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Victim Support

In research, Victim Support stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,296 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,868 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

victimsupport.org.ukROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#11,035
of 22,385 · #9,769 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#365
of 862
Research works
950
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.9k
7.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
45%
world 18%
Victim Support

What is Victim Support 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,296 of 9,585 7.3%112 #4335
Social SciencesField #3,868 of 5,988 6.2%71 #3318

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

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Victim Support is in Social Sciences, 23% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (40%), Medicine (16%), Psychology (12%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 125 fractional works · 63.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 78 fractional works · 39.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 27 fractional works · 13.9% of its workLaw: 14 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 24 fractional works · 12.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 14 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 17 fractional works · 8.9% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 45 fractional works · 22.9% of its workMedicine: 32 fractional works · 16.2% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 10.4% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKVictim Support197fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences63%

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. Social Sciences7839.7%
    2. Psychology2412.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities178.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.3%
    1. Medicine3216.2%
    2. Health Professions126.1%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Engineering94.7%
    2. Computer Science63.0%
    3. Environmental Science42.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    5. Mathematics00.2%
    6. Energy00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.2%
    3. Neuroscience10.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    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: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.33× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.84× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.07× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.98× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.14× its world share, 78 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.98×24 works
  2. Social Sciences3.14×78 works
  3. Arts and Humanities3.07×18 works
  4. Health Professions2.33×12 works
  5. Veterinary0.93×0 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.89×4 works
  7. Medicine0.84×32 works
  8. Nursing0.78×1 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.58×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.40×4 works
  11. Computer Science0.39×6 works
  12. Neuroscience0.33×1 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.32×1 works
  14. Engineering0.32×9 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.30×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.26×2 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.22×2 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.16×0 works
  19. Dentistry0.15×0 works
  20. Energy0.14×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.14×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×0 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×1 works
  24. Materials Science0.02×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Victim Support?

Ranked on the quality score, Debarati Halder, Gaizka Fernández Soldevilla and Günther Stern lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Victim Support.

  1. 1 Debarati Halder United Kingdom · #1,528,858 worldwide 265 citations · 65 works
  2. 2 Gaizka Fernández Soldevilla United Kingdom · #2,545,705 worldwide 243 citations · 115 works
  3. 3 Günther Stern United Kingdom · #3,482,839 worldwide 165 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Karen Sadlier United Kingdom · #3,496,094 worldwide 25 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Óscar Fernando Acevedo Arango United Kingdom · #3,566,410 worldwide 23 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Flores Flores United Kingdom · #3,640,948 worldwide 19 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Aline Mauranges United Kingdom · #3,875,641 worldwide 61 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Jesús García Albá United Kingdom · #4,693,660 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Rosa Toran Belver United Kingdom · #4,765,757 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Augusto Balloni United Kingdom · #4,850,948 worldwide 14 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Victim Support

What are the most cited papers from Victim Support?

The most cited paper from Victim Support is "Many Labs 2: Investigating Variation in Replicability Across Samples and Settings" (Richard Anthony Klein et al., 2018), with 1,045 citations. Next come "Incidence of Lung, Eye, and Skin Lesions as Late Complications in 34,000 Iranians With Wartime Exposure to Mustard Agent" (368) and "Tobacco chloroplast transformants expressing genes encoding dehydroascorbate reductase, glutathione reductase, and glutathione‐S‐transferase, exhibit altered anti‐oxidant metabolism and improved abiotic stress tolerance" (207).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Many Labs 2: Investigating Variation in Replicability Across Samples and Settings Richard Anthony Klein et al. · Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science Open access190 authors Dec 2018 1,045
2 Incidence of Lung, Eye, and Skin Lesions as Late Complications in 34,000 Iranians With Wartime Exposure to Mustard Agent Shahriar Khateri, Mostafa Ghanei, Saeed Keshavarz et al. · Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Nov 2003 368
3 Tobacco chloroplast transformants expressing genes encoding dehydroascorbate reductase, glutathione reductase, and glutathione‐S‐transferase, exhibit altered anti‐oxidant metabolism and improved abiotic stress tolerance Bénédicte Le Martret, Miranda Poage, Karen Shiel et al. · Plant Biotechnology Journal 31 Mar 2011 207
4 Supportive and unsupportive responses of others to rape victims: Effects on concurrent victim adjustment Robert Con Davis, Ellen Brickman, Tim Baker · American Journal of Community Psychology Jun 1991 173
5 Does Batterer Treatment Reduce Violence? Robert Con Davis, Bruce G. Taylor · Women & Criminal Justice 5 Mar 1999 171
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Victim Support?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Human Rights, Globalization, Criminal Justice, Prison System, Resilience, Gender and Childhood Trauma.

