aglietti, Nimal Navarathinam et al. · Acta Astronautica 26 Jun 2016 219
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Surrey Satellite Technology (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: CubeSat, small satellite, Space Policy, Space Tourism, Remote Sensing, Mars, Martian Surface and Cryogenic Storage.

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

All 27 words, with their numbers
  1. CubeSat6▲ 650×1 topic
  2. small satellite6▲ 650×1 topic
  3. Remote Sensing3▲ 5.0×9 topics
  4. Space Policy2▲ 359×1 topic
  5. Space Tourism2▲ 359×1 topic
  6. Mars2▲ 117×1 topic
  7. Martian Surface2▲ 117×1 topic
  8. Cryogenic Storage2▲ 135×1 topic
  9. LEO Satellite Constellation2▲ 126×1 topic
  10. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)2▲ 135×1 topic
  11. Satellite Communications2▲ 126×1 topic
  12. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 15×3 topics
  13. Orbit Determination2▲ 73×2 topics
  14. Spacecraft Formation Flying2▲ 198×1 topic
  15. Trajectory Optimization2▲ 53×1 topic
  16. Validation2▲ 36×2 topics
  17. On-Orbit Servicing1▲ 133×1 topic
  18. Space Debris1▲ 133×1 topic
  19. Data Assimilation1▲ 17×2 topics
  20. Astrobiology1▲ 80×1 topic
  21. Extraterrestrial Life1▲ 116×1 topic
  22. Satellite Observations1▲ 26×1 topic
  23. Soil Moisture1▲ 36×1 topic
  24. Climate Change1◆ 0.91×8 topics
  25. Dynamic Interaction1▲ 38×2 topics
  26. Ground Vibration1▲ 78×1 topic
  27. Railway Dynamics1▲ 78×1 topic

Which research topics does Surrey Satellite Technology (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Spacecraft Design and Technology, Space exploration and regulation, Planetary Science and Exploration and Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies.

Spacecraft Design and Te…6Spacecraft Design and Technology: 6 fractional worksSpace exploration and re…2Space exploration and regulation: 2 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Ex…2Planetary Science and Exploration: 2 fractional worksSpacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies: 2 fractional worksSatellite Communication Systems: 2 fractional worksSpacecraft Dynamics and …2Spacecraft Dynamics and Control: 2 fractional worksSpace Satellite Systems and Control: 1 fractional worksSoil Moisture and Remote Sensing: 1 fractional worksSpace Science and Extraterrestrial Life: 1 fractional worksRailway Engineering and Dynamics: 1 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringAstronomy and AstrophysicsEnvironmental EngineeringMechanical Engineering

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

  1. 1 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  3. 3 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  4. 4 Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Satellite Communication Systems Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Spacecraft Dynamics and Control Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Space Satellite Systems and Control Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing Environmental Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  10. 10 Railway Engineering and Dynamics Mechanical Engineering 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 available19.6%not open80.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.8%domestic only78.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Surrey Satellite Technology (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% 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 Surrey Satellite Technology (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Surrey Satellite Technology (United Kingdom)0.00034% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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