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West Yorkshire Police

In research, West Yorkshire Police stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,216 of 14,833 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#13,623 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#14,361
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#713
of 1,844
Research works
441
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.7k
8.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.80×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
16%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
West Yorkshire Police

What is West Yorkshire Police 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
Social SciencesDomain #10,216 of 14,833 6.5%169
Health SciencesDomain #13,623 of 16,688 4.4%138

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where West Yorkshire Police 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does West Yorkshire Police work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at West Yorkshire Police is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (23%), Engineering (19%), Social Sciences (13%).

Physical Sciences: 25 fractional works · 48.1% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 23.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 12.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 18.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 13.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 31.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 12.7% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 12.5% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 17.1% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 7.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKWest YorkshirePolice53fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences32%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science1223.0%
    2. Engineering1018.7%
    3. Environmental Science11.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.4%
    5. Materials Science11.3%
    6. Energy00.9%
    7. Mathematics00.6%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.6%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences712.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities712.5%
    3. Psychology23.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.2%
    1. Medicine59.2%
    2. Health Professions47.3%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    4. Nursing00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.3%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.95× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.25× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.75× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 4.32× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.29× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.32×7 works
  2. Computer Science2.95×12 works
  3. Health Professions2.75×4 works
  4. Psychology1.29×2 works
  5. Engineering1.25×10 works
  6. Energy1.03×0 works
  7. Social Sciences1.00×7 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.87×1 works
  9. Dentistry0.65×0 works
  10. Nursing0.64×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.58×1 works
  12. Mathematics0.54×0 works
  13. Medicine0.48×5 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.37×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.36×1 works
  16. Materials Science0.36×1 works
  17. Environmental Science0.29×1 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.28×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×1 works
  20. Neuroscience0.13×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.07×0 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at West Yorkshire Police?

Ranked on the quality score, Richard Heslop, Karen Cannell and Norman Dunbar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is West Yorkshire Police.

  1. 1 Richard Heslop United Kingdom · #1,993,222 worldwide 225 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Karen Cannell United Kingdom · #2,166,877 worldwide 10 citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Norman Dunbar United Kingdom · #2,297,404 worldwide 31 citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Francis Mignault United Kingdom · #2,414,269 worldwide 6 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Roel Hartman United Kingdom · #2,507,695 worldwide 9 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Doug Gault United Kingdom · #2,529,274 worldwide 18 citations · 74 works
  7. 7 Dimitri Gielis United Kingdom · #2,747,539 worldwide 5 citations · 18 works
  8. 7 Denes Kubicek United Kingdom · #2,747,539 worldwide 5 citations · 18 works
  9. 7 Dan McGhan United Kingdom · #2,747,539 worldwide 5 citations · 18 works
  10. 7 Raj Mattamal United Kingdom · #2,747,539 worldwide 5 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at West Yorkshire Police

What are the most cited papers from West Yorkshire Police?

The most cited paper from West Yorkshire Police is "PICABUE: a methodological framework for the development of indicators of sustainable development" (Gordon Mitchell, Andreas May, Adrian James McDonald, 1995), with 324 citations. Next come "Analysis and interpretation of mixed forensic stains using DNA STR profiling" (290) and "Wearing body cameras increases assaults against officers and does not reduce police use of force: Results from a global multi-site experiment" (219).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 PICABUE: a methodological framework for the development of indicators of sustainable development Gordon Mitchell, Andreas May, Adrian James McDonald · International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology Jun 1995 324
2 Analysis and interpretation of mixed forensic stains using DNA STR profiling Tim Clayton, Jonathan Whitaker, Rebecca L. Sparkes et al. · Forensic Science International 1998 290
3 Wearing body cameras increases assaults against officers and does not reduce police use of force: Results from a global multi-site experiment Barak Ariel, Alex. John Sutherland, Darren Henstock et al. · European Journal of Criminology Open access 16 May 2016 219
4 Cochlear Implant Programming: A Global Survey on the State of the Art Bart Vaerenberg et al. · The Scientific World JOURNAL Open access 2014 178
5 The Severity and Impact of Pelvic Girdle Pain and Low-Back Pain in Pregnancy: A Multinational Study Annelie Gutke, Jill Schiff Boissonnault, Gill Brook et al. · Journal of Women s Health 23 Aug 2017 172
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Which keywords describe research at West Yorkshire Police?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: IoT, Embedded Systems, IEEE 1451, Smart Sensors, Arduino, Internet of Things, Neural Networks and Microcontrollers.

