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Tyndall Centre

In research, Tyndall Centre stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,330 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,690
of 22,385 · #2,955 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#265
of 862
Research works
857
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
70k
81.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.13×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%
Tyndall Centre

What is Tyndall Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #2,330 of 10,670 18.5%113 #1582

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tyndall Centre 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 Tyndall Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research at Tyndall Centre is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (26%), Environmental Science (25%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 135 fractional works · 72.8% of its workEngineering: 47 fractional works · 25.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 20 fractional works · 10.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 47 fractional works · 25.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 19 fractional works · 10.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11 fractional works · 6.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 16.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 9.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 5.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKTyndall Centre185fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences73%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences16%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering4725.6%
    2. Environmental Science4725.4%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences116.0%
    4. Materials Science105.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy63.2%
    6. Energy63.0%
    7. Computer Science31.6%
    8. Chemical Engineering21.1%
    9. Chemistry20.9%
    10. Mathematics10.6%
    1. Social Sciences189.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance52.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting42.4%
    4. Decision Sciences10.6%
    5. Psychology10.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology42.4%
    3. Neuroscience10.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine73.9%
    2. Health Professions31.4%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.24× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.81× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.28× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.71× its world share, 48 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.11× its world share, 47 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.57× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.42× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.75× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.17× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science5.11×47 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.81×11 works
  3. Energy3.28×6 works
  4. Chemical Engineering3.24×2 works
  5. Engineering1.71×48 works
  6. Materials Science1.57×10 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.42×6 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.17×5 works
  9. Social Sciences0.78×18 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.75×4 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.65×1 works
  12. Chemistry0.56×2 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.51×4 works
  14. Health Professions0.51×2 works
  15. Mathematics0.50×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.45×4 works
  17. Neuroscience0.45×1 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.30×0 works
  19. Medicine0.21×7 works
  20. Computer Science0.20×3 works
  21. Nursing0.18×0 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.15×0 works
  23. Psychology0.14×1 works
  24. Dentistry0.07×0 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Tyndall Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Jonas J. Schoenefeld, Kevin L. Anderson and Nicole Forstenhäusler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tyndall Centre.

  1. 1 Jonas J. Schoenefeld United Kingdom · #215,982 worldwide 1.7k citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Kevin L. Anderson United Kingdom · #273,764 worldwide 5.9k citations · 105 works
  3. 3 Nicole Forstenhäusler United Kingdom · #553,594 worldwide 311 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Asher Minns United Kingdom · #818,008 worldwide 4k citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Sophie A. Nicholson-Cole United Kingdom · #1,190,257 worldwide 4.6k citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Rathnait D. Long United Kingdom · #2,127,191 worldwide 412 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Dimitrios Pappas United Kingdom · #2,589,373 worldwide 328 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Ruth Wood United Kingdom · #2,857,895 worldwide 388 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Corinne Rees United Kingdom · #3,832,763 worldwide 413 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Howard R. Dockham United Kingdom · #4,780,540 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Tyndall Centre

What are the most cited papers from Tyndall Centre?

The most cited paper from Tyndall Centre is "A safe operating space for humanity" (Johan Rockström et al., 2009), with 13,302 citations. Next come "Vulnerability" (5,343) and "Tipping elements in the Earth's climate system" (4,083).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A safe operating space for humanity Johan Rockström et al. · Nature Open access 23 Sep 2009 13,302
2 Vulnerability William Neil Adger · Global Environmental Change 21 Jul 2006 5,343
3 Tipping elements in the Earth's climate system Timothy M. Lenton, Hermann Held, Elmar Kriegler et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 7 Feb 2008 4,083
4 An improved method of constructing a database of monthly climate observations and associated high-resolution grids Timothy D. Mitchell, Philip Douglas Jones · International Journal of Climatology 2005 4,025
5 Recycling lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles Gavin Harper, Roberto Sommerville, Emma Kendrick et al. · Nature Open access 6 Nov 2019 3,845
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Tyndall Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Global Warming, Environmental Impact, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Sustainability, Remote Sensing and Vulnerability.

▲ 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 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. Climate Change36▲ 7.1×52 topics
  2. Renewable Energy19▲ 7.0×27 topics
  3. Global Warming15▲ 19×9 topics
  4. Sustainability14▲ 3.1×39 topics
  5. Environmental Impact13▲ 4.1×25 topics
  6. Remote Sensing11▲ 4.9×16 topics
  7. Greenhouse Gas Emissions9▲ 18×6 topics
  8. Vulnerability7▲ 16×6 topics
  9. Resilience6▲ 6.9×7 topics
  10. Hydrological Modeling6▲ 14×5 topics
  11. Energy Transition6▲ 20×3 topics
  12. Climate Change Adaptation6▲ 17×2 topics
  13. Sea-Level Rise5▲ 25×3 topics
  14. Sustainability Assessment5▲ 19×4 topics
  15. Life Cycle Assessment5▲ 9.4×6 topics
  16. Risk Perception5▲ 9.8×3 topics
  17. Social-Ecological Systems5▲ 19×2 topics
  18. Waste Management5▲ 6.4×4 topics
  19. Environmental Policy5▲ 13×6 topics
  20. Circular Economy4▲ 8.9×6 topics
  21. Biosensors4▲ 4.8×9 topics
  22. Metal Recovery4▲ 12×3 topics
  23. Recycling4▲ 6.1×5 topics
  24. Public Perception4▲ 17×3 topics
  25. Adaptive Governance4▲ 71×1 topic
  26. Sustainability Transitions4▲ 64×1 topic
  27. Flood Risk4▲ 25×2 topics
  28. Land Use Change4▲ 6.7×5 topics
  29. Sediment Transport4▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Carbon Footprint4▲ 27×3 topics
  31. Disaster Management4▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Satellite Imagery3▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Environmental Impacts3▲ 6.7×4 topics
  34. Thin Films3▲ 9.3×5 topics
  35. Flood Inundation Modeling3▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Hydrological Cycle3▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Ocean Circulation3▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Surface Water Mapping3▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Climate Modeling3▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Extreme Events3▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Tyndall Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Climate variability and models and Environmental Impact and Sustainability.

Sustainability and Clima…4Sustainability and Climate Change Governance: 4 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…3Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 3 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 3 fractional worksEnvironmental Impact and…3Environmental Impact and Sustainability: 3 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Mana…3Recycling and Waste Management Techniques: 3 fractional worksClimate Change Policy and Economics: 3 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 2 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain…2Sustainable Supply Chain Management: 2 fractional worksSmart Grid Energy Management: 2 fractional worksSemiconductor materials and devices: 2 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEnvironmental EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 Sustainability and Climate Change Governance Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  2. 2 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  3. 3 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  4. 4 Environmental Impact and Sustainability Environmental Engineering 3 works
  5. 5 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  7. 7 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 2 works
  8. 8 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 2 works
  9. 9 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 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 available59.4%not open40.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.8%domestic only60.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Tyndall Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Tyndall Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00063% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Tyndall Centre0.00089% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Tyndall Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%60%Tyndall Centre13.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 41.1% in 2003.

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