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WRc (United Kingdom)

In research, WRc (United Kingdom) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,897 of 17,446 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#2,930 of 5,407 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#16,048
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#789
of 1,844
Research works
717
▲ 52% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
21.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
8%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
WRc (United Kingdom)

What is WRc (United Kingdom) 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 #8,897 of 17,446 7.3%580
Environmental ScienceField #2,930 of 5,407 6.6%369

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where WRc (United Kingdom) 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 WRc (United Kingdom) work in?

In all years, 81% of research at WRc (United Kingdom) is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (51%), Engineering (15%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (6%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 580 fractional works · 80.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 369 fractional works · 51.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 81 fractional works · 11.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 68 fractional works · 9.5% of its workPollution: 58 fractional works · 8.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 45 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 31 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 30 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEcology: 20 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEngineering: 104 fractional works · 14.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 30 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 27 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 43 fractional works · 6.1% of its workOceanography: 19 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 30 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBioengineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 73 fractional works · 10.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 36 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workParasitology: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 38 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMedicine: 22 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWRc (UnitedKingdom)717fractional works, all years
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences81%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences4%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science36951.5%
    2. Engineering10414.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences436.1%
    4. Chemistry304.1%
    5. Chemical Engineering91.3%
    6. Materials Science81.1%
    7. Computer Science81.0%
    8. Mathematics40.5%
    9. Physics and Astronomy20.3%
    10. Energy20.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences365.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology233.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology91.3%
    4. Neuroscience20.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
    1. Medicine223.0%
    2. Health Professions111.6%
    3. Nursing30.4%
    4. Veterinary20.3%
    1. Social Sciences91.2%
    2. Decision Sciences71.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities50.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.5%
    5. Psychology10.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.2%
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: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.83× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.77× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.28× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.71× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.05× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.09× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science8.09×8 works
  2. Chemistry4.28×1 works
  3. Chemical Engineering3.77×0 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.71×1 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.83×0 works
  6. Health Professions1.11×1 works
  7. Engineering1.05×3 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.97×0 works
  9. Materials Science0.95×1 works
  10. Medicine0.68×2 works
  11. Energy0.48×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.40×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.36×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.28×1 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.21×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at WRc (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the quality score, H. A. Painter, John K. Fawell and John Atkinson Hobson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is WRc (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 H. A. Painter United Kingdom · #1,457,803 worldwide 1.4k citations · 33 works
  2. 2 John K. Fawell United Kingdom · #1,737,532 worldwide 3.6k citations · 94 works
  3. 3 John Atkinson Hobson United Kingdom · #2,405,576 worldwide 2.9k citations · 195 works
  4. 4 John S. Alabaster United Kingdom · #2,438,504 worldwide 1.2k citations · 53 works
  5. 5 D.G. Shurben United Kingdom · #2,469,303 worldwide 616 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Bob Crabtree United Kingdom · #2,496,120 worldwide 1.3k citations · 51 works
  7. 7 John R. Seager United Kingdom · #2,609,271 worldwide 626 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 W. B. Wilkinson United Kingdom · #2,666,355 worldwide 697 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Thomas Zabel United Kingdom · #2,690,312 worldwide 402 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Michael Gardner United Kingdom · #2,914,472 worldwide 7.4k citations · 154 works
All ranked researchers at WRc (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from WRc (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from WRc (United Kingdom) is "An inventory of heavy metals inputs to agricultural soils in England and Wales" (Fiona A. Nicholson, Stephen Ray Smith, Brian John Alloway et al., 2003), with 1,267 citations. Next come "OpenFluor– an online spectral library of auto-fluorescence by organic compounds in the environment" (1,135) and "Chlorination disinfection byproducts in water and their association with adverse reproductive outcomes: a review" (591).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 An inventory of heavy metals inputs to agricultural soils in England and Wales Fiona A. Nicholson, Stephen Ray Smith, Brian John Alloway et al. · The Science of The Total Environment 13 May 2003 1,267
2 OpenFluor– an online spectral library of auto-fluorescence by organic compounds in the environment Kathleen R. Murphy, Colin Andrew Stedmon, Philip Wenig et al. · Analytical Methods Open access 11 Dec 2013 1,135
3 Chlorination disinfection byproducts in water and their association with adverse reproductive outcomes: a review Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen, Mireille B. Toledano, N Eaton et al. · Occupational and Environmental Medicine Open access Feb 2000 591
4 GEOGRAPHICAL RELATION BETWEEN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND ALUMINIUM IN DRINKING WATER Christopher N Martyn, Clive Osmond, James Alexander Edwardson et al. · The Lancet 1989 521
5 Sources, behaviour and fate of organic contaminants during sewage treatment and in sewage sludges Howard R. Rogers · The Science of The Total Environment Jun 1996 449
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at WRc (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Water Quality, Climate Change, Toxicity, Bioaccumulation, Principal Component Analysis, Multivariate Statistical Techniques and Water Quality Index.

