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In research, UCL Australia stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,527 of 14,833 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,061 of 9,330 worldwide) and Computer Science (#3,164 of 6,336 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,578
of 22,385 · #5,200 all time
Rank in Australia
#207
of 270
Research works
5.9k
▼ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
180k
30.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
70%
world 18%
UCL Australia

What is UCL Australia 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
Social SciencesDomain #4,527 of 14,833 9.9%2,784
Social SciencesField #4,061 of 9,330 9.9%1,225
Computer ScienceField #3,164 of 6,336 10.0%553
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,829 of 3,511 9.8%842
MedicineField #8,710 of 14,558 9.9%432
Health SciencesDomain #9,995 of 16,688 10.0%546
EngineeringField #5,964 of 9,532 11.5%531
PsychologyField #2,481 of 3,404 10.1%292
Physical SciencesDomain #12,815 of 17,446 11.1%2,073
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #3,037 of 4,066 9.9%322

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

In 2022-now, 44% of research at UCL Australia is in Social Sciences, 36% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Engineering (14%), Medicine (12%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 47 fractional works · 43.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 20.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 11.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 6.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 39 fractional works · 36.3% of its workEngineering: 15 fractional works · 14.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 8.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 14.4% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 12.2% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKUCL Australia107fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences44%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2120.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities1211.6%
    3. Psychology76.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting22.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.9%
    6. Decision Sciences11.0%
    1. Engineering1514.2%
    2. Computer Science98.8%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences66.0%
    4. Environmental Science65.2%
    5. Materials Science10.6%
    6. Energy10.6%
    7. Mathematics00.4%
    8. Chemistry00.3%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    1. Medicine1312.2%
    2. Health Professions21.8%
    3. Nursing00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.6%
    2. Neuroscience21.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.16× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.13× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.83× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.95× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.05× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.64× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 4.02× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.20× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.02×12 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.83×6 works
  3. Psychology2.20×7 works
  4. Social Sciences1.58×21 works
  5. Neuroscience1.16×2 works
  6. Computer Science1.13×9 works
  7. Environmental Science1.05×6 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.04×1 works
  9. Engineering0.95×15 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.89×2 works
  11. Nursing0.75×0 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.69×2 works
  13. Health Professions0.67×2 works
  14. Medicine0.64×13 works
  15. Energy0.62×1 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.59×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.49×3 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.36×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.31×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.20×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.17×1 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×1 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.12×0 works

What are the most cited papers from UCL Australia?

The most cited paper from UCL Australia is "The World Stress Map database release 2016: Crustal stress pattern across scales" (Oliver Heidbach, Mojtaba Rajabi, Xiaofeng Cui et al., 2018), with 832 citations. Next come "Core based trees (CBT)" (593) and "Analysis and synthesis of networked control systems: A survey of recent advances and challenges" (416).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The World Stress Map database release 2016: Crustal stress pattern across scales Oliver Heidbach, Mojtaba Rajabi, Xiaofeng Cui et al. · Tectonophysics Open access 16 Aug 2018 832
2 Core based trees (CBT) Tony Ballardie, Paul Francis, Jon Crowcroft Conference paperOpen access Oct 1993 593
3 Analysis and synthesis of networked control systems: A survey of recent advances and challenges Dan Zhang, Peng Shi, Qing‐Guo Wang et al. · ISA Transactions 21 Oct 2016 416
4 Origin of overpressure and pore-pressure prediction in the Baram province, Brunei Mark Robert Tingay, Richard R. Hillis, Richard E. Swarbrick et al. · AAPG Bulletin 29 Dec 2008 334
5 Modified Particle Detachment Model for Colloidal Transport in Porous Media Pavel Bedrikovetsky, Felipe da Cunha Siqueira, Cláudio Alves Furtado et al. · Transport in Porous Media 6 Aug 2010 330
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at UCL Australia?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Globalization, Literature, Chronic Kidney Disease, Colonialism, CO2 Sequestration, Translation and Pore Structure.

▲ 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. Globalization6▲ 2.7×18 topics
  2. Identity5▲ 6.8×20 topics
  3. Climate Change4▲ 1.19×23 topics
  4. Literature3▲ 5.1×13 topics
  5. Colonialism3▲ 5.1×10 topics
  6. Quality of Life3▲ 1.71×12 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 2.0×6 topics
  8. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 8.8×5 topics
  9. Innovation2▲ 2.1×12 topics
  10. Gender2▲ 3.7×9 topics
  11. CO2 Sequestration2▲ 9.4×4 topics
  12. Migration2▲ 5.1×6 topics
  13. Pore Structure2▲ 14×2 topics
  14. Translation2▲ 10×3 topics
  15. Corpus Linguistics2▲ 7.4×2 topics
  16. Hydraulic Fracturing2▲ 15×2 topics
  17. Machine Translation2▲ 9.3×2 topics
  18. Neuroscience2▲ 5.3×6 topics
  19. Plate Tectonics2▲ 11×3 topics
  20. Shale Gas2▲ 13×2 topics
  21. Fracture Propagation2▲ 25×1 topic
  22. Gas Permeability2▲ 16×1 topic
  23. Hemodialysis2▲ 18×2 topics
  24. Mudstones2▲ 21×1 topic
  25. Porous Media2▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Shale Gas Reservoirs2▲ 25×1 topic
  27. Surfactants2▲ 15×2 topics
  28. Well-being2▲ 3.9×8 topics
  29. Cross-Cultural Communication2▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Cultural Translation2▲ 33×1 topic
  31. Pore-scale Modeling2▲ 37×1 topic
  32. Race2▲ 12×6 topics
  33. Translator Competence2▲ 33×1 topic
  34. X-ray Computed Tomography2▲ 37×1 topic
  35. Continental Margin1▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Crustal Structure1▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Transition1▲ 15×4 topics
  38. Tectonics1▲ 10×3 topics
  39. Cenozoic Evolution1▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Rifting1▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does UCL Australia publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Translation Studies and Practices and Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques.

Hydraulic Fracturing and…2Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 2 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …2Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 2 fractional worksTranslation Studies and …2Translation Studies and Practices: 2 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Te…2Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 2 fractional worksGeological and Geophysical Studies: 1 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 1 fractional worksConflict of Laws and Jur…1Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction: 1 fractional worksIrish and British Studies: 1 fractional worksMultimedia Communication and Technology: 1 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disea…1Dialysis and Renal Disease Management: 1 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsLanguage and LinguisticsOcean Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  3. 3 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 2 works
  4. 4 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Geological and Geophysical Studies Geology 1 works
  6. 6 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  8. 8 Irish and British Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Multimedia Communication and Technology Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 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 available23.6%not open76.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors69.7%domestic only30.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has UCL Australia's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% 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 UCL Australia as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%UCL Australia0.00026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of UCL Australia 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 counting10%20%UCL Australia11.9% in 2022all institutions10.0% in 2022200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.3% in 2017.

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