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Woodbrooke

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Research works
34
▲ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
287
8.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Woodbrooke

Not ranked overall: Woodbrooke 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 Woodbrooke work in?

In all years, 88% of research at Woodbrooke is in Social Sciences, 5% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (47%), Arts and Humanities (35%), Psychology (4%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 30 fractional works · 88.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 47.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 28.4% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 35.2% of its workReligious studies: 6 fractional works · 18.3% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 6.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWoodbrooke34fractional works, all years
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences88%

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 11 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1647.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities1235.2%
    3. Psychology14.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.5%
    1. Engineering13.9%
    2. Computer Science00.5%
    3. Environmental Science00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    1. Medicine12.9%
    2. Health Professions00.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 16.20× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.26× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.12× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.51× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 16.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities16.20×5 works
  2. Social Sciences2.51×3 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.26×0 works
  4. Psychology2.12×1 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×0 works
  6. Engineering0.22×0 works
  7. Environmental Science0.22×0 works
  8. Medicine0.22×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Woodbrooke?

Ranked on the quality score, J. Rendel Harris, ‘Ben’ Pink Dandelion and Stuart Masters lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Woodbrooke.

  1. 1 J. Rendel Harris United Kingdom · #2,117,054 worldwide 192 citations · 161 works
  2. 2 ‘Ben’ Pink Dandelion United Kingdom · #3,262,289 worldwide 143 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Stuart Masters United Kingdom · #3,326,764 worldwide 8 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Rhiannon Grant United Kingdom · #4,044,758 worldwide 46 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Betty Hagglund United Kingdom · #4,064,316 worldwide 140 citations · 70 works
All ranked researchers at Woodbrooke

What are the most cited papers from Woodbrooke?

The most cited paper from Woodbrooke is "Questioning the secular state: the worldwide resurgence of religion in politics" (‘Ben’ Pink Dandelion, 1996), with 67 citations. Next come "Religion, class and identity: the state, the Catholic Church and the education of the Irish in Britain" (47) and "The colors of violence: cultural identities, religion and conflict" (28).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Questioning the secular state: the worldwide resurgence of religion in politics ‘Ben’ Pink Dandelion · International Affairs Oct 1996 67
2 Religion, class and identity: the state, the Catholic Church and the education of the Irish in Britain ‘Ben’ Pink Dandelion · International Affairs Oct 1996 47
3 The colors of violence: cultural identities, religion and conflict ‘Ben’ Pink Dandelion · International Affairs Oct 1996 28
4 Using multiple religious belonging to test analogies for religion Rhiannon Grant · Bijdragen 8 Aug 2018 5
5 ‘There’s just no space for me there’: Christian Feminists in the UK and the Performance of Space and Religion Giselle Vincett Book chapter 2 Aug 2012 5
All 24 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Woodbrooke?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Gender, Feminism, Social Justice, Nationalism, History, Identity and Mary Wollstonecraft.

▲ 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. Religion12▲ 58×8 topics
  2. Gender9▲ 46×9 topics
  3. Feminism6▲ 71×6 topics
  4. Social Justice6▲ 34×5 topics
  5. Nationalism5▲ 27×5 topics
  6. History4▲ 17×9 topics
  7. Identity4▲ 17×8 topics
  8. Globalization4▲ 6.6×6 topics
  9. Mary Wollstonecraft4▲ 2742×1 topic
  10. Quakerism4▲ 2742×1 topic
  11. Secularism4▲ 113×3 topics
  12. Public Sphere4▲ 177×2 topics
  13. Humanitarianism3▲ 143×2 topics
  14. International Aid3▲ 177×2 topics
  15. Faith-Based Organizations3▲ 244×1 topic
  16. Literature3▲ 17×5 topics
  17. Politics3▲ 30×2 topics
  18. Social Services3▲ 206×1 topic
  19. Atheism3▲ 229×1 topic
  20. Pluralism3▲ 158×1 topic
  21. Colonialism2▲ 15×7 topics
  22. Postcolonialism2▲ 65×5 topics
  23. Race2▲ 47×3 topics
  24. African Christianity2▲ 196×2 topics
  25. American founding2▲ 70×1 topic
  26. Constitutional government2▲ 70×1 topic
  27. Cultural2▲ 96×2 topics
  28. Multiculturalism2▲ 32×2 topics
  29. Mental Health2▲ 4.2×3 topics
  30. Ethics2▲ 9.5×4 topics
  31. Society2▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Global Christianity1▲ 248×1 topic
  33. Short-Term Missions1▲ 248×1 topic
  34. Diversity1▲ 22×1 topic
  35. Medicine1▲ 41×3 topics
  36. Religious Education1▲ 43×1 topic
  37. Consensual Nonmonogamous Relationships1▲ 374×1 topic
  38. Polyamory1▲ 374×1 topic
  39. Power1▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Social Movements1▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Woodbrooke publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment, Intellectual Property Law, Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes and Literature: history, themes, analysis.

Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment: 1 fractional worksIntellectual Property Law: 1 fractional worksHistorical Studies on Re…1Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes: 1 fractional worksLiterature: history, the…1Literature: history, themes, analysis: 1 fractional worksScottish History and Nat…1Scottish History and National Identity: 1 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …1American Constitutional Law and Politics: 1 fractional worksMedicine and Dermatology Studies History: 0 fractional worksHistory of Science and Medicine: 0 fractional worksHistorical Psychiatry and Medical Practices: 0 fractional worksTheological Perspectives and Practices: 0 fractional works
Religious studiesLawHistoryLiterature and Literary Theory5 others

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

  1. 1 Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment Religious studies 1 works
  2. 2 Intellectual Property Law Law 1 works
  3. 3 Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes History 1 works
  4. 4 Literature: history, themes, analysis Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  5. 5 Scottish History and National Identity History 1 works
  6. 6 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  7. 7 Medicine and Dermatology Studies History Dermatology 0 works
  8. 8 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  9. 9 Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices Clinical Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Theological Perspectives and Practices Sociology and Political 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 available43.1%not open56.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.7%domestic only88.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Woodbrooke's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% 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 Woodbrooke as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000039% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Woodbrooke0.000034% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Woodbrooke over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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