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Research in Aberystwyth

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Aberystwyth, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Aberystwyth University and Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences.

Research institutions
12
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
16k
▼ 23% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
24.3%
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 Aberystwyth?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Aberystwyth UniversityUniversity 14,652 #4,723
2Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural SciencesUniversity 719 #14,181
3Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of WalesArchive 208 #20,183 all time
4Bronglais General HospitalHospital / health system 120 #41,285 all time
5National Library of WalesArchive 101 not ranked
6Centre for Performance ResearchInstitution 56 not ranked
7Ceredigion MuseumArchive 16 not ranked
8Centre for Integrated Research in the Rural EnvironmentHospital / health system 11 not ranked
9Hybu Cig Cymru (United Kingdom)Company 7 not ranked
10British International Studies AssociationNonprofit 5 not ranked
11Organic Centre WalesInstitution 0 not ranked
12James Pantyfedwen FoundationNonprofit 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.

Aberystwyth University: 92.2%Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences: 4.5%Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales: 1.3%Bronglais General Hospital: 0.8%6 others listed: 1.2%92%largest
Aberystwyth University15k · 92.2%Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences719 · 4.5%Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales208 · 1.3%Bronglais General Hospital120 · 0.8%6 others listed196 · 1.2%

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

What is Aberystwyth strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Aberystwyth is most concentrated in History (10.6× the world share in History).

  1. HistorySubfield · 31.0 works11×
← 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.

Which keywords describe research in Aberystwyth?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Nationalism, Deep Learning, Colonialism, Remote Sensing, National Identity, Identity and History.

▲ 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. Climate Change58▲ 2.4×66 topics
  2. Deep Learning56▲ 1.80×64 topics
  3. Machine Learning34◆ 1.14×56 topics
  4. Remote Sensing30▲ 2.6×27 topics
  5. Nationalism28▲ 6.8×18 topics
  6. Globalization28▲ 1.57×43 topics
  7. Colonialism24▲ 5.4×24 topics
  8. Sustainability24◆ 1.06×42 topics
  9. Identity22▲ 3.3×27 topics
  10. History21▲ 3.3×22 topics
  11. Neural Networks19▲ 1.37×27 topics
  12. Literature19▲ 3.8×18 topics
  13. Biodiversity18▲ 2.6×23 topics
  14. Cultural Identity17▲ 3.5×9 topics
  15. National Identity16▲ 16×6 topics
  16. Genetic Diversity16▲ 4.0×16 topics
  17. Gender15▲ 3.1×30 topics
  18. Ecosystem Services14▲ 4.1×9 topics
  19. Ethnicity12▲ 3.6×9 topics
  20. Sustainable Agriculture12▲ 4.2×13 topics
  21. Religion12▲ 2.8×17 topics
  22. Devolution12▲ 93×2 topics
  23. Religious Identity12▲ 21×5 topics
  24. Solar Wind12▲ 14×2 topics
  25. Empire11▲ 15×4 topics
  26. Cultural Politics11▲ 18×3 topics
  27. Diaspora10▲ 21×3 topics
  28. Scotland10▲ 140×1 topic
  29. Union of 170710▲ 140×1 topic
  30. Global Change10▲ 4.2×6 topics
  31. Genetic Improvement10▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Plant Breeding9▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Wales9▲ 164×1 topic
  34. Welsh literature9▲ 164×1 topic
  35. Animal Welfare9▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Holocene8▲ 7.8×3 topics
  37. Paleoclimatology8▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Marker-Assisted Selection8▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Energy Balance8▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Soil Carbon Sequestration8▲ 11×2 topics

What research is done in Aberystwyth?

  1. 1 Scottish History and National Identity History 10 works
  2. 2 Historical Studies of British Isles History 9 works
  3. 3 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 7 works
  4. 4 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 7 works
  5. 5 Irish and British Studies Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  6. 6 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 6 works
  7. 7 Bioenergy crop production and management Agronomy and Crop Science 5 works
  8. 8 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 5 works
  9. 9 Fuzzy Logic and Control Systems Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  10. 10 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 works

Research output over time

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