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United Kingdom Space Agency

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Research works
30
▼ 72% vs 2013–17
Citations
104
3.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: United Kingdom Space Agency is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.44× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.59× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 17.63× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyArts and Humanities: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 17.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at United Kingdom Space Agency?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Space Policy, Space Tourism, CubeSat, small satellite, Optimal Control, Astrobiology, Extraterrestrial Life and Orbit Determination.

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

All 11 words, with their numbers
  1. Space Policy6▲ 1501×1 topic
  2. Space Tourism6▲ 1501×1 topic
  3. CubeSat2▲ 217×1 topic
  4. small satellite2▲ 217×1 topic
  5. Optimal Control1▲ 57×2 topics
  6. Astrobiology1▲ 111×1 topic
  7. Extraterrestrial Life1▲ 175×1 topic
  8. Orbit Determination1▲ 88×2 topics
  9. Climate Change1▲ 1.31×10 topics
  10. On-Orbit Servicing1▲ 171×1 topic
  11. Space Debris1▲ 171×1 topic

Which research topics does United Kingdom Space Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Space exploration and regulation, Space Satellite Systems and Control, Satellite Communication Systems and Planetary Science and Exploration.

Space exploration and re…3Space exploration and regulation: 3 fractional worksSpace Satellite Systems and Control: 0 fractional worksSatellite Communication Systems: 0 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 0 fractional worksSpacecraft Design and Te…0Spacecraft Design and Technology: 0 fractional worksInternational Environmental Law and Policies: 0 fractional worksHistory and Developments in Astronomy: 0 fractional worksModular Robots and Swarm Intelligence: 0 fractional worksHistory of Science and Medicine: 0 fractional worksInfrared Target Detection Methodologies: 0 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsAerospace EngineeringManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawMechanical Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  2. 2 Space Satellite Systems and Control Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Satellite Communication Systems Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  5. 5 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 International Environmental Law and Policies Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  7. 7 History and Developments in Astronomy Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  8. 8 Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  10. 10 Infrared Target Detection Methodologies Aerospace Engineering 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 available23.5%not open76.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors59.6%domestic only40.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has United Kingdom Space Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 72% 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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