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West College Scotland

In research, West College Scotland stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#3,357 of 6,031 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#12,637 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

World rank, all time
#22,490
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,214
of 2,253
Research works
337
▼ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.2k
15.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
10%
world 28%

What is West College Scotland 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,357 of 6,031 13.7%170
Life SciencesDomain #12,637 of 14,347 12.7%216

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where West College Scotland 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: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 2.90× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.55× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 1.91× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.32× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPsychologyworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at West College Scotland?

Ranked on the composite score, A. MacPherson, J. Frame and I. V. Hunt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is West College Scotland.

  1. 1 A. MacPherson United Kingdom · #447,111 worldwide 65 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 J. Frame United Kingdom · #683,354 worldwide 57 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 I. V. Hunt United Kingdom · #1,006,636 worldwide 15 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at West College Scotland

Which keywords describe research at West College Scotland?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Milk Composition, Microbial Community, Methane Production, Ruminant Nutrition, Genetic Diversity, Climate Change, Food Security and Phylogenetic Analysis.

▲ 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. Milk Composition30▲ 156×2 topics
  2. Climate Change29▲ 3.2×34 topics
  3. Microbial Community26▲ 81×5 topics
  4. Methane Production23▲ 170×1 topic
  5. Ruminant Nutrition23▲ 170×1 topic
  6. Genetic Diversity19▲ 12×11 topics
  7. Food Security15▲ 11×10 topics
  8. Biodiversity14▲ 5.5×13 topics
  9. Metabolism13▲ 6.1×10 topics
  10. Phylogenetic Analysis13▲ 10×7 topics
  11. Sustainability13▲ 2.2×17 topics
  12. Sustainable Agriculture13▲ 14×8 topics
  13. Toxicity12▲ 8.1×7 topics
  14. Potato12▲ 71×2 topics
  15. Antioxidants12▲ 8.1×4 topics
  16. Invasive Species11▲ 5.6×14 topics
  17. Probiotics10▲ 12×4 topics
  18. Fungal Pathogens10▲ 16×4 topics
  19. Plant Breeding10▲ 26×3 topics
  20. Population Genetics9▲ 16×2 topics
  21. Animal Breeding9▲ 45×1 topic
  22. Genomic Selection9▲ 45×1 topic
  23. Gut Microbiota9▲ 8.0×5 topics
  24. Nitrogen Fixation9▲ 32×2 topics
  25. Antimicrobial Resistance9▲ 10×7 topics
  26. Host Specificity9▲ 20×4 topics
  27. Soil Fertility8▲ 14×5 topics
  28. Water Quality8▲ 5.5×7 topics
  29. Acrylamide7▲ 85×1 topic
  30. Maillard Reaction7▲ 85×1 topic
  31. Plant Nutrition7▲ 27×2 topics
  32. Genomic Characterization7▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Bovine Mastitis7▲ 121×1 topic
  34. Milk Quality7▲ 121×1 topic
  35. Rhizosphere Interactions7▲ 28×2 topics
  36. Biofortification7▲ 45×2 topics
  37. Microbiota6▲ 8.6×6 topics
  38. Drought Resistance6▲ 20×3 topics
  39. Ecology6▲ 9.2×4 topics
  40. Genome Sequencing6▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does West College Scotland publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Energy Load and Power Forecasting, Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies, Industrial Automation and Control Systems and Land Use and Ecosystem Services.

  1. 1 Energy Load and Power Forecasting Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies Water Science and Technology 0 works
  3. 3 Industrial Automation and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  5. 5 Offshore Engineering and Technologies Ocean Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Economic and Environmental Valuation Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  7. 7 Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Environmental Conservation and Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  9. 9 Power System Reliability and Maintenance Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 works
  10. 10 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 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 available10.3%not open89.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.1%domestic only93.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has West College Scotland's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% lower 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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