▲ 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 Impact78▲ 8.2×31 topics
  2. Climate Change78▲ 4.1×39 topics
  3. Water Quality76▲ 25×13 topics
  4. Toxicity55▲ 18×13 topics
  5. Bioaccumulation41▲ 48×3 topics
  6. Sustainability37▲ 2.9×20 topics
  7. Principal Component Analysis36▲ 35×3 topics
  8. Multivariate Statistical Techniques34▲ 130×1 topic
  9. Water Quality Index34▲ 130×1 topic
  10. Pesticides31▲ 44×3 topics
  11. Health Effects31▲ 7.2×13 topics
  12. Pollution31▲ 31×3 topics
  13. Remediation30▲ 57×2 topics
  14. Wastewater Treatment29▲ 21×10 topics
  15. Remote Sensing28▲ 3.5×13 topics
  16. Heavy Metals27▲ 20×7 topics
  17. Water Resources27▲ 17×6 topics
  18. Metal Toxicity26▲ 45×2 topics
  19. Biomarkers26▲ 5.8×5 topics
  20. Contamination26▲ 40×3 topics
  21. Environmental Monitoring25▲ 11×8 topics
  22. Environmental Risk Assessment24▲ 32×2 topics
  23. Bioavailability23▲ 18×2 topics
  24. Ecological Impact23▲ 44×2 topics
  25. Aquatic Organisms23▲ 75×1 topic
  26. Contaminant Effects23▲ 75×1 topic
  27. Health Risk23▲ 56×1 topic
  28. Soil23▲ 56×1 topic
  29. Optimization22▲ 5.8×6 topics
  30. Eutrophication22▲ 21×5 topics
  31. Water Treatment22▲ 25×6 topics
  32. Invasive Species21▲ 5.1×11 topics
  33. Climate Change Impact21▲ 15×4 topics
  34. Life Cycle Assessment20▲ 16×7 topics
  35. Wastewater20▲ 31×3 topics
  36. Environmental Exposure18▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons17▲ 37×2 topics
  38. Water Quality Monitoring17▲ 41×2 topics
  39. Drinking Water17▲ 66×2 topics
  40. Monitoring17▲ 19×3 topics

Which research topics does WRc (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production, Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment and Flood Risk Assessment and Management.

Wastewater Treatment and…1Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal: 1 fractional worksAnaerobic Digestion and …0Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production: 0 fractional worksConstructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment: 0 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…0Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 0 fractional worksOcean Waves and Remote S…0Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing: 0 fractional worksAdvanced oxidation water treatment: 0 fractional worksToxic Organic Pollutants Impact: 0 fractional worksMembrane Separation Tech…0Membrane Separation Technologies: 0 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 0 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 0 fractional works
PollutionBuilding and ConstructionIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringGlobal and Planetary Change4 others

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

  1. 1 Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal Pollution 1 works
  2. 2 Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production Building and Construction 0 works
  3. 3 Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  5. 5 Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing Oceanography 0 works
  6. 6 Advanced oxidation water treatment Water Science and Technology 0 works
  7. 7 Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  8. 8 Membrane Separation Technologies Water Science and Technology 0 works
  9. 9 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 0 works
  10. 10 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 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 available8.3%not open91.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has WRc (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 52% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 WRc (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000068% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%WRc (United Kingdom)0.00013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of WRc (United Kingdom) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%15%WRc (United Kingdom)10.5% in 2003all institutions10.0% in 20032000

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.3% in 1996.

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