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The Sixth Form College Colchester

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Research works
38
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
352
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
The Sixth Form College Colchester

Not ranked overall: The Sixth Form College Colchester is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does The Sixth Form College Colchester work in?

In all years, 41% of research at The Sixth Form College Colchester is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Mathematics (13%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (7%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 15 fractional works · 40.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 20.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 10.8% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 6.7% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 6.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 6.1% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 35.0% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 12.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 6.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 13.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 11.0% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workALL ITS WORKThe Sixth FormCollege…38fractional works, all years
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences41%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences820.0%
    2. Psychology36.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities26.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance13.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting12.7%
    6. Decision Sciences01.3%
    1. Mathematics512.7%
    2. Computer Science26.4%
    3. Environmental Science25.3%
    4. Engineering24.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences24.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy11.8%
    7. Materials Science00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences37.2%
    2. Neuroscience13.3%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.8%
    1. Health Professions24.8%
    2. Medicine12.7%
    3. Nursing12.6%
    4. Veterinary00.9%
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: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 17.97× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceEnvironmental Science: 2.52× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.58× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11.68× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.37× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 18.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience17.97×1 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.68×1 works
  3. Environmental Science2.52×0 works
  4. Health Professions1.58×0 works
  5. Psychology1.37×0 works
  6. Social Sciences0.99×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×0 works
  8. Medicine0.43×0 works

What are the most cited papers from The Sixth Form College Colchester?

The most cited paper from The Sixth Form College Colchester is "Scaling of home range size: Body size, metabolic needs and ecology" (Michael Reiß, 1988), with 133 citations. Next come "Future Cardiovascular Disease Risk for Women With Gestational Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis" (129) and "Grand challenges for the UK" (56).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Scaling of home range size: Body size, metabolic needs and ecology Michael Reiß · Trends in Ecology & Evolution Mar 1988 133
2 Future Cardiovascular Disease Risk for Women With Gestational Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis Charmaine Chu Wen Lo, Andre Lo, Shu Hui Leow et al. · Journal of the American Heart Association ReviewOpen access 24 Jun 2020 129
3 Grand challenges for the UK Sue Sentance, Mark Dorling, Adam McNicol et al. Conference paper 8 Nov 2012 56
4 Direct Patterning of Zinc Sulfide on a Sub-10 Nanometer Scale via Electron Beam Lithography Mohammad S. M. Saifullah, Mohamed Asbahi, Maryam Binti-Kamran Kiyani et al. · ACS Nano 22 Sep 2017 47
5 Computer Science in Secondary Schools in the UK: Ways to Empower Teachers Sue Sentance, Mark Dorling, Adam McNicol · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paperOpen access 2013 47
All 45 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at The Sixth Form College Colchester?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Adaptation, Surgery, Educational Reform, Phenomenology, Training, Literature and Economic Growth.

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

All 36 words, with their numbers
  1. Education5▲ 10.0×9 topics
  2. Adaptation2▲ 17×3 topics
  3. Climate Change2▲ 1.60×5 topics
  4. Economic Growth2▲ 5.3×4 topics
  5. Globalization2▲ 2.1×4 topics
  6. Surgery2▲ 12×2 topics
  7. Educational Reform1▲ 20×2 topics
  8. Literature1▲ 7.1×3 topics
  9. Nationalism1▲ 6.1×2 topics
  10. Phenomenology1▲ 28×2 topics
  11. Training1▲ 19×2 topics
  12. Curriculum1▲ 33×3 topics
  13. Evolutionary Psychology1▲ 148×1 topic
  14. Human Behavior1▲ 76×1 topic
  15. Neuroscience1▲ 9.2×2 topics
  16. Applications1▲ 12×1 topic
  17. Cognitive Neuroscience1▲ 74×1 topic
  18. Consumer Perception1▲ 16×1 topic
  19. Dietetics1▲ 314×1 topic
  20. Gender1▲ 4.6×2 topics
  21. Habitat Fragmentation1▲ 9.1×2 topics
  22. Human Rights1▲ 3.1×2 topics
  23. Interactive Television1▲ 97×1 topic
  24. Israel1▲ 73×1 topic
  25. Multicollinearity1▲ 74×1 topic
  26. Neuromyths1▲ 147×1 topic
  27. Number Theory1▲ 86×2 topics
  28. Nursing Staffing1▲ 133×1 topic
  29. Nutrition Care Process1▲ 314×1 topic
  30. Packaging Design1▲ 386×1 topic
  31. Palestine1▲ 45×1 topic
  32. Patient Outcomes1▲ 42×1 topic
  33. Regression Analysis1▲ 46×1 topic
  34. Social TV1▲ 97×1 topic
  35. Teaching Methods1▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Technology1▲ 6.1×1 topic

Which research topics does The Sixth Form College Colchester publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function, Sustainability in Higher Education, Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy and Unemployment and Economic Growth.

Neuroscience, Education …1Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function: 1 fractional worksSustainability in Higher…0Sustainability in Higher Education: 0 fractional worksSustainable Development …0Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy: 0 fractional worksUnemployment and Economic Growth: 0 fractional worksEconomic Analysis and Policy: 0 fractional worksMonetary Policy and Econ…0Monetary Policy and Economic Impact: 0 fractional worksConnective tissue disorders research: 0 fractional worksHearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics: 0 fractional worksMusic Therapy and Health: 0 fractional worksScoliosis diagnosis and treatment: 0 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceEducationManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  2. 2 Sustainability in Higher Education Education 0 works
  3. 3 Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  4. 4 Unemployment and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  5. 5 Economic Analysis and Policy Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  6. 6 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0 works
  7. 7 Connective tissue disorders research Genetics 0 works
  8. 8 Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics Sensory Systems 0 works
  9. 9 Music Therapy and Health Social Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment Surgery 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 available25.9%not open74.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.2%domestic only91.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has The Sixth Form College Colchester's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% 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 The Sixth Form College Colchester as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000018% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%The Sixth Form College Colchester0.000026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of The Sixth Form College Colchester over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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