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Research in Aberdeen

Science Explorer records 34 research institutions in Aberdeen, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Aberdeen, Robert Gordon University and NHS Grampian.

Research institutions
34
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
65k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.9M
29.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Aberdeen?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of AberdeenUniversity 53,512 #690
2Robert Gordon UniversityUniversity 5,647 #1,734
3City HospitalHospital / health system 2,565 #17,140
4NHS GrampianHospital / health system 1,511 #9,379
5Robert Gordon's CollegeUniversity 545 #14,243 all time
6Macaulay Development TrustNonprofit 522 #15,034 all time
7Aberdeenshire CouncilGovernment institution 469 #13,674 all time
8Scottish Health ServicesHospital / health system 338 #13,187 all time
9Hunting Energy Services (United Kingdom)Company 192 #27,050 all time
10Albyn HospitalHospital / health system 167 #30,528 all time
11NovaBiotics (United Kingdom)Company 139 #28,887 all time
12National Hyperbaric CentreCompany 136 #33,627 all time
13Talisman EnergyCompany 93 not ranked
14Senergy (United Kingdom)Company 91 not ranked
15Chevron (United Kingdom)Company 85 not ranked
16Endeavour (United Kingdom)Company 79 not ranked
17Aberdeen Harbour BoardInstitution 48 not ranked
18ConocoPhillips (United Kingdom)Company 46 not ranked
19Aberdeen City CouncilGovernment institution 45 not ranked
20Offshore Installation Services (United Kingdom)Company 36 not ranked
21Subsea Technologies (United Kingdom)Company 35 not ranked
22TauRx (United Kingdom)Company 33 not ranked
23John Wood Group (United Kingdom)Company 20 not ranked
24Brinker Technology (United Kingdom)Company 18 not ranked
25Tern (United Kingdom)Company 17 not ranked
26Food Standards ScotlandGovernment institution 11 not ranked
27Net Zero Technology CentreInstitution 11 not ranked
28Oceaneering International (United Kingdom)Company 9 not ranked
29Oil & Gas Innovation CentreInstitution 6 not ranked
30Moog (United Kingdom)Company 3 not ranked
31AquaTerra (United Kingdom)Company 2 not ranked
32RAB Microfluidics (United Kingdom)Company 1 not ranked
33Aberdeen Science CentreArchive 1 not ranked
34NexusAB (United Kingdom)Company 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

University of Aberdeen: 80.6%Robert Gordon University: 8.5%City Hospital: 3.9%NHS Grampian: 2.3%29 others listed: 4.8%81%largest
University of Aberdeen54k · 80.6%Robert Gordon University5,647 · 8.5%City Hospital2,565 · 3.9%NHS Grampian1,511 · 2.3%29 others listed3,198 · 4.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Aberdeen work in?

In 2022-now, 32% of research in Aberdeen is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Social Sciences (12%), Engineering (12%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,212 fractional works · 32.1% of its workEngineering: 802 fractional works · 11.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 123 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 119 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 114 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 88 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 73 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 52 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 52 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 442 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEcology: 99 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 76 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 46 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 405 fractional works · 5.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 179 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 67 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 62 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 196 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 46 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 107 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 56 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomaterials: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 65 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 65 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 58 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 55 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2,054 fractional works · 29.8% of its workMedicine: 1,712 fractional works · 24.8% of its workSurgery: 232 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 156 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 119 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 116 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 96 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 89 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 76 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 67 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 63 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 58 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 54 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 48 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 109 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 279 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 187 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 68 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNursing: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,913 fractional works · 27.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 846 fractional works · 12.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 299 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 138 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEducation: 84 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 47 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 46 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 356 fractional works · 5.2% of its workHistory: 81 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 61 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 51 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 277 fractional works · 4.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 107 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 73 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 49 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 185 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 56 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 163 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 115 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 86 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 720 fractional works · 10.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 277 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 136 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 61 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 195 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPlant Science: 55 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 163 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 95 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 69 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 46 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAberdeen6,899fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences30%Social Sciences28%

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 city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering80211.6%
    2. Environmental Science4426.4%
    3. Computer Science4055.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1962.8%
    5. Materials Science1071.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy650.9%
    7. Chemistry650.9%
    8. Mathematics580.8%
    9. Energy550.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering180.3%
  1. Health Sciences2,05429.8%
    1. Medicine1,71224.8%
    2. Health Professions2794.1%
    3. Nursing320.5%
    4. Dentistry230.3%
    5. Veterinary70.1%
  2. Social Sciences1,91327.7%
    1. Social Sciences84612.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities3565.2%
    3. Psychology2774.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1852.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1632.4%
    6. Decision Sciences861.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2774.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1952.8%
    3. Neuroscience1632.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology691.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics160.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Aberdeen strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Aberdeen is most concentrated in Religious studies, History and Ocean Engineering (4.5× the world share in Religious studies).

