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West Herts College

westherts.ac.ukROR OpenAlex
Research works
70
▲ 2630% vs 2018-21
Citations
432
6.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
12%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
West Herts College

Not ranked overall: West Herts College 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 West Herts College work in?

In all years, 57% of research at West Herts College is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (31%), Engineering (14%), Social Sciences (13%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 40 fractional works · 57.3% of its workComputer Science: 22 fractional works · 30.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 6.9% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 6.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 6.1% of its workHardware and Architecture: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 13.5% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 26.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 12.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 10.0% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWest HertsCollege70fractional works, all years
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences57%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences26%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. 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 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science2230.9%
    2. Engineering913.5%
    3. Physics and Astronomy45.1%
    4. Chemistry22.8%
    5. Materials Science11.7%
    6. Environmental Science11.5%
    7. Mathematics11.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences912.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities34.3%
    3. Psychology34.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting33.8%
    5. Decision Sciences11.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.5%
    1. Medicine45.0%
    2. Health Professions34.9%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.6%
    4. Neuroscience00.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.92× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 9.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEnergy: 1.66× its world share, 0 worksEnergyMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 8.44× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 10.00× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 10.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology10.00×1 works
  2. Chemistry9.16×0 works
  3. Arts and Humanities8.44×1 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics6.92×0 works
  5. Energy1.66×0 works
  6. Social Sciences1.45×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.14×0 works
  8. Medicine0.13×0 works

Who are the top researchers at West Herts College?

Ranked on the quality score, Francis E. Fremantle, Lindsay Dewar and Norman Walker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is West Herts College.

  1. 1 Francis E. Fremantle United Kingdom · #2,116,577 worldwide 47 citations · 65 works
  2. 2 Lindsay Dewar United Kingdom · #2,258,018 worldwide 22 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Norman Walker United Kingdom · #2,618,006 worldwide 47 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 T F FRY United Kingdom · #2,652,561 worldwide 16 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Andrew Wheen United Kingdom · #2,825,103 worldwide 11 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Narendra Keval United Kingdom · #2,972,688 worldwide 51 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at West Herts College

What are the most cited papers from West Herts College?

The most cited paper from West Herts College is "New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk" (Yingchang Lu et al., 2016), with 321 citations. Next come "Teaching for transfer of core/key skills in higher education: Cognitive skills" (269) and "A single cell characterisation of human embryogenesis identifies pluripotency transitions and putative anterior hypoblast centre" (137).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk Yingchang Lu et al. · Nature Communications Open access259 authors Feb 2016 321
2 Teaching for transfer of core/key skills in higher education: Cognitive skills David Gordon Billing · Higher Education Apr 2007 269
3 A single cell characterisation of human embryogenesis identifies pluripotency transitions and putative anterior hypoblast centre Matteo A. Molè, Tim H. H. Coorens, Marta N. Shahbazi et al. · Nature Communications Open access 17 Jun 2021 137
4 Safe, accurate, prenatal diagnosis of thanatophoric dysplasia using ultrasound and free fetal DNA Lyn S. Chitty, Asma A. Khalil, Angela N. Barrett et al. · Prenatal Diagnosis Open access 14 Feb 2013 110
5 Effect of cholestyramine on the absorption of vitamin D 3 and calcium W. Grant Thompson, Gilbert R. Thompson · Gut Open access Sep 1969 79
All 88 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at West Herts College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Internet, Artificial Neural Networks, Parallel Computing, Neural Networks, GPU Computing, Performance Optimization, Rural Development and Regulation.

▲ 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. Internet5▲ 89×2 topics
  2. Artificial Neural Networks4▲ 15×2 topics
  3. Neural Networks4▲ 5.9×2 topics
  4. Parallel Computing4▲ 35×3 topics
  5. GPU Computing4▲ 70×1 topic
  6. Performance Optimization4▲ 49×1 topic
  7. Artificial Intelligence3▲ 5.3×3 topics
  8. Machine Learning3▲ 2.0×6 topics
  9. Economic Development3▲ 6.3×2 topics
  10. Regulation3▲ 7.0×2 topics
  11. Rural Development3▲ 14×2 topics
  12. Broadband3▲ 71×2 topics
  13. Information Technology3▲ 13×3 topics
  14. Cross-Platform Development3▲ 376×1 topic
  15. Digital Divide3▲ 20×1 topic
  16. History3▲ 4.8×3 topics
  17. Mobile Application Development3▲ 376×1 topic
  18. Telecommunications3▲ 93×1 topic
  19. Innovation2▲ 3.9×3 topics
  20. Backpropagation Learning2▲ 37×1 topic
  21. Communication2▲ 12×2 topics
  22. Self-Organizing Maps2▲ 37×1 topic
  23. Computing2▲ 506×1 topic
  24. Digital2▲ 506×1 topic
  25. IEEE 14512▲ 72×1 topic
  26. Interactive Television2▲ 106×1 topic
  27. Smart Sensors2▲ 36×1 topic
  28. Social TV2▲ 106×1 topic
  29. Supply Chain Management2▲ 5.1×4 topics
  30. Continuous Queries2▲ 59×1 topic
  31. Data Stream Management2▲ 59×1 topic
  32. Meta-Analysis2▲ 4.3×3 topics
  33. African Christianity1▲ 71×2 topics
  34. Arduino1▲ 67×2 topics
  35. Curriculum Development1▲ 5.4×2 topics
  36. Entrepreneurship1▲ 7.0×2 topics
  37. Emotion1▲ 9.4×3 topics
  38. Gesture Recognition1▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Public-Private Partnerships1▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Engineering Education1▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does West Herts College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior, Geographies of human-animal interactions, Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration and Photography and Visual Culture.

Nostalgia and Consumer B…0Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior: 0 fractional worksGeographies of human-ani…0Geographies of human-animal interactions: 0 fractional worksMemory, Trauma, and Commemoration: 0 fractional worksPhotography and Visual C…0Photography and Visual Culture: 0 fractional worksDigital and Traditional …0Digital and Traditional Archives Management: 0 fractional worksTransgenic Plants and Applications: 0 fractional worksRadical Photochemical Reactions: 0 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 0 fractional worksSulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques: 0 fractional worksAdvancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery: 0 fractional works
Social PsychologyGeography, Planning and DevelopmentHistoryConservation3 others

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

  1. 1 Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior Social Psychology 0 works
  2. 2 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 0 works
  3. 3 Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration Social Psychology 0 works
  4. 4 Photography and Visual Culture History 0 works
  5. 5 Digital and Traditional Archives Management Conservation 0 works
  6. 6 Transgenic Plants and Applications Biotechnology 0 works
  7. 7 Radical Photochemical Reactions Organic Chemistry 0 works
  8. 8 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 0 works
  9. 9 Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques Organic Chemistry 0 works
  10. 10 Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery Pharmaceutical Science 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 available11.7%not open88.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has West Herts College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2630% higher than in 2018-2021.

1990200020102020
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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 West Herts College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000045% in 2023.

0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%West Herts College0.0000054% in 202419801990200020102020

Fractional works of West Herts College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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