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Transport Research Laboratory (United Kingdom)

In research, Transport Research Laboratory (United Kingdom) stands highest in Engineering (#4,537 of 11,412 worldwide), Civil and Structural Engineering (#860 of 1,685 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#12,614 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,626
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,063
of 2,253
Research works
953
▼ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
25.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
16%
world 28%

What is Transport Research Laboratory (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
EngineeringField #4,537 of 11,412 21.2%494
Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield #860 of 1,685 19.1%194
Physical SciencesDomain #12,614 of 21,541 20.8%642
Social SciencesDomain #10,531 of 16,945 32.4%177

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Transport Research Laboratory (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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.61× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.24× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.89× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.82× its world share, 9 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.06× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.08× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.33× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Transport Research Laboratory (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the composite score, M. A. Crisfield, M G Winter and G D Jacobs lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Transport Research Laboratory (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 M. A. Crisfield United Kingdom · #23,398 worldwide 715 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 M G Winter United Kingdom · #90,937 worldwide 319 citations · 53 works
  3. 3 G D Jacobs United Kingdom · #140,092 worldwide 118 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Nick Reed United Kingdom · #163,667 worldwide 120 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Julian Tanner United Kingdom · #195,981 worldwide 108 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 H. F. Newall United Kingdom · #253,825 worldwide 69 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 G P Tilly United Kingdom · #268,510 worldwide 181 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Alan Stevens United Kingdom · #329,085 worldwide 73 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 John Barrell United Kingdom · #369,677 worldwide 23 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Tennessee Williams United Kingdom · #456,943 worldwide 14 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Transport Research Laboratory (United Kingdom)

Which keywords describe research at Transport Research Laboratory (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Vibration Control, Health Effects, Noise Pollution, Public Health, Sound Quality, Transfer Path Analysis, Image Processing and Crack Detection.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Vibration Control4▲ 121×2 topics
  2. Public Health4▲ 4.4×3 topics
  3. Deep Learning3▲ 1.77×6 topics
  4. Health Effects3▲ 8.6×1 topic
  5. Noise Pollution3▲ 112×1 topic
  6. Sound Quality3▲ 359×1 topic
  7. Transfer Path Analysis3▲ 359×1 topic
  8. Convolutional Neural Networks2▲ 6.1×2 topics
  9. Crack Detection2▲ 61×1 topic
  10. Image Processing2▲ 10×2 topics
  11. Pavement2▲ 61×1 topic
  12. Environmental Impact2▲ 2.4×5 topics
  13. Dynamic Interaction2▲ 58×2 topics
  14. Driver Behavior2▲ 46×2 topics
  15. Environmental Impacts2▲ 13×5 topics
  16. E-commerce2▲ 5.2×2 topics
  17. Water Quality2▲ 7.6×2 topics
  18. Freshwater Salinization2▲ 110×1 topic
  19. Road Salt2▲ 110×1 topic
  20. Acoustic Metamaterials2▲ 74×1 topic
  21. Footbridges2▲ 69×1 topic
  22. Phononic Crystals2▲ 74×1 topic
  23. Rheology2▲ 14×4 topics
  24. Vibration Serviceability2▲ 69×1 topic
  25. Life Cycle Assessment1▲ 9.0×3 topics
  26. Automation1▲ 34×2 topics
  27. Medical Education1▲ 9.2×2 topics
  28. User Satisfaction1▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Asphalt1▲ 63×1 topic
  30. Bitumen Modification1▲ 63×1 topic
  31. Cognitive Impairment1▲ 8.6×3 topics
  32. Smart Grid1▲ 5.8×3 topics
  33. Injury Severity1▲ 23×1 topic
  34. Risk Perception1▲ 7.0×2 topics
  35. Traffic Accidents1▲ 42×1 topic
  36. Control Systems1▲ 9.9×2 topics
  37. Global Surgery1▲ 93×1 topic
  38. Hardware-in-the-Loop1▲ 70×1 topic
  39. Vibration-based Damage Identification1▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Wireless Sensors1▲ 28×1 topic

Which research topics does Transport Research Laboratory (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Noise Effects and Management, Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control, Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring and Smart Materials for Construction.

Noise Effects and Management: 3 fractional worksVehicle Noise and Vibration Control: 3 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenan…2Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 2 fractional worksSmart Materials for Cons…2Smart Materials for Construction: 2 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 2 fractional worksStructural Engineering and Vibration Analysis: 2 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Perform…1Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 1 fractional worksTraffic and Road Safety: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery: 1 fractional worksReal-time simulation and control systems: 1 fractional works
Speech and HearingAutomotive EngineeringCivil and Structural EngineeringPollution4 others

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

  1. 1 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 3 works
  2. 2 Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control Automotive Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Smart Materials for Construction Pollution 2 works
  5. 5 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  9. 9 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Real-time simulation and control systems Control and Systems 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 available15.6%not open84.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Transport Research Laboratory (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% 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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