  1. Religious studiesSubfield · 45.5 works4.5×
  2. HistorySubfield · 67.7 works3.4×
  3. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 107.6 works3.4×
  4. Geriatrics and GerontologySubfield · 20.6 works3.1×
  5. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 20.0 works2.7×
  6. Statistics, Probability and UncertaintySubfield · 27.6 works2.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 170 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 244 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.97× its world share, 60 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.45× its world share, 144 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.76× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.64× its world share, 61 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.76× its world share, 360 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.75× its world share, 168 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.87× its world share, 49 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.78× its world share, 720 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.27× its world share, 387 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.44× its world share, 95 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 50 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 56 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.64× its world share, 19 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.57× its world share, 253 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.30× its world share, 1,530 worksMedicineNursing: 0.89× its world share, 27 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.65× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.75× its world share, 309 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.85× its world share, 168 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 73 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.18× its world share, 154 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.30× its world share, 242 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 750 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.75×168 works
  2. Arts and Humanities1.75×309 works
  3. Health Professions1.57×253 works
  4. Neuroscience1.45×144 works
  5. Medicine1.30×1,530 works
  6. Psychology1.30×242 works
  7. Environmental Science1.27×387 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.24×73 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.18×154 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.97×60 works
  11. Social Sciences0.97×750 works
  12. Nursing0.89×27 works
  13. Energy0.87×49 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.85×168 works
  15. Engineering0.78×720 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.76×16 works
  17. Computer Science0.76×360 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.75×244 works
  19. Mathematics0.69×50 works
  20. Veterinary0.65×5 works
  21. Chemistry0.64×61 works
  22. Dentistry0.64×19 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.58×170 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.57×12 works
  25. Materials Science0.44×95 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.41×56 works

Which keywords describe research in Aberdeen?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Machine Learning, Sustainability, Inflammation, Globalization, Religion and Renewable Energy.

▲ 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 city'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. Epidemiology333▲ 1.21×131 topics
  2. Climate Change282▲ 1.50×100 topics
  3. Machine Learning218◆ 0.95×82 topics
  4. Deep Learning185▼ 0.78×78 topics
  5. Sustainability177◆ 1.05×84 topics
  6. Inflammation166◆ 1.13×81 topics
  7. Globalization160▲ 1.18×107 topics
  8. Renewable Energy140▲ 1.40×44 topics
  9. Quality of Life139▲ 1.40×56 topics
  10. Environmental Impact132◆ 1.12×55 topics
  11. Public Health131▲ 1.30×57 topics
  12. Mental Health129▲ 1.30×42 topics
  13. Treatment109▲ 1.30×51 topics
  14. Risk Factors105▲ 1.38×37 topics
  15. Oxidative Stress101◆ 0.89×56 topics
  16. Human Rights99▲ 1.40×61 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease95▲ 1.21×38 topics
  18. Healthcare92▲ 1.17×27 topics
  19. Religion92▲ 2.9×32 topics
  20. Mortality88▲ 2.2×13 topics
  21. Gender84▲ 2.3×45 topics
  22. Identity83▲ 1.66×56 topics
  23. Metabolic Syndrome80▲ 1.43×24 topics
  24. Clinical Trials74▲ 1.61×19 topics
  25. History73▲ 1.52×42 topics
  26. Primary Care72▲ 2.8×15 topics
  27. Genetics70▲ 1.43×25 topics
  28. Literature69▲ 1.82×45 topics
  29. Social Justice67▲ 1.62×36 topics
  30. Colonialism65▲ 1.98×40 topics
  31. Nationalism64▲ 2.1×26 topics
  32. Complications64▲ 1.85×17 topics
  33. Guidelines59▲ 1.82×13 topics
  34. CO2 Sequestration48▲ 3.5×4 topics
  35. Shale Gas40▲ 4.8×2 topics
  36. Tectonics38▲ 4.6×3 topics
  37. Race38▲ 4.6×16 topics
  38. Gas Permeability37▲ 5.6×2 topics
  39. Mudstones33▲ 6.5×1 topic
  40. Thermal Maturity33▲ 6.5×1 topic

What research is done in Aberdeen?

  1. 1 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 31 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 23 works
  3. 3 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 23 works
  4. 4 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 22 works
  5. 5 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 19 works
  6. 6 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 18 works
  7. 7 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 17 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 16 works
  9. 9 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 16 works
  10. 10 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 16 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

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

still counting20%40%Aberdeen18.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 32.4% in 2016.

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