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UK Coal

In research, UK Coal stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,925 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#6,052 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#16,986
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#835
of 1,844
Research works
393
▲ 243% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.4k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
UK Coal

What is UK Coal 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
Physical SciencesDomain #5,925 of 17,446 8.3%326
EngineeringField #6,052 of 9,532 7.8%197

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

In 2022-now, 74% of research at UK Coal is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (52%), Environmental Science (10%), Arts and Humanities (7%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 53 fractional works · 73.7% of its workEngineering: 38 fractional works · 52.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 11 fractional works · 14.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 7.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 7.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 9.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFuel Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 13.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 6.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workALL ITS WORKUK Coal72fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences74%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences14%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3852.1%
    2. Environmental Science79.8%
    3. Computer Science34.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences23.0%
    5. Materials Science11.5%
    6. Energy11.2%
    7. Chemistry10.8%
    8. Mathematics00.5%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    1. Arts and Humanities56.9%
    2. Social Sciences22.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.2%
    5. Decision Sciences00.7%
    6. Psychology00.6%
    1. Medicine45.1%
    2. Health Professions11.7%
    3. Veterinary00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.7%
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: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.90× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.33× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.48× its world share, 38 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.97× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksMedicineVeterinary: 3.40× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.40× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.48×38 works
  2. Veterinary3.40×0 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.40×5 works
  4. Environmental Science1.97×7 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.90×2 works
  6. Energy1.33×1 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.72×0 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.69×0 works
  9. Health Professions0.63×1 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.58×1 works
  11. Computer Science0.57×3 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.56×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×2 works
  14. Chemistry0.49×1 works
  15. Materials Science0.43×1 works
  16. Mathematics0.39×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.38×1 works
  18. Medicine0.27×4 works
  19. Social Sciences0.21×2 works
  20. Psychology0.19×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.17×0 works

Who are the top researchers at UK Coal?

Ranked on the quality score, William R. Ladner, Mark A. Jones and Terence G. Martin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is UK Coal.

  1. 1 William R. Ladner United Kingdom · #1,294,215 worldwide 946 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Mark A. Jones United Kingdom · #1,496,367 worldwide 2.6k citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Terence G. Martin United Kingdom · #1,990,290 worldwide 537 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Brian J. Stokes United Kingdom · #2,573,179 worldwide 431 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Paul Burchill United Kingdom · #3,216,110 worldwide 859 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Leslie Pratt United Kingdom · #3,446,910 worldwide 343 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 D.J.R. Martin United Kingdom · #3,520,004 worldwide 271 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Peter W. Sage United Kingdom · #3,842,178 worldwide 401 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Leslie Grainger United Kingdom · #4,124,821 worldwide 161 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Hidehiko Sugimura United Kingdom · #4,496,246 worldwide 103 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at UK Coal

What are the most cited papers from UK Coal?

The most cited paper from UK Coal is "The mechanism of operation of tin(iv) oxide carbon monoxide sensors" (Philip G. Harrison, Martin J. Willett, 1988), with 204 citations. Next come "Chemical nature of a supercritical-gas extract of coal at 350 °C" (175) and "The stability of underground workings in the soft rocks of the Coal Measures" (168).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The mechanism of operation of tin(iv) oxide carbon monoxide sensors Philip G. Harrison, Martin J. Willett · Nature Mar 1988 204
2 Chemical nature of a supercritical-gas extract of coal at 350 °C Keith D. Bartle, Terence G. Martin, Derek F. Williams · Fuel Oct 1975 175
3 The stability of underground workings in the soft rocks of the Coal Measures ARTHUR H. WILSON · Geotechnical and Geological Engineering Jul 1983 168
4 Structural analysis of supercritical-gas extracts of coals Keith D. Bartle, William R. Ladner, Terence G. Martin et al. · Fuel Jun 1979 164
5 Influence of geotechnical factors on gas flow experienced in a UK longwall coal mine panel D.N. Whittles, I.S. Lowndes, Sam Kingman et al. · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 27 Sep 2005 152
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at UK Coal?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Rock Mechanics, Coal Seam, CO2 Sequestration, Pore Structure, Risk Assessment, Acoustic Emission, Fracture and Numerical Modelling.

▲ 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. Rock Mechanics9▲ 122×3 topics
  2. Coal Seam6▲ 388×2 topics
  3. Machine Learning6▲ 2.3×12 topics
  4. CO2 Sequestration5▲ 35×4 topics
  5. Pore Structure5▲ 54×2 topics
  6. Risk Assessment5▲ 10×6 topics
  7. Acoustic Emission4▲ 92×2 topics
  8. Coal Permeability4▲ 257×1 topic
  9. Coalbed Methane4▲ 257×1 topic
  10. Fracture4▲ 56×1 topic
  11. Numerical Modelling4▲ 94×1 topic
  12. Literature4▲ 9.3×5 topics
  13. Religion4▲ 11×5 topics
  14. Environmental Impact3▲ 2.6×15 topics
  15. History3▲ 6.7×4 topics
  16. Remote Sensing3▲ 3.8×8 topics
  17. Mining Engineering3▲ 467×1 topic
  18. Support Technology3▲ 467×1 topic
  19. Art3▲ 46×3 topics
  20. Numerical Simulation3▲ 14×3 topics
  21. Energy Efficiency3▲ 4.3×9 topics
  22. Geological Conditions3▲ 106×3 topics
  23. Sustainable Development3▲ 2.5×11 topics
  24. Mining Technology2▲ 318×1 topic
  25. Water Inrush2▲ 318×1 topic
  26. Optimization2▲ 6.7×5 topics
  27. Colonialism2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  28. Culture2▲ 5.3×2 topics
  29. Gender2▲ 5.2×2 topics
  30. Identity2▲ 3.8×4 topics
  31. Society2▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Comminution2▲ 80×1 topic
  33. Mineral Liberation Analysis2▲ 80×1 topic
  34. Environmental Impacts2▲ 8.6×3 topics
  35. Psychoanalysis2▲ 28×2 topics
  36. GIS-based Modeling2▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Open Pit Mining1▲ 141×1 topic
  38. Production Scheduling1▲ 141×1 topic
  39. Rheological Properties1▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Wave Propagation1▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does UK Coal publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Rock Mechanics and Modeling, Coal Properties and Utilization, Geomechanics and Mining Engineering and Geoscience and Mining Technology.

Rock Mechanics and Modeling: 4 fractional worksCoal Properties and Utilization: 4 fractional worksGeomechanics and Mining Engineering: 3 fractional worksGeoscience and Mining Technology: 2 fractional worksMineral Processing and Grinding: 2 fractional worksMining Techniques and Ec…1Mining Techniques and Economics: 1 fractional worksGeotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering: 1 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 1 fractional worksTailings Management and Properties: 1 fractional worksModernist Literature and Criticism: 1 fractional works
Mechanics of MaterialsOcean EngineeringSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityMechanical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Rock Mechanics and Modeling Mechanics of Materials 4 works
  2. 2 Coal Properties and Utilization Ocean Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 Geomechanics and Mining Engineering Mechanics of Materials 3 works
  4. 4 Geoscience and Mining Technology Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 2 works
  5. 5 Mineral Processing and Grinding Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Mining Techniques and Economics Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  8. 8 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  9. 9 Tailings Management and Properties Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Modernist Literature and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 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 available22.5%not open77.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.1%domestic only73.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has UK Coal's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 243% higher 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 UK Coal as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%UK Coal0.00055% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of UK Coal over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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