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Warren Spring Laboratory

In research, Warren Spring Laboratory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,976 of 21,541 worldwide), Engineering (#9,324 of 11,412 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#5,541 of 6,208 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pollution, Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering — Pollution is 23.4× its share of world research.

World rank, all time
#14,084
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#766
of 2,253
Research works
458
▲ 159% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.2k
20.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
8%
world 28%

What is Warren Spring Laboratory known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #7,976 of 21,541 16.3%406
EngineeringField #9,324 of 11,412 18.4%155
Environmental ScienceField #5,541 of 6,208 11.4%121

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Warren Spring Laboratory 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).

What does Warren Spring Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pollution takes 23.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PollutionSubfield · 33.1 works23×
  2. Chemical EngineeringField · 29.4 works15×
  3. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 22.7 works12×
  4. Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield · 22.4 works10×
← less than its size predictsmore →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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.

Who are the top researchers at Warren Spring Laboratory?

Ranked on the composite score, R. Lawrence Moss, Amy L. Downing and Dang Cheng lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Warren Spring Laboratory.

  1. 1 R. Lawrence Moss United Kingdom · #340,103 worldwide 80 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Amy L. Downing United Kingdom · #342,295 worldwide 111 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Dang Cheng United Kingdom · #1,133,647 worldwide 55 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 J.G. Irwin United Kingdom · #1,289,380 worldwide 41 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Warren Spring Laboratory

Which keywords describe research at Warren Spring Laboratory?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Health Effects, Remote Sensing, Marine Pollution, Biodegradation, Deepwater Horizon, Oil Spill Detection and Particulate Matter.

▲ 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 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. Environmental Impact54▲ 8.9×17 topics
  2. Health Effects50▲ 18×8 topics
  3. Remote Sensing36▲ 7.2×9 topics
  4. Marine Pollution34▲ 347×2 topics
  5. Biodegradation32▲ 65×4 topics
  6. Machine Learning32▲ 3.3×13 topics
  7. Deepwater Horizon30▲ 615×1 topic
  8. Oil Spill Detection30▲ 615×1 topic
  9. Particulate Matter26▲ 51×2 topics
  10. Nanoparticles25▲ 4.2×18 topics
  11. Catalysis22▲ 5.7×8 topics
  12. Metal Recovery19▲ 30×3 topics
  13. Water Treatment17▲ 31×3 topics
  14. Rheology17▲ 17×6 topics
  15. Electrical Properties16▲ 22×2 topics
  16. Air Quality16▲ 19×5 topics
  17. Flotation16▲ 104×1 topic
  18. Nanobubbles16▲ 104×1 topic
  19. Air Pollution16▲ 30×2 topics
  20. Mortality15▲ 6.8×2 topics
  21. Fine Particulate Air Pollution15▲ 43×1 topic
  22. Global Burden of Disease15▲ 16×1 topic
  23. Selective Oxidation13▲ 18×2 topics
  24. Environmental Monitoring13▲ 8.7×5 topics
  25. Oxidation12▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Circular Economy12▲ 14×4 topics
  27. IoT12▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Forecasting12▲ 19×3 topics
  29. Fuel Consumption12▲ 43×2 topics
  30. Ceria11▲ 21×1 topic
  31. Gold11▲ 21×1 topic
  32. Air Quality Monitoring11▲ 68×1 topic
  33. Low-Cost Sensors11▲ 68×1 topic
  34. Lithium-ion Batteries11▲ 9.3×2 topics
  35. Rare Earth Elements11▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Volatile Organic Compounds10▲ 19×3 topics
  37. Battery Recycling10▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Sustainable Technology10▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Eco-Driving10▲ 48×1 topic
  40. Vehicle Emissions10▲ 48×1 topic

Which research topics does Warren Spring Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Archaeology and Rock Art Studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology.

  1. 1 Archaeology and Rock Art Studies Archeology 0 works
  2. 2 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 0 works
  3. 3 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 0 works
  4. 4 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 0 works
  5. 5 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 0 works
  6. 6 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available8.1%not open91.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.1%domestic only95.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Warren Spring Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 159% 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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