▲ 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. Mental Health23▲ 8.0×26 topics
  2. Human Rights21▲ 10×33 topics
  3. Globalization18▲ 4.7×34 topics
  4. Education12▲ 3.5×24 topics
  5. Criminal Justice11▲ 24×6 topics
  6. Prison System9▲ 86×3 topics
  7. Resilience9▲ 9.6×7 topics
  8. Identity9▲ 6.1×18 topics
  9. Gender8▲ 8.0×15 topics
  10. History8▲ 6.1×18 topics
  11. Childhood Trauma8▲ 67×2 topics
  12. Public Health8▲ 2.6×22 topics
  13. Cultural Studies7▲ 9.6×5 topics
  14. Risk Factors7▲ 3.2×15 topics
  15. Social Justice7▲ 5.8×14 topics
  16. Spanish Civil War7▲ 232×2 topics
  17. Attachment7▲ 38×3 topics
  18. Clinical Practice7▲ 22×3 topics
  19. Literature6▲ 6.0×15 topics
  20. Memory6▲ 13×12 topics
  21. Developmental Trauma6▲ 150×1 topic
  22. Group Therapy6▲ 91×2 topics
  23. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy6▲ 150×1 topic
  24. Social Movements6▲ 11×13 topics
  25. Ethics6▲ 6.3×12 topics
  26. Political Violence6▲ 126×3 topics
  27. Culture6▲ 5.9×8 topics
  28. Trauma6▲ 15×8 topics
  29. Delinquency6▲ 70×2 topics
  30. Criminal Law6▲ 19×5 topics
  31. Restorative Justice6▲ 20×3 topics
  32. Nationalism5▲ 6.1×7 topics
  33. Social Inequality5▲ 10×6 topics
  34. Penal System5▲ 166×1 topic
  35. Social Control5▲ 117×1 topic
  36. Transitional Justice5▲ 30×5 topics
  37. Ethical Considerations5▲ 7.1×9 topics
  38. Propaganda5▲ 47×3 topics
  39. Language4▲ 8.7×4 topics
  40. Medical Ethics4▲ 18×4 topics

Which research topics does Victim Support publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research, Criminal Justice and Penology, Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis and Spanish Culture and Identity.

Psychoanalysis and Psych…6Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 6 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Pen…5Criminal Justice and Penology: 5 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 4 fractional worksSpanish Culture and Identity: 4 fractional worksSocial Issues and Polici…4Social Issues and Policies in Latin America: 4 fractional worksConflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia: 3 fractional worksSpanish History and Politics: 3 fractional worksBasque language and cult…3Basque language and culture studies: 3 fractional worksIntimate Partner and Family Violence: 3 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 3 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyLawSociology and Political SciencePhilosophy4 others

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

  1. 1 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 6 works
  2. 2 Criminal Justice and Penology Law 5 works
  3. 3 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  4. 4 Spanish Culture and Identity Philosophy 4 works
  5. 5 Social Issues and Policies in Latin America Law 4 works
  6. 6 Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  7. 7 Spanish History and Politics History 3 works
  8. 8 Basque language and culture studies Cultural Studies 3 works
  9. 9 Intimate Partner and Family Violence Health 3 works
  10. 10 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 3 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 available50.8%not open49.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.0%domestic only55.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Victim Support's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Victim Support as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00061% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Victim Support0.00084% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Victim Support 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Victim Support8.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.4% in 2013.

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