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The Royal Photographic Society

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Research works
58
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
179
3.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: The Royal Photographic Society is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Chemistry: 2.38× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.78× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Materials Science: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 8.32× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.75× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 4.08× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at The Royal Photographic Society?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Photography, Cultural History, Visual Culture, Documentary Practices, Social Media, Artistic Collaboration, Digital Images and Public Policy.

▲ 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. Photography9▲ 432×3 topics
  2. Cultural History9▲ 110×4 topics
  3. Visual Culture9▲ 267×2 topics
  4. Documentary Practices9▲ 530×2 topics
  5. Social Media9▲ 19×2 topics
  6. Artistic Collaboration8▲ 2045×1 topic
  7. Digital Images8▲ 2045×1 topic
  8. Public Policy5▲ 20×2 topics
  9. Sustainable Development4▲ 6.7×2 topics
  10. Social Justice4▲ 14×2 topics
  11. Colonialism4▲ 14×5 topics
  12. Environmental Participation4▲ 78×1 topic
  13. Territorial Governance4▲ 50×1 topic
  14. Healthcare4▲ 8.7×2 topics
  15. Economic Growth4▲ 8.1×2 topics
  16. HIV/AIDS3▲ 77×1 topic
  17. Sub-Saharan Africa3▲ 384×1 topic
  18. Cultural Studies3▲ 14×3 topics
  19. Gender Studies3▲ 30×3 topics
  20. Identity2▲ 5.2×4 topics
  21. Memory2▲ 15×4 topics
  22. Gender2▲ 6.6×5 topics
  23. Archaeology2▲ 24×4 topics
  24. Education2▲ 2.8×5 topics
  25. Ethnography2▲ 26×1 topic
  26. Nationalism2▲ 6.2×4 topics
  27. Rituals2▲ 49×1 topic
  28. Fabric Defect Detection2▲ 79×1 topic
  29. Innovation2▲ 3.8×4 topics
  30. Machine Vision2▲ 18×1 topic
  31. Texture Analysis2▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Cultural Heritage2▲ 7.2×6 topics
  33. Technology2▲ 7.3×3 topics
  34. Box Office2▲ 128×1 topic
  35. Ethical Considerations2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  36. Film Industry2▲ 128×1 topic
  37. Religion2▲ 4.9×4 topics
  38. Social Determinants of Health2▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Media Studies1▲ 31×2 topics
  40. Art History1▲ 74×2 topics

Which research topics does The Royal Photographic Society publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: French Urban and Social Studies, Social Policies and Family, Photography and Visual Culture and Cultural Identity and Heritage.

French Urban and Social …1French Urban and Social Studies: 1 fractional worksSocial Policies and Family: 1 fractional worksPhotography and Visual Culture: 1 fractional worksCultural Identity and Heritage: 0 fractional worksAfrican Studies and Geopolitics: 0 fractional worksHistorical and Literary …0Historical and Literary Studies: 0 fractional worksHistory and advancements in chemistry: 0 fractional worksScientific Research and Philosophical Inquiry: 0 fractional worksInternational Science and Diplomacy: 0 fractional worksLiterature and Culture Studies: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceHistoryArcheologyAnthropology4 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Social Policies and Family Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Photography and Visual Culture History 1 works
  4. 4 Cultural Identity and Heritage Archeology 0 works
  5. 5 African Studies and Geopolitics Anthropology 0 works
  6. 6 Historical and Literary Studies Anthropology 0 works
  7. 7 History and advancements in chemistry Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 0 works
  8. 8 Scientific Research and Philosophical Inquiry Information Systems 0 works
  9. 9 International Science and Diplomacy Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  10. 10 Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 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 available35.3%not open64.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.9%domestic only78.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The Royal Photographic Society's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% lower 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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