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Research in Aberdeen

Science Explorer records 40 research institutions in Aberdeen, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Aberdeen, Robert Gordon University and Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

Research institutions
40
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
65k
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
19.3%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 46,599 #868
2Robert Gordon UniversityUniversity 5,647 #3,463
3Aberdeen Royal InfirmaryHospital / health system 3,791 #9,669
4City HospitalHospital / health system 2,565 #20,994
5NHS GrampianHospital / health system 1,139 #15,174
6Aberdeen Maternity HospitalHospital / health system 599 #14,416 all time
7Robert Gordon's CollegeUniversity 545 #28,134 all time
8Macaulay Development TrustNonprofit 522 #15,105 all time
9Aberdeenshire CouncilGovernment institution 469 #17,891 all time
10Royal Aberdeen Children's HospitalHospital / health system 432 #20,878 all time
11Royal Cornhill HospitalHospital / health system 427 #25,802 all time
12Scottish Health ServicesHospital / health system 338 #25,978 all time
13Woodend HospitalHospital / health system 292 #35,887 all time
14Hunting Energy Services (United Kingdom)Company 192 #32,125 all time
15Albyn HospitalHospital / health system 167 #31,693 all time
16NovaBiotics (United Kingdom)Company 139 #34,372 all time
17National Hyperbaric CentreCompany 136 #37,772 all time
18Talisman EnergyCompany 93 not ranked
19Senergy (United Kingdom)Company 91 not ranked
20Chevron (United Kingdom)Company 85 not ranked
21Endeavour (United Kingdom)Company 79 not ranked
22Aberdeen Harbour BoardInstitution 48 not ranked
23Woolmanhill HospitalHospital / health system 47 not ranked
24ConocoPhillips (United Kingdom)Company 46 not ranked
25Aberdeen City CouncilGovernment institution 45 not ranked
26Offshore Installation Services (United Kingdom)Company 36 not ranked
27Subsea Technologies (United Kingdom)Company 35 not ranked
28TauRx (United Kingdom)Company 33 not ranked
29John Wood Group (United Kingdom)Company 20 not ranked
30Brinker Technology (United Kingdom)Company 18 not ranked
31Tern (United Kingdom)Company 17 not ranked
32Food Standards ScotlandGovernment institution 11 not ranked
33Net Zero Technology CentreInstitution 11 not ranked
34Oceaneering International (United Kingdom)Company 9 not ranked
35Oil & Gas Innovation CentreInstitution 6 not ranked
36Moog (United Kingdom)Company 3 not ranked
37AquaTerra (United Kingdom)Company 2 not ranked
38RAB Microfluidics (United Kingdom)Company 1 not ranked
39Aberdeen Science CentreArchive 1 not ranked
40NexusAB (United Kingdom)Company 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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: 72.0%Robert Gordon University: 8.7%Aberdeen Royal Infirmary: 5.9%City Hospital: 4.0%35 others listed: 9.5%72%largest
University of Aberdeen47k · 72.0%Robert Gordon University5,647 · 8.7%Aberdeen Royal Infirmary3,791 · 5.9%City Hospital2,565 · 4.0%35 others listed6,134 · 9.5%

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

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×
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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.

Which keywords describe research in Aberdeen?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Machine Learning, Religion, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Sustainability and Globalization.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology301▲ 1.24×131 topics
  2. Climate Change239▲ 1.45×96 topics
  3. Machine Learning194◆ 0.97×80 topics
  4. Deep Learning166▼ 0.79×76 topics
  5. Sustainability156◆ 1.05×81 topics
  6. Inflammation147◆ 1.15×81 topics
  7. Globalization140▲ 1.17×100 topics
  8. Quality of Life128▲ 1.45×55 topics
  9. Renewable Energy120▲ 1.36×41 topics
  10. Environmental Impact119◆ 1.14×54 topics
  11. Public Health116▲ 1.30×56 topics
  12. Mental Health115▲ 1.28×41 topics
  13. Treatment99▲ 1.34×50 topics
  14. Risk Factors95▲ 1.41×37 topics
  15. Human Rights90▲ 1.43×56 topics
  16. Oxidative Stress88◆ 0.88×56 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease87▲ 1.27×38 topics
  18. Religion85▲ 2.9×29 topics
  19. Mortality84▲ 2.4×13 topics
  20. Healthcare79◆ 1.14×27 topics
  21. Metabolic Syndrome74▲ 1.49×24 topics
  22. Identity72▲ 1.62×54 topics
  23. Gender71▲ 2.1×42 topics
  24. Primary Care68▲ 3.0×15 topics
  25. Clinical Trials67▲ 1.63×19 topics
  26. Genetics62▲ 1.44×25 topics
  27. Literature61▲ 1.83×37 topics
  28. Nationalism59▲ 2.1×25 topics
  29. Complications59▲ 1.93×17 topics
  30. Social Justice59▲ 1.63×35 topics
  31. Colonialism56▲ 1.95×34 topics
  32. Guidelines55▲ 1.93×13 topics
  33. CO2 Sequestration42▲ 3.6×4 topics
  34. Shale Gas37▲ 4.8×2 topics
  35. Gas Permeability35▲ 5.6×2 topics
  36. Pore Structure35▲ 4.5×3 topics
  37. Tectonics35▲ 4.7×3 topics
  38. Nanopores31▲ 5.2×2 topics
  39. Mudstones31▲ 6.6×1 topic
  40. Thermal Maturity31▲ 6.6×1 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.