▲ 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-now 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. IoT6▲ 31×3 topics
  2. Embedded Systems5▲ 211×2 topics
  3. IEEE 14514▲ 355×1 topic
  4. Neural Networks4▲ 5.2×2 topics
  5. Smart Sensors4▲ 97×1 topic
  6. Arduino4▲ 313×2 topics
  7. Internet of Things4▲ 8.0×4 topics
  8. Microcontrollers3▲ 1250×1 topic
  9. Wireless Sensor Networks3▲ 14×1 topic
  10. Security3▲ 8.2×3 topics
  11. Artificial Intelligence3▲ 3.7×8 topics
  12. Home Automation2▲ 108×1 topic
  13. Wireless2▲ 98×1 topic
  14. Machine Learning2▲ 1.30×7 topics
  15. Cultural Heritage2▲ 7.9×6 topics
  16. FPGA2▲ 100×2 topics
  17. Healthcare2▲ 2.8×6 topics
  18. High-Level Synthesis2▲ 154×1 topic
  19. Reconfigurable Computing2▲ 128×1 topic
  20. Distributed Systems2▲ 17×2 topics
  21. History2▲ 4.1×4 topics
  22. Wireless Communication2▲ 20×3 topics
  23. Mental Health1▲ 1.84×9 topics
  24. High-Performance Computing1▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Primary Care1▲ 6.9×8 topics
  26. Smart Cities1▲ 9.5×2 topics
  27. IoT Technology1▲ 54×2 topics
  28. Gesture Recognition1▲ 27×2 topics
  29. Human-Computer Interaction1▲ 12×3 topics
  30. Raman Spectroscopy1▲ 11×1 topic
  31. Renewable Energy1▲ 1.42×2 topics
  32. X-Ray Fluorescence1▲ 103×1 topic
  33. Communication1▲ 6.0×3 topics
  34. Edge Computing1▲ 15×1 topic
  35. Fog Computing1▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Grid Computing1▲ 58×1 topic
  37. Innovation1▲ 1.84×2 topics
  38. Interactive Evolutionary Computation1▲ 87×1 topic
  39. Music Generation1▲ 87×1 topic
  40. Resource Management1▲ 11×1 topic

Which research topics does West Yorkshire Police publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems, Arduino and IoT Applications, IoT-based Smart Home Systems and Embedded Systems Design Techniques.

Sensor Technology and Me…4Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems: 4 fractional worksArduino and IoT Applications: 3 fractional worksIoT-based Smart Home Systems: 2 fractional worksEmbedded Systems Design …2Embedded Systems Design Techniques: 2 fractional worksCultural Heritage Materi…1Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis: 1 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing1IoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 1 fractional worksMusic Technology and Sound Studies: 1 fractional worksDistributed and Parallel Computing Systems: 1 fractional worksMetallurgy and Cultural Artifacts: 1 fractional worksEurasian Exchange Networks: 1 fractional works
Computer Networks and CommunicationsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringHardware and ArchitectureArcheology2 others

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

  1. 1 Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems Computer Networks and Communications 4 works
  2. 2 Arduino and IoT Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 IoT-based Smart Home Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Embedded Systems Design Techniques Hardware and Architecture 2 works
  5. 5 Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis Archeology 1 works
  6. 6 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  7. 7 Music Technology and Sound Studies Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  8. 8 Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  9. 9 Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts Archeology 1 works
  10. 10 Eurasian Exchange Networks Anthropology 1 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 available16.5%not open83.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.6%domestic only92.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has West Yorkshire Police's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Yorkshire Police as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00032% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%West Yorkshire Police0.00016% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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