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Wales Council for Voluntary Action

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Research works
2
▼ 62% vs 2018-21
Citations
7
4.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Wales Council for Voluntary Action

Not ranked overall: Wales Council for Voluntary Action is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Wales Council for Voluntary Action work in?

In all years, 83% of research at Wales Council for Voluntary Action is in Social Sciences, 17% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (33%), Social Sciences (22%), Business, Management and Accounting (17%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 83.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 33.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 22.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 16.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 5.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 16.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 11.1% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 5.6% of its workALL ITS WORKWales Council forVoluntary Action2fractional works, all years
Health Sciences17%Social Sciences83%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 2 domains and 7 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities133.3%
    2. Social Sciences022.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting016.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance05.6%
    5. Psychology05.6%
    1. Health Professions011.1%
    2. Medicine05.6%
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.

What are the most cited papers from Wales Council for Voluntary Action?

The most cited paper from Wales Council for Voluntary Action is "Conflicting realities experienced by children with life‐limiting and life‐threatening conditions when transitioning to adult health services" (Jane Noyes, Shan Pritchard, Aaron Wyn Pritchard et al., 2018), with 13 citations. Next come "Feminizing care pathways: Mixed‐methods study of reproductive options, decision making, pregnancy, post‐natal care and parenting amongst women with kidney disease" (11) and "Using consensus methods to develop a Social Prescribing Learning Needs Framework for practitioners in Wales" (10).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Conflicting realities experienced by children with life‐limiting and life‐threatening conditions when transitioning to adult health services Jane Noyes, Shan Pritchard, Aaron Wyn Pritchard et al. · Journal of Advanced Nursing Open access 26 Jul 2018 13
2 Feminizing care pathways: Mixed‐methods study of reproductive options, decision making, pregnancy, post‐natal care and parenting amongst women with kidney disease Leah Mc Laughlin, Caron Jones, Barbara Neukirchinger et al. · Journal of Advanced Nursing Open access 31 Mar 2023 11
3 Using consensus methods to develop a Social Prescribing Learning Needs Framework for practitioners in Wales Carolyn A. Wallace, Megan Elliott, Sara Thomas et al. · Perspectives in Public Health 28 Jan 2020 10
4 The Development and Adoption of a New Joint Bidding System for Public Contracts in Wales Andrew Crossley, Gareth Coles, Rhian Edwards et al. · IFIP advances in information and communication technology Conference paperOpen access 2015 3
5 Reviews Steve Balkam · Community Development Journal 1989 0
All 6 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Wales Council for Voluntary Action publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pregnancy and Medication Impact, Dialysis and Renal Disease Management and Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies.

  1. 1 Pregnancy and Medication Impact Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  2. 2 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 0 works
  3. 3 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 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 available33.7%not open66.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.1%domestic only91.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Wales Council for Voluntary Action's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 62% lower than in 2018-2021.

20152020

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