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Urban Big Data Centre

ubdc.ac.ukROR OpenAlex
Research works
114
▲ 140% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.3k
28.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
42.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Urban Big Data Centre 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: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.01× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.16× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.36× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.04× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.80× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.20× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.79× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.00× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Urban Big Data Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity Conservation, Physical Activity, Urbanization, Remote Sensing, Land Use Change and Urban Development.

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

All 36 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainability5▲ 5.7×16 topics
  2. Ecosystem Services3▲ 22×6 topics
  3. Biodiversity Conservation3▲ 21×4 topics
  4. Climate Change3▲ 2.8×18 topics
  5. Deep Learning3▲ 2.2×14 topics
  6. Physical Activity3▲ 15×2 topics
  7. Remote Sensing3▲ 6.0×12 topics
  8. Urbanization3▲ 17×5 topics
  9. Public Health3▲ 4.7×8 topics
  10. Land Use Change2▲ 21×5 topics
  11. Accessibility2▲ 62×2 topics
  12. Urban Development2▲ 15×3 topics
  13. Active Travel2▲ 76×1 topic
  14. Built Environment2▲ 76×1 topic
  15. Big Data2▲ 5.3×6 topics
  16. Global Impact2▲ 27×1 topic
  17. Real Estate Market2▲ 103×2 topics
  18. Spatial Dynamics2▲ 50×1 topic
  19. Travel Behavior2▲ 48×2 topics
  20. Housing Supply1▲ 96×1 topic
  21. Mortgage Credit Expansion1▲ 96×1 topic
  22. Internet of Things1▲ 4.1×4 topics
  23. Neoliberalism1▲ 9.4×2 topics
  24. GPS Data1▲ 85×1 topic
  25. Human Mobility1▲ 85×1 topic
  26. Intelligent Transportation Systems1▲ 21×2 topics
  27. Neighborhood Effects1▲ 28×3 topics
  28. Neural Networks1▲ 2.0×3 topics
  29. Satellite Imagery1▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Traffic Flow1▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Income Inequality1▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Social Support1▲ 5.3×2 topics
  33. Artificial Intelligence1▲ 2.0×3 topics
  34. Environmental Impacts1▲ 9.8×3 topics
  35. Supply Chain Management1▲ 2.9×4 topics
  36. Urban Poverty1▲ 60×2 topics

Which research topics does Urban Big Data Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Urban Transport and Accessibility, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Housing Market and Economics and Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis.

Urban Transport and Accessibility: 2 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 2 fractional worksHousing Market and Econo…1Housing Market and Economics: 1 fractional worksHuman Mobility and Locat…1Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis: 1 fractional worksTraffic Prediction and Management Techniques: 1 fractional worksHousing, Finance, and Neoliberalism: 1 fractional worksUrban Green Space and He…1Urban Green Space and Health: 1 fractional worksTransportation and Mobility Innovations: 1 fractional worksSmart Cities and Technologies: 1 fractional worksUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies: 1 fractional works
TransportationGlobal and Planetary ChangeEconomics and EconometricsBuilding and Construction5 others

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

  1. 1 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 2 works
  2. 2 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  3. 3 Housing Market and Economics Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  4. 4 Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis Transportation 1 works
  5. 5 Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques Building and Construction 1 works
  6. 6 Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism Finance 1 works
  7. 7 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  8. 8 Transportation and Mobility Innovations Automotive Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Smart Cities and Technologies Media Technology 1 works
  10. 10 Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies Sociology and Political Science 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 available69.2%not open30.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.7%domestic only61.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Urban Big Data Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 140% higher 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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