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Victim Support

In research, Victim Support stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,771 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,123 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,590
of 28,054 · #28,071 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#888
of 1,094
Research works
950
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.9k
7.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Victim Support known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #8,771 of 10,521 5.8%112 #10060
Social SciencesField #6,123 of 6,365 6.4%71 #6555

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.46× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.82× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.13× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.99× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.22× its world share, 71 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.

Who are the top researchers at Victim Support?

Ranked on the composite score, Gaizka Fernández Soldevilla, Gérard Lopez and Augusto Balloni lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Victim Support.

  1. 1 Gaizka Fernández Soldevilla United Kingdom · #251,591 worldwide 8 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Gérard Lopez United Kingdom · #438,299 worldwide 23 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Augusto Balloni United Kingdom · #743,672 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Victim Support

Which keywords describe research at Victim Support?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Human Rights, Globalization, Criminal Justice, Prison System, Resilience, Childhood Trauma and Gender.

▲ 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 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 Health22▲ 8.4×23 topics
  2. Human Rights19▲ 10×31 topics
  3. Globalization18▲ 5.3×34 topics
  4. Criminal Justice11▲ 28×6 topics
  5. Education10▲ 3.4×21 topics
  6. Prison System9▲ 95×2 topics
  7. Resilience9▲ 10×7 topics
  8. Childhood Trauma8▲ 71×2 topics
  9. Gender7▲ 7.9×14 topics
  10. Identity7▲ 5.8×16 topics
  11. Public Health7▲ 2.8×19 topics
  12. History7▲ 5.6×16 topics
  13. Risk Factors6▲ 3.4×14 topics
  14. Attachment6▲ 41×3 topics
  15. Clinical Practice6▲ 24×3 topics
  16. Social Justice6▲ 6.0×11 topics
  17. Developmental Trauma6▲ 146×1 topic
  18. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy6▲ 146×1 topic
  19. Delinquency6▲ 77×2 topics
  20. Ethics6▲ 7.1×11 topics
  21. Cultural Studies6▲ 8.8×5 topics
  22. Criminal Law6▲ 19×4 topics
  23. Social Movements6▲ 11×13 topics
  24. Spanish Civil War6▲ 208×2 topics
  25. Restorative Justice6▲ 23×3 topics
  26. Literature6▲ 5.8×14 topics
  27. Social Inequality5▲ 12×6 topics
  28. Culture5▲ 5.7×8 topics
  29. Penal System5▲ 173×1 topic
  30. Social Control5▲ 124×1 topic
  31. Memory5▲ 12×10 topics
  32. Political Violence5▲ 110×3 topics
  33. Nationalism5▲ 5.9×7 topics
  34. Trauma5▲ 14×5 topics
  35. Ethical Considerations4▲ 7.6×9 topics
  36. Prevalence4▲ 6.4×5 topics
  37. Medical Ethics4▲ 19×4 topics
  38. Transitional Justice4▲ 30×5 topics
  39. Propaganda4▲ 44×3 topics
  40. Incarceration Effects4▲ 79×1 topic

Which research topics does Victim Support publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research, Criminal Justice and Penology, Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis and Social Issues and Policies in Latin America.

Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 6 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Penology: 5 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Cor…4Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 4 fractional worksSocial Issues and Polici…4Social Issues and Policies in Latin America: 4 fractional worksSpanish Culture and Identity: 3 fractional worksIntimate Partner and Family Violence: 3 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…3Health, Medicine and Society: 3 fractional worksHistorical and Scientific Studies: 3 fractional worksBasque language and culture studies: 3 fractional worksConflict, Peace, and Vio…3Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia: 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 Social Issues and Policies in Latin America Law 4 works
  5. 5 Spanish Culture and Identity Philosophy 3 works
  6. 6 Intimate Partner and Family Violence Health 3 works
  7. 7 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 3 works
  8. 8 Historical and Scientific Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Basque language and culture studies Cultural Studies 3 works
  10. 10 Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia Sociology and Political Science 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Victim Support's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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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