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Swindon College

swindon.ac.ukROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#20,279
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,023
of 1,844
Research works
228
▼ 63% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.1k
9.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Swindon College

Which fields of science does Swindon College work in?

In all years, 38% of research at Swindon College is in Health Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Engineering (16%), Health Professions (11%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 86 fractional works · 37.8% of its workMedicine: 53 fractional works · 23.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 25 fractional works · 10.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 16 fractional works · 7.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workResearch and Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 68 fractional works · 30.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 10.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 7.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13 fractional works · 5.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 66 fractional works · 29.1% of its workEngineering: 36 fractional works · 15.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 4.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSwindon College228fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences38%Social Sciences30%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5323.2%
    2. Health Professions2510.8%
    3. Nursing83.3%
    4. Veterinary10.5%
    1. Social Sciences2310.1%
    2. Psychology177.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting135.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities94.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.3%
    6. Decision Sciences20.9%
    1. Engineering3615.8%
    2. Environmental Science104.4%
    3. Computer Science94.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy41.6%
    5. Materials Science31.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.8%
    7. Chemistry10.6%
    8. Mathematics10.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.5%
    2. Neuroscience10.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
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: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 1.62× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 2.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.79× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.96× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.21× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 3.85× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 20.91× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× 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, 20.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary20.91×0 works
  2. Health Professions3.85×1 works
  3. Energy2.12×0 works
  4. Environmental Science1.96×1 works
  5. Engineering1.79×2 works
  6. Computer Science1.62×1 works
  7. Materials Science1.21×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.14×0 works
  9. Medicine0.93×1 works
  10. Psychology0.93×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.38×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Swindon College?

Ranked on the quality score, Philip A. Coggin, Nicki Stanton and H. H. Greenwood lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Swindon College.

  1. 1 Philip A. Coggin United Kingdom · #1,585,318 worldwide 114 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Nicki Stanton United Kingdom · #2,702,228 worldwide 94 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 H. H. Greenwood United Kingdom · #2,864,212 worldwide 51 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Brian Burrows United Kingdom · #3,258,592 worldwide 672 citations · 62 works
  5. 5 Anthony Bond United Kingdom · #3,468,268 worldwide 45 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 David Pocock United Kingdom · #3,930,095 worldwide 326 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 M C T Morrison United Kingdom · #4,734,802 worldwide 24 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Swindon College

What are the most cited papers from Swindon College?

The most cited paper from Swindon College is "Inflammatory bowel disease and domestic hygiene in infancy" (Alasdair Edward Gent, M.D. Hellier, Roger H Grace et al., 1994), with 355 citations. Next come "Visual impairment following stroke: do stroke patients require vision assessment?" (228) and "Fabrication of polymeric biomaterials: a strategy for tissue engineering and medical devices" (220).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Inflammatory bowel disease and domestic hygiene in infancy Alasdair Edward Gent, M.D. Hellier, Roger H Grace et al. · The Lancet Mar 1994 355
2 Visual impairment following stroke: do stroke patients require vision assessment? Fiona J. Rowe, Darren Brand, Carole Ann Jackson et al. · Age and Ageing 13 Nov 2008 228
3 Fabrication of polymeric biomaterials: a strategy for tissue engineering and medical devices Ferdous Khan, Masaru Tanaka, Sheikh Rafi Ahmad · Journal of Materials Chemistry B Open access 2015 220
4 Advice to reduce dietary salt for prevention of cardiovascular disease Lee Hooper, Christopher J. Bartlett, George Davey Smith et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Open access 26 Jan 2004 207
5 A Prospective Profile of Visual Field Loss following Stroke: Prevalence, Type, Rehabilitation, and Outcome Fiona J. Rowe, David M. Wright, Darren Brand et al. · BioMed Research International Open access 2013 159
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Swindon College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Public Health, Patient Satisfaction, Health Policy, Quality Improvement, Nursing Education, Burnout and Nursing Advocacy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology11▲ 1.17×37 topics
  2. Public Health11▲ 3.4×12 topics
  3. Primary Care10▲ 11×10 topics
  4. Climate Change8▲ 1.28×15 topics
  5. Mental Health6▲ 2.5×11 topics
  6. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 11×5 topics
  7. Health Policy6▲ 16×3 topics
  8. Quality of Life6▲ 1.79×14 topics
  9. Quality Improvement5▲ 11×7 topics
  10. Nursing Education4▲ 17×2 topics
  11. Qualitative Research4▲ 3.3×5 topics
  12. Burnout4▲ 20×3 topics
  13. Motivation4▲ 6.4×4 topics
  14. Nursing Advocacy4▲ 104×1 topic
  15. Political Participation4▲ 23×1 topic
  16. Leadership4▲ 5.3×8 topics
  17. Organizational Change4▲ 21×3 topics
  18. Health Workforce4▲ 37×2 topics
  19. Gender Differences4▲ 5.2×5 topics
  20. Patient Outcomes4▲ 26×3 topics
  21. Job Satisfaction4▲ 6.1×4 topics
  22. Collaborative Practice3▲ 33×2 topics
  23. Healthcare Workers3▲ 10×4 topics
  24. Professional Identity3▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Leadership Development3▲ 32×2 topics
  26. Public-Private Partnerships3▲ 22×1 topic
  27. Risk Allocation3▲ 137×1 topic
  28. Organizational Learning3▲ 15×5 topics
  29. Advanced Practice Nursing3▲ 72×1 topic
  30. Nurse Practitioners3▲ 72×1 topic
  31. Corpus Linguistics3▲ 6.4×3 topics
  32. NHS3▲ 61×2 topics
  33. Healthcare Regulation3▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Clinical Governance3▲ 76×1 topic
  35. Health Inequalities3▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Healthcare Accreditation3▲ 76×1 topic
  37. Wireless Communications3▲ 7.4×2 topics
  38. Career Choice2▲ 36×1 topic
  39. Dental Students2▲ 40×1 topic
  40. doctors' strikes2▲ 83×1 topic

Which research topics does Swindon College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Renal and related cancers, Transboundary Water Resource Management, Geotechnical and construction materials studies and Flood Risk Assessment and Management.

Renal and related cancers0Renal and related cancers: 0 fractional worksTransboundary Water Reso…0Transboundary Water Resource Management: 0 fractional worksGeotechnical and construction materials studies: 0 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…0Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 0 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Perform…0Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 0 fractional worksMaterials Engineering an…0Materials Engineering and Processing: 0 fractional worksHydrology and Drought An…0Hydrology and Drought Analysis: 0 fractional worksSemantic Web and Ontologies: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Quality and Management: 0 fractional worksHealthcare cost, quality, practices: 0 fractional works
Molecular BiologySociology and Political ScienceCivil and Structural EngineeringGlobal and Planetary Change4 others

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

  1. 1 Renal and related cancers Molecular Biology 0 works
  2. 2 Transboundary Water Resource Management Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  3. 3 Geotechnical and construction materials studies Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  5. 5 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Materials Engineering and Processing Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Hydrology and Drought Analysis Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  8. 8 Semantic Web and Ontologies Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  9. 9 Healthcare Quality and Management Health Information Management 0 works
  10. 10 Healthcare cost, quality, practices General Health Professions 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 available19.0%not open81.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.1%domestic only89.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Swindon College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 63% lower 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 Swindon College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000023% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Swindon College0.000039% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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